The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-10

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Ono Of the best ways Of insuring tho
future is to put aside all you oan for
charitable provision. You put Drum.
bling stobo ID the Foundation Of your
fortune if you do not in your plaus ro-.
gard tho kifferings that you may al.
loyiato. You will have the pledge Of
tho high heavens for your temporal
welfare whom you holp tho helpless, for
the promise is: Blossed is ho that
oonsidoreth tho poor. Tho Lord will
doliver him in tinle Of trouble Then
there is another wsy Of providing for
the future. If you have 81 900 q year
income, savo 500; or $4,000 yoar,
save 5000; or So, 600, savo $1,000. Do
you say suoh economy is meannoss? +
say it is o vsster meanness for you to
make no provision for the future and
compel your frionds or tho world to
tako care of you or yours in case Of bo,
roavomont or calamity.
Furthermore, GO to the ant and con.
slider that it does not deolino work bo.
cause it is insignificant. The fragment
Of seed it hauls into its habitation may
bo 80 small that the unaidod oyo oannot
sec it, but the inseotilc work COOS on,
tho carpenter ant at work above ground,
the mason ant at work under ground.
Some oft heso creatures mix tho loaves
of tho fir and tho oatkins Of tho pino for
tho roof or wall Of their tiny abode, and
othors 60 out as hunters looking for
food, whilo others in domestic duties
stay at homo. Twenty speoks Of the
food they arc moving toward thoir
granary put upon balance would
hardly make the scales CULVER All Of
it work on small scale. Tho 0 is no
use in our refusing q mission booause
it is insignificant. Anything that God
in his providence ruts before us to do
is important. Tho noodle has it's oflioe
as certainly rs tho telescope and the
spade as parliamentarian scroll You
know what became Of tho man in tho
parable Of the talents who buried the
one talent instead Of putting it to
practical ard acoumulativo use. His
apology was Of no avail.
Thoro is no need OF our wasting time
and energy in longing for somo othor
sphoro. There arc plenty of people to
do tho big and rosoundiug work Of the
church and the world. No lack Of
brigadier generals or mastor builders or
engineers for bridging Niagaras or tun
neling Rocky mountains. For overy
big enterprise of the world dozen can
didatos. What we want is private sol
diors in tho common ranks, masons not
ashamed to WELD trowol, candidates )
for ordinary work TO be done in ordi.
nary ways in ordinary places. Right
whero wo arc thoro ia something that
God would have us to do. Let us do
1t, though it may seem to be as unim.
portant as the rolling Of grain Of corn
into an ant hill.
Furthermore, 60 to tho ant and con.
slider its indefatigabloness. II by tho
accidental stroke Of your foot or the re !.
moval Of . timber the cities Of tho in
seotile world arc destroyed, instantly
| they 60 to rebuilding. Thoy do not sit
around moping. At itagain in a second
Their fright Immediately gives may to
their industry. And if our sohomos of
usosulnoss and our plans Of work fail,
why sit down in diacouragemept2 AS
largo ant hills 40 have over beon con
structcd will be constructed again. Put
your trust in God and do your duty,
best days nre yet to como. You have
nevor heard such songs as you will yet
hear, nor have you ever lived in such
grand abode as you will yet occupy, and
all tho worldly treasures you have lost
arc nothing compared with tho opuonoo
that you will yetown. Ifyon lovo aud
trust The Lord, Paul looks sou in tho
faco and then waves h,s hand toward q
heaven full of palaces aud thrones, say
ing, "All aro yoursI' So that what yol
fail to get in this prose ut life you will
get in tho coming life. Go to work
right away and rebuild as we'll as you
can, knowing that what tho trowcls Of
earthly industry fail to rear tho scop.
tors Of heavenly reward will moro than
mako up. Persistence is tho losson Of
every ant hill. Waste not mo.
mont in usoloss regrets or unhealthy
rcpining Men fret themselves down,
but no man over yot frotted himself up,
Mako tho obstaoles in you way your 90
adjutors, as all those havo who have ao
complished anything worth accomplish.
mont
John Philpot Curran, master of tho
rolls in Iroland, at his first attempt in
court stammorod and sat down in CON
fusion and for that stammoring was
derisively called 'tStnttering Jack Cur.
ran" and because Of his failure in speech
was sncered p. as "Orator Mum" But
he went to work and conquered himself
and thon conquered courtroom and groat
assemblages whom he thrilled with his
eloquonce So instead Of running against
obstacles as against a stone wall he plsc-
ca thom aslant like steps on which to
mount. Put your tru gt in God and moth
ing can stand before you. Rittenhouse,
tho astronomer, at tho start was 30 poor
that no figured out eolirses on a plow
handle.
Furthermore, 60 to tho ant and conisd.
er that if God honors an insect by max
ing it our instructor in important les.
sons wo ought not to abuse the lower or.
ders Of creation. 1t has beon found by
sciontists that inscots transfxed in tho
case Of = museum have boon alive and in
torture for years. How much the inse ct
and tho fowl aud tho brute may bo right
" called to suffer for tho advancement Of
human knowledge and tho bettormont of
tho condition Of the human raoo do not
now stop to discuss, but he who useless.
ly harms any Of Gods living creation
insults tho Creator. Alas, for the hor.
rors Of vivisoctionl I have no 6 onfi-
donoo in tho morality Of man or
woman who would harm a horse or q
dog or a cat or pigeon. Such mon
women, under affront, il they dare d
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