The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-09

tains and the spearmen.
Crash 60 the pitchers. Up flare the
lamps! To the mountains. Fly. Fly!
Troop running against troop, thous-
ands trampling upon thousands. Hark
to the scream and groan of the routed
foe, with the Lord God Almighty af-
ter them. How sudden the onset,
how wild the CONSERVATION, how utter
the defeat. do not fear so much
what Is against me if God is not. You
want a better sword or carhine than I
have ever seen to 60 out and fight
against the Lord Omnipotent. Give
me God for my ally, and you may
have all the battlements and battal-
ions.
saw the defrauder in his splendid
house. 1t seemed as if he had con-
ouered God as he stood amid the blaze
OF chandeliers and pier mirrors. In
the diamonds of the wardrobe | saw the
tears of the widows whom he had rob-
bed, and in the snowy satin the pallor
of the white checked orphans whom
he had wronged. The blood of the OPP
pressed glowed in the deep crimson Of
the imported chair The music trem-
bled with the sorrow of unreouited
toll. But the wave Of mirth dashed
higheron reefs Of coral and pearl. The
DAYS and lhe nights went merrily. No
sick child dared pull that silver door
bel. No beggar dared sit on that mar,
bic step. No voice of prayer hoated
amid that tapestry. No shadow of a
judgment day darkened that fresco:
No tear of human sympathy dropped
upon that upholstery Pomp strutted
the hall, and dissipation filed her cup
and all seemed safe as the Midianites
in the valley of Jezreel. But God
came. Calamity smote the money
market. The partridge left lis eggs
unmatched. Crash went all the pro-
celain pitchers! Ruin, rout, dismay
and woe IN the valley of Jezreel
Alas for those who fight against,
God! Only two side. Man immortal
which side are are you on? Woman
immortal, which side are you on? Do
YOU belong to the 800 that are going
to win the days or to the great host
of Midianites asleep in the valley, only
to be reused up in CONSERVATION and
ruin2 Suddenly the golden bowl OF
life will be broken and the trumpet
blown that will startle our soul into
eternity.
The day of the Lord cometh as q
thief in the night, and as the God
armed Israelites upon the sleeping foe.
Ha! Canst thou pluck up courage e-for
the day when the trumpet which hath
never been blown shall speak the roll
call of the dead, and the earth, dash
ing against lost meteor, have Its
mountains scattered to the stars and
oceans emptied in the air? Oh, then,
what will become of you? What will
become of me-
If those Midianites had only given
| up their swords the day before the
disaster, all would have been well, and
| if you will now surrender the sins with
which you have been fighting against
God. YOU will be safe. Oh, make
peace with Him now, through jesus
Christ the Lord. With the clutch ofa
drowning man seize. the cross. on,
surrender Surrender! Christ, with has
hand on his pierced side, asks you to.
AN Honest Confession.
Col. Bob Ingersoll recently delivered
a speech. at Peoria, Ills, and after
discussing the war and its results,
said:
"Ard let me tell you here, today
am somewhat older than used to be:
have little philosophy now that l
had not at the9 o'clock in the morning
portion of my life-and do not blame
anybody. I do not blame the South;
l do not blame the Confederate sol
diers. She-the South-was the fruit
of conditions. She born to circum-
stances stronger than herself, and, do
| you know. according to my philosophy,
which is not quite orthodox daughter,
every man and woman in the world as
what conditions have made them. So
let u.s. have some sense. Tne South
said Eve will not submit, this IS
not a nation, but a partnership OF
States" I am willing to 60 so far as
to admit that the South expressed the
original idea of the Government.
In commenting on the above the
Augusta Charonicle says this utter
ance comes opportunely after the Yer
mont governors declaration that his
people would teach their children that
| the South was wrong in the war be-
tween the States. If the South fought
for :'the original idea of our Govern
ment, as Col. Ingersoll says, she was
historically, morally, politically and
sternally right, and, by parity
| of reasoning, the North was
wrong. So the Governor of Yer
mont proposes to teach the chill
dren of his State falsehood for historic
truth. We are persuaded that this
Governor never critically read the
Constitution of the United States, the
articles of Union, the basis of indepen-
dence of Great Britain and similar
documents. We are inclined to be-
lieve this more surely because, in 1868.
Hon. James H. Hammond, who had
been Senator of the United States,
from South Carolina, declared that,
in his opinion, many of the Senators
from Northern States were even at
that day ignorant on this subject.
Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, Profes-
sor Bledsoe, and the author OF The
Republic of Republics" " nave so con-
summately demonstrated the justiica-
ton of the South that no man can ever
successfully answer them. Had JEFF
ferson Davis been tried, Charles
O:Conor and other eminent LAWYERS
would have proved the South's case.
No one knew this better than Chief
Justice Chase. and the potential auss
thorities of the North were prudent in
releasing Mr.. Davis without trial.
We advise the Governor Of Vermont
and the intelligent young men of that
State to study the South's side of the
controversy and make just decision.
They will probably do nothing of the
kind and so abide in ignorance which
may or may not be biissful, in the
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