The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-15
Mr.. IKE As 4 PHILOSOPHER.
TWO AX1oMs IN HIS. RELIGIOUS CREED,
Man Must Help HimselE.-Providenc
VIII Not Do For Us What We
Should DO For Ourselves.

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The oliect Of the present meeting, Is to con-
slider the question Of help and without fur
ther preliminary the club will proceed to bus.
iuess. !! -
of man, was his need OF helps he has new.
er been fully supplied yet, although lie was
in sonic measure supplied by the creation
OF woman. She was Intended as help, but
proved to be Il mother of necessity atid help.
lcssness, remedy worse than the ft1uiudyy.
and man needs US much II not more asSlst:I
ance now than he did bef,re her creation, and
the headquarters of help; from whencef
when? and how, are we TO expect help? who
are TO he the helpers? and Can 1t be obtained
by all ? are vital questions, and the member
Of this club has no utnpian vanity to crafty,
but real desire first 10 help himself, and
then as many Others as possible. II there
ever was time when help was needed, 1t Is
Just about now, and here Is the place that a.,
helping hand would be gratefully grasped;
and gladly received. ..s :.
There Is no lack of advice, and advisers, for
obtaining help but in In genuine sol hard times
he no balm Of Gilead to remove the anguish
| from aching hearts, or to hush the sighs, or
still moans, of hungry. cold and suffering
of coming woes, no hope Of aid and no pros.
pecL of surcess. Is crushing the souls and bH-
wilder'ng the faculties OF prostitute men. The
or we a1e
| breakers of distress and despair.
| There has been no night so dark as to OF
scure the light Of the succeeding day, and
! therefore hope our present tribulations Will
| be succeeded by period OF prosperity as
bright as the period of want is dark.
/ Experience Is u good schoolmaSter and a
dear one, but fools will learn under no other.
1t is giving us some dear lessons at present,
and hope after the Rotations are over VIC
will be wiser and better, and that we may all
in the end receive diplomas OF graduation IN
business, social, an1 moral traihing That VIII
In usefulness, full of profit to this club, and
tho rest of mankind to the end of time. The:
club Will hail the time when the bright side ~
tication meeting with open doors and fuIl
house In the meantime let us consider,
some OF the ways and means OF fastening
such aglorlons sconsummation. From whence
does help come? II should come from the
| four corners of the universe. From all sides,
from above and below, 1t should meet In
common center. 1t should proceed from ev-
cry, power, goou or evil, diSlnc anu nnmaIn,
not fail, and 1t is our duty 10 try to obtain It
from every source, and every quarter, and
with proper eXertion IL can be done.
When is 1t 10 be expected? Forthwith, Inn
mediatcly, right no {, aud forever. may be
obtained at all times by the proper use OF our
faculties and energies. We should draw on 1t
all the tine If we use the proper meana ne n: s,n
ply limited? There is an lnexhaustable sup
ply, and IL is comeatible by all.
How are we to expect help? First. by help:
help US. One Of the greatest obstacles In the.
way Of help Is lazincss. I.azincss Is as noph.
dant as help, and thrires better In the uncni;
tivated state than any, other pest, and VIII
comes IN contact with 1t II left alone. Why
md when It WAS invented are unknown to
this club, though 1t has been In existence SO
| long that 1t has common law. Idleness Is the
n IL and frnStinU Providence tD
do everything is the father of H., and believ-
ing 1t to he unnecessary 10 DO anything our
selves Is the best soil to plant 1t In. This club
lhns two cre eds in religion, or rather bas two
layloms In it's religious creed. The first is
that God does nething for man he can DO far
himself; and the second Is, that God leaves
nothing esSential undOne for man that ne
can not do for himself
Incessant labor conquers oil things Noth.
| Ing Is too difficult for mortals. The great
mistake Is to expect help before we help our
work under all circumstances, and DO our
part OF the Job, knowing the other part viii be
done. How to obtain this faith Is question
not fully known or understood by this clnn,
supernatural cause when we help ourselves,
though IL Is thoroughly understood by the
club that supernatural help never comes De
fore the nama help Il used K0n at the
top, or digging well from the bottom, as 10
apply for Supernatural help before using your
OWp natural powers OF help. IL every IIptu.
woman, and child would only do their t{aftf
distress. woe, and despair would soon 60
hence, and the country. wonld bloom and
| prosper. If Joshua of old had possessed can
i non and war engines, the walls or jericho
could not have been lcvelied by shouting ana
| blowing rams horns, and he had TO use inc
| means he had or they wOnld never have faiien
down; and although 1t looked like utter folly
| to cNrect the wallSto fall by marching aroun&>
| them blowing rams horns. yet he did 80 .Ior
seven days, and seven times on the seventh
would have made the wine fof.tnf marytage
feast unless they first had drawn the wateraMa
| filed the iars The servants did that, nndd6
did the rest With faith you tan move gQuif..
tains, but you cannot have fuith unlessysH
There Is enough profitable work about every
| household to employ every member aitSIns
! time. The pate, fdniiids Of this club can nn0
| innumerable things to be done around MS
lodgings. The great trouble with Ills supor-
dinutes, is the fear of doing the duty that be-
longs to some other associate, ana tney are
| too honorable and TO high-minded TO lntrude
on the province Of each other In the way OF
performing duties; and he Is rather 100 eau
tious of doing what should or ought 10 oe
done by ot hers, andas II is hard to decide VINO
should do some things. they are leit undone,
and the most Of the duties are neglected IN
that way. Making, Mending, and saving;
arc essentials that cannot be ncgleoted, ana
each would require IN entire meeting 81 the
club to he eHpatiatcd on. iht!ie MISS Ike, Ike,
about eight years Old, remarks: "Papa, you
have enough of that; SO good night, ,,,,.
Yours truly, Mh' lAI'
i ,,,pmv -;,yG MITES or ROCK.