The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-12
THE END OF TINE
Sunday Sermon By the Rev. d.. David
James BurrelI.
0lseourses lnsruetiyeIy on Theme That 10
Less Eloquent Mouths Nigh, Seem Thread
Economic Fragments Of Time

NEW YORK CIrY.-ThC Rev, Dr. Davld
James Burrell pastor of the Marble Cole
gate Church. fhth avenue ana twenty.
ninth street. preached o1 The End OF
Tiae." He took his text from Revelations
x. and G: And the angel which | saw
stand upon the sea and upon the earth
lifted up his hand to heaven. and sware
by Him that hvc,h forever and ever, who
created heaven and the things that therein
are, and the carth, and the things that
therein are. and the sea. and tn things
which are therein, that there should he
time no lOlgec.
b. Our theme IS trihe threadbare, but per.
haps none the less profitable on that &C
count. it is an easy matter to make
homily on time, but not all homiies are as
much to the point as that OF the colrS les
ter Jacques.
Good morrow, fool" Quoth l.
"No, SIR quoth he;
"Ca.l me not FOO. till heaven hath sent me
fortune
And then he drew a dial from his poke,
And, looking on it with lack.lnstcr eye,
SAYS very wise.y. 1T Is ten o'clock;
Thus may VIC see" quoth he 'how the
world wags:
'Tis but an hour ago since 1t was nine;
And after one hour more twill be eleven;
And So from hour to hour. we ripe and
'lpe,
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and
rot;
And thereby hangs tale
Let this melancholy tale" engage us for
while. The issues Of interminablc aeons
may depend upoa the attention we give to
the circing hands OH the dial. He who
learns arignt the lessons OF time is ready
to meet the responsibilities of eternity.
But what is time? Time is money
they say. So far 50 good, II we would real.
ize it, A man went into Benjamin Frank.
Inns book store and inquired the price ot
a volume. One dollar was the clerk.
answer "Cal your employer said the
would.be purchaser. When Franklin was
asked the price Of the volume he answered
Zone dollar and quarter" Why, your
clerk asked only dollar" "To be sure,
but You called ine from my printing press
and 1 am charging you for my time The
man argued and demonstrated in vain
Presently he said. Now, Mr.. Franklin
really what Is your lowest figure for this
book?" "One dollar and a half." .'Pre
posterous! You only asked me dollar
and a quarter" Yes. but my time is va.
liable, and every minute sends the book
up" This was sound philosophy and good
business. Ii our days and hours were all
marked with a price in pain figures we
should probably he less proaigate OF them
We have no such scrup'e about wasting
time as we wol,d have in throwing gold
eagles into the sea
But time is more than money. 1t is "the
stuff that life /, made Or 1t stands for
privilege, opportunity. responsibility, judg
ment, heaven or he'll You may throw
away a dollar and earn another, but nc
two moments overlap. The last one said
farewell forever; the next is--already gone
Time is talent talent of gold stamped
with the image and superscription of tn:
King. God made it. as He made tire tree.
and mountains, and He owns it. He has
entrusted II to US, to be put at usury for
Him. will man rob God, Yet We have
robbed Me, saith the Lo:d OF hosts" The
incorporation or misuse OF days and
hours and moments is as really dishonest
as the tapping OF an employers till This
is a serious ma tier, and gives u sufficient
food for thouaht. ii our question were
pushed no further. But we cannot stor
here.
asked an aged man with hoary hairs,
Wrinkled and carved with many worldly
cares,
Time is the warp of life he said. 30 tell
The Young; the fair, the brave to use it
well"
I asked the mighty angel and si!vcry
spheres.
Those bright chroaometers of passing
years;
They answered, Time is but me ,or'.
glare"
And bade me ior eternity prepare.
asked the mighty angel who shall stand
One foot on sea. the other on the land;
.'Mortal," he cried, 'the mystery is Ger;
Time was, time is but time shall be no
more"
A step further brings us to the inquiry
What Is time for! or to what end has this
momentous trust been reposed in us: Let
u be underslood that time is not for us to
live in. We are not ephemera; we live for
ever Time Is given, as for preparation.
Th is only the antecEamber OF life, where
we stand waiting unit! the door opens and
we pass IN. Death is the angel that opens
the door. The only reason why we fear
death Is because we know that as time
leaves US eternity finds us. Death ends
probation. We cross the line with our
characters chystalized: He that is unjust,
let ham be UNJUST still; he that is holy, let
him be holy still" These are our school.
days; death is Commencement" Here
to work.
The 1ther day a young newspaper re.
porter sad TO me, on my refusing an inter.
view; Il wish You would help me along
I'm on probation, and whether | get an
enlargement or not depends upon my sue
cess IN thiG sort of thing" ! wonder how
some OF the people who are now wasting
their probation can expect to be taken
into service in the kingdom OF God. What
can they do! Let the great Employer ask
them, What can you doY How will il
seem to answer, 81 can sell dress goods;
can lead the german; ! can make money OF
spend 1t; | can drive bargain: | can sail
schooner or run an engine; | can re
eeiye' and entertain; can make money 20
These may be good as far as they TO- but
IN all soberness, how far do they 20 as o
preparation for the tasks OF heaven? Dc
You know, friend, how to comfort the grief
stricken and rescue the wandering. How
TO minister to the need Of the wounded
Traveller on the Jericho road? How to give
the cup OF cold water to o.e of Gods little
ones! Now to point a penitent sinner 10
the lamb Of God, How TO sneak the
praises OF the One altogethsr lovely; How
to sing holy. Hoy, Hoy, Lord God All
mighty III not, what bewldering sort
OF place heaven would be 10 you, Whai
are YOU fl for? Heaven Is no place 10,
unskil ed labor. What can you doy Tim,
is given YOU for this very purpose, to ge
ready for the things further on
Bat how much time have we, Enough
no more, no less. 1t is distributed 1T
every. one according to his several ability
A short life is long enough, and the long
es! life Is short enough for what must b
done IN it." Seneca said, I'VE complai
of The shOrtness OF time and yet we hav
more than we know what TO do with. On
lives are spent in doing nothing at al
nothing to the purpose or nothing that vs.
ought to do. we are ever complainin
that our days are fcw and acting II the
were without end
We have time enough for work. A
'elght-h0ur day" Is a purely artifici.
thing. God never made Il. "Are ther
now twelve hours in the day" Gods da
in which man goeth to his work" is frol
morning until evening, and there is not to