The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12

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Agsin, We have need Of patience no,
der wrong ,fa ctcd, and who escapes it
\ some form? il comes to all people
i1 professional life in the shsrc Of be-
lrg misunderstood Because cf this
hov many people fc to newspapers i'r
an exr'acs ion You fce tncir caro-
igned by their oGa name declaring
hey die not say this ordid rot DO tns'.
phey AuSyer AID worry, not realiz!ng
that every nan comes 10 De taken loe
what he is yor.h. and you csanot 0y
spy newspaper puff be taken Tor more
than you are worth ner % sn' d,!,'s, TI"
nsnIr deprecia;ion be put down There
IS spirit Of fairness abroad IN 'he
- g5rld. and il you are public man you
.-s classified among the friends or Toes
OF society. If yo1 arc friend OF
society you cannot escape apprehension.
Paul, you were right when you said,
not mere to the RebreEs than to US,
"Ye have need Of patience.
l adopted rule years ago which has
been Of great service to me, and 1t may
be Of some service to you: Cheerfully
consent to be misunderstood. God
kcows whether We are right or wrong,
whether we are trying to serve him or
damage his cause. When you can
cheeifully consentto be misunderstood,
many of the aunoyauces and Vexatlops
OF lie will Quit your heart, and you
will come into ca!uer seas than you
have ever sailed on. The most mis-
understood being that ever trod the
earth was the glorious Christ. The
world misunderstood his cradle and
concluded that enc SO poorly born could
never be Of much importance. They
charged him With ipebriety and called
MIN winehib5ec. Tae ssnhedrin mis-
understood hin, and when it was put
to the vote whether he was guilty or
DOT Of tresson he got but Que vote, While
all the others voted AYE, ave" They
misunderstood his cross and concluded
thatif be had divine power he would
,fsct his own rescue They misund.r-
stood his grave and declared that his
oody had been stolen By Infamous res
arracsionists. He so fully consented
20 be misunderstood that, hsrried ana
slapped and submerged with scorn, he
answered not word. You caunot come
up to that, but you canlmltate IN some
small degree the patience OF Christ.
| admire ezceediogl the behavior OF
that farmer at Sedan, who, when the
great battle was going on between the
armies of Germany aud France and
the sir was full of the sound Of whist
ling bullets and bursting shells, kept
right on blowing in the field, making
straight burrows, now this way and now
that. He had his work to do, and as
he did not feel called to fight, he felt
called to plow. Bravol l say for that
man. Bfsvol I say for you if you al
low nothingto divert or alarm Thoug h
all the artillery of human aod satanic
hate rage about you, keeprightou ploT-
iog.
Now, let US this hour turn over new
leaf and 6anlsh worsiment and care out
of our lives. Just see how these per
versisies have multiplied wrinkles in
your face and acidulated your disposi-
ton and torn your nerves. You are
ten years older than you ought to be.
Do TWO things, one for the betternsnt
of your spiritual condition and the
other for the safety Of yo1r worldly in
terests. First, get your heart right
With God by being pardoocd through
the a.onement of Jesus Christ. That
will give security for your souls vel
fare. Then ge. your life insured in
some Will established insurance com.
pany. That wall take from you all
aDxiety abou. the welfare of your house,
hold in case Of your snddeu demise.
The sanitary influence Of such insur
ance is not sufficiently understood.
Many bread winner long since de-
ceased would now have been alive and
we'll but for the reason that when he
was pr0strated he saw that in case Of
his decesse his family would to 60 tn"
poor house or have an awful struggle
for daily bread. But for that auxiety
he would have got well That anxiety
defed all that the best physicians could
do. Supposing these two duties at.
tended to, the one for the safety of
your soul in this world and the ne1s,
and the other for the safety Of your
family if you pass out of this life,
make new start. If possible have
your family sitting room where you can
let in the sunlight. Have musical
instrument if you can afford it, harp
or piano or bass viol OF parlor organ.
Learn how to play on it tyourself or have
Jour children learn how to play on i,.
Let bright colors dominate in your
room. If there are pic;ures on the
wall, let them rot be suggestive Of bat
tlefelds which are always cruel, of
deathbeds which are always sad, or part
legs which are always heartbreaking.
There are enough present woes in the
world without the perpetual commem
orssion of past niseries If You sing
10 your home or Your church do not
always choose tunes 10 long meter.
Far better to have your patience
augmented by the consideration that
the nisfortunes of this life must soon
terminate. Hardly anyone lives to
100 years, but fe8 live to 80, while the
majority quit this life before so You
ought to be able, God helping you, to
be able to stand as long as that, for
then by the grsce of God you will move
into an improved residence and com
passed by all benign and excellent sur
rouoGipgs, into an atmosphere every
breath of which is balmy, snd region
where every sound is music and every
emotion rapture. A land without one
tear. without one parting, without one
grief.
This last summer stood on Sparrow
hill, four miles from Moscow. 1t was
the place where Napoleon stood and