The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-07-20

mo-. ,s responsible forvour own life as
for tbn life Of others? God rave YOU a
snnc;l rrIst in life and made YOU the
custodian of your life, ana he made
Won the custodian of no other life. He
rave YOU rs weapons with which to de-
fend it two arms to strike back assail-
ants. two ewes to watch for invasion.
and a natural love Of life which ought
ever to be on the alert. Assassination
Of others is amid crime comoarcd with
the assassination Of yourself because
n the latter case it IS treachcrv to an
especial trust It is the surrender of Il
castle You were especially appointed to
keen. It is a treason to 4 natural law.
and it is treason to God added to ordi-
nary murder.
au+bo Good mon and women Of the
R;bIa Iafr - God 1hc decision Of their
anr,S .,.iI y. 80 +o~,M;nrS W and tbrv could have
go; SA ,,:.I ~ Il '',i Who b,5 r:oh, to com
"t s:o ,,;;I, -. IGF r. ,m,. ,1an over had what
.Att -, So =; l,trh,.aJ y ~ nronnrtv and his
W.. W. IN III So yr;+I, ;nsntferablc car
b, b"oI ''tt 'J - n,..,.,.+bin@ gone from his
i",,,a b"a1.o ov"nnt ''n t5n chief curse of it. a
nol+;foro,,i ,'o.,,I wife and four garulous peo-
nIn naItinr him with comfortless talk
wb;Ia In sirs on 4 heap of ashes scratch
;nr h; :,.abs with 4 piece of broken
,,a7,nr. M vnr CRYING out in triumph.
"a Il tbn DAYS Of nv appointed time
~ IN ,,,,- nb,,o, comcc
Zn+v.;rhstondinrtbc Bible is against
j.; n,,;i anS tTn arnrs;on which i ere
s,s h, I,-- sa '. 1oa1 G Gsoma and ghastIy snec-
tS'cI +.cIn of G those who have shnrIcd them
S~IyoS on+ Of life and Notwithstanding
Cbr;stian;tv is aaainst it and the arru-
ments and fbe nsefuI lives and the IL
Insfr;ons deaths Of its disciples it is a
fact aIarn,;nrIv naient tbat suicide is
on m tho ;ncraasa What is the cause?
I charcn mon infdclitv and and aenos-
ric;s,n Tb;s whole thing IF there be
NO no bnroafrer or if that hereafter be
bI;ssfnI without reference to how we
live and how we die why not move back
the folding doors between this world
and the next And when our existence
here becomes troublesome why not pass
rirht over into elvsium? Put this
down among your most solemn refec-
t;ons There has never been a case of
snicide where the operator was not ci-
tber demented and therefore irrespon-
s;bIn or an infdcl challenge all the
a@nS and challenrc the universe.
There never has been a case of self de-
struction while in full appreciation of
his Immortality and of the fact that
that Immortality would be glorious or
wretched according as he accepted
Jesus Christ or rejected him.
You say it is a business trouble or
YOU say it is electrical currents or it is
This or it is that or tits the other thing.
Why not 90 clear back nv friend. and
acknowledge that in every case it is the
abdication of reason or the teaching of
infdelity, which practically says. II
you don't like this life, get out of it.,
and you will land either in annihilation,
where there are no notes to pay, no
prosecutions to suffer. no gout to tor
ment. or YOU will land where there will
he everything glorious and nothing to
nav for il Infidelitv has ALWAYS been
anolopetic for self immolation. After
Tom Paine's Age of Reason was
published and widely read there was 4
marked increase of self slaughter.
Have nothing to do with an infdelity
so cruel, so debasing. Come out Of bad
company into the company of those who
believe the Bible. Benjamin Franklin
wrote. "Of this Jesus of Nazareth |
have to say that the system of morals
he left and the religion he has given US
are the best things the world has ever
seen or is likely to see. Patrick Hen
ry, the electric champion of liberty,
says, The book worth al! other books
put together IS the Bible. Benjamin
Rush, the leading physiologlSt and an
atomist of his day. the great medical
scientist-what did ne say? The
only true and perfect religion is Chris
tianity." Isaac Newton: .ne leading
philosopher Of his time-what did he
say? The sublimeSt philosophy on
earth is the philosophy of the gos-
pei" David Brewster, at the pronun-
ciation of whose name every scientist
the world over bows his head-Dayid
Brewster sayiag, "Oh. this religion
has been a great light to me. very
great light all nv days" President
Thiers. the great French statesman. ac-
knoweledsing that he prayed when he
said Il invoke the Lord God. in whom
| am clad to believe. David Living
stone able to conquer the lion. able to
CONQUER the panther. able to conquer the
savage vet conquered b. this religion.
so when they find him dead they find
him on his knees
salmor D Chose chief inst;ca of tho
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