The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-08

psrpa,csl wiater. But in most lives
there is period OF sumner, although
il may be short summar, aad that is
the time to prov de for the fu.uve.
Ore,of the best ways Of insuring the
future is to put aside all you can for
charitable provision. You put crum
bling stone io the foundation O. your
fortu1e if you do net in you p ans re-
gard the suf>r.ncs that you nay al.
leviate. You viii have the pledge o!
the high heavens fer your tenp:r'!
welfare when you help the helpless, ter
the promise is: BLESSED is h. that
considere,h the poor. TIE Lord will
deliver him in time OF trouble Then
there IS another way Of providing for
the future. If you have 81 600 year
iocone, ssve 800; or $1,000 a year,
save $500; or s3 900, save 81 600. Do
you say such economy is mesnress?
say i. is vsster meanness for you to
II axe no provision for the fu;ur, snd
compel your friends or the world to
take care Of you or yours in caso Of be-,
reavement or calamity.
Furthermore, 60 to the ant and con,
slider that it does pos decline work De
cause it is insignificant The fragment
Of seed it bsuls ipto its hsb;ta!ion NAV
be 50 small that the unaided eye cannot
see it, but the insectile work goes "a,
the carpenter ant at work s6cve ground,
the mGson ait at work under ground
Same eft hese creatures mix the leaves
of the fir and the cs,kins Of the pine Tor
the roof or wall Of their tiny sbode, and
others 90 out as hunters looking for
food, while others in domestic duties
stay at home. Twenty specks OF the
food they are moving toward their
graDary put upon balance would
hardly make the scales quiYer. AL of
it work 90 small scale. TIE is no
use in our reiu:iag a mission because
it is insignificant. ANYTHING that God
in his providence puts before US to do
is important. The needle has its office
as certainly as the telescope and thu
spade a. psrliauentarian scroll You
know Whist became Of the nan 10 the
parable of tie talents who buried the
one talent instead Of putting it to
practical AID accuuu!atl7e use. His
apology was of 70 avail.
There is 10 need Of our Visiting time
aad energy in longing for some other
sphere. Thereare plenty of people to
do the big and reaoundiog work Of the
church and the world. No lack Of
brigadier generals or master builders or
engineers for bridging Niagsras or tua
neling Rocky mountains. For every
big enterprise Of the world dozen can
didstes. What We want is private sol
die1s in the common ranks, masons not
ashamed to WELD trowel, candidates
for ordinary work to be done in ordi-
nary ways in ordinary places. Right
where We are there is something that
God would have as to do. Let Us do
it, though it may seem to be as uniu.
portsns as the rolling Of a grain of cord
into an ant hill.
Furthermore, 60 to the ant and CON-
slider its i1defstigableness. If by the
accidentsl stroke Of your foot or the re-
mo7al of timber the cities of the in
seotils world are destroyed, instantly
they 60 to rebuilding. They do rot sit
around noping. Atitsgain in second
Their fright Immediately gives may to
their industry. And if our schemes Of
u<esulness and our plans Of work fail,
Why sit down in disccuragemeDt? As
lsrge a1t hills, ss have ever been con
struc:ed will be constructed again. Put
your tru:t in God and do your duty,
best days are yet to come. Ycu have
never heard such songs as you will yet
hear, nor have you ever lived In such
grand abode asyou will yet occupy, and
ali the worldly treasures you haze lost
are nothing com pared with the opulence
that you will yet own. If you love and
trust the Lord, Psul looks you in the
face and then waves his hand toward q
heaven full Of palaces and thrones, ssy-
ing, "All are yours!' Sc that what you
fail to get in this present life you will
get in the coming life. Go to work
right away and rebuild as we'll as you
can, knowing that what the trowels Of
earthly industry fail to resr the scep-
tiers of heavenly reward will more than
make up. Persistence is the lesson of
e7 ry ant hill. Waste not a mo-
ment in useless regrets or unhealthy
repining Men fret themselves 6oWn,
but no man ever yet fretted himself up,
Make the obstacles in you way your GO
adj1tors, as all those have who have &C
complished anything worth accomplish:
nert.
John Philpot Curran, master of the
rolls in Ireland, at his first attempt in
court stammered snd sat down in con-
fusion and for that stsumering was
derisi7ely called "Stuttering Jack Cur
ram aud b,cause Of his failure in speech
was sneered at as "Orator Mum" But
he went to work and conquered hi.neef
and then conquered courtroom and great
s,ssemblages whom he thrilled with his
eloquence Soinstead of running sgainst
obstacles as against stone wall he p]ac
ed them aslsnt like steps on which to
mount. Put your trust in God and moth
ing can stand be sore you. Rittenhouse,
the astronomer, st the start was SO poor
that he figured out eolirses on plo#
handle.
Furthermore, goto the ant and conisd-
er that if God honors sn INSECT by max
ing it our Instructor in important les
sons We ought not to abuse the lower or.
ders Of creation. It has been found by
t!at insects trans6xed in the
case of 6 museum have been alive and iD
torture for years. How much the insect
and the fowl aud the brute may be right
ly called to suferfo the advancenent Of
human knowledge and the betterment of
the condition Of the human race 90 not
now stop to discuss, but be who useless
ly harms any of Gods living crestion
insults the Cr. ator. Alas, fer the hor
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