The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-05-11
What we Send Over.

COue Oue--We kHoW not Wnere the
story belongs-tells Of wealthy wo-
man who lived her life through in this
world in pleasant, easy fashion, en-
joying earth's good things, not refus-
ing to bestow ashare of them when need
wasbrought to her notice, but taking lit
tic thought beyond. She was simply
careless and ease-loving; she was not
unkind, not censorious, not irreligious
her virtues were chiefly negative
aud so her untroubled days passed.
When she awakened in heaven, condi-
tions had changed. She did not com.
plain because the man who on earth he'd
been her humble gardener had now a
beautiful mansion near at hand, but
she greatly wondered that her own
abode in the heavenly city should be
so small, cramped, and poor. She ap-
pealed to the angel who had shown
her to her place, and he answered re-
gretfully =:
Madam, we did the very best we
could with the material you sent
| over"
Fanciful as the story may be, those
last words hold something as true as
heaven itself, for the places we must
dwell in here and hereafter are always
built of what we send forward. We
are gathering material, valuable or
worthless, with every day that passes.
1t is often hard to realize this, and
those who are just beginning life sell
dom understand how clearly older eyes
see the kind of manhood and woman
hood that is sure to be built from what
the early years are gathering how
the accumulating sel6shness will GER
tainly narrow the windows and shut
out the sunlight by and by; how this
careless habit is going to eat into use
fulness /; how that neglect, if persist
ed in, will weaken the foundations;
how some evil associations will leave
pictures On the walls that no after
tears can efface. The habits we form,
the memories We lay up in store. the
niche we make for ourselves in other
hearts-all these things help to make
the dwelling places to which We are
ever moving forward.
If we mean to take our place in the
world with strong, noble, efficient
manhood OF wemsnhood, the qualities
out Of which We arc to build it must
be collected now; if we mean our mid
die iiec to be honorable, useful, sue
cessful, we must send forward the ma
terial that makes that sort of life.
Many man who ia complaining that
he has no chances, no influence, that
the world is against him, is simply
living now in condition that his own
past has constructed. H. did not fit
himself to be ready for opportunities;
he did not trouble himself to make
friends, OF to acquire any gift or skill
which would minister to the world
need. No really respected, valuable,
influential citizen ever became such
all at once without regard to the char
acter and reliability slowly gained
through preceding years.
There are those who, whenever they
think Of it at all, are planning for an
old age Of comfort, freedom from caro-,
with fellowship of friends and enjoy.
ment of leisure, at peace with heaven
and earth, and yet they are not send.
ing forward any material that will
form that kind Of en- eventide. How
can one who has sacrificed ell culture
Of brain, soul and heart to mere
money.getting for moneys sake enjoy
enforced leisure when itoomeaq W:!
the bodily health that has been fool
| ishly gtriAed with and abused yield ,
hale and comfortable old age2 TIL,
| tender ties which link as to heaven O.
to earth are not Of 9 days growth
An old lady nearing the verge Of lif'
sometimes remarked repiaingly tina
though she lacked nothing in the wa,
/ Of supplies and attendance, yet those
who ministered TO her did II "only d
matter Of duty, with no love. in &c. ;
/ She had forgotten earlier years, whel
her pride in being practical" ant
scorn Of anything like denonstsativ,
Affection had convinced those abou
nor tnat sho oatvaa ouiy soof ssoof aesass a5essss
| She had put sway from her the towing
tenderness for which her heart at las
i was hungry. There are many who are
reaching . lonely middle life ., olt
| age just because they have been TOT