Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-09-22
Quit Complaining.
Editor Or ,ngcJurg Times:

quit tcOmplalnlnTaDOut the hardness
of the times, and go to cnqniring
after the cause which they, j am
persuaded, will not have to 90 very
far to find, rs it licth at their very
door.
The thought OF Gods unwilling.
mes or refusal to help those who do
not first try to help themselves, is Il
fact which is based upon the free
and moral agency Of man. Man, be
ing free agent, he is endowed with
faculties Of both moral and intclcc-
tual nature, and it is BY the proper
exercise Of these faculties that he is
enabled to discover and utilize the
relations Of cause and effect or rs
certain what is really embraced in q
given phenomenon. IT is by the pro
per exercise and development Of
these faculties that &c obtains the
ability to discover the Inference be-
tween right and wrong, and pursue
the orc and cschcw the other. Nature
we must remember, docs not give to
man these faculties in Il fully develop
cd state, else there could be no
lcathcn, no error, and man would
be perfect. But the process Of dcvc-
lopmcnt is by slow degrees, intl.
enccd and controlled not entirely, but
largely By circumstances.
And thus the command is given to
train up the child in the way he
should so. lie who wisclr said that
the child is father to the man, opened
4 big door to the storchousc OF par
en- knowledge. Through this en-
trance we find abundant knowledge
boarded for the use Of ages.
But how many parents, Mr. Eul-
tor, whorcad your excellent paper,
are drawing from this cncXEanstiblr
fonntain. II We ere to "rcad their
history in a Ns lions eyes we would
he forced to the solemn performance
Of answering, hut few ifany. Ncgl-
gent then Of this, one Of .hc most I'M
porta'ht duties cnioincd upon man,
have we any cause to complain Of the
present condition Of our government
and the hardness Of the times: Z
when we complain. against whom is
oar complaint issued: Against the
people. But who is The people, and
ofwhat isthc people composed? or
Ilhdiv!dual responsible agents | am
an individual responsible agent,
therefore am constituent part Of
this great body. Let each individual
citizen Of this broad land then con
slider that he is Il factor of"thcv"
and as such let hlm go to work and
exercise those faculties with which!
nature has endowed him in order l:.,
he may not only be q factor Int Il
fcnctactor OF the people, and earn
est y contend for The promotion ana
establishment of pure and una;lul-
tcratcd, social, rcliGio"s political
and educational principles, and in
this way. each individual c!lor, press
ING the same direction, propelled bv
the san'e noble Sniri, uniting and
blending togcthcr would form the
basis OF Il government, the duration
Of which could only be measured bv
the limits Of time.
The whole law of c!hits S $ summed
up in this one beautiful ma X.u.n.
namely: 'Ivcrybody.should pursue
his own trnc and substantial tiappi-
ness"
Now the vei'y first step, Mr.. Editor,
that thc farmer makes in securing
advances from the merchant, if he
would just stop and think, exercise
those faculties 4 little, he would soon
discover hat he has taken lie wron.
path to success and happiness. Whcn
he surveys his pale, furnishing lands
which, perhaps, for the last ten or
twelve years he has been r0bbinr OF
the rvi the anG is Influenced by SOM
well gotten up circular or tie cy-
prrcncr Of DR.. so and so OF Can't.
Zig Planter to try the ncvcrtallnD
Chcmiral Preparation, if he would
Just pause for awhile and make in
qulry, the trees, the grass, the thick
ct, forest and the falling Icaiwould
all in eager whispcrinys convince him
Of the fact that lie earth is self Sus
timing, and inriclling and that he is
lar away from the path which lead.
eth TO success and happiness
When hcis standing about on Tie
streets, spending his precious time in
vain and ulbcroning communira.-
tions, or recling to and fro at the
mercy ofthc brute creation, with his
brain swimming in The hcllish bcvcr-
age, if he could but just inquire, be
fore his flaming eyes would appear Il
little neglected house, perhaps no,
far distant, in one corner OF which
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