The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-04
DR., TGLMAGE TALKS.
OF the Achievements cf Hand and
Brain During ths Year

This discourse Of D. Tain .ge IS 8
national oorgratu:atiop over ;Aa
achievements Ct brsin and hsDc during
the past twelve months. The texts
are: I Co-:n:h;sas ix, 10, He thst
plcwstb should rlow IN lcre;;' Isaiah
XII, :, "Ha that snootLeih with the
hammer" Judgesv, Il, They that
handle tie pen cf the writer"
Welcome, Thanksgiving day. What
ever We may think Of Now Eoeiaad ths-
ology, We alike Nav E1glsnd GhgnsS
giving day. What means tho Ftes0y
rush to the deposs ard he !cpg RAJ:
trains dsrsirg :heiy isc.s>rc5 a!cne the
tracks Of the Boston art Lo5e4: t5e
Georgia Cenira!. It's Nhic>go tres:
Western, the S.. Psul I'd DG.u:1 SIC
the Southern railway? ASK he happy
group in the New Eosla1d farmhouse.
Ask the villagers whose s2cg u 2f&i.2
in the morning will come ovor tie Bark
shire hills. Ask eli :Ea plantst!ors OF
the south which hare adopted The NaT
Eogland cu,tcn CT ze,ticg apart y caT
of thanksgiving. Cl. i is sc;St ccy
of na:ionsI fsssivit:! Tsp gc17 aaoss,
ys people, snd s3iuv s:2u3 2or jo?:
Through the or2sa T;@es !e:: :Gere o0ae
down tie thunder o. a 2s%oa's =; &c
ing! Blow the corce;, Wave tie pain
branches! "O1 that men would praise
the Lord for his goodness sn3 for hl5
wonderful works TO the caiidzen q
men!"
For two years ard 8 half this nstioa
has been celebrating the triumph OF
sword and gun sno battery. We hsVs
sung martial airs and cbeerea returning
heroes and sounded the re42:em for the
slain in battle. M:thinks & will De a
heslthful charge if on this yesc's
Thanksgiving IN chu-ch aud Homestead
We celebrate the victerias Of the p:ow,
the hammer and the ran; for no.hlSg
vas done st Santiago o. Msni:a that
was Of mere Importance than snat which
in the last yssr has been done IL
farmers field ari mechanics shop snc
authors study By those Who never were
sn epsulet or SHOT Spsriard or went
hurdred miles from their own oocr-
sill. Come Up, farmers and mechanics
and literary men, and get your dues as
far as I can pay them:
Things have msEyelously changed.
Times was when the stern sclot Of
government focbsde religious assem-
bleges. Those who dared to be so u1.
loyal to their king as to acknowledge
loyalty to the Hsad Of tie Universe
were punished. Churches aWfully silent
in worship suddenly heard their doors
swung open snd down upon the church
aisle score Of muskets thumpeo as the
leaders bade them Ground arms
This custom Of having the fathers. the
husbands, the sons and brothers st the
entrance Of the pes IS custom which
came down from olden tine, When 1t
was absolutely necessary that the
father or brother should sit st The end
Of the church pew fully s-'aed to de-
fend the helpless portion of the family.
But now, how changed Severe pensl-
ties are threatened against sny one who
shall interrupt religious services, sod
annually, st the commsn6 Of the high
est official in the United States, We
gather together for thanksgiving and
holy worship. Tcdsy Iwouid stir your
souls to joyful thanksgiving while l
speak Of the merciss Of Gad ano = IN
conventional wsyreoount he oonQuests
Of the plow, the hammer ald the pen.
Most Of implements Of husbandry
have been superseded BY modern in
ventions, but the plcg has never lost
its reign. 1t has fazroWed its way
through all the sges. Its victories have
been WoYed by the barley Of Palestine,
the wheat Of Persia, the fsx Of Ger,
many, the rice stalks CT China, the rich
grasses Of Italy. Il las turned up the
mammoth Of Siberia, the nisstodop CT
Egypt and the pine groves Of The5sa!y.
Its iron foot hath marched where Moses
wrote and Homer sang and Aristotle
taught and Alexander mounted his war
charger. It hath wrung its colter on
Norwegian vilds and ripped out the
stumps Of the American forest, pushing
its way through the sa7annas Of the
Cs-olinas and trembling in the grasp Ct
the New.Bampshirs yeomsury. AneEi-
can civilization hath kept steps with
the rattle Of its cley;scs, and on its
beam hath ridden thrift and natioasl
plenty.
Ido not wonder that tie Japanese
and the Chinese and the Phoenicians
so particularly extoi.sG husbarory Or
that Ciroirnatus wen. from the consul
ship to the plow c1 that Noata Vas S
farmer before he became stipbuiider
or that Elisha was in sho field plowiDs
with twelve yoke Of cxen when the
mantle fell OF him O. that tie Egyp-
tiaas in their psgarisn RcrshlDed the
OK tilleE Of theiI lands.
Piltbeus, the king, found some rich
gold mine in his province, SO he turned
all the population to digging IN the
mines. Tillage was neglected, sad
there came crest famine. One day
the wife Of the king Invited him te
great banqret, and he came II and sat
down, and there were pieces Of gcld n
the shape Of bread, and g,e.es Of gold
in the shape OF biscuits, sud pieces Ct
gold in the shape Of joints Ct NEST, a1d
the king vas disputed, ard le said, J.
cannot eat his" ''N2ishec can rhs
people," said mis- wife mostsuggesti7ely,
End then they went bsck 10 the till.
age.
Although most Of US hs7e nothing
directly to DO with the tiliase Of the
soil, yet in all our occurstions Ec feel
the effect Of successful or blighted in
dustry. We must, in sli our oooupa-
tioDs, rejoice over the victories Of the
plow today. The earth vas o2ce ours
ed for mans sake, and occasionally the
soil re7enges itself on Us by refusing q
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