The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-12-27

Entag ,oS,vvta.S3fyY0 UsV6 found \ for IN.
stance, that gratitude ia tho rareat Of
!! yifs aqa. q oWu gu used to su ppose that il
I YOU'D 9, a,klpaness 1t viii be iuiiy M
preoiated l and raciprooated, Y on have
found out by experience: as you oonlJ
baYe found out in no othor way. tha
gratitude 10 apt to bs only another Ak
20 grind. While there is 5 possibility
that you may roturn still moro orvlc,
you are thanked. bt.fwhen you can 70.
turn no moro advantages Won ara
dropped Here 10 q man You hayn
helped in political elevation. Whom til,
tjmc comes FOR tho compliment to be
returned, you arc not only xef1ssd hslp,
but you receive positive opposition.
You have found out thet you should do
tho right thing not with reepscs TO ro,
ward or gratitude, but boosuso IL ie She
right shipg to do. Many sre ,aiaersble
hooauso they ere eli the way looking
for gratitude which they cannot fsd'
You might as wsll go down Ponpsy!vs,
MIA a7opUo, Washington, OK Broad.
way, New York, or fremont
asroet, Boston, your eyer .oruiinjsing
the pavcp,epts looking for tn1q qo.ses
and omyrslds and rubie,. Peyhaps you
niighk fnd them, ba. Gloso is not munh
probability that in ffay SearW yea would
hvd ono Of thom,
No one has COMO to midiifo who has
not bosn ssupg Of irarssitu@e. Oathc
battlefield Of Alma in 1864 ) wounds sd
Russian Ses crying in anguish Of thlrss
ter ;,ater Captain Eddinston OF tho
Eog!iah ermy ran TO him and gavo him
drink As the oapsaia was running by
to join bis reeimont tho wounded sol
dier shot him. Almost eli lat euases
have proysrbs aabsing forth this peryos.
slty. EDglish proverb, Bring up q
raven, and il will pick out your eyes. "
Arabic provoSb, "Eat tho pregeaS and
brsak tho disb," "Isslian proyerb.
Tho asp, after having drunk, gives q
kick TO she bucket" An cid provero
sayS, III God sToro to DO SO cnmplaoent
ss to carry us on his baok &c Homo, wo
would not thank him Tor lis paina il hs
did not also got u3 down ia an easy
chair" You will nevcr bo heppy in
this world IL you do not do al tho
| good you oan and look for no roupon
Bive gratitude. All the dams8o [ did
q man who is my enemy was 20 tsko
him from o position whore nc rocoiysd
$500 year oslary into u poaitioo whore
he ban ovor since received So, 500 year.
lie mover f0rssve ma, but has pursued.
mo With o pen visriolio over einoo, The
worst onolny you ever had is tho man
you introduced and favored and hsIpsd
But be not disturbed or evon irritated.
You arc NO bet,or than your Lord. n
the world had had any lhankfnl apps
probation Of his conis 6, it!uould hsva
filed that Bethlehem caravsnRary wish
ftoWora ahioh bloom thors cleer on into
tho Dooemoer month, and Horod, in
s.tsad of attempting hia death, would
have sent g chariot to fatoh IL o infant
80 tho pa!sce, and the oyer and tormiuer
OF Pilate'J courtroom Roula hays rro
nounced him not guilty, and i1etsad OF
. erosn and 9 eroan Of thorps it would
have boon o coronation, With ell tho
mighty ones 0f tho oar,h kasoiipg al
tho foot OF his throne. 4
Another discovery thas SURPRISES us
beoauso NC had not passed. this way ba.
foro 10 the faot that IL sWo be in Quarrel
or in war with each othor the ono ssho
10 the uaont wrong ID The hardess end
she nloycst to make up. Who wrote
thon, know not, bus / out shoso $40
linep out azd paste them ia my scrap
book, twoMty yaasa ago, for ih0 ,sorls
arc 90 sstikingly true: III
Forslveneas to the Injured does belong; s
3ut they net: Par3 :.-e S-.a -. III. III q
wrong, 3
We talk about the gysat discoveries
OF she age, but tho electric power, she
steam power, the tsleeoopio and Moro
soopic power, but do moi say auyshins
abous tho discoveries call mako year
by year and day by day. There arc
! surprises Ill tho time II is nsw road
we are travelling, "Yo havs not passe d
this way before"
But closely allied is the othor faot
Hhioh Uo hintod ct in the opening--
That Wo will not pasg thia way og.,n.
This is our only opportunity for doiug
osrthin thiDga that cusht to bo done.
On Ill sidos tboto ero arisfp We ought
80 aolace, hunger we ought to faed, o,ld
shet We oushsto waim, kind words that
We ought to tpsak, generous dseda wo
ought to perform All thss sou and
do toHsrd making this world battor,
aad happier We must do vsry boon OF
never do st all. Joshua anl his sroope
novor camo back ever tho wsy they
wsie marching toward she crossing of
tho Jotdsa. The impfsns CT tho sands,
OF the bArs foot of eaoil soldier showed
An what dirsotion ho was going, but
aeVsr did tho improsy Of enc sandal of
Any ono Of them ahow thss 10 had re.
turned. We arc all facing eternity TO
oopAo, Thssoi 10 no retssss. Aiersnsss
| and hdslity would not be 60 Important
il wo could tluthfully gay: II will be
back hero again. Tho thinga noHloot
now | will do tho next tins I como.
will be roincarnatsd, and I will rosume
my earthly obiigasionu. Having thoa
moro knowledge than / have now, I will
discharge my earthly dutios better then
J. can nov discharge them. do NOS
give solenn fsrcwoll 10 these obliga-
.ions and oppurtunitioo, but smiling
snd cherry soodby until / 500 them
agsia." No; no osnnoa ssy that. Thsre
wiil bo no now sud corrected edition oY
the volume Of our earthly life. After
We make exit from the stage SIS tho
o:oso Of the 9th aus 80 osnnof ro onte2.
How many millions ef pooplo hayo l,vsd
and diod | know nos, bus u all sho hu
man race who hsvo gone only goven
persons that nov think of aaya ro-
turned, tho aon Of the. widow at Zsro-
phsth, the young man Of Main, She rui-
ar's daughter, Tabishs, Eatyohus, Ia.
zArug and Christ. Among aI, ti,e so.s