The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-30

the Arkansasl Gate of heavy artillery,
making the mountains Of Tennessee and
Kentucky and Virginia tremble as
though the earth itself were struggling
in its last agony. The gate was 30 fiery
and 30 red that I can think Of nothing
more appropriate than to take the sug.
gestion of Isaiah in the text and call it
o gate of carbuncles.
God Save the Milton.
This country has been for the most
part Of its history passing through
crises, and after each crisis was better
off than before 1t entered it, and now
we are at another crisis. We are told on
one hand that if gold is kept as stand.
ard and silver is not elevated confidence
will be restored, and this nation will
rise triumphant from oil the financial
misfortunes that have been affecting
US. On the other hand, we are told that
if the free coinage Of silver is allowed
all the wheels Of business will revolve,
the poor man will have better chance,
and all our industries will begin to hum
and roar. During the last six presiden-
tial elections T have been urged to enter
the political arena, but I never have
and never will turn the pulpit in which
preach into a political stump. Every
minister must do rs he feels called to
do, and I will not critcise him for doing
what he considers his duty, but all the
political harangues from pulpits from.
now until the Sd Of November will not
in all the United States change one
vote, but will leave many ears stopped
against anything that such olergymen
may utter the rest Of their lives. AS a
general rule, the laymen of churches
understand politics better than the
clergy, because they (the laymen) study
politics more than the clergy and have
better opportunity Of being intelligent
on those subjects But good morals,
honesty, loyalty, Christian patriotism
and the Ten Commandments-these we
must preach. God says distinctly in the
Bible, "The silver and the gold are
mine," and he will settle the contro.
versy between those two metals. If ever
this country needed the divine rescue it
needs it now. Never within my mem
ory have SO many people literally
starved to death as in the past few
months. Have you noticed in the news
papers how many men and women here
and there have been found dead, the
post mortem examination stating that
the cause Of death was hunger?
There is not day that we do not
hear the crash of some great commercial
establishment, and as consequence
many people are thrown out of employ
ment. Among what we considered
comfortable homes have come privation
and close calculation and an economy
that kills. Millions Of people who say
nothing about 1t are at this moment at
their wits end. There are millions of
people who do not want charity, but
want work. The cry has gone up to the
cars Of the "Lord Of Sabaoth," and the
prayer will be heard and relief will
come. If we have nothing better to de-
pend on than American politics, relief
will never come. Whoever is elected to
the presidency, the wheels of govern
ment turn 30 slowly, and caucus IN
yonder white building on the hill may
tie the hands Of any president. Now,
though we who live in the District Of
Columbia cannot vote, We can pray, and
my prayer day and night shall be: 20
God, hear the cry of the souls from un-
der the altarl Thou who has brought
the wheat and corn Of this season to
such magnitude Of supply, give food to
man and beast. Thou who hadst not
where to lay thy head, pity the shelter
less. Thou who has brought to perfec-
tion the cotton Of the south and the fax
of the north, clothe the naked. Thou
who hast filled tue mine with coal, give
fuel to the shivering. Bring bread to
the body, intelligence to the mind, and
salvation to the soul Of all the people
God save the nationl'
But wo must admit it is hard gate
to push back. Millions Of thin hands
have pushed at it without making it
swing On It's hard hinges 1t is gate
made out Of empty -four barrels, and
cold fire CRATES, and worn out apparel,
and cheerless homes, and unmedicated
sickness, and ghastliness, and horror.
1t is a gate of struggle. A gate Of
penury. A gate of want. A gate of dis
appointment. A red gate. or what
Isaiah would have called gate of car
buncles.
a Life of Struggle.
Now, as I have already suggested, as
there are obstacles in all our paths, we
will be happier if we consent to have
our life struggle. I do not know any
one to whom it is not q struggle.
Louis XIV thought ne had everything
fixed just right and fixed to stay, and
so he had the great clock at Bordeaux
made. The hours Of that clock were
struck by figures in bronze representing
the kings of Europe, and at certain
time Of day William III of England and
other kings were made to come out and
bow to Louis XIV. But the clock got
out of order one day and just the oppo.
site of what was expected occurred; as
the clock struck certain hour Louis
XIV was thrown to the feet Of William
III. And so the clock Of destiny brings
many surprises, and those 60 down that
you expected to stand, and at the foot
of disaster most regal conditions tum-
BILE. In all styles of life there come dis
appointment and struggle. God has for
some good reason arranged it SO. If it
is not poverty, it is sickness. If it is not
sickness, it is persecution. If it is not
persecution, it is contest with some evil
appetite. If it is not some evil appetite,
it is bereavement. If it is not one thing,
it is another. Do not get soured and
cross and think your case is peculiar.
You are just like the rest of US. You
will have to take the bitter draft
whether it be handed to you in golden
chalice or pewter mug. A man who has
a thousand dollars year income sleeps
sounder and has O better appetite than
the man who has five millions. If our
life were not struggle, we would never
consent to get ont Of this world, and
we would want to stay here, and go
block up the way of the advancing gen.
erations. By tho time that man gets
to be 10 years of age, and sometimes by
the time he gets to be so years Of age,
he says, II have had enough of this.
and when tho Lord wills it am ready