The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-02

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Nec.or for sopl.
Rev. Dr.. TaI0lage hsra starts with
sn oriental scene, from which ne
draws practical lessons as 70 the 81.
lurements when sut-aQ tbs U2wsry,
and The discourse will put many on
their guard. TIE .tXG IS Sa4ueI NV,
As, u did but taste little Uouev with
the eno Of the rod th&t w&S II A:E
hand, and, Ic, I mus de-
The hontybee IS = most ingenious
architect, 3 CCrlStCpEer Wren among
insects, geometer drawing beXagons
and penta9ous, 8 freebooter ro5o;ns
the fields Of pollen am aroma, won
drous cresture OF GoG whose biogra.
ply, written by Huber snd S1am
merdam, is an enchsn;ment for any
lover of nature. Nlreil c4ISorated the
bee in his fable Of Aris II IS, and Moses
and S muel sid DAY 4 and Solomon
and Jeremiah ana Ez;aiei ana 81
John used the deEcacisS OF bee manu-
facture SIS Blbla symbol. 4 miracle
of formation IS tee hee. Five eyes,
two tongues, the OUt>r having sheath
of protection, hairs GA al secs o. rs
tiny body 10 ocGSa az The particles OF
flowers, is Il ghf 80 straight that 81!
the world knows IF tAe bee line. The
honeycomb is 8 palace such IS no one
but Gud could plan ac.6 tie Gocey bee
construct; lis cells sometimes GoI-
mltory and sometimes a s:orehouse
and sometimes cemetery. These
winged Loiiers first make eight strips
Of wax and by their antenI %. which
are to them hammer and cmsel and
square and plumb line, fashion them
for use. Two and two these workers
shape the wall. II an scciGent nap
pens, they put Up buttresses Of extra
beams - remedy the damage.
When about the year l116 sn insect
before unknown IL the Nighttime a.
tackled the 5eehives al over Europe
and The men who owned Them were
in vain trying 10 plan something to
keep out the invader tina. TSS the ter
ror Of the beehives Of the continent,
it was found thai every where the bees
had arranged for their own protection
and built before their honey combs an
especial wak Of wsx, with portholes
through which the bees might go to
and fro, but not large enough to sd.
NIT the winged com oSJsn:, called the
Sphinx atropes.
Do you know that The swarming OF
the bees is dlyinely directed The
mother bee starts for rev home, and
because Of this the other bees Of the
hive get into al excitement which
raises the heat of the hive some four
degrees, and they must die unless they
leave their heated apartments, ano
they follow the mother bee and alight
on the branch OF tree, and cling to
each other and hold on until com
miites Of two or three bees has ex-
plored the region and found the hol
low of 8 tree Or rock not far eff frora
q stream of water, and they here set
up new colony and ply their aro-
matic industries and give themselves
to the manufacture OF the saccharine
edible. But VINO can tell the cnemis.
try Of that mixture OF sweetness, part
OF il the very life Of the bee and part
Of it the life Of the fields?
Plenty Of this luscious product was
hanging in the weeds Of Bsthaven
during the time of Saul and Jonathan.
Their army was IL pursuit Of an enc.
my that by Gods command must be
exterminated. The soidiery were pos
itively FORBIDDEN to stop to eat any
thing, until the work was done. II
they disobey ed, they were accurseG.
Coming through the woods they found
place where the bees had been busy,
a great honey manufsctory. Honey
until it had overdowed upon the
ground in great profusion of sweet,
ness. All the army obeyed orders and
touched II not save Jonathan, and he,
not knowing the military order about
abstinence, dipped the end of 8 stick
ne had IN his hand into tee candid IL
qulo, and as yellow and tempting 1t
glowed on the end Of the stick he pu!
It 70 his mouth and ate the honey.
judgment fell upon him and but for
special intervention he would have
been slain In my text Jonathao an
nounces mis- awful mistake, Il did but
taste little honey with the end of the
rod that was IN my hand, aud, 10, I
must ole." Alss, what mul.,tu6es of
people IN al ages have ben damaged
by forbidden honey, by which I mean
temptation, delicious and attractive,
but damaging and destructive.
Corrupt literature, fascinating hat
oeatoful, comes IN this category
Where one good, honest, healthful
book IS read now there is q hundred
made up o; rhetorical trash consumed
with avidity. When the boys on the
cars come through with pile OF pub,
lcatons, lock over the titles and no
tlce that nine out Of ten Of the books
are injurious. All the way from here
to Chlcago or New Orleans notice that
Objectionable books dominate. Taste
for pure literature IS poisoned by this
scum OF the publishing house. Every
book IN which sin trlumphs over vir-
tue, or IN which q glamour is thrown
over SSlpatlon, or which leaves you
at It's last line with less respect for the
marriage Institution and less abhor
ence Tor the paramour is S depression
Of your own moral character. The
oookblnoery may be attractive, and
the plot dramatic and startling, and
the style OF writing sweet as the honey
that jonathan TOOK up with lis rod,
but your best interests forbid it, your
moral safety forhids 1t, your Gcd for
bids 1t, and one taste OF it may lead to
such bad results that you may have to
say at the close of the experiment or
at the close anisimp~O 1 lifetime,
II did but taste little ,Avy with the
rod that was IN my hand, and, 10, I
must dc"
Corrupt literature IS doing more to-
day for Iae disrUpiion OF domestic life
than any othsr cause. Etopements,
marital intrigues, sly corr espon6ence,
fictitious Games given at postothc=
windows, clandesLioe meetings IN