The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-07


does he need Christian stimulus and safe
o,arl. We al. become clients. do not
Suppose there is a man 80 years Of age who
has been ia active life VINO has not been az
tiIcyei with a lawsuit. Your name is as
saulted. and YOU must have legal protection.
! our boundary line is invaded, and the
courts must re-establish it. Your patent is
infr;as sel upon, and you must make the Of
Tending manufacturer pay the penalty. Your
treasures are taken, and the thief must be
arpreheudej. You want 10 make your Will.
and you DO not want TO follcw the example
OF those Who, for the sake of saving 500
from an attorney imperil S250ooO, and
keep The generation following Tor - years
quarrelimg about the estate, unit! ii IS all eX-
hausted Tou aye struck at by an assassin,
and you rlust invoke for him the penitentiary
All classes OF persons il course Of time be-
come clients, and therefore they are all IN
terested in the morality and the Christian
integrity of the legal profession. Bring
Zeaas the Lawyer
But how is an attorney TO decide as to
what are the principles by which ne should
conduct himself in regard 70 his clients: On
oae extreme Lord Brouham will appear, say
ing: The innocence or guilt Of your client
IS nothing TO you You are to save your
client regardless OF the torment, the suffering,
the destruction Of all others. You are TO
know but one man inthe wor!d-your client.
You are 10 save him though you should bring
vour country into confusion. Al all hazards
vor must save your client. So says Lord
BrouCham. But no right minded lawyer
could adopt that sentiment Onthe other
extreme Cicero will come 10 You and say.
You must never plead the cause Of bad
man" forgetful Of The fact that the greatest
villain on earth ought to have fair trial
and that an attorney cannot be judge and ad-
vocate at the same time. 1t was grand when
Lord Erskine sacrificed his attorney general
ship for the sake Of defending Thomas Paine
in his publication ofbis book called The
Rights Of Man" while at the same time he.
the advocate, abhorred Thomas Psine ire
lisious sentiments. Between these two op-
posite theories OF what is right, what shall
the attorney do: God alooe can direct him.
To that cha1cery be must be appellant, and
he will get an answer in en- hour. Blessed
is that attorney between whose office anu
the throne of God there is perpetual, reyer-
entail and prayerful communication. That
attorney viii never make an irreparabIe mis-
take. True TO the habits of your profession
YOU saw, .sCite us some authority on the sub
iect. - Well, quote to yoA the decision Of
the supreme court of heaven, ''lt any lack
wisdom, let him ask Of God. who gireth 10
all men literally and upbraideth not, and II
shall be given him
What scene is the Office OF busy at
torney, In addition to the men who come
to YOU from right motives. bad men Will
come to you They will offer you a large
fee for counsel in the wrong direction. They
want to know from you how they can es
cape from solemn material obligation. They
come to you wanting to know how they can
fail advantageously for themselves. They
come to you wanting to know how they can
make the insurance company pay for de-
stroyed house which they burned down with
their own hands, or they come TO you on the
simple errand Of wanting to escape payment
of their honest debts.
Now, it is no easy thing to advise set.
tlement, when by urging litigation you could
strike mine OF remuneration. 1t IS not
very easy thing to danpen the ardor Of an
inhame6 contestant, when you know
through prolonged lawsuit you could gel
from him whatever you asked. II IS nc
easy thing to attempt 10 discourage the suit
for the breaking of will in the surrogate
court because you know the testator was Of
sound mind and body when be signed the
document Itrequires no small heroism &C
do as once heard an attorney do IN an
Office in a western city. l overheard the
conversation when he said, John, you can
60 on with this lawsuit, and | will see you
through as well as can, but l want TO tel
you before you start that lawsuit IS equa
to fire. Under the tremendous tempta
tions that come upon the legal profession
there are scores of men who have gone down
and some of them from being the pride o.
the highest tribunal Of the state have become
disgrace to the Tombs courtroom. Every
attorney. in addition 10 the innate sense o.
right, wants the sustaining power Of the OLD
fashioned religion OF Jesus Christ. bring
Zenas the lawyer
There are two or three forms Of tempta
ton to which the legal professiaD is espec
islly subject. The first Of ali is skepticism
| Controversy is the lifetime business Of thai
| occupation. Controversy r'sy be incidental
| with Us, but with you 1t is perpetual. You
get so used to pushing the sharp question
.sWhy?" and making unaided reason supe'
/ rior to the emotions, that the religion o:
Jesus Christ, which is q simple matter OF
faith and above human reason, although not
contrary to It, has but little chance with
some of you. 4 brilliant orator wrote 8
book on the first page Of which he announc'
| ed this sentiment, IAN honest God is the
noblest work Of man" SkepticiSm is the
| mightiest temptation ofthe legal profession,
and that man who can stand in that profes-
sion, resisting all solicitations to in6delity.
and can be as brave as George Briggs o!
Massachusetts,, who stepped from the gu.
bernstoriai char to the missionary conven.
| ton, to plead tie cause Of a dying race;
then on his way home from the convention
! on cold day, took off his warm cloak and
threw il over the shoulders OF thinly clad
missionary, saying, Take that and wear ii;
it will do you more good than it will me,
| or, like Judge John Mclean, who can step
from the supreme court room Of the United
States on TO the anniversary platform OF the
American Sunday School union, its most
powerful orator, deserves congratulation and
encomium. Oh, men Of the legal profession
let me beg fyou to quit asking questions in
regard to religion and begin believing.
The mighty men ofyour profession. Story
and Kent and Mansfield, became Christians
| not through their heads, but through theil
hearts. Except ye become as little
child, ye shall in no wise enter the kingdom
of God" If you DO not become Christian
0 man of the legal profession, until you car
reason this whole thing Out IN regard to God
and Christ aud the immortality Of the soul
you will never become Christian at all
| Only believe. Bring Zenas the lawyer"
Another mighty temptation for the legal
profession is Sabbath breaking. The tria'
has been going on for 10 10 Is days. The
| evididence Is all in. 1t IS Saturday night
The judges gavel falls on the desk, and he
says, "Crier, adjourn the court until l(
o'clock Monday morning" On Monday
| morning the counselor is to sum up the case
Thousands of dollars yea, the reputation and
r:ra ~ ~ oI;a,f nov 1aoarI uDop tho crc