The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-10-04

nnl0ipotcace-Is Is hGN armj tne up"
hoi>ttry Of ,he niGulS heaceDs-itis IS
the work ot GaG's fingers his life giving
powe.-it is the breath Of the Almlgh-
y; his dominioD-"the government
shall be upon his shoulder.
\ BODY GiNinely honored and so dl-
yinely constructed, let US be careful
cot to abuse it. When it becomes a
Christian duty to take care Of our
health. IS not the whole tendency TO-
ward longevity? If l toss my watch
about rscklessly aud drop it on the
pavement and wind it up any time OF
day or night l happen to think Of it and
often leJ it run down, while you are
careful with your watch and never
abuse it and wind itup just at the same
hour every Light and put 1t IN place
where it will not suffer from the violent
charges of atmosphere, which watch
will last the longer? Common sense
answers. Now, the human body is
Gods watch. You see the hands OF
rhe watch. YOU see the face OF the
watch. but me beating Of the heart Is
che ticking of the watch. Be careful
and do not let it run down.
Again. l remark that practical rellg-
:ou Is a f;ieod Of longevity In the tact
has it is proteS5 against dlsslpatlons,
.bich iuiare and destroy the health.
Bad men and women live very short
life. Their sins Kill til | know
huadreds Of good old nep, but do no.
Soow half dozen BAD old men. Why?
rhev co not get old Lord Byron dies
a, ,4issolocghi at SO years Of age, him.
sell Ills own Mazsppa, his unbridled
passions the horse that dashed him into
the desert. Edgar \. Poe died at Bal
1imore at 3S years Of age. The black
raven that alighted cn the bust above
his door was d.lirium tremens-
on1y this a2d nothing more.
NAPOLEON Benaparte lived only just be-
yond midlife, then died at St. Helena,
and one of his doctors said that his dis
ease was induced by excessive snufhng.
The Zero Of AuSterlitz, the man who
bv one step Of his foot in the center of
Europe shook the earth, killed BY a
snufoox. How many people VIC have
known who have not lived ont half their
days because of thsir designations and
iDdulgences! NoS. practical religion
is protest against all dissipations Of
anv kind.
But, you say, professors Of re!ig-
ion have fallen, professors Of religion
have got drunk, professors Of religion
have misappropriated trust funds, pro.
fesscrs Of religion have absconded. "
Yes, but they threw away their religion
before they did their morality. Ii a
man on a White Star lire steamer,
bound for Liverpool, in mid-At!antic
jumps overheard and is drowned. Is
that anything against the White Star
lines capacity to take the man across
the oceau? And if a man jumps over
the guQwale of his religion and goes
dowu never to rise, is that any reason
for 7eur believing that religion has no
capacity TO take the man clear through?
Ia the one case, if nc had kept to the
steamer, his body would have been
saved; in the other case, if he had kept
to his religion, his morals would have
oecn saved.
There are aged people who would have
been dead % ears ago butfoT the de-
fenses aud the cquipoise Of religion.
You have no more natural resistance
than hundreds of people who lie in the
cemeteries today slain BY their ows
vices. The doctors m.Ge ,heir case as
kind and pleasant as they ceu!d, and II
was called cjDgestion of the brain or
something else, but the snakes and the
bluehies that seemed 70 crawl over the
oil!ow in the sight Of the delirlous
patient showed what was the matter
with him. You, the aged Christian
man, walked along by thar unhappy one
until you came to the golden pillar of a
Christian life. You went to the right:
be went TO the left. That is all the
1 f:r:nce between you. if this re-
hg,oa is protest against al! sorms OF
di,si patton, then it is an illustrious
friend of longevity. with long life
Will | satisfy HIM"
Again, religion is a friend of lon
gevi1y in the fact that it ia kes the worry
out of our tcmporalities. 1t is not
work that kills men; it is worry. When
man becomes genuine Christian, be
makes over 10 God not only his aft &C
tions, but his family, his business, his
reputation, his body. his mind, his soul.
rythiDg. Industrious he will be,
but never worrying, because God Is
managing his affairs. How can he
worry about business when in aDswerto
MS prayers God tells him when to buy
aud when to sell Andif he gain, that
is best, and if he lose, that is best.
Suppose you bad a su2ernz'ural neigh
bor who came in and said: ''Sir, | want
you to cal on ue in every exigency. [
am YOUR fast friend. | could fall back
on $50, ,0J0, 0OO I can foresee panic
ten years. | held the controlling stock
in 50 Of the best monetary institutions
of New York. Whenever you are in
trouble call on me, and | will hel p you.
You can have my money, aud you can
have my ipf1cace. Here is my hand
in pledse for it How much woul~
you worry about business? Why, you
would sly, ''l'ildo the bestI can, and
then Iii depend on my friends gen
erosity lor the rest.
Nov, uosc than that is promised to
every Christian business man. God says
to him; Town New York and London
and St. Petersburg and Peking and
Australia AID California are miae. |
can foresce panic hundred years. l
have all the resources Of the universe,
and I am your fast friend. When you
get in business trouble or any other
trouble, call on me, and | will belp
Here is my hand in pledge of owuipo
tent dclirerance. How much should
that man worry? Not much. What
lion will dare to mt his pay on that