The warning clock : or, The voice of the new year by Mrs. Cameron
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The 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.)
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| Author | Cameron, Mrs. (Lucy Lyttelton), 1781-1858 |
|---|---|
| Title | The warning clock : or, The voice of the new year |
| Edition | New edition. |
| Original Publication | London: Houlston and Co., 1823, reprint 1840. |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor, Elias Jackson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Allegories |
| Subject | Procrastination -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78137 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-78137-2 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 267 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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