The sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1906-1909, December 10, 1908, Image 5
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APL. tM 'C.r,..
SAT before the biazing
-hearth; the genial
warmth of an open fire
charmed me Into a beau
tiful dreamland. Mem
ory drew upon her
abyssmal resources as I
sat there, coaxed Into ar4
Wabstraction of exquisite
pleasure., Voices! I
haar voices, strange
voices! They speak to
me: The first said, ."A.
year ago yoti promised, if your life
was spared to you, that you would
consecrate it to God.". ;The second
ask'ad, "Hai God; to wliozi you mad'
the promise, dealt with you as yOu
have dealt- with Him?" ,Th4 third'.
if.".Bu't- the fdurfth
i'rtt be'sphid-fdO a
-I I ..cried in agony,
ii ' _o, rd.'
T rl 0 Ft. in Their 'Teens,
passed through the room in which I
sat. Full of animal life and youthful
gaiety they chltted saod joked and
laughed; they were In.. a, whirl of
pleasure. Suddenly one of them
cried, "0! 0, my!" "Agnes," said
hei-companion,- "what trouble You?"
but Ellen could only repeat, "0, my!"
At length she said, "I promised to
spend one hour with God;- I must. go
to my room instantly. Good night,
Agnes. I'll see you to-morrow." The
explanation of Ellen's conduct was,
her mother had been speaking' to her
about the' beauty o'f a life of holiness,
and she had promised her mother to
upend an hour in prayer and reading
the ninety-first Psalm before she re
tired. The chatting had almost driv
en it out of her mind.
Then appeared upon the scene a
youth of twenty summers, of noble
mien; his eye 'glistened with noble
ness; his demeanor was piensing; he
was a picture of genuinems; his car
riage was that of a
Webster or Clay or Lincoln.'
.As he stood in the midst of the
room he addressed an invisible being:
"What shall I do with my life?"I
'-' Standing on its threshold, viewing
the wrecks of wasted lives as they
floated by out into the ocean of eter-I
nity, he repeated the question with
great solemnity: "What shall I do
with my life?"
Three Faces Instantly Appeared.
First that of an ox. then that of a
lion, last an eagle. The ox made an
swef-: "Eat, drink and be merry," but
the young man shuddered at the
thought of making a god of his appe-.
tite. Live an animal life? Nay! I
was created for something nobler
than a glutton; I have a soul to save.
T'he lion proposed to make a god of
genius. She offers a pedestal of eter
nat fame; your name shall be asso
ciated. with scientists, philosophers
and philenthropists.
HnIer Native Dignity Sat the Eagle.
She looked'at tho man, then at the
hea-ven above. Turning to the man
she said, "The earth is thy lodging
place; the heU,en overhead is thy
home; the earth's choicest treasure
cannot fill thee. Thou art more than
animal, more than intellect, thou art
qualified for comnpanionship) with
deity. Prepare!'' In a moment of
time there passed before nie
A Panorama,
upon which was displayed All the
scenes of my life from my earliest
recollection. Curious and strange
tracings were there. Every struggle
with conscience, aev striving b be
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EVE! PMER1
good, every lofty ideal were 'drawn
with perfect accuracy. Failures and
successes, defeats and victories passed
in -rapid review. Never were there
such noble ambitions, such possibili
ties and such fatal aimlessnesi
crowded into so small a compass. The
sight alarmed me and I cried, "Is it
too late?"
Suddenly the Scene Ohknged,'
The judgment was set amid a blase
of majesty and power and:.glory, *W
yond my most fertile iiagqatiQA.
Every human being istdod' brfZre it
waiting to render an aceount of the
life now closed. Notably-,
The Poor Led.the Wal.
A b6y 'froni, bie' O th'sgrat piei
cantil; 'hoees' preoded 'sevetal -Oth
ers whotn-he ha. intienced for.good
Then came a man with-.a score zor:hi
fellow worl;nen, whon le, bad. res
cued, by .bij h9ly living from 11yes o
ungodliness. He was followed by I
womau, distressingly"poor while' 6r
earth, but filled with.the HolySpirit
She with her children, *.1jm-sbe ha(
brought up in 'the fear" 1r lthe'Lord
together ascendeA the .massive -stepm
w.h.ich le4 ,ben& tbrvgh, te .rtali
of glory'into-wh6 tan describe "thi
things which eye bath not seen nol
ear heard?"
For a Thousand Years
the endless procession continued td
advance until the last man and woma
an had rendered an accounting of the
life entrusted to them. I was greatly
distressed at, the sight of one 'whold
I had known; he brought.his work, a
marvel of htgnan goodness, but It was
Rejected, Because It Was Christless.
The scene closed. Alarmed, .I
awoke from my reverie. Iupstantly 1
fell on my knees. consecrated my lifE
to Him who bought me with Hiu
blood, allowed Him to fill' ie with His
Holy Spirit. Now, af(er several
years, I write to say, this is what I
did with my life.
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CkUHDAVS AND
NoWYearo a , -anuary .
.aW4krstM -t Pal, January 26.
PUrilcation B, V. M., ##elruary'2..
trO *jmpt Mnday February 7.
y 14.
iekk un :.rebftary 14.
Qilaqxae~ma e8 day, February 1i.
ShPbTueMay,February 83
Ash W$' esday (Lent begins), Fb
Quadt imsha Suuday, February 28.
St. Patricks Day, )arch 17.
1U4ef 0day, brar'rh 21.
Good FrIday, April 9.
St. #or g .3.
St. Mar, April 2.
Saintse ~lII and James, May 1.
~ogaB( n 4day, May 16.
Asoe Ion (Holy) Thursday, May '20.
PLANETS BE
)eroury, March S-8 and October 2
bw4the Sun; -also April 37 to May 3
,#setti.ng shortly after~ the Sun. 3
b ig n December. Mdra, September
ieter to us than In 1907,- but'will .i
i9$4. Jupiter, February -28. Saturn,
MORNING STARS.
West of $un.
4tercury, see "Planeta Brightest.
Wenus, he filp A0J8. -
Mars, untIlSMaya it
Jupitei't SeptembeJ d
Saturn, br~~il 8 to Ii? r15.
Uranus, fro ~ianuary 7 to April 11.
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February 20 t2.,setting about 1 h.
saft9the Sup*Q 1.
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1 h. 10 i. b Qtbs Sun, being farthe
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times. Zbols611~ iear the sunset
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Whit,-Sundiy'(Pwntacost), May 30.
Trinity Sunday, Jurci 6.
Cog i0hristf, June 10.
St.' rnkiabaii J.une 11.
St. 14hd'.the Baptist, Junei 2.
!ajptx:Peter Ani. Paul, J%ini- 2 0
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