The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-28

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P,rthe Like That No.s = SIS wsl' IS For
sns Lie 20 oohcs'
Tho s,rmnn last Sunday Of Dr. Talmage
esd~ssse,I 70 the crea, hos. or clerks in
storas ana Offices and factories viii inspire
such persons with healthful ambition and a.
lsy many yofthsirapuoyanceS, Of Text, Acts Nvi
IA ..Apd certain woman named LYDIA.
seller of purple. Of the city OF IAy9NFa,
which worShiped God, heard US "iioSe Ns.,ts :11
the Lord opened Proverbs NXii' -:
.sSeest thou q man diligeat N MS business.
He shall stand before kings
The first passage introduces 20 yoI Lycia:
Cbr;s.;en nercbautess. Her business IS to
deal in purple cloths or silks. She is not o
picrlipc nonenity. but a practical woman, not
ss6amed 70 work for her living All the
oiher women Of PhiGppi anu IhyatlTa have
been forgotten, but God has made Immortal
IN our text Lydia, the Christian SaieSWoman.
The other text shows you man with mead
and hand and heart and foota(l busy toihag
on up until ne gains q prlnceiy success.
..Seest thou man dihgent in his business:
He shall stand before kings.
Great encouragement in these TWO passages
for men and women who will be busy, but no
solace for those who are waiting for gooo
luck to show them ST the foot OF the rainbow
acasket Of buried gold. II IS lolly los any
body IN this world TO wait !er sonle'aHHs ~
tIrn up. II will turn down ne ID" "a
thrift is as inexorao!e as the Ia" o. ,-.e '1oes
Fortune, the magician, may wave ner "@uo
II, that direction until castles ana Pa'"ees
come, but she will after awnl-e lnver' !ne
same wand, and all the splenaors VIII VANISH
into thin air.
There are certain STYLES Of behavior which
lssd to usefulness. honor All permanent
success, and there are certain styles OF be.
havior which lead to dust, diShonor ana
moral default. would Ike 10 hre tne am
ton Of young people: nave 40 synps,ny
with those who would prepare young !oiAs
for life by whiting down thelr eAPecIsttons'
That man or wonsn WILL be worm nolhlHs
to church or state who begins LIE coWed
down. The business ofChristian.ty IS not to
quench but to direct human amoislon. 1oere-
fore it is that utter words Of encourage
ment to those who are occupied as clerks IN
the stores and shops and banking houses OF
the country. They are not an exceptional
class They belong to . great company Of
tens of thousands who are in this country,
amid circumstances which viii either make
or break them for time and for etHcnlty.
Many of these people have already ac;neVeo
Christian manliness and Christian Eo-
manliness, which will be their passport to
any position. have seen their trials. l
have watched their perplexities. There are
evils abroad which need to be hunted down
and dragged out into the MONDAY l;sht.
In the first place, I counsel clerks to re-
member that for the most part their clerk
shin is onlv school from which they are to
he Graduated. 1t takes about eight years to
cetinto one of the learned professions. 1t
+slss ebont EIGHT wears TO get to be mer-
cLoT+ Sorra of Won will be clerks all your
I;vss b,t the vast majority of you are only
:, ~ ,rons;ent an nosit;on. After awhile some
Decenber day the head men Of the firm will
cali YOU into the back Office, and they viii
say n Won. ssNoS. YOU have done well by
us. We are going to do well BY you. We
invite YOU to have an interest in our con-
Germ You will bow to that edict very
gracefully. Getting into 8 street car to 90
home an old comrade will meet you ana say,
"What makes you look so happy tonight!
"Ob," you will say, nothing, nothing
But in o few days your name will blossom
on the sign. Either in the store or bank
vhe-e-von are now. or in some other store
~ bsni Won will take a higher position
tben +bot which vou now occupy. So feel
am now addressing people who will yet
have their hand on the helm Of the world s
commerce and you viii turn 1t this way or
that. Now clerks, but to be bankers, I'M
porters, insurance company directors, snip
pers, contractors, superintendent OF rail-
rosds-ycur voice mighty ''on change =
standing foremost in the great financial and
religious enterprises Of the day. For, though
we who are in the professions may on the
platform plead for the philaotaroples, alter
all, the merchants must come forward win
their millions to sustain the movement.
Be therefore patient and dihgent N TINS
transient position. a You are now where you
can learn things you can never learn IN any
other place. What you consider your olsad-
yantages are your grand opportunity: lou
see an atfiuent father some day come GOWN d
prominent street with his son VINO mas Jus'
graduated from the university ana estao.
fishing him il business, putting SoV,oOo Oh
capital in the store. Well, you are envloUs.
You say, s'Oh, if l only had chance IKE
that young man-if only had father to
put $4,000 in business for me, then |
would ave some chance IN the world. De
not enyious. You have advantages over tna'
young man which lie has not over you; AS
well might l come down TO tne oochs "9ea :"
vessel Is about TO s>!i ior NalParaiso anu Say,
'.Let me pilot this snip ont 10 sea- nHs' :!
would SSns crew ana cargo oet9Ie sos oS'
OF the Aroor simply because Ano" no!n
ing about pilotage. Wealthy sea captains
put their sons before the mast ior the Tea'
son that they know 1t IS the only 9tave
where they can learn 70 DC succe7Siui s@ti.
ors. 1t Is only unoer orl!i 1na' Pe0Pte SeT
to understand pllotase ana Navigation, anu
want you to understand tnat II 'aAeS no
more skill to conduct Yessei out o. tHe ..ai haI-
Dor and across the sea tnan 10 steer eTtI
merclal establishment clear OF tne TOchS.