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100 1 _aCameron, Mrs.
_q(Lucy Lyttelton),
_d1781-1858
245 1 4 _aThe warning clock
250 _aNew edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-08
508 _aCharlene Taylor, Elias Jackson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _aThe warning clock by Mrs. Cameron is a short Christian moral allegory for children written in the early 19th century. It uses the image of a New Year’s clock and a homeward journey to warn against delay in repentance and duty, contrasting prompt obedience with fatal procrastination. Two banished sisters, Diligence and Indolence, live under a faithful nurse when a message arrives: their father longs to receive them, and an interceding elder brother has secured their welcome. Diligence rises at dawn, accepts a staff and provisions, and sets out cheerfully toward the Everlasting Hills. Indolence repeatedly postpones, lulled by sleep despite the clock’s solemn strokes and the nurse’s urgent pleas. As evening falls, a messenger announces Diligence has reached home and is joyfully received, while Indolence’s “day of grace” is past and she is consigned to outer darkness. The tale closes with a Scriptural warning that clinging to worldly ease leads to loss, but timely self-denial gains life eternal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Houlston and Co., 1823
653 _aChristian life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aAllegories
653 _aProcrastination -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/warningclockorvo00cameiala/page/n1/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78137
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