The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-17

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are dependent upon the uncertainties
of the next hour This excitement of
the brain. this corroding care Of the
heart. this strain Of effort that eX
hausts the spirit. sends great many
of our best men. in middle life, into
the grave, their life dashed out against
money safes. They 60 with their store
on their backs. They trudge like cam
els, sweating, from Aleppo to Damas-
Gus They make their life u crucifx-
ion. Standing behind desks and coun-
ters, banished from the fresh air,
weighed down by carkiag cares, they
are so many suicides. Oh, wish [
could today rub out some of these
lines of care; that could lift some of
the burdens from the heart; that l
could give relaxation to some of these
worn muscles. It is time for YOU to
begin to take it "a little easier. Do your
best, and then trust God for the rest.
Do not fret. God manages all the
affairs of your life, and he manages
them for the best.
Consider the lilies-they always
have robes. Behold the fowls of the
air-they always have nests. Take
long breath. Bethink betimes that
God did not make you for pack
horse. Dig yourselves out from
among the hogsheads and the shelves
and in the light of the holy Sabbath
day resolve that you will give tc the
winds your fears and your fretfulness
and your distresses. You brought
nothing into the world, and it is very
certain you can carry nothing out.
Having food and raiment, be there
with content. The merchant came
home from the store There had been
great disaster there. He opened the
front door and said in the midst OF his
family circle: Il am ruined Every
thing is gone. I am all ruined His
wife said, Il am left And the little
child threw mp his hands and said,
Papa, am here" The aged grand
mother, seated in the room, said,
''Then you have all the promises of
God besides, John. And he burst
into tears and said: God forgive me
that | have been so ungrateful. lind
I have great many things left. God
forgive me.
Again remark that many of our
business men are tempted to neglect
their home duties. How often it is
that the store and the home seem to
clash, but there ought not to be any
collision. 1t is often the case that the
father is the mere treasurer of the
family, sort of agent to see that they
have dry goods and groceries. The
work of family government he does
not touch. Once or twice in year he
calls the children up on a Sabbath
afternoon when he has half hour he
does not exactly know what to do
with, and in that half hour he discip-
lines the children and chides them
and corrects their faults and gives
them a great deal of good advice, and
then wonders all the rest of the year
that his children do not do better when
they have the wonderful advantage Of
that semiannual castigation.
The family table, which ought to be
the place for pleasant discussion and
cheerfulness, often becomes the place
of perilous expedition. If there be any
blessing asked at all, it is cut off at
both ends and with the hand on the
carving knife. He counts on his ting-
ers, making estimates in the intersti-
ces of the repast. The work done, the
hat goes to the head and he starts
down the street, and before the family
have arisen from the table he has
bound up another bundle of goods
and says to the customer, Anything
more l can do for you today, sir" A
man has more responsibilities than
those which are discharged by putting
competent instructors over his chill
dren and giving them a drawing mas
ter and a music teacher. The physical
culture of the child will not be attend
ed to unless the father looks to it. He
must sometimes lose his dignity. lie
must unlimber his joints. He must
sometimes lead them out to their
sports and games The parent who
cannot forget the severe duties OF life
sometimes, tofy the kite, and trundIe
the hoop, and chase the ball, and
Jump the rope with his children, ought
never to have been tempted out of a
crusty and unredeemable solitarlnes.
If you want to keep your children
from places of sin, you can only do 1t
by making your home attractive. You
may preach sermons and advocate re-
forms and denounce wickedness, and
vet your children will be captivated
by the glittering saloon Of sin unless
you can make your home a brighter
place than any other place on earth to
them. Oh, gather all charms into
your house. If you can afford 1t,
bring books and pictures and cheerful
entertainments to the household. But,
above all, teach those children, not
by half an hour twice year on the
Sabbath day, but day after day and
every day teach them that religion IS
a great gladness, that it throws chains
of gold about the neck, that it takes
no spring from the foot, no blitheness
from the heart, no sparkle from the
eye, no ring from the laughter, but
that her ways are ways of pleasant
ness, and all her paths are peace. l
sympathize with the work being done
in many OF our cities, by which beau
tiful rooms are set apart by our Young
Mems Christian Associations, and |
pray Cod to prosper them in all
things. But I tell you there is some
thing back of that and before that
we need more happy, consecrated,
cheerful Christian homes everywhere.
Again remark thata great manyof
our business men are tempted to put
the attainment of money above the
value OF the soul. 1t is a grand thing
to have plenty of money. The more
YOU get of it the better, if it come
honestly and 60 usefully. For the
| lack of it sickness dies without medi-
cine, and hunger finds its collin in the
empty bread tray, and nakedness
shivers for lack of clothes and fire.
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