The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-27


scythe or an Ak on a grindstone. while some
one was turning it round and round, and the
man holding the axe bore on 1t harder
and harder, while the water dropped from
the grindstone, and the edge OF the axe
from being round and dull. got keener
and keener, and the mechanic lifted the axe
glistening and sharp and with edge so keen
he must cautiously run his finger along lest
while examining the implement he cut his
hand to the bone. So E:hare seen men who
were put against the grindstone OF hardship,
and while one turned the crank another
would press the unfortunate harder
down and harder down until he was
ground away thinner and thinner, mis-
comforts thinner, his prospects thin
ner and his face thinner. And Isaiah
shrieks out: What mean ye that ye grind
the faces of the poor!" 1t is an awful thing
to be hungry. It is an easy thing for us to
be in good humor with all the world when
we have no lack. But let hunger take full
possession of US, and we would all turn into
barbarians and cannibals and fiends.
7 am glad to know that the time IS COM
ing, God hasten it, when every family IN
the round world will sit down at full table,
and it will be only question between lamp
and venisou, or between partridge ana quall
on toast, and out Of spoons made out OF Ne
vada silver or California gold the pastries
Will drop on tongues thrilling with thank
fulness be,euse they have full enough. |
have no idea God is going to let the human
race stay in its present pred!cament. II the
world winds up as it now is 1t will be an
awful failure Of a world. The barren places
will be irrigated. The pomologists, helped
Of God, will urge on the fruits. Inc
botanists, inspired of the Lord, viii help on
the gardens. The raiser Of stock will send
enough animals fit for human food to the
markets, and the last earthquake that rands
the world will upset a banQuetirg table at
which are seated the entire human race.
Meanwhile suppose that some OF the energy
we are spending in useless and unavalllng
talk about the bread question should be ex-
pended in inerci:u! alleviations.
have read that the battlefield on which
more troops met than on any other IN the
worlds history was the battlefield OF Lelp-
sic, 16O, 900 men under Napoleon, 250, 900 men
under Schwarzsberg. No no. The great
est and most terrific battle is now being
Tough. al the world over. It is the struggle
foc food. The ground tone of the finest
eassage in one of the great musical master
pieces, the artist says, was suggested TO him
by the cry of the hungry papolace Of Vienna
IS the King rode through, and they shouted:
Bread, Give US bread!" Aid all through
the great harmonies Of musical acade my
and cathedral, hear the pathos, the ground
tone, the tragedy Of uncounted multitudes,
who with streaming eyes and wan cheeks
and broken hearts, in behalf Of themselves
and their families are pleading for bread.
Let us take another look around to see
how we may serve our generation. Let US
see as far as possible that they have enough
to wear. God looks on the human race and
knows just how many Inhabitants the world
has. The statistics Of the worlds popu!a-
ton are carefully taken iu civilized lands,
and every few years officers OF government
20 through the land and count how many
people there are in the United States or
England, and great accuracy is reached.
But when people tell US how many inhabl-
tsuts there are in Asia or Africa, at best it
must be wild guess. Yet God knows the
exact number Of people on our planet end
BE has made enough apparel for each. and
If there be fifteen hundred million, fifteen
thousand, fifteen hundred and fifteen peo-
pie, then there is enough apparel for fifteen
hundred million, fifteen thousand, fifteen
hundred and fifteen. Not slouchy apparel,
not ragged apparel, not insufficient apparel,
but appropriate apparel.
f. At least two suits for every being on the
earth, a summer suit and winter suit. A
coed pair Of shoes for every living mortal.
A good coat, good hat, or good bonnet
and good shawl and complete masculine
or feminine outfit of apparel. A wardrobe
for all nations adapted TO all climes, and not
q string or a button, pin or hook or an
eye wanting. But, alas! where are the good
clothes for three-fourths Of the human race.
The other one-fourth have appropriated
them. The fact is, there needs to be and
will be redistribution. Not oy anarchistio
violence II outlawry had its way, it would
rerd and tear and diminish until, instead Of
three-fourths Of the world not properly at,
tired. four-fourths would be in rags. viii
letyou know how the redistribution will taSd
place By generosity on the part Of those
who have surplus and increased industry
on the part Of those suffering from deficit.
Not all. but the large majority Of cases OF
poverty in this country are result of idle.
ness or drunkenness, either on the part Of
the present sufferers or their ancestors. In
most cases the rum jug is the maelstrom
that has swallowed down the livelihood Of
those who are in rags. But things will
change, and by generosity on the part Of
the crowded wardrobes, aud industry and
sobriety on the part Of the empty wardrobeS,
there will be enough for all to wear. God
has done his part toward the dressing of
the human race He grows a surplus of
wool on the sleeps back, and Gocks roam
the mountains and valleys with burden OF
warmth intended for transference to hu
man comfort, when the shuttles Of the fac
tories reaching all the way from the Chat
tahooche to the Merrimac shall have spun
and woven it. And here come forth the
Rocky Mountain goat and the cashmere
and the beaver. Here are the meriro
sheep. their origin traced back to
the focks Of Abrahamic and Davidic
times In white letters Of snowy fleece
God has been writing for thousand years
His wish that there might be warmth for all
nations. While others are discussing the
effect of high or low tariff or no tariff at all
on.wool. you and had better see if in our
wardrobes we have nothing that we can
spare for the shivering, or pick ont some
poor lad of the street and take him down to
a clothing store and fit him out for the Win
ter. Don't think that God has forgotten to
send ice aud snow, because Of this wonder
fully mild January and February. We shall
vet have deep SHOWS and so much frost on
the window pane that in the morning you
can not see through it; and whole lccks Of
billiards., for God long ago declared that
winter as well as summer shall not cease,
and between this and the spring crocus we
may all have reason to cry out with the
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