The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-23


mortal nature, and the surrender Is
complete.
Again, business men are sometimes
tempted to throw off personalrespon-
sibility upon the moneyed institution
to which they belong. Directors IN
banks and railroads and insurance
companies sometimes shirk personal
responsibility underneath the action
Of the corporation. And how often,
when some banking house or financial
institution explodes through fraud,
respectable men in the board Of diTec-
tors say: "Why, I thought ali 49,
going on in sn honest way, and | an
utterly confounded with this misde-
meanor!.' The banks, and the fire
and LIE and marine insurance com
p.nie.. and the railroad companies,
viii not stand up for Judgment in the
last day, but those who in them
acted righteously willreceive, Zach for
himself, G reward, and those Who
acted the part of neglect OF trickery
will, each for himself, receive q con-
! demnstion-
Again, many business men have
been tempted 10 postpone then en-
! ioyments and duties to u future seas-
on of entire leisure. What S seda-
| tive the Christian religion you'd bo
to all our business men ii, instead o.
postponing its uses 90 old age or
death, they would t.ke it into store
| or factory, or worldly engagements
now. It is folly to go amid the IN
certainties Of business lie with no
God to help! 4 merchant IN New
England village was standing by o
horss, and the horse lifted his foot to
stamp it il pool Of water, and the
merchant, to escape the splash,
stepped into the door OF an insurance
agent, and the agent said: 81 suppose
you have come to renew your IRE IN
surance?n "Oh," said the merchant,
4 had forgotten that" The insur-
anee was renewed, and the next day
the house that had been insured was
burned. Was it all accidental that
the merchant, to escape splash from
horses loot, stepped into the insur-
snce Office? No, it was providentlal.
And what mighty solace for q busi-
ness man to feel that things are prov-
Dental! What peace and equilibrium
in such consideration, and what a
grand thing L Il business men could
realize it!
Many, although no~ comparatively
Strengthened in worldly circumstan-
ces, have goodly establishment in
the future planned out. Thay have
in imagination built about twenty
years ahead a house in the country
not difficult Of access from the CREST
town, for they will often have busi-
ness, OF old accounts 10 settle, and
investments to look after. The house
is largo enough to accommodate ali
their friends. The halls are wide
and hung with pictures Of hunting
scenes and branch OF antlers, and
ere comfortable with chairs that can |
be rolled out on the verands when
the weather is inviting, cr set out un-
der some Of the oaks that stand sen-
tinel shout the house, and rusthng IN |
the cool breeze, and songful with the |
robins. There is Just land enough to
keep thsm Interested, and its crops Of |
almost fabulous richnes: sprngng
up under application OF the best
theories to be found in the agriclltu-
ral journals. The farm is well stock
ed with cattle and horses, and sheep |
that know the voice and have a kindly
bleat when one goes forth to look at |
them. In this blissful abode their |
childrcn Will be instructed IN art and
science and religion. This shsll be |!
the old homestead to which the boys
at college viii direct their letters, and
the hill on which the house stands |
viii be called G,1kwood or Ivy Hill or
Pleasant Retreat or Eagle Eyre.
Nay the future have for every busl-
ness nan here al that and more be-
side! But are you postponlng your
happiness TO that time? Are you
.djoulning your joys to that colsun-
nation?
Suppose that you achieve al yoa
e3pect-and the vision I mention is
not up to the -caity, because the
fountains will be brighter, the house
granper, and the scenery more PIC
Suresoue-tha mistake is none the
less fetsl What charm will there be
in rural quiet for man who has
thirty or forty years been conforming
his entire nature to The e1citements
Of business? Will focks and herds,
with their bleat and moan, be able to
silence the insatiable spirit Of &C
ouisitivsoess which has for years had
full swing in the souls VIII the hum
OF the breeze soothe the man who
now can find his only enjoyment N
the stock market: Will leaf and cloud
and fountain charm the eye that has
for three-fc ~rths Of a life time found
it's chiei besuty il hogsheads and
bills Of sale? Will parents be con-
petent to rear their children for high
and holy purpose. II their infancy and
boyhood and girlbood were neglected,
! when they are almost ready to enter
upon the world and have all their
habits fixed and thcir principles
ssereotyped' No, no; now is thetune
to be happy. Now is the time to
serve your Creator. Nov is the time
to be Christian Are you too busys
have known men as busy asyou are
who Lad place in tbs store-loft
whe-e they went to pray. Some one
asked s Christian sailor where he
found place to pray in. He sad:
Il cnn always find a quiet plsce at
masthead" And in TIE busiest Day
in the seascn, your heart is right,
yoa cea find place to p-ay. Brosd-
| way and Fulton s:ree5are good places
to pray n as you go TO meet yoEr
various engagements. Go home E