Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-02-18

uueb ZOE DPlGef nave hnOWu ~ III luS
heart in the first nlace, alld saved the
money. WHAT'S the use of believing ell
these knotty points, if they don't make
g sure thing for man 9'' y7S;. - 81
eff your belief don't make you any
better or happier, Joseph" rejoined the
Squire, tsyou'd better look again and
see il you've got q good hold Of it;
those that's got clear titlo don't find
their Investment as slow in making re-
turns, while those that find fault ere
generally the ones thatm mistake. y
Poor Joe he thought he had set
tied this whole matter but now, if his
partner was right, he was worse off than
if he hadn't begun. He believed in
justification by. faith now, wasn't his
faith strong first class, he might say
To be sure of being safe, hadn't he be-
lieved everything that all the ministers
had Insisted upon as essential And
what was faith, if it wasn't believing
He would ask his partner; the old man
had got him into this scrape-now he
must see. him through.
esquire" said he, isn't faith the
same thing as believing ?"
"Well, said the Squire, adjusting his
glasses, and taking from his desk the
little Testament upon which he admin
istered oaths that depends on how you
believe. Here's a verse on the subject /:
Thou believest in God thou dost
we'll the devils also believe and trem-
ble.'"
Ughl Joe shivered. He wasn't an
aristocrat, but would any one fancy such
companionship Us the Squire referred
to?
Here" said the Squire, turning the
leaves sis another passage bearing on
the subject: 20, generation of vipers,
who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come? Bring forth, therefore,
fruits meet for repentance.
Vipers Joe uncomfortably wondered
who else the Squire was going to intro.
duce into the brotherhood of faith.
"Now, see what it says in another
Sic THAT saith unto me Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven,
but he that doeth the will of thy Father
which is in heaven"
"Yes," said Joe, grateful for hearing
of no more horrible believers, "but
what is his will but believing on him
Don't the Bible say that they that be-
ieve shall be saved"
"Joseph," said the Squire, "when
you believed in my store, yo1 put in
yolr time and money there. When you
believed in hoss tradin' you devoted
yourself TO practising it. When you
believed life insurance was good thing,
you took out policies and paid for them,
though you have complained of the
Patagonian dividends. Now, if you do
believe in God, what have you done to
prove it"
"I've paid over hundred dollars
year church dues" said Joe, wrathful-
ly, "not counting subscriptions to
bal and new organ.
"That wasn't for God, Joseph" said
the Squire; "'twas all for you. God
never'll thank you for running an
asylum for paupers fit to work. You'll
find in the twenty-hfth chapter of
Matthew description of those that's
going into the kingdom of heaven
they're the people that give food and
clothing to the needy, and visit the sick
and prisoners those that don't do these
things don't 60 in, to put it mildly.
He don's say word about belief there,
Joseph; for He knows that giving away
property don't happen till mans be.
lief is pretty strong"
Joe felt troubled. Gould it really be
that bis eternal insurance was going to
cost more money! Joe thought envi-
ously of Colonel Pung, president of
the Bungfeld railroad oompany-the
Colonel didn't believe in anything; 30
he saved all his money, and Joe wished
he had some OF the Coloncl's courage
Joe's meditstions were interrupted by
the entrance of Sam Ottrey. poor fel.
low who owed Joe aome money. Joe
had lent Sam hundred dollars, dis
counted ten per cent. for ninety days,
and secured by ohattle mortgage on
Sans horse and wagon. But Sam had
been sick during most of the ninety
days, and when he went to Joe to beg o
few days of grace, that exemplary bns.
mess man insisted upon immediate pay.
ment.