The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-17

Ysu still feel tho casc Of early disadvan.
tages. aas3 fcu taVa oomet;mes offered
thea a. :; r4&eoa tor ;Cuc not being as
thcrt ush.y rc:G,iouI as you would like
10 BE-. But these excuses are not suffi-
cent? GoFs gcace will triumph # 7cu
seek 1t. He kcows what Obstacles you
have fought AGAINST, and the more tlial
the more hslp Af.er ali :here are no
orphans il tee world. for the great God
is the Father Of Us all.
Again onE subjecs is an !l.u5tra.ion o.
what religion may De under tes pressure
OF poverty. TIE Captivity snd crushed
condition OF this crphaa gin anj Of the
kind man who stepped her suggest
condition OF poverty. Yet fton The very
first acquaintance We had with Hadassah
we iod nec 1ha sane haD,y and coa-
tented Chlistian, L was oal7 oy CON-
pu!sicn ss;a was aterward t&ken lato
sphere Ct hoaor aud sf.llsnce. Ia the
humble houe CT Mcr3ecal, her sdopted
father, sha wss loht that lllImlled
every pr,y.:i2G. Il a325 period II al
most every mans lie there c1nss
season OF straitened clrcunstaCcss, when
tie severest calculation snd mos. scrap
ing economy are necessary ii orcer 10
subsistence and responsibility.
at the commencement OF business, at
tie ectracce upon profession, when
fr;ends are few and lhe world is ascaid
OF YOU bsciu:e there is possibility OF
failure, many of the noblest hearts have
Struggled against poverty and are now
struggling. T3 such | bear message
OF good cheer. You say it IS hard
thing Tor you to bs q Christian. This
constant az 1:ety, this uures:ing calculs.
ton, wear out lhs buoyancy OF your
Split, and, although you have told p'r-
haps 20 one about it, cannot I tell that
this IS the very trouble which keeps, you
ought to bs? You have no time 10 think
shout laYing up treasures il heaven
when .s amatler Of great douot Wae.
ther you will be enabled to pay your
mex! quarters rent. You cannot think
Of striving after robe OF righteousness
untll you can get means enough TO buy
sn oYercoat to keep out the cold. You
wait The bread of life, but you think you
must get slong without thst until you
can buv another barrel OF -four for your
wife and children. Sometimes you sit
down discouraged and slmcst wish you
were dsad.
Christians in satin slippers, with their
feet on damask ottoman, may scout at
such class of temptations, but those
who themselves haVe bean IN the strug-
gle and Grip Of hard misfortune can ap.
preciate the power Of these evils to dis.
suade the soul away religious duties.
We admit the strength OF the teIpta'
ton, but then We point to Hadassah,
her poverty equsled by her p.ety. Cour'
age, down Tiers IN the battle! Aurl
away your disappointment. Man OF
half your heart hsYe through Christ beeD
moro than conquerors. In the na ne ot
God, come oat of tha! The religion ol
Christ is just what you want out there
among the empty -four barrels and be-
side the cLod hearths.
You have never told any one of what
hard time you have had, but Goo
knows it as well as you know it. Your
easy times will come after awhile. Do
not let your spirits break GOWN m!dljte.
What if your coat is THU! Ran fast
enough to keep warm. What # you
have no luxurlss on your table? High
expectations will make your blood tlngle
better than the best Madeira. If you
csnrot afford to smoke, you can atorc
to whistle. Bu. merely animal spirits
are not sufficient; the power OF the Cos
pel-that Is what you want to wrench
despair out OF the seul ard Put you FOR.
ward into The front Of the hosts incasec
IL lmpenetrebis armor.
Again, our subject illustrates what
religion may be under the temptation OF
personal attractivsness. Toe INSPIRED
record says of the heroine OF my text,
ssShe was fair and beautiful" Her very
name signiied "a myrtle" Yet the ad
miration and praise and fattery Of the
world did not blight her humility. The
simplicity Of her manners and behavior
eQualed her extraordinary attractions
It is toe same divine goodness which
puts the tinge on the roses cheek, anc
the whiteness into the lily, and the sleau
OF TIE wave, and that puts color in the
cheek, and sparkle in the eye, and ma
jesty in the forehead, and symmetry
into the form, and gracsfulness Into the
gait. But many through the very charm
of their personal appearance have been
DESTROYED. What sirnperiDgs and eGacta,
tons and iupertinences have often been
the result of that which God sent as
blessing! japon;cas, anemones and
| heliotropss never swagger ct the beauty
which God plsntsd 10 their very Leaf
sepal, axil and siauen. There are
many flowers that bow down so modest
ilY you cannot see the color in thell
cheek until you lift up their head, put
ting your hasd under their round cain
Indeed any kind Of personal attractions
whether they be those OF the body, the
| mind OF the heart, may become tempta'
tons to pride aud arbitrariness aad fsol'
ish assumption.
The NEUROLOGICAL story OF "a man who,
| seeing himselfin a stream, became so
enamored OF his appearance that he died
Of the effects illustrates the fatalities ua
der which thousands of both sexes have
fallen By the view OF their own suoerlcri
ty. Extraordinary capacities cause ex-
traordinary temptations. Men who have
good moral health down in the valley
on the top Of the mountain are se:zad o.
consumption. Mon!mia, the wife O!
Mithr!dates, was straagled with hec OWE
dladem. While the most OF Us will not
haYe the same kind of temptation which
Hsdassah must have felt from her attrac
tiveness of personal appearance, there
may be some 10 whom it will be az ad-
vantage to hold up the character OF the
beautiful captive who sacrificed not hsr
humility snd earnestness of dlspolton to
the worlds admiration and Aattsr. The
chief secret OF the beauty of the violet
is that away down in the grass from one
weeks end to scothe- it nsVer mistrusts