The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15

Cultivate faith in Cod and the feeling
that he viii 10 for YOU that which is
best. and y0, will be ready t0r either
sunshine or she Gu>e. The "t1"r eleven
months Of the :@&G l"03 viii not all
be made up Of @iaGncSS az O: grlc!.
Tie cup that is al nil:!c up Of sweet
Tess is insipiG
between these iust opened gates u
The wear and tlc closing 1f those gates
there will he many times when you
will want GoA. You will have QueS-
tions to decide which will need super
natural impulse. There may be i'll
hess Of the boGy OF perplexities OF mind
or spiritual exhauStions to be healed
and comforted and strengthened. Du-
ring the remaining twenty-SiX days OF
this month lay in a supply of faith
and hope and courage for all the days
Of the eleven months. Start right.
and you will be apt to keep right. Be-
fore the ship captain gets out Of the
New York Narcows lie makes Up his
mind what sea r0nte be will take.
While you arc in the Narro"s Of this
month make up your mind which way
YOU will sail and unroll your chart and
set your compass and have the life
BOATS we'll placed on the d2vitS and be
ready for smooth VOYAGE all the way
across or the swoop Of a Caribbean
wllirlwin d,
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for
some time in poor health. and to while
away the time he wrote a prepcSter-
Gus religious romance. One Joseph
Smith somehow got hold OF that book
before it was printed and published it
as a revelation of heaven. calling it
the Book Of Mormon" and from that
publication came Mormonism. the
monster ab0minati0n OF the earth. Rev:
Solomon Sraulding might have been
better engaged than writing tha; book
OF falsellooG;3. However mulch TINS
we have. we nacer have time - 60
wrong. iIarues: January 70: useful
hess. and ii VII! tax tie following
months ia its train. Oh. how ;nI:%'l
You may Go for God between ::r'T AMI
the 3lst CT rcyt December. The
beautiful weeping wil!ow" tree was
introduced; hy Alexander Pope i@tG
England fr0il a t9vig which The poet
iuund ina Turkish basket OF :iZ5. He
planted that twig. and fro2, il CAM
all tie weeping willows Cf England
ana America; and your smallest plant
ing OF good may undhE God bei'Vme an
influence continental and intcrna-
tlona!.
Now that the train Of months has
started. let it pass, January followed
by February, with longer days. and
March, with its fierce winds: and
April. with its sudden showers: and
May. with it's bloSsoming orchards;
and June, with its carnival of flowers;
and July, with it's harrests: and Al
gust, with its sweltering heats: and
September. with its drifting leaves:
and October. with its froStS: and No
vember. with its Thanksgiving scenes;
and December, with its Christian hill
aritieS. March on. O battalion OF the
months, in the regiments Of the years
and the brigades Of the centuries!
March on and Join the months and
years and centuries already passed III
til all the rivers of time have empticd
into the ocean OF eternity, but none Of
all the host ought u render higher
thanks to God or take larger comfort
or make more magnificent resolve than
this the first month Of the new year.
But what fleet foot hath the months
and years. People lightly talEabou
how they kill tine. Alas. it dies
soon enough without killing. And lon
ger we live the swiGter it goes. Will
liam c. Bryant said an old friend OF
bis declared that the going of time is
like the drumming OF partridge or
mualed grouse in the woods, falling
slow and distinct at first and then fGi-
low G each other more and more rap
idly till they end at last in a whirfing
sound. But DR.. Young, speaking OF
the value Of time, startingly cxclaim-
ed. ASK deathbedS!."