The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
hs skillful mimic had
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: he very defect -TI$St long ago son OF
r!sa,.ui,;ssus;a = S3is leg amputated for
6lch lis father had
I do not say 1t was
I leave you to make
as Ee. So all merriment born
THAT wllch starts at the
y drinking restaurant or the
s. he home circle, the mau Hin
q ea min Sless joke, the saturnallan
~; se rarcNysm or mirth about moth.
,ou sometimes see In the fashion
Dom or me exquisite parlor at
q lock at night. are the cracking OF
Fhder pot. Such laughter and SucA
ST in death. When I was a lad, book
- out entitled, "Dow Juniors Pateni
II 6ns." It made great stir, very wlda
"a, all over the country. that book did.
las a caricature ofthe Cnristian ministry,
ID OF the word OF Col. and OF the day ol
% ignant. Oh, we had Il great laugh Tho
:nmentary on the whole thing is that tina
8uthor OF that book dial in poverty, shame,
Tlsbaucnery, kicked ont Of society and curse,l
Il Almighty God The laughter OF suN,
nan is the echo Of their own damnation. \
Tha next laughter that shall mention az
,eiag in the Bible is the laugh Of Gods con-
lennation, HE that sitteth in the heavens
hail laugh" Again, ''The Lord will laugh
It him" Again, 81 will laugh at his caan-
ty." With such demonstration will Go !
;reet every kind OF great sin aud wicSed-
less. But men build up rillainies higher
mi higher. Cool man almost pity God be-
,ause He is 50 schemei against by men.
suddenly pin drops out OF the machinery
+: u wickelness or a secret is revealed. and
| he foundation begins to rock. Finally the
Eho!e thing is demolished. WHAT is the
natter? will tell YOU what the matter is.
That crash of ruin is only the reverberation
II Gods laughter. In the money market
| here are a great many good men and
! ,raat many fraudulent men. fraudulent
! nan there SAYS, II mean TO have my mil
| ion" He goes to work reckless OF hon.
! sty, AMI he gets his first $4,000. h
! ,ats after awhile his S200.00). After awhile
! le gets his $500, 900. "Now," he says, II
: lave only one more move to make, and I
. hall have ny million" He gathers up all
lis resources. He makes that one last
! ,rani move, he fails and loses all: and he
las not enough money OF his own left to pay
! he cost OF the esr to mis- home. People cam
lot understand this spasmodic revuislon.
! some said It was sudden turn In Erie Rail-
) rav stock. or In Western Union, or In 1tli-
! ,ois Central some said one thing and some
! mother. They all guessed wrong. will
/ ell YOU what it WAS. "He that sitteth In the
| heavens laughed 4 man in New York said
! "a would be the richest man in the city. He
! eft his honest work rs a mechanic aui got
: nto the citv coUncls some Way ani in ten
7ears stole S15, ,0OO, 900 from the city govern
: nent. Fifteen million dollars! H" held the
LEGISLATURE OF the State Of New York in the
"Trip o; his right hand. Suspicious were
aroused. The grant jury presented inltct-
neuts. The whole laui stood aghast. Tns
nan who expected to pu: half the city in his
; veat pocket goes to BlacHwell's Island, goes
! 10 Ludlow street jail, breaks prison and goes
across the sea. Is rearrested and brought
: Iaok and again remauded to jail. WnyI
, t.He that sitteth in the heavens laughed"
| Rome was great empire. She had Horace
tnd Virgil among her poets she had Angus
tua ana Constantine among her en?"rorS.
Bat wnat mean the defaced Pantheon. and
! The Forum turned into 4 ce>>le market. and
:he broken walled Coliseum. and tho archi-
:actural skeleton Of her great aque iucts
Chat was that thunder: "Oh." YOU say,
mat was tue roar OF the oatterlnc ram!
, ,cainst her walls" No. What was tha
| rljver? "Oh,"vou say. THAT '@as tho tram!
# hostile ieyions.' No. The quiver anf
he roar were the outnurst OF onnipoten
euchte, from the deled and insulte3 heav
ms Rome dellai God. and He laughed he
iown. Tnebes del1ed Col. and He laughed
5er down. Ninerch deaed Col. and H
iauched her down. Babylon deiied Goi
ana He laughed her down. There Is Srea
aisercnce between Coils lausi and 81,
smile. His smile is ",arnal beatttude. Il
smiled when Davidsang and Miriam clappe
the cynsals, and Hannah made garment
for her son, and Paul preached. and job
kindled with 2ocalyp,ic vision, and whel
sny man has anything to do and does i
we'll. His smile Why, It Is the 18th OF May
the apple orchards IN full! bloom 1T IS morn
, Ing b1saking on riQQsoS sea; 1t ls heaFe