The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-10-02
an editorial given in one of our recent

Never was there such a craze for spec.
ulation as our age presents. Young and
old more or less feel its force. Slow gains
are discounted. Stock gambling is patron
| lied and recognized to an alarming extent.
| The specializing spirit is rife in all direc-
| tons and in all ways. Those who cannot
rent an Office in Wall Street patronlze tie
bucket shop and curbstone brokers. The
tricks @. trade are mastered. and iortGle
| hunting is pursued with arlditr. Risks
are i"ncarred and principle sacrificed IN
the haste to become rich. Great syndl'
Gates are formed day by day and tne.i
hiring bats tempt many peopse. Latte
| savings are insured ample profits. Trade
is becoming largely speculative. O.d-iash-
Toned business methods and ideals are
passing away. and much is being sacrificed
to more rapid modes OF enrichment. Some
succeed. but the larger number TALL IN
their ventures. Fortunes are lost AS well
as won. Money changes hands. and thou
sands suffer where hundreds gain. Wrecks
of characters lie all along the pathway OF
! speculation. In all ranks and grades OF
society are found the victims OF wild,
reckless gambling. Greed OF wealth is be-
coming too much an American vice. Its
arluremeGts are proving too strong Tor our
bright, energetic and ambitious young
meS, al there is 4 call for a steadier,
wise. and sas-r spirit in business affairs"
Second, there are many people insane to.
dav beca:sc OF se,f-indu.gence, the lack or
self.restraint. Self-indulgence ruins men,
self-den:al makes them; ~self-indulgencc
sells a mans birthr;ght Tor a mess OF pot
tage. and he tries 70 get it again only to
find that it is impossible; se!f-cenial
makes one t. be possessed of increasing
strength; seif-indu' gcrce led Be,shazzar
on until We find him in the centre OF the
feast where the fingers of a mans hand
write upon the wal, Weighted in the
balances and found wanting" and the
same thing is true to-day, 1t is the lack or
self-restraint that has made many a man
to lose his soul. DR.. Talmage tells of the
man whom he saw on the shores of a lake
in Scotland creeping out from under the
hull OF an old wrecked vessel and lifting
up his hands tremblingly said, Please.
sir. will you give me a penny 70
what?'' said the minister. The answer
was, "For strong drink" DR.. Taimage
said to him. Il am 4 minister and cannot
give you the money for that, hut l will
help you What is your name and he
said the man buried his face in his hands,
shook with emotion. and then finally said,
NV name is'-aHd he soobed it out.
why" said DR.. Talmage, Il knew a man
by that name in Edinburgh. a prominent
merchm did you know him. God
pity me, sir" said he. Il am that man:
sin slew me, and l am here; my wife is
dead. my children are in the Door house
and I am on my way to hell What a
warning for every man who gives way IN
tie least to sin.
There are many men in the insane insti-
| tutions to-day because OF self-indulgence
| and lsci; Of seii-restraint. Who was it
that said. Better is he that ruleth his
spirit than ne that taketh 4 city," Why.
il Il man could only take a city what a
hero he would be- The word of God says
that every man NAV be greater than he
that taketh a city If he will RUE his own
spirit. Se,f.indulgenoe ruins. se,f-deniai
makes rnen. Self-indulgence sells a mans
hirthright for less than 4 mess of pottage.
Be not deceived. God is not Knocked,
! whatsoever a man sow that shall he reap.
l came across one Young man in the in
sane asylum who came from one of The
a man better born than he. He had every
thing that money could buy. Not only
was he lacking in self-restraint himself,
but his people were lacking in ~self-re-
~straint. If the hoy desired to go 70
school he was at liberty to go; if he pre-
| ferred not to 90 to school he could stay at
home. After a while there came a defect
in the brain: after a little while it was in
! sanity, so that now he Is in an insane
asylum. 1 heard him say, "Will you per.
NIT me to 60 to father and mother"
Certainly, certainly" the keeper said.
"He will never go. He will never be
ready 10 20. He rises in the morning,
then he falls back on his cot; he begins to
dress and then steps: he will just about
be ready tonight; tomorrow morning ne
will have the delusion again. He never
quite gets up to his desire. That Is his
mania" There is many a boy. possibly
in orr church. whose home atmosphere is
like that. and it is a most dangerous one.
| do not know that the fathers were strict
enough. | do not think my father was too
strict. In my boyhood's home life was
the forming Of my character. l should
like to hold up 10 every boy and every
young man the highest ideals OF manhood,
and | ask YOU to take Christ.
Third. there are very many people men.
tally unbalanced to-day because OF some
Authorization. A poor woman cried out as
I passed along through the wards of the
Institution. Doctor. | an burning up; If
l could only have a breath of fresh air l
would feel perfectly we'll again" A man
who used to he a leader of society was &C.
tually burrowing in the ground like an ami
NAL, all the dignity of his manhood gone.
| and the woman who was once the pride OF
her home a mental wreck, and when [
| said to the doctor, What is it that causes
this?" his answer was. 1T is sin in very
many cases" l know very we'll that there
are many who are insane because OF in
heritcd tendency and some because of over
| work. their poor overStrained nerves have
given way, but I have seen a countless
number in these latter days insane be.
cause OF sin, and it is against this that
cry out.
There is a kind OF insanity in the posi-
ton which men occupy with regard to
being Christians.
First. let us suppose a case of sickness
where the patient gradually grows worse,
the temperature is high, the pulse is rapid,
the heart is entirely wrong, the skin is
dried and parched. the case is critical, a
cure must come quickly or not at all, and
You 60 to the afflicted one and propose a
cure because your disease was the same
and you have been cured. Suppose the
patient should remark, Il do not feel that