The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-04


cent OF the tempest.
Furthermore let tn" story OF Tia
ln;m teach us how quickly t;rns The
wheel OF fortune. One day. except
ms the king. Haman was Inc might
est man i'll Persia: but the next day,
Il lackey. SO we go up and so we
come down. You seldom find any
man twenty years in the same cir
cIlnstances. OF those who il politi
cal life twenty years ago, were the
most prominent, bow few remain III
conspicuity. Political parties make
certain men Go their hard work, and
then, after using them as hacks turn
them out on the comons to die. Every
four years there is acomplete revolu-
ton, and auout five thousand men
who ought certainly to be the next
President are shamefully disappoint-
cd: while some, who are this day OBJ
scure and poverty stricken, will rloe
upon the shoulders of the people,
and take their turn st admiration
and the spoils of Office. Oh, how
quickly the wheelturns! Ballot box
es are the steps on which men come
down as Otter as they go up. Oi
those VINO were long ago successful
in the accumulation of property, how
few have not met with '.-rererses,
while many of those who then were
straiteneel in circumstances now
hold the bonds and the bank-keys of
the nation. OF ali tickle things In
the world, fortune is the most tickle.
Every day she changes her mind, and
woe to the man who puts any conf
dence in what she promises or pro-
poses! She cheers when you go up,
and she laughs when you come down.
Oh, trust not q moment IN your
hearts affections to tlis changeiul
world! Anchor your soul IN God.
From Ch1ist's compaionshlp gather
your satisfaction. Then come sor-
row or gladness, success OF defeat
riches OF poverty, honor Or disgrace,
health OF sickness, life OF death, time
or eternity, al are yours, and We are
Ch,!st's and Christ is Gods.
Were called to sketch misery in it's
| worst form, I would not go up in the
dark alley OF the poor, but ur the
highway over which prancing Buce-
phali strike the sparks with their
hoofs, and between statuary and
parks of stalking deer. Wretched-
mess IS more bitter when swallowed
from gemmed goblet than from
earthen pitcher CT pewter mug. II
there are young people here who are
looking for this position and that
circumstance, thinking that worldly
success will bring peace of the soul.
| let them shatter the delusion. It is
not what we get, it is what we are.
Daniel among the lions is happier
than Nebuchadnezzar on his throne.
And when life is closing, brilhancy OF
worldly surroundings will be no so
lace. Death is blind, and sees no
difference between q king and his
clown, between the Nazarene and the
Athenian, between the booklcss, hut
and national library. The frivoi-
ties of life cannot with their giddy
laugh, echoing from heart to heart,
entirely drown the voice OF a tremen-
| dous conscience, which says: Il ain
immortal. The stars shall die, but l
am immortal. One wave Of eternity
shall drown time in its depths, but l
am immortal. The earth shall have q
shroud OF flame and the heavens flee
at the glance of the Lord, but I am
immortal. From all the heights and
depths Of my nature rings down, and
rings up, and rings out, the word
Immortal A good conscience and
assurance of life eternal through the
Lord Jesus Christ are the only Sc
curities.
The souls happiness is too large a
craft to sail up the stream OF worldly
pleasure. AS ship-carpenters say, it
draws too much water. This earth
! is bubble, and will burst. This
life is vision and will soon pass
away. Time! It is only o ripple,
and it breaketh against the throne
of judgment. Our days! They fly
swifter than a shuttle, weaving for
us a robe of triumph or garment Of
| shame. Begin your life with religion
and for it's greatest trial you Will be
ready. Every day viii be a triumph,
and death will be only king S se,T-
ant calling you to a royal BAN
quet.
In olden times the man who was
to receive the honors of knighthood
! was required to spend the previous
night fully armed, and with shield
and lance to walk up and down
among the tombs of the dead.
Through hours Of that night his
steady step was heard, and, when
the morning dawned, amid grand pa
rade and the sound OF comets the
honors of highthood were bestowed.
Thus it shall be with good mans
soul in the night before heaven. Full
ly armed with shield and sword and
4: helmet, he shall watch and wait until
the darkness fly and the morning
break, and amid the sound of celes-
tial harpings the soul shall take the
honors of heaven amid the mnumera-
bic throng with robes s1:owy-white
streaming over seas OF sapphire.
Moadecai will only have to wait for
his day of triumph. It took all the
preceding trials to make back
ground for his after successes. The
scafold built for him makes all the
more imposing and picturesque the
horse iuto whose long white name he
twisted his fingers at the mounting.
You want at least two misfortunes,
hard as flint, to strike fire. Heavy
long-continued SHOWS in the winter
are signs of good crops next summer.
So many have yielded wonderful
harvests of beneyolence and energy
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