The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02

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and The railroad conpsa:es will not
starl up for judgment in the !lst day,
but taose who in them acted righteous
ly will receive, each for himself, re-
ward, and those who acted the part of
neglect or trickery will, each Tor HIM
sells, receive condemnation.
Unlawful dividends are not clean be-
fore God because there are those associ-
ated with you who grab just as big
pile as you Go. He who countenances
the dishonesty of the firm or of the cor
boration or association kes upon him.
self all the moral liabilities. If the
financial institution steals, he steals.
If they so into wild speculations, he
himself is gambler. If they need
lessly embarrass creditor, he himself
is guilty of cruelty. If they swindle
the uninitiated he himself is defraud-
er. No financial institution ever had a
money vault strong enough, or credit
stanch enough, or dividends large
enough, or policy acute enough to hide
the individual sins Of its members.
The old adage that corporations have 70
souls is misleading. Every corporation
has as many souls as it has mem
bcrs.
Again, many business men have been
tempted to postpone their enjoyments
and duties to future season OF entire
leisure. Whata sedative the Christian
religion would be to all our business
men ii Instead Of postponing its uses to
old age or death they would take 1t into
the store or factory or worldly engage
ments now! 1t is folly to 50 amid the
uncertainties Of business life with no
God to help. \ merchant in New
England village was standing by a
horse, and the horse lifted its foot to
stamp it in a pool of water, and the
merchant, to escape the splash, stepped
into the door Of an insurance agent,
and the agent said, Il suppose you
have come to renew your fire lnsur-
ance. oh" said the merchant. Il
had forgotten that" The insurance
was renewed, and the next day the
house that had been insured was burn
ed. Was it all accidental that the mer-
chant, to escape splash from a horses
foot, stepped into the insurance office?
No, it was providential. And what a
mighty solace for business man to
feel that things are provldentlal.
What peace and equilibrium in such a
consideration, and what grand thing
if all business men could realize
it,
Many, although now comparatively
straitened in worldly circumstances,
have goodly establishment in the fu-
ture planned out. They have in inns
nation built, about 20 years ahead,
house in the country not difficult +
access from the great town, tor t.
will often have business or old accou IS
to settle or investments to look after
The house is large enough to accommo-
date all their friends. The halls are
wide and hung with pictures of hunting
scenes and branch of antlers and are
comfortable with chairs that can be
rolled out on the veranda when the
weather is inviting or set out under
some of the oaks that stand sentinel
about the house, rustling in the cool
breeze and songful with the robins.
There is just land enough TO- keep them
interested, and its crops Of almost fab
ulous richness springing up under ap-
plication Of the best theories to be
found in the agricultural journals.
The farm is we'll stocked with cattle
and horses and sheep that know the
voice and have kindly bleat when one
goes forth to look at them. In this
blissful abode their children will be in
structed in art and science and religion.
This shall be the old homestead to
which the boys at college will direct
their letters, and the hill on which the
house stands will be called Oakwood or
Ivy Hill or Pleasant Retreat or Eagle
Eyrie, May the future have for every
BUSINESS man here all that and more
besides! But are you postponing your
happiness to that time? Are you adj
jou1ning your joys? Suppose that you
achieve all you ezpect-and that the
vision mention is not up to the reality,
because the fountains will be brighter,
the house grander and the scenery more
picturesque-the mistake is none the
less fatal.
What charm will there be in rural
quiet for a ran who has for 30 or 40
years been conforming his entire nature
to the excitements Of business? Will
focks and herds with their bleat and
moan be able to silence the Unsuitable
spirit of acquisitiveress which has for
years had full swing in the soul? Will
the hum of the breeze soothe the man
who now can find his only enjoyment
in the stock market? Will leaf and
cloud and fountain charm the eye that
has for three-fourths Of lifetime
found its chief beauty in hogshead and
bills of sale? Nil parents be compe-
tent to rear their children for high and
holy purpose, if their infancy and boy
hood and girlhood were neglected,
when they are almost ready to enter
upon the world and have all their hab-
its fixed and their principles stereoty-
ped? No, no: now is the time to be
happy. No77 is the time to serve your
Creator. Now is the time to be a
Christian. Are you too busy? have
known men as busy as you are who had
place in the store loft where they
went to pray. Someone asked Chris
tian sailor where he found any place 10
pray in. He said, II can always fnd
quiet place at masthead. " And In
the busiest day of the season if your
heart is right you can find place to
pray. Busy thoroughfares are good
places to pray in as you go to meet