The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-10-03

superfuous toe. A few of them b
large charities bleed themselves of thi
financial obesity and monetary plethora
but many of them hang on to the hin
dering snperhuity till death, and thel
as they are compelled to give the none.
up anyhow, in their last will and tesla
ment they generally give some of it t
the Lord, expecting no doubt that Ii
will feel very much obliged to them.
ssThank God that once in while VI
have q Peter Cooper, who, owning al
interest in the iron works at Trenton
said to Mr.. Lester: 4 do not feel quit
easy about the amount we are making
Working under one of our patents, VI
have monopoly which seems to m
something wrong. Everybody has tt
come to US for it, and we are making
money too fast. So they reduced tn
price, and this while our philanthropis
was building Cooper Institute, whicl
mothers hundred institutes of kindnes
and mercy all over the land. But tn
world had to wait $500 years for Pete
Cooper.
ssI am glad for the benevolent institu
tions that get legacy from men who
during their life, were IS stingy as death
but who. in their last will and testament
bestowed money on hospitals and mis-
sionary societies." said DR.. Talmage
warmly; "but for such testators L hav'
no respect. They would have takel
every cent of it with them If they could
and bought up half Of Heaven and lie
it ont at ruinous rent, or loaned th'
money to celestial citizens at 2 per cent
mouth and got corner on harps snt
trumpets. They lived in this worlt
fifty or sixty years in the presence o
appalling suffering and want and made
10 effort for their relief. The charitie'
of such people are, for the most part, II
paulo-post future tense, and they are
going to do them. The probability Ii
that if such a one in his last will by
donation to benevolent societies tries tt
atone for his lifetime close-fstedness
the heirs at law will try to break the vii
by proving that the old man was senlle
or crazy, and the expense of the htiga
ton Will about leave in the lawyers
hands what was meant for the American
Bible Society.
so, ye overweighted successful bust
ness men, whether this sermon reach
your ear or your eye, let me say that II
you are prostrated with an1ieties about
keeping or investing these tremendous
fortunes, can tell you how you can dc
more to get your health back and your
spirits raised than by drinking gallons
of bad tasting water at Saratoga, Ham.
burg or Carlsbad-give to God and
humanity 10 per cent. OF all your IN.
come and it will make new man OF
you, and from restless walking of the
floor at night you shall have eight hours
sleep without the aid of bromide OF
potassium, and from no appetite You
will hardly be able to await your regular
meals, and your wan cheek will fill up,
and when you die the blessings OF those
who but for you would have persisted
will bloom all over your grave with
violets, if it be spring, or gladioi, If it
be autumn"
Continuing in this style for some
time, DR.. Talmage spoke of the gifts
with which nature endowed man, and
how they should be employed.
81 was reading of three women" he
said, in conclusion, "who were IN rival
ry about the appearance of the hand.
And the one Redeemed her hand with
berries, and said the beautiful tinge
made hers the most beautiful. And
another put her hand in the mountain
brook, and said, as the waters dripped
off, that her hand was the most beauti-
iul. And another plucked flowers off
the bank, and under the bloom con-
tended that her hand WAS the most at
tractive. Then poor old woman ap-
peared, and, looking up in her decrepi-
tude, asked for aims. And woman
who had not taken part in the rivalry
gave her aims. And ell the women re-
solved to leave to this beggar the ques-
ton as to which of all the hands present
was the most attractive, and she said:
The most beautiful Of them all is the
one that gave relief to my necessities,
and as she so said her wrinkles and rags,
and her decrepitude and her body dis
appeared, and in place thereof stood the
Christ who long ago said: 'Inasmuch as
ye did il to one of the least of these, ye
did it to Ne, and who, to purchase the
service of our hand and foot here on
earth or IL resurrection state, had his
own hand and foot lacerated.