The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-16

" WiNl ~ r. T'''i'J IT, nv
won't events. tp -aN nothing "f moral
Thinning ana leliaiuu- inHicncr>. Win
deliberately na.S. ur hi, mind 10 80
a wrnnr ,hlns about Il, much fool
as lcF. tu,sc. Ntiic all nature de-
,lar.. 'ln ,i.:r Fl a God. cNsrY
W. .A .lie ..i lli-un wall and coar;
IF .u-tr aud l,usntin , rope tell u
~ lo,.G. lonc~ than God ha> >l,okcn
II, tlnt Il drr- not pay To do wrong.
POOR Saunders, 'he ALLEGED South
,fn ExYr.~~ Company robbcr, with q
,.u>rioucr ,lat made him surrender
AID somcbody else 'lisrorrc thirty
seven llni,c,i '%loliav, Of the monry,
w!til wrecked life and ruined %!l"l,cS.
could preach Il sermon nlay to the
y.nng men Of america that would
cause them to hal, and think and re-
form wlllr the ~ern"n- Of thousands
oc preachers would fall lead ulvn
,iicia car. I:ut mighty sermon
is rrcacAra every moruin= in our
Tally l,alcr- Tli> one gone wrong {.
that nnc gone wrong u -uiridc here :.
a murdered man there :, wrecked
home %y"u.icr aud Il blasted character
here. 81 rctrfa. The man who docs
not hclic,r that the way "f the tran,
.rcsspr is hard does not believe any
thing. He has doubted until he now
doubts whether he d"uht, or not.
Tn" sooner young mcn learn the les
~on THOROUGHLY that it is moi only
right t., do li"llt ami wrong to do
wrong ia, that they cannot afford to
10 wr"n- and that tliry cannot afford
no, to do right. the better it will be
i"r them, and then ti.oy have learned
tie lesson that forms the very ha-i,
,f All uscfulncs, here and ali hope Of
good hereafter.
''By the sweat Of thy brow Shalt
thou earn thy bread Some men
say. is i;ol's curse pronounced upon
men? lit God wise direction to IL
child. Employment is the very safe
guard uf character industry is the
very basis Of manhood. There is
more in labor than the dollars and
cents which labor brings. Employ
ment is worth more than cmolumcnts
10 any man. y man who does good
work on half pay is getting along bet
ter than the fellow who does sorry
work aud gets double pay. Fidelity
t" the task undertaken DESTROYS
first to do we'll the thing you are do
ing, and making all other considcra.
tons secondary, is the very ground
work of patience and when a man
io>cs patience aud gets iii " hurry 20
he rich, then comes the dangerous
period. Human weakness coupled
with temptation brings about the con
dition Of things which would wreck
the world. had rather follow Il pillow
for Il dollar IL week than to follow
Letter. the Chicago wheat dealer, ut Il
million dollars IL year. y man can
pillow his way to manhood but he can
only speculate himself to hell.
Ais we'll that ends we'll. gentle
men and the end is coming. Some
mems sin, 60 before them to judy
mcnt others follow on. This is true
every day and everywhere. | have
seen it in the courthouse in my own
county, where men sins went before
them to judgmcnt-sins that wrecked
their character. destroyed the conf
.lcncc Of the people of the community
in their integrity and convicted them
at the bar Of public opinion before
they were arraivncd at the bar Of JUS
tiee in the Court House. Their sins
went before them and condemned
them before the day Of Judgment. |
have known others whose sins follow
cd them and overlook them ut the
Court House, when one witness after
another brought up Il chain Of cv'
lcncc that came at last with its &c,
muiatcd force aud crushed them uI-
der the wheels Of justice. With the
big dogs Of this country who are spec
u~lating and carousing and gambling,
their sins are following after them.
They don't seem to be ahead like the
locusts Of Egypt eating mp the
try before they come on but the
hounds Of hell are after them on their
heels. They will ovcrtaAc them.
The valuable lessons Of lite are never
learned 10y some until they are too old
to be benefited much by them. If
young man at II or Is or 20 years of
age could have the knowledge of
things which the experiences of 20
years Of future life would give him,