The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-09-09

| ''Now," said the gentleman to the corporal,
"when you havea piece Of timber too
heavy for the men to lift, and you want
help, you send to your commander-fn-
chief" 1t vas Washington. Now, that IS
about all the gospel know-the gospel Of
giving somebody a lift, a lift out OF dark
ness. lift out OF earth into heaven. That
is all the gospel l know-the gospel Of
helping somebody else to lift.
"Oh." says some wiseacre, "talk as you
will, the law of demand and supply win
regulate these things until the end OF
time" No, they will not. unless God dies
and the batteries OF the judgment day are
spiked. and Pluto and Proserpine, king
and queen OF the internal regions, take full
possession Of this world. Doyou know who.
supply and demand are? They have gone
into partnership and they propose to
swindle this earth and are swindling It.
You are drowning. Supply and demand
stand on the shore, one on ono side, the
other on the other side Of the iifeboat, and
they cry out to you, "Now, you pay rs
what we ask you for getting you to shore
or go to the bottomI' II you can borrow
$4,000 you can keep from failing in busi-
ness. Supply and demand say, Now, you
pay US exorbitant usury or you go into
bankruptcy" This robber firm Of supply
and demand say to you: "The crops are
Is in our bin. Now, you pay our price or
starve." That is your magnificent law Of
supply and demand.
Supply and demand own the largest mill
on earth, and all the rivers roll over their
wheel, and into their hopper they put all
the men, women and children they can
shovel out Of the centuries, and the blood
and the bones redden the valley while the
mill grinds. That diabolic law of supply
and demand will yet have to stand aside,
and instead thereof will come the law Of
love, the law Of cooperation, the law OF
kindness, the law Of sympathy, the law OF
Christ. Have you no idea Of the coming OF
such time? Then you do not believe the
Bible. All the Bible Is full Of promises on
this subject, and as the ages roll on the
time will come when men Of fortune will be-
giving larger sums to humanitarian and
evangelistic purposes, and there will be
more James Lenoxes and Peter Coopers
and William E. Dodges and George Pea.
bodys. As that time comes there will be
more parks, more picture galleries, more
gardens thrown open for the holiday people
and the working classes. -
The great patriot OF France, Victor Hugo,
died. The $40 900 in his will given to the
poor of the city was only q hint of the work s
he did for all Nations and for all times. ];
wonder not that they allowed eleven days
to pass between his death and his burial,
his body meantime kept under triumphal
arch, for the world could hardly afford TO
let go this man who for more than eight
decades had by his unparalleled genius
blessed it. His name shall be terror to all
despots and an encouragement to the strug-.
Cling. He made the worlds burden lighter
and its darkness less dense and its chain
less CALLING and its thorns Of iniquity less
secure.
But Victor Hugo was not the overtower.
ing friend Of mankind. The greatest
friend OF capitalist and toiler and the one
who will yet bring them together In com-s
plete accord was born one Christmas night
while the curtains Of heaven swung, stirred
all the continents, all the worlds and all
the eislands OF light. Capitalist Of immenrl
sity, crossing over to our condition. Com
ing into our world, not by gate Of palace,
but by door OF barn. Spending bis hrst {
night among the shepherds. Gathering
afterward around Him the fishermen to be
HIS chief attendants. With adze and
saw and chisel and Ak and In car
penter shop showing Himself brother
with the tradesmen. Owner OF al
things, and yet on q hillock back OF
others, keeping not 80 much as Q shekel to
pay for his obsequies, by charity buried ini
the suburbs Of a city that has cast him out.
Before the cross Of such a capitalist and
such carpenter all men can afford TO
shake hands and worship. Here d. the
every mans Christ. None 80 high but he 1
was higher. None so poor but he WAS
poorer. At his feet the hostile extremes
will yet renounce their anirlosities, ana
which have gloweredt with
the prejudices and revenge Of centuries
shall brighten with the smile OF heaven -
be commands: Whatsoever ye would th4t
men should do to you, do you evea 30 70
them," %