The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1892-04-13

not God given us antidotes for all
poisons and remedies for all evils?
Yes, is our sincere conviction.
Politically, our situation seems
somewhat lamentable. The good
people have been in days gone by so
united in cause and effort, are to-day
50 bitterly divided and so desperately
contentious. We lament the fact
but it remains all the same. Now
where is the cause? All! There is the
rub. Who is to blame? Does not the
responsibility rest, to some extent,
upon each and every one Of US, ladies
as well as men? Internationally, NOR
ally and socially yes. Coming to a
more deninite answer we say the
cause is produced by h~ot-headed,
INSCRIPTIONS politicians and dema-
gogues. Did you ask forthe remedy?
Here is u suggestion, calm, DELHI
crate, meditated action by the masses,
guarded and directed by a high
sense of right, coupled with a con
secrated love for home and country,
God and fellow man. As a nation
and as a State this our only hope.
AS q nation we have many grave
problems to solve and many factions
to harmonic. Look at the immi-
grafton question, tariff question,
labor and capital problem, negro
question and many others. But for
the united and determined action of
our Christian people trouble must
follow. Dear friends we are the
ones to decide what shall be the
destiny OF our State and country.
Before closing this communication
we cannot refrain from mentioning
q little coincidence which transpired
in our community and rebounds to
the credit of all who were engaged
therein and likewise the welfare of
the community generally. We al
Jude to a Sabbath school msss meet
agakGslsasz church a ffw miles
above this. This church Ras been
by a
superintendent who does not let his
school freeze out in the winter sea-
son but continues to instill into the
minds of the rising generation prin-
ciples of love, truth and, goodness
from month to month the year round.
For eight or ten years this school
has been in successful operation IN
der the guardianship of it's beloved
and worthy superintendent, Mr.. W.
H. F. Rest. This beloved fellow
citizen, whatever may be his attain
ments in political life, will neve
write a brighter page Of history than
the one just referred to and perhaps
none of which hewill be half so proud.
All! How many can hold up a SINH
lar page? If all our leaders, law
makers and politicians were God low
ing and God serving men, laws would
be better, officers more honest and a
sense of peace and prosperity would
pervade the land as has never been
witnessed before. Try it, some of
you swell-headed politicians, who
love your State so much that you
bore the people to death telling them
about it, and at every cross roads
give vent to your spread eagle ora
tory in terms that would brighten a
bronze statue or move a Calhoun's
monuments to tears of remorseless
pity. We need but Il president at
a time but wo do need thousands of
teachers.
Recently it has been the plan of
this school to have a day set apart
in the early spring as a sort of jubi-
lee day, a day of music, song and
speech making. Such was last Sun
day, Sd. Quite a nice audience as
sembled and with Mr.. ". B. Rast as
organist and Nh. J. Kinsler Davis as
orator of the occasion, we felt as
sured that a good entertainment was
in store for us. After greeting
quite a number Of our old friends
and pupils the signal was given and
the exercises were introduced by a
lively song service, after which the
superintendent made a few intro
ductory remarks and presented in
very handsome terms the speaker
of the day.
Mr.. Davis, in his usual happy and
eloquent manner, proceeded to
address the school, talking first to
the old and then to the young. He
alluded to the great state Of dissat-
isfaction and strife in our land and
offered as the best remedy the Sun
day school. After a few words to
the children he closed by giving a
few illustrations as to the Office Of
the Sabbath school. He said, l. It
strikes the key note of salvation; 2.
It is the great highway to heaven;
2. It is the beacon light which