The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-30


MutuaIy D.pe,.,t.u, Oh Each Others
uonst7--An-csiu. Case of tho E,cach
Pcince In: -riai.
HHooLLYS. D.c. 29,--Any person
seeking tie .ecreE Of Dr.. IalnaSe' 8
narselous popularity with the millions
Of >ernon hearers sud sermon readers
NAV End 4 clew to it IN The sermon ne
preached at the tabernacle this morn
M, Ii has nothirz. to do with abstruse
doctrines. In: gives clear view Of what
may be terMcd applied Christianity.
Ills text vas Proceres Ill. s, IN ali thy
sass acknorlsdgl Him and lie shall di-
rec. thy PATHS
a promise sovd snoush fer many
klr,is cs lie. h=t," not ior any
kind o. lie says some business
man; "ihe :&w ofsupply and demand
CONTROLS the l:usitsess world" Bat l
hay. r,ason % sa4 hat it IS d promise
to al ressaa, in al kind of honest busl-
aess
There is lie wax cetwecu religion and
business, bstweea iedgers aud Bibles,
be&weea cha:ches Gud counting houses.
On the ccn.rary, religion acce.erates
business, sharpeus mems wits, sweeteas
acerti.v OF disposition, fllips the blood
Of phlee mates anG throws more velocity
into the wEeels of nard work. 1t gives
better balancing 20 The judgment, more
strength 10 ne will, more muscle 10 lu-
Gus;ry anG throws into enthusiasm a
mere conss Grated iice. You cannot IN
all the round Of the world show me
rean whose honest business has been
GeSpoil~d b. religion.
The indus.r.a: classes are divided into
th:ee grouys-plo6ucers, ELanufactur-
els, traders. Pro0ccers, such as farmers
and siaers. Manufacturers, such as
,Gcse who tues cc-a into food, and WOOL
sad fix Ito apparsl. Traders, such as
Dlake urcft out Of the transfer and eS-
ehaose Ct al that which is produced and
nls -utac,ured. 4 business man may be-
lo,g 10 any cne or all Of thsse classes.
apG net one is independent OF any other.
When the prince Imperial OF France
tsli Ur the Zulu battlefield because the
strap fastening the st!rrup to the saddle
oroae as he c:ung to it, his comrades all
escaping. out he failing under the lances
oil tne Savages. great many people
uiauleG; tnu empress for allowing her
sen 10 60 tt:c.h into tha battlefield, and
otners blamed the English government
70. accs,ains the sacrifice, and others
oiamea :ne Zulus for their oarbarlsm.
I,ts one most TO blame was the harness
maker who fashioned that strap of the
stisrup cut shedGy and imperfect materl-
81. as it was found to have been alter
ward. If the strap had held, the prince
imperial wc,,.d probably have been alive
to-day. But the strap broks. Noprlnce
inGependent Of harness maker.
H,s... low. wise. ignorant, you IN one
occupation. in another, all bound to-
ce.her. So that there must be one con-
upuous line Of sympathy with each
others WORK. But whatever your voca-
ton, if you Lave a multiplicity Of engage
ments. if in:o your life there come losses
and arnoysnces and perturbations as
well as percentages and dividends, II you
are pussueG from Monday morning until
Saturday night, aud from January to
January by inexorable Obligation and
duty, then you are business man or
Won are a business woman, and my sub
ject is appropriate TO your case.
IN TIE irst placc, l remark that brsl-
ness life was intended as school O.!
energy. God gives US certain amount
of raw material out OF which we are to
lew our character. Our faculties are to
be reset, rounded and sharpsned up.
Cur Young folks having graduated from
school or college. need a higher educa-
ton, that which the rasping and COLI
sion of everyday LIE alone can effect.
Energy is wrought out only III a hre.
After a man has been IN business ac-
liv!ty ten, twenty, thirty years, bis en-
ercy is not 70 be measured by. weights
or plummets or ladders. There Is no
height itcannot scale, and there is no
depth it cannot fathom, ana there IS no
obstacle it cannot thrash.
No, my brother, why did God put you
in that school OF energy? Was 1t merely
that you might be g yardst!ck to meas
ure cloth or 4 stecl'a.d to weigh flour:
Was it merely that you might De better
qualified 10 chatter and hlgele? No.
God placed rou in that scnoGl Ct energy
that You nls hit he developed for Chris-
ian work. If the unGeveloped talents
in the Christian churches of today were
broush, cut and thoroughly aacnesssd,
l relieve the whcle world would be con-
sersed 10 God il short time. There
are so many deep streams that are lurn-
:nc 60 mill wheels and that are harness
cd to no IA tory baads. Now, God de-
n.:ads tn, best lamb out Of ever! hocS.
He demands the richest sheaf oi every
harvest. He demands the best men o.!
every generation. a cause, III which
New taa .i d Locke and Manshsid toi!ec
,ou aud an afford to toll IL.
Oa, iur ever idlers in the cause OF
Chri.t and iur more Christian workers
rscu who shaIl ,ahe the same energy
that trGcn Monday morning to Saturday
nigh; tleY put forth for the achievement
Of a livelihood or the gathering o. Tor
iuae. aad On Sabbath days put It forth
70 tie advantage OF Christ's kingdom and
lne bringing OF men TO the Lord. Dr..
DuIi, n South Wales, saw a man who
Hsd ,her.ted great fortune. The man
SAID TO h;.n: II i;ad TO be very busy for
m&uy years ct my liie geti,us my llvell'
iiueu. AtIur awhile fortune cane 10
s!e. snd there has been no necessity that
sol srce. There came time when l
said TO myself, Snail l now retire from
business, CT Shall 90 on and serve the
Lord IN m worldly occupatiou?' he
sad: Il resolved on the latter, and l
have bseu more industrious 10 comnercl.
al circles than I ever was before, and
since lhat hour have never kept a
taglhing for myself. I have thousbs II
TO t,e q great shame if couldn't to'l as
hard fer the Lord as | had tci!ed for ny