The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-21
Late hours are shadows from the

Late hours are shadows from the
grave.
The or sent tine is tie raw mater
ial out Of which we make WhateVcI
we will. Do MT brood over the past,
or dream of the fai ure, but seize the
instant and get your lesson from the
hour. The man is yet unborn who
rightly measures and fully realizes
the value Of an hour. AS Fenelon
says, Gcd never gives but one moment
at a time. and does not give a second
until he withdraHs the first.
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In the same family and under the
same circumstances one rears state
ly ed ice, while his brother, va;illat;
ing and itcnmpe ent, lives forever
amid the ruins. From the same ma.
terials one may fashion vessels Of
honor or di>honor. We ind what we
are lookir g for. The geologist sees
design and order in the very pave.
menr stones Tae botsnist reads vo'-
umes in the Il WIS and grasses which
most men tread under their feet.
is your father rich?" som one ask
ed a i've year old girl and the little
one replied confident y, Why, OF
course. He's got me-" Ani She was
right, u"o, for the father Of a sweet,
Living, helpfIl little daughter is rel
er than me mlllionaires whose mon.
ey can not buy chem tue love of a sin.
gle heart. b W about your father:
Does he feel that ne is a rich man be.
cause of the daughter at home:
There are households where 1t is hard
to make both ends meet" but where
there is plenty Of that better wealth
of love and goodness and loyalty. ls
yours one OF then?
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Just few words to the boys anc
girls. # you have the opportunity
do not waste it. Make your schoo
days count to the best advantage. Il
means work, OF course it does, but
you need nev. expect t3g t anything
Of value withouta an equivalent. Many
of the common laborers Of today wht
gain mis-, raole livelihood at tht
hardest kind of lab = i'll tell you thai
they brough, the troubles on them
s.lves by idling away the golden hour
of sc'>ool days. The mere the worl
the beCter. You leed to exercise tht
holy to keep il strong and in the bes'
of health, aud so you must exercis'
tle Train if yol would have healthy
growth. Do rot go to school ju t tx
avoid heavy work, and make your
self a shirk CT al idl-r; bat 50 re
solved to stand at the head OF you
class and earn the place by systematic
conscientious study. Your entir'
future depends on the foundation yot
lay in youth. Appreciate the sacri
fee your parents are making for you
benefit and show them it is not il
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vain.
We sometimes hear a clergyman
consoIing a mother, distracted owe,
the death Of her darling child, by tell
ing her that, a mysterious Providence
has taken it from her for wise reasons
and that she must find comfort in he!
bereavement. What! has God snatch.
ed from loving parents a beautiful.
child just blooming into youth? Dee!
the Creator Of harmony produce d s
cord? Does the Author Of health anc
beauty smite his noble t work ere il
is fnished-a work into which He
has breathed his own image, auc
which He has endowed with aspira
items and possibilities as high as
heaven itself? 1t is a libel upon Him
who has fashioned the human body
so, wonderfully and fearfully wrought
that it may Withstand ravages o1
time for a century. God does moi
murder nor to:ture his children. He
rather tries in a thousand ways tt
induce them to keep the laws o!
health, which If obeyed, would car.
ry them into ripe old age. he trie:
in every way to pro!ong life after w
have forfeited every right to it, ant
have become useless drones.
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