The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-29

come away from his laboratory, where
he has been studying analysis and syn
thesis, and belpuS TO understand the
nature Of the soils. | Bless God that
all classes of people are compelled to
meet on the street The glittering
coach wheel clashes against the scaven-
gers cart. Fine robes run against the
peddlerS pack. Robust health meets
wan sickness Honesty confronts
fraud Every class Of people meets
every other class lmpudence and
modeSty, pride aud humility, purity and
beastliness. franknesS and hypocrisy,
meeting on the same block, in the same
street. in. the same city. Oh, that is
what Solomon meant when he said;
The rich and the poor meet together.
The Lord is the Maker Of them all.
l like this democratic principle Of the
gospel Of Jesus Christ which recognizes
the fact that we stand before God on
one and the same platform. Do not
take on any airs, whatever position you
have gained in society; you are nothing
but man born Of the same parent, re-
generated by the Same Spirit, cleansed
in the same blood, to lie down in the
same dust, TO get up in the SINE resur-
rectior. 1t is high time that We all ac-
knowledge not only the Fatherhood Of
God, but the brotherhood OF man.
Again. the street impresscs me With
tho fact that il IS 2 very hard thing for
man to keep his heart right and to
get to heaven. Infinite temptations
springupon US from these places ofpub-
lie concourse. Amid so much atfiueuce
how much temptation to corctousness
and TO be discontinued with our hum
bic lot, -Amid so many opportunities
for over reaching, what tempta-
ton to extortion! Amid so much dis
play, what temptation to vanity! Amid
50 many saloons Of strong drink, what
allurement to dissipation. In the
maeistroms and hell gates Of the street,
how many make quick and eternal
shipwreck If man of-war comes
back from battle apd Is towed into the
navy yard, we 60 down and look at the
splintered spars and count the bullet
holes and look with patriotic admira-
ton on the flag that foated in victory
from the masthee2 But that man is
more of curiosity who has gone
through 80 years Of the sharpshootlng
of business life and yet sails on, victor
over the temptations Of the streets. On,
how many have gone down under the
pressure. leaving not so much as tie
patch Of canvas to tell where they per
ished! They never had any peace.
Their Gishonesties kept tolling in their
ears. If l had an ak and could split
omen the beams Of that fine house, per
haps l would find in the very heart OF
it a skeleton. In his very best wine
there is smack of poor mans sweat.
Oh, is it strange that when man has
devoure6 widows houses he is disturb
ed with Indigestion? All the forces Of
nat7re are against him The floods are
ready to drown him and the earthquake
to swallow him and the fires to con-
sumo him and the lightning te smlte
him. But the children of God are on
every street, and in the day when the
crowns Of heaven are distributed some
of the brightest Of them will be gwen
to those men who were faithful TO God
and faithful to the souls of others amid
the marts Of business, proving them
selves the heroes Of the street. Mighty
vora +hair temptations. mighty was
their deliverance, and mighty shall be
their triumph.
Again, the street impresses me with
the fact that life is full of pretensiou
and sham. What subterfuge, what
double dealing, what two facedness!
Do all people who wish you good morn
ing really hope for you happy day?
Do all the people who shake hands love
each other? Are all those anxious about
your health who inquire concerning it?
Do all want to see you who ask you to
call? Does all the world know half as
much as It pretends to know? Is there
not many wretched stock Of goods
with brilliant show window: Passing
UP and down the streets to your busl-
ness and your work, are you not I'M
pressed with the fact that society IS
hollow and that there are subterfuges
and pretensions? Oh, how many there
who swasger and strut and howfew peo-
ple who are natural and walk While
tops simpcra0d fools chuckle and sim
nIetons rirgle. how few people are nat
ural and laugh! The courtesan and the
libertiue go Gown the street in beauti-
Gul apparel, while within the heart
there are volcanoes of passion consum-
ing their life away | say these things
not to create in you incredulitv or mis-
anthropy. nor do | forget there are
thousands OF people grea. deal better
than they seem, but do not think any
man is prepared for the conflict Of this
life until he knows this particular peril.
Ehud comes pretending to pay his tax
to King Eglon, and while he stands in
front of the king stabs him through
with a dagger until the haft went in
after the blade. Judas lscarlot kissed
Christ.
Again the street impresses me with
the fact that it is great field fol
Christian charity. There are hunger
and suffering and want and wretched
ness in the country, but these evil:
congregate in our great cities. On every
street crime prowls and drunkenness:
stargers and shame winks and pauper
ism thrusts cut its hand asking foI
aims. Here want is most s4ualld anc
hunger ismost lean 4 Christian mar
going along street in New York saw ;
poor lad. and he stopped and said, My
boy, DO you know how to read anc
write?:' The boy made no answer. The
man asked the question twice ant
thrice, Can you read and write, ant
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