The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13

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iu!scnt 10 Your chlltren than they ever
were with YOU And VIVA; wonders OF reve
laroa in the hombazine pocket Of the one
AMI the sleeve Of the other. Blessed IS that
home where Christian parents come 10 visit.
Whatever may have been the style Of The ar
chiiteture when they came. 1t IS a palace be.
fore they leave. Itthey visit you 80 times,
the Two most memorable visits will be toe
first ana the last Those two pictures viii
haug in the hall Of your memory while mem-
ory lasts. and ycu Will remember iust how
they looked. a2d where they sat: aud what
they said. ard al what figure OF the carpet.
and at wha; doorsili they parted vita voN'
giving you the final -ood6y. Do not ne en-
barrassed II Your father come 10 town anu
he have the manners OF the shepherd an" Il
vour mother come TO town and there he II
her hat no sign Of costly millinery. The vie
of the Emperor Theotoeius said q ~lsetmns
when She said. Husbands remember what
vou lately were and remember |Aat yeu
are, and he lhauAtUl.
Ec this zine YOU al notice wha; kindly
proris.oa Joseph made Tor MS father Jaco2;
Tosan5 Ma no; saw. u can't have The old
man around this place. How clumsy be
wop,d look climbing up those marble stars
and walking over those mosaies linen he
would be putting his hands upon some CT
thnsc fres:oes. People would wonder where
that old sveenhorn came from. lie would
shock all the Egyptian court with his man
,,ars a, ,a5,e Besides that. he might get
s;c. on nv hands. &ai he might De queru-
Ious ana he might talk to ME a< though /
were only boy, when an the second man
in al! the realm. 0! course ne must not
safer, ani;fthere IS famine in his country
and hear there isl Will send him some
provisions. but ! can | take man from Pa
darararl and introduce him into this polite
Egyptian court. What . nuisance II IS to
have poo, relations
Joseph did not say that, but he rushed
out TO meet his father with perfect abandon
OF affection. and brought him up to the pal
ace aud introduced him to the emperor and
provided for al me rest OF TIE father days
and nothing was TOO good for old man whi.e
living, and When he was dead, Joseph, with
military escort, took his father 5 remains to
the family cemetery. Would God all chill
dren were as kind to their parents.
1.-THE father hare large p'ocelty and he
be wise enough to keep it in MS own name,
he will be respected BY the heirs, but how
often IS il when the sor finds his father IN
famine, as Joseph 49, Jacob IN famine
the young people make it very hard Tor the
old man. They are so surprised he eats Win
q knife ins;eed Of fork. They are chagrIn-
ed at his autediiuvian habits They are pro-
voked because be cannot hear as well as ne
used 10. and when he asks 1t over again, and
the son has 10 repeat it, he bawls in the old
mans ear. Il hope you hear that. how
long be must wear the old coat or the Old
hat before they get him new one. How
chacr;ned they are at his independence
the English grammar How long he Langs
on. Seventy years and not gone yet. Sew
eaty-fye Tears and not gone Jet. Eighty
wears and not gone yet. viii he ever so.
They think It OF no use to have doctor IN
his last sickness, and 20 up TO the drug
store and get something that makes him
worse and economic on a coffin, and beat
the undertaken down to the last point, Civ
iag note for the reduced amount, which
they never pay. l have otticiated al oose-
quies of aged people where the family have
been so inordinately resigned to Providence
that felt ike taking my text from Prov
erbs. The eye that n0cketh al his father
and re:useth 10 obey its mother, the ravens
OF the valley shall pick it out, and the youns
eagles shall eat it. In other words, such
an migrate ought to have a flock OF crows
for pail bearers. l congratulate you if you
have the honor of providing for aged par
euts. The blessing OF the Lord God OF JOS
eph and Jacob will be on you.
l rejoice to remember that. though my
father lived in plain house the most OF MS
days, he died IN mansion provided by the
fl al piety ola son who had achieved Tor
tune. There the octogenarian sat, and the
servants waited on him. m.aud there were plen-
ty Of horses and plenty Of carriages to con-
vey him, and bower in which to sit on long
summer aftecaoons, dreaming over the past,
and there was not room ia the house
where he was not welcome, and there were
musical instruments Of al sorts to regaIe
him, and vixen life had passed the neigh oorS
came out and expressed ell honor possible
and carried him to the village NachpeIah
and put him down beside the Rachel with
whom ne had lived more than halfa century.
Share your success with the old people. Ire
probability is that the principles they IN
culcatei achieved your fortune. Give them
a Christian percentage or kindly consiaera-
ton. Let Joseph divide with Jacob the pas
ture fields Of Goshen and the glories ofthe
Egyptian court.
And here would Ike TO sing the praises
of the is,erhood who remained unmarried
that they might administer to aged parents.
The brutal world calls these self sacrificing
ones peculiar or angular. but if you had had
as many apuoya1ces as they have had Nan.
tippe would have been an angel compared
with you 1t IS easier TO take care OF five
rollickins, rowpiug children than ofonc
childish old man. Among the best women
OF our land are those who allowed the bloom
of life 10 pass away while they were caring
for their parents. While other maidens
were asleep they were soaking the old man
feet or tucking up the covers around the III
rslid mother. While other maidens were in
the cot;!lion they were dancing attendance
upon Rheumatism and spreading plastars for
the lame back OF the septuasenarian and
heating catnip tea for insomnia.
In almost every circle Of our klntred
there has been some queen Of self sacrifice
10 whom ieweled hand after ieweled hand
was offered in marriage, but who s,aid on
the old place because OF the sense Of fiai OBJ
legation until the health was gone and 1.-the
attractiveness of personal presence had van
ished. Brutal society may call such one
bya nickname. God calls her daughter, and
heaven calls her saint, and call her domes-
tic martyr 4 half dozen ordinary women
have not as much nobility as could be found
in the smallest joint Of the little finger Of her
left hand. Although the world has stood
5000 years, this IS the first apotheosis OF
,naidephOod, although in the long line OF
those who have declined marriage that they
might be qualified for some especial mission
are the names Of Anna Ross, and Margaret
Breckenridge, and Mary Shelton, and Anna
Etheridge, and Georgiana Willetts, the an
gels Of the ba;tleields OF Fair Oaks and
Lookout Mountain and Charlottesville and
Cooper Shop hospital, and though single life
has been honored by the fact that the three
graadeSt men ofthe Bib,e-J0hn and Paul