The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-15

20 into bankruptcy. THIS robber firm CT
suppl and demand say 10 you: "Ihe crops
are short. We boughtup all the wheat and
it is iu our bin. Now, You pay cur price CT
strave That is your magnificent law OF
supply aud demand.
supply and demand own the larges; mill
on earth, and all the rivers roll over their
wheel and into their hopper they put all
the men, womea and children they can
sLovel ont Of the centuries. and the oioo1
aa3 TIE bones redden the valley while the
mill crinds. That diabolic iaY OF supply and
demand will yeY have to stand aside, and
instead there Will come the law OF love. the
law OF CO operation, the law Of kindness, the
law of sympathy, the law OF Christ. faye
YOU no idea OF the coming OF sUcn a tang.
Then YOU do not believe the Bible. Atl the
Bible IS full Of promises on this subject,
and as the ages roll on the time wi! come
when men OF fortune will be giving larger
sums TO humanitarian anu evangelstlc pur-
poses. aud there vii! be more James enox-
es and Peter Coopers and William E. Doi ges
aad George Peabodys. As that time comes
there will be more parks. more picture gal
lerics, more gardens thrown open Tor tHe
holiday people and the working classes.
was reading in regard 10 charge that
ha,i been made in England against Lambeth
palace that il was exclusive, and that charge
demonstrated the sublime fact that TO the
grounds of that wealthy estate 500 poor
families have free passes and 10 croQIet
companies. aui on the half holidays 600
poor people recline on the grass, walk
through the paths ard ST under the trees
That is s0spel-gospel On the wing, gospel
out Of doors worth just as much as indoors.
That time IS going 10 come. That IS only
hint OF what is going TO be. The time Is 60
ing to come when, II you have anything n
your house worth looking at-pictures, pie
ces Of sculpture-you are going to Invite ne
10 come and See them, you are going 10 m
vile ny friend 10 come aad see them, and
YOU will say See what have been blessed
with. God has given me this, and 50 far as
enjoying it, it is yours also. That IS gos-
pei. In crossing the Allegheny mountains
many years ago the stage halted and Henry
Clay diSmounted from the stage and vent out
on a rock at the very verge Of the cliff, and
he stood there with his cloak wrapped about
him, and he seemed to be listening for some
thing. Some one said 10 him. Nv hat are
YOU listening for? Standing there on the
,o2 of the mouu;ain he said, Il am listening
TO the tramp Of the footsteps Of the coming
millions Of this continent. 4 sublime pos
ture for an American statesman. You and
! today stand on the moantlin top Of prlyu-
ere. and on the Rock of Ages, and We look
of. and We hear coming from the future the
happy industries, ani smiling populations,
and the cocsecrated fortunes, and the lnnu-
me7able properties Of the closing nine
teenth and the opening twentieth century.
The great patriot Of France, Victor Hugo,
died The $4,000 in his will given TO the
poor Of the city was only a hint Of tie work
be did for all nations aud for all times.
wonder not that they allowed Il 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 baa terror TO all despots, anu
| an encouragement to the struggling. He
made the worlds burden lighter, and It's
darkness less dense, and is chain less gall
ing. and is thrones Of iniquity less secure.
r.: Victor Hugo was not the oTertower-
ing friend of mankind. The greatest friend
of capi alist and toiler, aud the one who VIII
yet bring them together IN complete accord,
| was born one Christmas night while the Cur
| tains of heaven swung, stirred by the wings
angelic. Owner Of all things-all the con-
| tinents, all worlds, and all the islands OF
light Capitalist ofimlien:ity, crossing over
| to our condition. Coming into our world,
not by gate of palace bat by door OF barn.
| Spending his first night amid the shepherds.
Gathering afterward around him the fisher
| men to be his chief attendants. With adj,
| and saw, and chisel, aud ak, and in car
penter shop showing himself brother with
the tradesmcn. Owner Of al things, and yet
on Q hillock hack ofJeruSalem one day re-
signing everything for others, keeping not
so much as shekel TO pay for his oosequeS,
by charity buried in The suburbs OF city
| that had cast him out. Before the cross OF
! such CAPITALIST, and such a carpenter, all
men can afford to shake hands aud worship.
, Here IS the every mans Christ. None 50
high, but he Y@s higher. None so poor, but
he was poorer. Al his feet the hostile eZ-
tremes will yet renounce their anlmosiAe2,
and ccuntenances which have slowered with
the prejudices and revenge oscenturies shall
brighten with the smile Of heaven as he
commands, Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do you even so to them.
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