The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-21

A6S1s anu FuEa2bucu Dv request or the
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This is o subiect embracing o Iarge
field Of thought ald as extensive in i'm.
portauce as It 10 10 magnitude. III
literal aignifcation, 10 socrking together
and we have only to give it Cur earnest
thought to sec the advantages reaped
from it on every hand. Although we
may fail to recognize the benefits accrn.
ing from it, yet we do actually realize
them every day. Without cooperation
what benefits could we reasonably ex.
pect from Church or State from social
or domestic life2 Mark you its signifi.
cation: working together, united efforts,
an union of energies.is K So. vi
"Where TIC or thres are gathered
together in my name, there will / be
with them .te own and bless them, ;" Is a
divine promise with which VIC are famiI-
lar; and the condition of the promise is,
that there be perfect union in this one
good work Of service to him who cseated
all things, and by whose power all things
are preserved.
In State, are we not now in the midst
of the most striking aud cheering illus
trations Of the power of well-conducted
cooperation; and do wo notaeach one Of
us confidently hope that shs blessiues
which once crowned sonr' people, but
which the past has torn from us, will
soon be seen returning to us through the
agency of wise and well.directed CO.
operation? It Is powerful agency. 1t
is power itself The mind has only to
penetrate its Specification, and then fol-
low along in the track of its operations,
in the various directions in which it
demonstrates ITSELF TO rsrcsivo at once
that the word inherently carries with it
the idea of power.
It is q power fnr good or evil, accord
ing an the prompting motive is good or
evil. a. aly k..Sg s&7
BY its power, as manifeated in The
Temperance cause, the tide Of iptoxica-
ton, bearing upon its bosom oil manner
Of evil, has been caused to ebb from
many family and many a community,
leaving them TO enjoy tho comforts for
which they were designed quiet instead
of clamor, peace instead Of strife, and
!:sfrr;io,ss !:sfrr;ios,ss :as.sai :a.a 5f f misery. e.
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BY the united efforts of pions uler and
.'omen, in various praiseworthy organi-
cations, christian 10 lluenceIhas been ex-
tended far and wide; heathen minds
have been made to become radiant With
intelligence, and useful in disseminating
knowledge. The Sabbath School is an
other instance of the power, certainly SO
wellunderstood and generally admitted
as to mako it needless to halt here
The whole matter of education in our
country stands mainly upon this basis
for its dissemination. We haye.n 20 COM
pu!scry Law requiring d child to attend
school, or compelling the parent to send
it. It is by the combined energies of
communities that teachers are secured,
schools kept in operation, and a general
opening thus made for the education OF
the children Of our countr, Let com.
munity lose the advantage of co-opera-
ton in this particular, let them refuse to
unite their interests and efforts in this
one object OF supplying school, and
they thus, blindly or vilfully, thrust the
means of education beyond their reach,
and close the doors of instruction against
their own children; and SO long as they
continue in this course will ignorance
and superstition gain the aseendancy,
trailing after them their multitudinous
host Of attendant evils, for ignorance and
vice go hand in hand.
Without cooperation success viii be
sought in vain, even within the small
circle of q single family; even by him
who attempts to run only a one-horue
farm without or by her who would keep
her house in order within. Ia
Cooperation lies at tho foundation d
almost every enterprise of public utility
BY it railroads are constructed, and many
other channels ef Importance opened hEE
to facilitate the transaction of business
in which nearly Ill of us are concerned
BY it manufactures are established and
kept ia successful operation, for the pro,
ductions of which we eagerly spend oul
hard,earned money, thus acknowledging
their superiority over our handmade
articles; aud the scarcity of manufacto
ries in our beautiful South is not to b
attributed to o want Of means to estab
lish them SO nnch as 1t is tothe want b
cooperation IN puttiisg our hknds to tht
work. It Is, perhaps, slightly owing tc
our want of light or information bearing
a::eS.!. 5 .Tvs. ,ti,s iirs..ssIia.
(bnt where the energetic and cooperative
will is present, the necessary information
is Accessibility it is mainly owing to tht
folding of our hands, sitting at ease
leaving this heaven-bsatowed and other
wise efficient power, undeveloped, feeling
ouraelvea so conveniently supplied bl
others who, we admit, see further, thinl
deeper; act more aud who, rising In III
strength Of their co-pperatiye power
Pfove lhemseIyes superior to the task.
Many charitable ipstitutions owe thei
origin and continued existence 20 ihl
co.opets ion of good men md good wo
men who hsyc bOnt their energies In TIL
spirit of benevoleuce. 1 hllude to sucl