The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-21
THE I-ospITAL AGAIN.
The Rev. D. D. Dantzler Writes In
terestingly About 1t.
(No. ~


The proposition l submitted in my
last, looks well in theory, but will it
work? Let hss, see. We have a por-
ton Of this worlds goods over and
above our persona: needs, and the
needs of these who lCoE to us. By
our foresight and business sagacity,
we place it all where it is safeguard
ed with good security, and where it
brings us large returns of the same
kind. We reinvest it all, with accru-
ed interest and other earnings in the
same way, till we are considered
wealthy or we'll to do. Our friends
congratulate us. We congratulate
ourselves, and say: Nothing wrong
about that We made it honestly in
tic eXercies of our business ability,
and in accordance with legitimate
business principles.
Suppose all that to be true. Come
now, and let us be generous enough
to look at a similar situation from
the viewpoint of One who is greater
and wiser than we. The ground Of
a certain rich man brought forth
Dlentifully; and he thought within
himself. What shall l do because l
have no room to bestow my fruits. :.
And he said, this will | do. will
pull down my barns and build great
ar, and there will bestow ali my
fruits and my goods. And l will say
to my soul, SOIL, thou hast much
goods laid up for many years take
thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
But God said unto him, Thou fool,
this night shall thy soul be required
Of thee.
Then whose shall these things be
which thou hast provided? So is he
that layeth up treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God" Luke
12. 1921. F.,
Again, Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth
and rust doth corrupt, and where
thieves break through and steal, but
lay up for yourselves treasures In
Heaven, where neither moth nor
rust can corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through nor steal. .
Math. 6: 1920. And again, by the
same Person. 81 say unto you, make
to yourselves friends of the mammon
of unrighteousness, that when ye fail.
they may receive you into everlast-
ing habitations. Luke 16: 8.
Mark you these passages do not
address themselves to our charity ac-
count simply. There are plenty
others which do that, but not these
Neither am I now pleading for the
poor alone. The thought to which
wish to direct our attention and upon
which l insist, is that each OF these
passages addresses itself to our self
love. We want to provide for our
selves. We want to distribute our
surplus, in the way Of investments
where it will be secure, and where
it's dividends will provide for our own
needs all the way through. Every
one of these passages recognizes that
fact as being natural and commen-
dable; and hence, the appeal to our
Judgment. They appeal to our BUS
mess capacity and foresight, and they
Enthusiastically indicate the very best
place to invest some of our surplus
the place where it will be of the
greatest benefit to us when we shall
be dismissed from our stewardship
here. Ours is a Christian commun-
ity. We are a professedly Christian
people We remember that when
our Savior was upon the earth, His
distinctively personal work was the
relief of human suffering. And sure
ly, we will admit that to follow His
example in this respect is the most
Christian like work in which we can
engage, and at the same time, one OF
the most profitable investments that
we can make.
Feb. 20, 1908. D. D. Dantzler.