The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-07
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Tho nearest synonym for debt is DEATH
DEBT has some streaks of light around
its dark mantle. SO has death. Debt
represents the fact of character. 1t may
be past fact; nevertheless, Mt tho time
when it WAS incurred its victim had char
ncter. Thus debt stands for something.
1t is the lowest possible condition to be
100 poor to get in debt. The next low
est is to get in debt The highest is to
be able ~ get in debt and not doit It is
ike the ability TO Hin, which argues great
confidence on the part of Creator, and
which, unactualized, argues great exalta-
ton on the part of the creature. The
happiest condition is, having been in
debt to get out again-so you can feel
that no man has any claim against you /;
that no man can justly say, 81 own n
part Of his life" Many poor soul, in
these days of hard settlements, look up.
on heaven as endowed with new attrac
tons in that there will be no debt
there.
The hardest strain on character is to
be 80 encased in debt that whichever wsy
one turns he strikes against some impas-
sable wall. To beat about in such q
cage, and be forever struggling to do JUS
tice, and honor God, and preserve integ-
rity,. is the highest test of character.
Brother, 1t you are overheard in mid
ocean. 1t will try your quality to swim
your best-but God is developing you.
Swim rs long as you can, and God may
either send ship or whale TO take you
up. II any land appears along the hori-
Zon anywhere, swim towards that. 1t is
not absolutely necessary that you should
reach it. II ia necessary that you should
swim your best. Tha! vii! aavo character.
II Is not necessary for you to die, leaving q
good estate. But it is necessary that You
should preserve perfect integrity. Pow
e,.y is not the worse thing in the world
SIN Is the worst thing in the universe
NlaSe dead fight to pay your debts, and
keep your integrity. Don't lie down.
1t you are knocked down, that is not
your fault. Don'i dodge. If you arc
dencc
No man comes to his best development
OF manliness till he has looked the wolf
out of countennnce. 1t is heavy strain
on your nerve, but it is ono OF Gods pro-
cesses.
Poverty and debt are the professors in
Gods University, to whom is committed
the perf.cting of the Senior Glass. The
'NS''OHo or ioiie anu uuiNJ DuL LnuL Is tue
| way ability is matured.
To live on short rations and habitual
ly deny ones wife and children the lux
uries and comforts of life, because ones
earnings justly belongs to somebody who
has had the confidence to lend helping
hand; tc poise every investment over the
point Of obligation to creditor; to care
fully study ones endurance rs 80 much
due to another, and use it as trust fund
in such way as to get the most out of
it for another; to make sixpenca do the
work of a shilling to explore every pen.
ny for its last aud utmost capacity: to
study how to do without things to learn
how not to want things-all these are the
lessons in the higher classes of Gods
University. Brother, stand firm. The
outer man shiver and tremble under
these loads, but the inner man-the real
man-can grow strong and acquire n
beauty that will break out of the hard
bud in the genial light of tho world to
come. Stand up to this training, and
when you have graduated, whatever men
may read on this side of your tomb, on
the other side of it saints and angels will
Ieh,i /: ;:Grsduatvd with honor The b.