. Christian herald and signs of our times . fter long companionshipin tribulation. At the Second Adventthose who have gone before will join thosewho were left behind and both enter to-gether into their reward. Then we who are alive and remain shall becaught up together with them in the clouds to meetthe Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be withthe Lord. [z. Thess. 4:17. Why the Timber Decayed. Microscopical investigation is said, by ascientific journal, to have revealed thecause of decay in certain pieces of has been noticed that of two logs cutfrom the same tree and carv ed int
. Christian herald and signs of our times . fter long companionshipin tribulation. At the Second Adventthose who have gone before will join thosewho were left behind and both enter to-gether into their reward. Then we who are alive and remain shall becaught up together with them in the clouds to meetthe Lord in the air : and so shall we ever be withthe Lord. [z. Thess. 4:17. Why the Timber Decayed. Microscopical investigation is said, by ascientific journal, to have revealed thecause of decay in certain pieces of has been noticed that of two logs cutfrom the same tree and carv ed into gate-posts, one may decay much more quicklythan the other. It is quite common, too,to see the staves of a barrel which is keptpartially full of water, in the degreein which they absorb moisture , thoughthey may be of the same kind of of the staves will be always moistfrom bottom to top, while another will bequite dry above the level of the water inthe barrel. The solution of the puzzlesuggested by the journal, based on the. driver came to the surface bleeding from asevere cut on the head. A rope was thrownto him by the men on the pier, but he wastoo dazed and weak to hold it. One ofthese men ran off to get a boat. Anotherthrew himself face downward on the pierand tried to reach the drowning man, butthe tide was low and the water was overtwelve feet below the level of the that the man could not keep afloatmany minutes longer and was becomingfaint with loss of blood, the would-be res-cuer called to a strong man to hold his feetand lower him over the edge of the was done, but still he could not reachthe drowning man. Two other men see-ing the urgency of the case seized thesecond by his feet, and lowered him. too,over the edge, he still clinging firmly tothe feet of the first, whose hands nowtouched the water. Just then the drown-ing man floated within reach and wasgrasped by the lowest link of this humanchain and his head raised above the sur-f
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