The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14

I had completed it. The next day,
Monday, | showed to my woTSmen and
friends this new shuttle. They all
congratulated me on my great success;
| put that shuttleinto play. enlarged
nv business; but, sir, that Sundays
work cost me $50 600. From that day
everything went wrong. l failed in
bnsiness. and lost my mill. Oh, my
friends, keep the Lord day. You may
think it old fogy advice, but give it to
YOU now: Re member the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and DO all thy work, but the
seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy
God 10 it thou shalt not do and work.
A man said that he would prove that
all this was fallacy, and SO he said,
II shall raise Sunday crop" And ne
plowed the field on the Sabbath, and
then he put in the seed on the Sabbath
aud cultivated the ground on the SAB
bath. When the harvest was ripe, he
reaped it on the Sabbath, aud he car
ried it into the NOW on the Sabbath,
and then he stood ont defiant to his
Christisn neighboEs and said, There,
that is my Sunday crop, aud it Is ali
garnered." After awhile storm came
up and great darkcess, aui the light.
nlngs of heaven struck the barn, and
away went his Sunday crop. Beware,
young men, Of ali Sabbath breakers.
Again, charge You, beware Of asso-
citation with the diss!patei. Go With
them aud you viii lu time adopt their
habits. Who is that ulan fallen against
the curb stone, covered with bruises
aud beastilincss? He was as blight
faced a lad as eyer looked up from Your
nursery. His mother rocked him,
fondled him, would not let the night
air touch his cheek aud held him up
aad looked down into his loving eyes
and wondered for what high position he
was being fitted. He entered life with
bright hopes. The world beckoned
him, f1ieuds chcercd him, but the
archers shot at him, vile men set taps
for him, bad habits hooked fast to him
with their iron grapples; his feet slip
ped on the way, aud there he lies
Who would think that that uncom bed
hair was once toyed with by father 5
fingers? Who would think that those
bloAted cheeks were ever kissed by a
mothers lips? Would you guess that
that thick tongue once made house
hold glad with its Innocent prattie!
Utter no harsh words il his ear Help
hin! up. Put the hat over that oucc
manly brow. Brush the dust from that
coat that once covered generous heart
ShoE him the way to the home that
once rejoiced at the SQUAD Of his e"ot
step, and with gentle words te bis
children to staad pack as you heii ,.ilu
through the hall.
That was kind husband once and
an iudulgent father. He will kncel
with them no more as once he G!d at
family p,aycrs-the little ones with
c!asped hands looking up into the
heavens with thanksgiving for their
happy home. But now at uiduig!.t he
will drive them from their p!;iows
and curse them down the steps and
howl after them as, unclsd, the: fy
down the steet II night garments, uider
the calm starlight Who slew that
man? Who blasted that home? Who
1Iunged those children into worse than
orphsnage-unlil the hands are blue
with cold, and the cheeks are blanched
with fear, and the brow is SCARED With
bruises, and the eyes are hollow with
grief? Who made that life wreck
ard filed eternity with the uproar Of a
doomed spirit?
Ga, if | had some art by which l
could break the charm Of the tempter 5
bowl and with mailed hand lift out the
long serpent Of eternal despair and
shake out its coils and cast it dom and
crush it to death!
Shake off the Sabbath breaker. Oh,
turn your back upon these men.
Shake of the sceptlc. Shake off the
idler. Shake of the pleasurlst. You
may do this work of election in polite
) ness, but you may do it firmly. You
are not under any circumstances to lose
all the remembrances Of the fact that
you are gentleman and must always
act the gentleman. A young man said
to Christian Quaker, Old chap, how
did you get your money!
We'll" said the Quaker II got it
by dealing in an article in which thou
maycst dealt if thou wilt-civility
BE courteous, be polite, but be firm,
Say No as if you meant it. If you
say "No" in a feeble way, they will
keep on with their imploration and
their tenn mptation, and after awhile you
will stand in silence, and then you will
say, after they have gone on little
longer, Yes, and then you are lost.
Oh, turn your back upon the ban
quet Of sin! l call you 10 a better
feast today. The promises Of God are
the fruits The harps Of heaven are
music The clusters Of Escbol ere
pressed into the tankards The sons
and daughters of the Lord Almighty
are the guests, while standing at the
banquet TO pour the wine and divide
the clusters and command the music
and welcome the guests is daughter Of
Col, CO Ter i.rnw .he blossoms of para,
disc and in her check the flash OF
celestial summer Aud her name is
Religion. Her ways are WAYS Of
pleasantness, and all her lasi,s are
peace.