Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-08-28
DEBT
nearest synonym for debt is

u DEBT.
!. he nearest synonym for debt i
deat. Debt has some streaks o
/ liat around its dark mantle. 81
E,s death. Debt represents the fac
4 character. tt may be past fact
1 srtheless, at the time when it was
= garred its victim had character
9 Tins debt stands for something. II
n she lowest possible condition to be
n fsepoor to get in debt. The next
. lqyest is to geti debt. The highest
isbo be able to get in debt and not
il. 1t is like the ability to sin,
which argues great confidence on the
| partpf the Creator, and which, unaetu-
0 aiized. argues great e1altation on the
part If the creature. The happiest
condition is, having been IN debt to
J, get out again-so you can feel that
!, DO mar has any claim against you ;
That noman can Justly say, ~ own
q part d his life.'" Many i oor soul,
in these days of bad settlements. look
4 Upon helvcn as endowed with new
,4fattractins in that there will be no
4 debt thee.
" The h,rdest strain on character is
! to be 80 ncased in debt that which,
lever way one turns he strikes against
some imrassable wall. To beat about
iin such "a cage, and be forever strug-
| ffgling to do justice, and honor God,
| and preserve integrity, is the highest
Rest Of character. Brother, if you
ARE overheard in mid-ocear, it will
fry your quality to swim your best
but God is developing you. Swim
as long as you can, and God may
either send a ship or whale to take
You up. If any land appears along
the horizon anywhere, swim towards
that. 1t is not absolutely necessary
that you should reach ii. 1t is ne
cessary that you should swim your
best. That will save character. 1t
is not necessary for you to die, leay.
ing a good estate. But it is necessa-
ry that you should preserve perfect
integrity. Poverty is not the worst
thing in the world sin is the worst
thing in the universe. Make dead
fight to pay your debts, and keep
your integrity. Don't lie down. If
you are knocked down, that is not
your fault. Don't dodge If you are
hit, accept it as part Of Providence.
No man comes to his best develop
ment Of manliness till he has looked
the wolf out of countepance. It is a
heavy strain on your nerve, but it is
one es9S,. qG Coils processes.
in Gods University, to whom is COM
mitted the rerfecting of the Senior
Glass. The lessona are long and hard
but that is the Way ability is ma
tured.
10 live Oh short rations and habitu-
ally deny ones wife and children the
luxuries and comforts Of life, because
ones earnings justly belong to some.
body who has had the confidence to
lend a helping hand to poise every
Investment over the point Of obliga-
ton to creditor; to carefully study
ones endurance as 80 much due to
another, use it as trust fund in such
way as to get the most out Of it for
another to make si1pence do the
work Of a shilling; to explore every
penny for its last and utmost capaci-
ty; to study how to do without
things; to learn how not to want
things-all these are the lessons in
the h CHER classes of Gods University.
Brother, stand firm. The outer man
may shiver and tremble under these
loads, but the inner mantle real
,man-can grow strong and acquire
beauty that will break out of the
hard bud in the genial light Of the
world to come. Stand up to his
training, and when you have gradu-
ated, whatever men may read on this
side of it saints and angels will read:
Graduated with honor. ."-Erchange
Mrs. SPRAGuE's APPEARANCE
Mrs. Sprague is by no means the
beautiful woman she used to be. She
must be now not far from forty.6ve
years old, although she looks much
younger. She is medium height, say
five feet four or five inches, and Of
very regular features. Her hair is q