The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-13


you the risk of answering it. These
things I say to show you that in order
20 have the promise Of the text full
Slled in your case it is not necessary
you have phenomenal worldly success.
Notice also that God gives the
righteous the power to extract good
out Of evil and by divine chemistry
TO change the bitter into the s"ce'
and the harmful into the oonenc!at'
The promise that !: shall be We! VIII
Won does rot Imply :hst you aTe 20 &c
f-.e sror, trouble There IS no escape
fro-, That We all have tam!Iy rela-
r;o,< sca some OF them VIII oe max
~, from tii:s world, 50 that be
-.ar.nsr: & the universal inherit
once So also IS dpaucta! loss. The
difference between the Prospereo and
those cot prospered is the difference
IN the anoun: they can afford to lose.
The more wealth a nan has the more
ne can lose, but one man can afford
to lose million dollars where anoth-
er man cannot afford to lose one dci-
lar On larger Sr smaller scale all
suffer financial loss. Amid the rapid
ity Of the revolutions 0: the wheel Of
national and irteruationa! nEance
monetary perp!exity Is as common as
day or night,
So also nisiaterp-etstiou and alan-
der cams to a.. who 1--we active lives.
Our actions. thoroughly honest and
above boa-d, may come under Sis
piciou Every courtroom at every term
Of court hears illustrations OF the &C.
Ius;oo OF what IS called circuustan-
tie. evidence. Innocent men are Sned
OF imprisoned or elect-ocuted because
Of al unfortunate conjunction OF
events What is true in ceurtTooms
10 true in all circles OF domestic or
social or political o. ofHcia! lie. You
have been misunderstood and nlsTep-
resented or viii BE misunderstood anc
n;srepresented Then how can my
text be true? Ny explanation Is this:
The man without any divine grace n
his heart inds in these troubles lrr!-
tse;ea and uabelief and a!elarchoi!s
nn6 despair. A Christian man finds IN
them Submission and enlarged views
and divine support and reconsccrs-
ton Bereavement 20 the wording
brings hard thoughts OF God snd re-
distance SO vio!er, II dacss not fully
express itseH Bereavement brings 10
the Christian tie thought OF heavenly
reunion and Eore complete laying
hold Of Coo, and more tender aPpre-
citation OF the divine presence. and
deeper gratitude that We were per
Ritted to have the departed one 80
long, and more lively sympathy for
the sorrows Of others and another eri-
6eres Of Gods love. Eor whom tho
Lera loveth ne ehasfeneth."
Financial loss, which just cow said
s. sure to come, rever breaks up a
man who las strong faith in Geo. II
most esscs Is IA loss OF surplus or Il
is the hanisLEeat OF luIur;ee. Most
G: Sac wants Q; the prosperous classes
are artificial wants. The late MI. AZ
rou- G. tae s5G,cso,eoo estate pointed
80 oae ot a:s clerks On ordinary salary
and said! 'Tha. nan las better ap-
polite shan 7, sleeps better a!ghts and
enjoys Ife more than d." Oh, the
gigantic niseries OF those who have
too much! 4 man in Selonoa's time
expressed as philosoPhic and reason
able wish IS any man OF those times
or OF our times. lis name was Agur.
sad he offered prayer that he might
never have a auPerabundanee or
6e6cit, crying out: "Give ue neither
poverty nor riches" On the one side
he had seen The awful struggle Of the
poor 20 get food and clothes and shell
ter and to educate their children. and
On the other side he had seen she
goutJ foot and the Indigestion, and
the insomnia, and the anxiety about
large investments, and the threatened
paresis often characteristic Of those
WHO are loaded up and loaded down
with too many successes. Those peo-
PIE who are generally called the mass
es-tkst 10, the most Of folkshaye
the things absolutely necessary for
their wei! being. They have DO Mu-
-illoson their wall, nor "Bsiehazzar's
Feast" in the dining room. nor pair
OF Ss,oao seTrels at their doorway.
Bat they have something which those
superabun6antly supplied seldom have.
They have better health because, be-
ing compelled to walk, they get the
necessary exercise, and, their diet be-
ing limited to plan food, they DO not
suffer from midnight salads and are
not victintzed ~ rare caterers. They
retire for wholesome sleep at the Te-y
hour IN whioh others srs leaving their
heoes for the dance or the card party.
They vii, sleep the last sleep juss ac
well il the plain graveyard es those
who have ever them an arch OF sculp-
tured granite in eestliest metropolis
or most historical abbey.
The reason SO many people are zie-
cradle ia because they DO not let we'll
enough alone. They are IN one occu-
patton and see its anneyances and so
change 20 another occupation and fnd
as many an1oyancea, IL zos nere.
They live in oae place and know its
uneonfeTtabiee environments and move
iEfe another place which has Just as
many limitations. Their investments
yield them four per cent. and they sell
out to make investments tbaS .ril
yisIa ten per cent. and lose all. Bet
ts-settIe down ana stop Erettiag about
yourself and the world.
Do any Of Us fully realise the fact
that God gives Us three things il un-
limited supply, although no formula
Of prayer that 7 ever heard recognizes
then-water, sir ana sunlight? Water
by the ri7srfull. Water by the lskeiul.
Water by the eceantul. Some Tor aOla
ton, some for slaking Of thirst, some
for baptistery, some for fountains and
aouariunA never appreciated what
8 wonderful thing water IS until last
summer stood by the fountains before
and around the enperer's palace at Pc