The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-11


lars q year. Bricks without straw.
That is one 7:ason why there are so
many poor bricks. In al departments,
. bricks are not bricS5 at all Work ade-
suately paid for is E0Tth more than
work nct rsid Ipr. Mcre straw and
then better bricks
But in al departments there are
pharaohs: sometimes Capital Pharaoh
sometimes Labor (! Parach. When
Capital pro.perS. and makes large per-
centaee on is investment, and declines
TO consider the needs OF tho operatives,
and treats them IS 50 many human ma
chines--their nerves no more than the
bands on the factory whecl-then Capl-
tai is a Pharaoh. On the other hand,
when worhmen, not regarding the anx-
ietieS AIT; business struggles Of the firm
employing them, ana at time when
the firm are doing their best to meet an
important contract and need all hands
busy to accomplish Is, at such a time to
have his employees make 4 strike and
put their employers into extreme per-
pleyity ana severe loss-then Labor be-
comes Pharaoh OF the worst oppes-
sion, and must look out for the Judg-
Ments Of GOD.
THERE ARE STILL. PIIARAOHS.
When n December Of 1889, at the
Nusium at B0Ulac, Egypt, looked ut
the mumMies OF the Old Pharaohs, the
very niscrsants who diaboiiZed centu-
ries, and sav thsj7 teeth and hair and
finger ua!iS aUd tMe :i"SA 0rs"n tight
over their cheSh bones. the sarcoHha9l
Of these Ce4d mVnarchs side by side,
and | WaS 80 iaS3!uatad / could only
with difficulty gel away f-oUl the spot,
/ WAS no. ilosiGg upon The last OF the
PharaD!.s. III over th& world Old lner-
chants piav;ug tne Pharaoh over young
merchants. cd :aEyerS playing Pha-
raGh over Young lawySrs, CID doctors
playing the Pharaoh over young doc
tors. old artists playing tue Pharaoh
over youn. artists, old ministers play
ing tie Hi:i;r;:ci! over young ministers.
Let I'll oppreSSor5 whether ii homes
II chGcche=. ii St0!es, ii oi!l@as, n fac-
tories, IL acci2! II" oT 2oiiEcat hte. iii
pr.va5e lie 3r rHDii:: ,i.c !iucT: that God
nateS opprtss0r3. al,. t?:cr sill come 20
grief here or hereafter. Pharaoh
thopght be Gid u iHe thing, cunning
thing. a decisive thing wien for the
complete ex5ant;oI CT the hebrews ID
Egypt he ordered alt the Hebrew boys
iaassacred. but ne Gid nc; lnd II so line
a thins when MS own iirsS born that
right Of the destroying angel dropped
dead OF the mosaic tiocT al the foot OF
tha gorphyry pillar OF the ps!ace. Let
ali the Pn&5aohS take warning. Some
OF the worst Of them are on small scale
in households, as Ghen maEi. because
his arm is s,ronG and hi: voice loud DOM
mates his pooc wife into a domestic
slavery.
There are thousands of such cases
where the wits IS lifetime serf, ber
opinion disregardsd. her tastes inSulted.
and her existence 2 wretchedneSs,
though the world may not know 1t. 1t
is Pharaoh taat SilS at the head OF
that table. and q Pharaoh that tyran-
nizes that home. There is no more at
horrent Pharaoh than domestic Pha-
coah. There are thousands of women to
whom death is passage from Egypt TO
Canaan, because they get rid OF crue!
taskmaster. What an accursed mon
ster is that man who keeps his wife in
dread about family expenses and must
be cautious how she iltlodGceS an ar.
ticlc OF millinery or womaaly wardrobe
without Illuminating consultation or
apology.
Who is that man acting so? For six
months-In order to win that Womans
heart-he sent her every few days bou-
Cuet wound With white ribbon and an
endesr:ng couples, and took her to con-
certs and theaters. and helped her into
carriages as Though she were 9 princess,
and ran across the room to pick up her
handkerchief with the speed of an an
teIope, and on the marriage day promls-
ed all that the liturgy required, saying
~ will" with an emphasis that excited
the admiration Of all spectators. But
now he begiudges her two cents for a
postage stamp: and wonders why she
rides across Brooklyn bridge when the
foot passage costs nothing.
He thinks now She is awful plain,
and he acts like the devil, while he
thuuders out: Where did Jou get that
new hat from? That's where my money
goes. Where's ny breakfast? Do you
call that coffee: Didn't / tell you to
sew on that button? Want to see your
well enough when twenty-five cents
went as far IS q dollar low, but IN
these times not sufficient TO preserve
their inilGeNcc and reSpectap,!lty-
bricks without straw.
mother. 90 YOU: You are always 60
ing 70 see YOUR mother. What are you
whimpering about. Hurry Up nov and
ce: my slippers, Where's the neWspa-
per? rhc tci!e. tie look. the lnpa-
tlence-tha cru=itc Of a Pharaoh. That
jlS what gives go llaay women a coTed
Gown .ooN paGr&oi:.. you had better
take youI i7un Engl eli taaE woman's
neck 0! Gt.j,l VIII n'lp You remove your
hesj.
Size says nothing. For ths sake Of
avoiding q s;.stnG"i sh: keeps silent, bat
! Ter tears and "rn;&s hsva gone into a
zee I'd tn5:. yoit VII; lt3vr to meet as
certainly as Pharaoh Fad 10 meet hail
and lightning ana darkness and the
Gcath angel God never yer gave 10
aEy man TIC rtS i! - tyr>nn!Ze woman
and what :. 5a1;ii1 :uu ara 10 take ad-
vantage 5f the marriage Eo"', and he
cause Shn u2ni.0: hcio htES@i:, and uA-
der &c st.aiteC Il year oT.I h1ne ont
! Pharoaa taE Ess.!;tc "ppru$sor. There
is something aTtu!lJ 0ToDG IL house.
hGi,; where The woman g not consider
| Ell oil AS n.ucl! Importance IS the man.
| No room n this world fox any more
Paara0hs,
ST.; HAS BEEN OUR IASENASTEE.
But /: rolls over on NE with great
poker the thought that we have all
been slaves GowA IN Egypt. and sin has
! beea our taSkmaster, and again and
again we ti;lYa fsltitS lash But Christ
has Teen U;;. loses 70 iesd Us cut OF
n"ndage, and - are forever free. The
RED sea 0f g Sav!0Ur5 sacrifice rolls
deep and wide between lis and our
aforc,imc bondage, anG though there
may be deserts yet fcr lis to cross. we
are on The way % the Promised Land.
Thanks he uoto cod for this emancl-
pating Gospel.
Come up out Of Egypt sll ye who are
vet cnslaveG FFaat Christ did for us