The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-04

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n. b7o2rno,cv. hv a7y one cf the Ten thoas.
and wavs which he en- emg,oy, The rea-
son many of you are cram2e& IT business )
because yo;tAaye never learned lie lesson
OF christian generosity you employ al
agent. You give him 3 reasonable
sa,arv. ana. 10, yol ind cur that re ls
anpropr;ating vour funds besides the salary
Wgat do vou joo Discharge him. Well,
we are God : accents. lie puts in our hands
c.rfs;n moneys. Part is 10 be ours: part IS
to be his. SurNosc We take. all, wha; then:
f{s win Gischar-e Us: &c viii turn u oye,
10 -;2arcia, disasters AID take the trlls: away
.rotl US. The reason ,aat great lnulii'udeS
are not prosGered IN business because tney
have been Withholding from Cod ihai WAicA
belongs 10 hin. The ruIels glVe ana you
viii recoige: administer iiosraLy anu you
shall have more TO administer am II tC.i
svmDa,hy with the man who was to be aap-
ne! By immersion, and some one said,
~ OF, Ea1 better leave your pockeihcok out;
Il Will Get wet. Ne said he. Il want to
20 dow2 under the wave with everything.
want; Z. consecrate ray property and al to
Cod And s. he was baptized. what we
want IN this COUNTRY is more baptized pocket
books.
!b,3 raIs.fyc whose hrsiress seemed 70
:, .,i1f,r ucraa loss and there = loss and
eTery.bi9r was botberipg. perplexinc and
ar3ov;p- him. He sat down ore day and
s9i8. God must have . controversy with
mo qbou+ somerbinr believe I haven t
,.;vay,. oro,,sh n the cense of Christ And
= 90 o,s Thon bu took o,t his checkbook
o.,j 80, 800 . IorTa cbarS for a missionary
soc;ety, Ea toI5 mo ..TRot was the turning
no;rt in nv basiness. Ever since then /
haze beer nrosperous. From that very day.
ave. from, that very hour, l saw the change"
Srl sD~a erorrb, he went on. and he gath
erol . for,p,,c
The o0Iy safe investment that a man can
make in this world is in the cause OF Christ
lfa man give from, . superabundance. God
nav or ne NAV not resroad with blessing.
!. but if a man c;ve until he feels it, ifa man
give until it fetches the blood, ii a man give
until his selfshness c,:nges and twists and
covers under It, lie Will get not only spirit
ual profit, but lie Will set paid back IN hard
cash or in convertible securities. We often
see men who are tigh; tisted who seem to get
along with their investments very p"oEtao!y
Notwithstanding al their parslmoay. Bat
wait Suddenly in that mans history every
thing goes wroag. His health fails or his
reason is dethccned, or a domestic curse
suites hin, or a midnight shadow OF some
kind drops upon his soul and upon his busi-
ness What is the matter. God is punish
ing him for his small hear;edness. He tried
TO cheat God, and God worsted him. So
I; tha: one OF the recipes for the cure Of lndl-
vidual and national finances is more gener-
osity. Where YOU bestowed 81 on the cause
of Christ give s.. God loves to be trusted,
and he i VERY ant 70 trpst back again. He
saws. uTbst man knows how TO handle mon
az ue shoII nave more money to handle"
And re-v soon the pronertv that was on the
market for a great while gets a purchaser,
and the bond tbst was not worth more than
50 cents on q dollar GOES 10 var, aad the
onan;nc Of . new street. doubles the value Of
his house or in any way Of a million God
bIesses him.
O,ua h.,,oo G,ds orr t,o+ socr,at ori he
..,es ~, ~ ,~,rrn Tbc-a or. ,,,ar, zvboro
zoo r-,o,rn 70 fo- 70, ra,.s hove b.ao
t.,.;T,,- ~ .,a-- coS 81 ono ThaZ. bove never
bca, 80 - -or = no;5 for ;nst as fbev
ware tokinr onf fror, one +oId Of their mock.
ethook > bi7I, mvstsriousIv somehow in sore
other told Of their pocke.booE theie came 9
Iarrer bin. You tell me that Christian gen
erositv NAYS in the world 70 come. | tell
Won i navs now navs in hard cash. paws in
! Government sacnrities You DO not believe
~ All that j. what keeDs vou back. !
tnaw IN, di9 No, heIieva Il The whole
world and Cbr;stendom il to be reconstruct.
ed on This snbicct, and as Won are a part Of
Chris,en8om lei the vorE ber;p in YOUR
! own soul. But saws some one. 81 don t
believe that theory, because | have been
generous and have been losing money for
ten years Then God prepaid you, that is
all. What became Of the money that you
made in ether days:
You say TO your son, "Now I will give you
$500 every year as long as you live" After
awhile you say, well, my SON. you prove
yourself worthy of nv confidence VII! Just
Give YOU S2G. 600 in . single lump" Aud
Tor Give !, to him. and he starts of. In two
or three wears be does not complain against
Won: s.Fa,ber is not tag,rr care Of me. l
OUGHT to have $500 3 vea-.'' You preoaia
vo3r son. and he does not COMPLAIN. There
are thousands Of us now who can this year
get lust enough TO supply our wants, but did
not God provide for US in the past, and has
ne not again and again paid US in advance
| in ether words, trusted you al along, trust