The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-12

and YOU attacked them. They aepTe-
ciated YOU. YOU deprecated them. or
they ovcrrcachcd YOU IN 4 bargain, an"
You tried. in Wall street rarlancc, t"
get :. corner on them. or yctl have haa
a bereavement. aud, Instead Of being
submissive. You are fighting that be-
reavement. You charge on the doctors
who failed to effect cure, or you
charge on the carclesSness Of the rail
road company through which the acc.-
dent occurred or YOU are a chronic IN,
valid. and You fret and worry ana scolG
and wonder why You cannot be well
Ike other people and you angrlly
blame the neural gia or the laryngltlS,
or the ague. or the sick headache The
fact is YOU are Il deer at bay. Instead
of running to the waters Of divine con.
ISOLATION and Slaking your thirst ana
cooling your body and soul III The gooo
cheer of the gospel and swimming away
into the mighty deeps Of God love
you are lighting whole kennel OF mar
riers.
Bat very many Of you who are
wronsed Of the world--and II IN any as
semlly between here and Golden Gate;
San Francisco. it were asked that all
those that had been sometimes badly
treated should raise both their hands
and full response should be made; there
would be twice as a.any hands lifted as
persons present. say many OF you
would declare. We have always done
the best we could and tried to be use
full and why we should become the vic
tins of malignment or iuvalidlsm OF
mishap is inscrutable. : Why, do YOU
know the finer deer and the more ele-
gantits proportions and the more beautl,
ful its bearing the more anxious the
hunters and the hounds are to capture
it? Had the roebuck ragged fur and
broken hoofs and an obliterated eye and
limping gait the hunters would have
said, ''Pshaw, don't let US waste oul
ammunition on sick deer. And the
hounds would have given few shifts OF
the scent, and then darted off in another
direction for better game. But wher
they see a deer with antlers lifted II
mighty challenge to earth and sky, anc
the sleek hide looks as if it had beer
smoothed by invisible hands, and the
fat sides inclose the richest pasture
that could be nibbled from the bank:
of rills so clear they seem to have
dropped out of heaven, and the STAMP
of its foot deies the jack shooting Ian
tern and the rife, the hcrn and the
hound, that deer they will have if the.
must needs break their neck in tht
rapids. So if there were no noble stut
in Jour make up, i you were a bifur
Gated nothing, if you were forlorl
failure. you would be allowed to go un
disturbed. but the fact that the whol'
pack is in full cry after you is proc
positive that You are splendid game
and worth capturing. Therefore sar
casm draws on you its finest bead.
Therefore the world goes cunning TO
you with its best Maynard breeehloader
Highest compliment is 1t to your tai
ent. or your virtue, or your usefulness
You will be assailed in proportion t
your great achievements. The bes
and the mightiest being the worlu eve,
saw had set after him all the hounds
terrestrial and diabolic, and they lap
ped his blood after the Calvarean mas
sacre. The world paid nothing to it:
Redeemer but bramble, four spike:
and cross. Many who hare done
their best to make the world better
have had such rough time OF 1t thai
all their pleasure is in anticipation o.
the next world, and they could express
their own feelings in the words of the
Baroness of Nairn at the close of hel
long life, when asked if she would like
to live her life over again: