The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07

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row and borrow until the com nunlty
is divided into two classes, those " no
borrow and those who art b RI q OF,
aud after awhile the capitalist wants
his money, aad he ru,hes upon the
wh ,.esaIe deal,r, aad the wholesale
dealer wants his money, a4d be ru'h"s
upon tie retailer, and the retailer
wants his money, aud he rCshes on the
customer, and We all 60 doyn together.
There is many man this DAY VINO
rides in carriage aud owes the black
smith for the tire ond the wheelwright
for the wheel and the trimmer f1r the
curtain aud the driver for unpaid
wages a9d the harness maker for the
bride and the fu;rier for the robe,
while from the tip Of the caTrlasH
tongue clear back to the tip OF the
camels hair shawl fatsering out OF the
back of the vehicle ev, rythlng Is paid
for BY notes that have been three tlnes
renewed.
I tell YOU that in this country we
shall never g5t things right untll We
stop borrowing and pay as We 80. 1t
is this temptation to borrow and bor
row and borrow that keeps the people
everlastingly praying to the golden calf
for help, aud ] lst at the minute they
& ,eot the help the gold calf treads
on them. The judgements OF God,
like Moses in the t, K, will rush in
and break up this worship, snd I ssy
let the work go on until every man
shall learn to speak the truth with his
neishbor, and those who make en
gasemsnts shall feel them ELVES bound
to keep them, a2d when man who
will not repent of his business iniQ lity,
but g4es on wishing to sstiate his can.
nibal appetite by devouring widow S
houses, shall, by the Law Of the land,
be com; led to ex ;hsnge the brown
stone front for the peniteutiary Let
the golden calf perish!
But, if We have made this world our
god, when We come to die We shall see
our idol demolished. How much Of
this word are you going to take with
you into the next? Will you have
two pockets-one in each side Of your
shroui? VIII you cushion your cas-,
ket with bonds and mortgages and
certi6 6,stes Of stock? All, no. The
ferrybost that crosses this JORDAN takes
no baggsgs-nothing heavier than an
immortal spirit. You may, perhaps,
take $500 with you two or three miles
in the shape of funeral trsppiDss to
the c,metary, batyou will have to
leave them there. 1t wouli not be
safe for you to lie doEn there with a
gold watch or diamond riog 1t would
be temptation to The pil!agers. If We
have made this world our god, We shall
see our idol when we die ground to
pieces BY our PILLOW, and We SD 81 have
70 drink it in bitter regrets for the
wasted opportunities Of a lifetime.
Soon We will be gone. Wqere are the
men who tried Warren Hastings 10
We ,tminster hall? Where are the
pilgrim fathers who put out for a ner
lea? Where are the veterans who ca
the F ur,h Of July, 1874, marched
from New Y rk park to the Battery
aud fred salute ao:i then marched
back again? ard the Society of the
Cincinnati who dinei that afternoon at
Ton;ioe cof,e house OF Wall stree t?
and G7abt, Ihoblr1, sho that afternoon
waited Is minutes at the foot Of maid
en- ls1e FIR the Brooklyn fer; boat,
then got in aud Was row"d across by
two men vi b oars, the lid SO strong
that it WAS an hour aid ten miQu es
before they landed? Where are the
veterans that fred the salute and the
men of the Cincinnsti saciety who
that afternoon drank to the patriotic
tosst?and the oarSmen that r9wed the
boat? and the people who were trans
ported? Gone! Oh, this is feeting
world! 1t is dying world A man
#ho had worshiped it all his days in
his dying moment de- esc7ib;d him elf
waen he said, Fool, fool, fooiii
waot you to change temples and
to give up the worship of this uusatis
fyiog and cruel god for the service of
the Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the
gold that will .pever crumble. Here
are the banks that will never break.
Here is an altar on which there has
been one sacrifice that does for all,
for "by one sacrifice hath Christ per.
fected forever them that are sanoti6ei "
Here is God who will comfort you
when you are in trouble and soothe
you when you are sick and save you
when you die. For be has said:
When thou passeth through the wa
ters I will be with thee, and through
the rivers they shall Lot over A1w thee;
when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be burned, neither shall
the fame kinGle upon thee. "
When your parents have breathed
their last and the old, Wrinkled and
trembling hands con no more be put
upon your head for blessing, he will
be to ycu father and mother both,
giving you the defense Of one and the
comfort of the other. For have We
not Paul's blessed hope that as Jeaus
died and rose again, even Sd them
als> which sleep ia Jesus shall CD
bring with him" Aud when your
children 60 away from you, the sweet
dar.ings, you will not kiss them and
say goodbye forever. He only wauta
to hold them little while for you
He will give them back to you again,
and he will have them all waiting for
at the gates Of etercal Welcome. On,
what a God he is! He will allow you
to come SO close that you can put your
srns around his neck, while he in re-
sponse will put his arms around your
neck, and all the windows Of heaven
will be hoisted to let the redeemed
look out and see the spectacle of re-
i,ieinq father and g returned prodigal