The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-02-29

till YOU Get a good crack at him, and when at
last YOU lind him in tight place. give 1t to
him Flav him alive. No quarter. Leave
rot rag of reputation Jump on hlN with
both feet Pay him in his own coin-SarcaSln
for sarcasm, scorn for Scorn, abuse for abuse.
Rut. NV friends. that is not the right kind Of
heart, No man ever did so meln 4 thing
toward us as we have done toward God.
And if we cannot forgive others, how can we
expect God to forgive us: ThouSandSo o; men
have been kept out of heaven by an untor-
giving heart.
Here i. some one who says: Il will forgive
that man the wrong he did me about that
house and LOT: will forgive that man VINO
overreached me in bargain: will forgive
that man who sold me shoddv overcoat;
forgive them all--all but one. That man can
not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keep
my hands off of him. II my going TO Heaven
depends on my forgiv!ng him, then | Will
STAY out,' Wrong feeling. If q man lie to
m once am not called to trust him again.
If man betray me once, lam not called to
pat confidence in him again. But would
have no rest if could not offer a sincere
PRAYER for the temporal and everlasting vel
fare of all men, whatever meanneSs
and outrage they have inflicted upon
mr. If YOU want to get your heart
right. strike match and burn up all Your
old CRU !SeS and blow the ashes away. IF
You forgive not men their tvespaSSes, neither
will Your heavenly Father forg you your
treSpaSSes." An old Christian black woman
was going along the streets Of New AorE
with basket of apples that she had Tor SAFE.
A rough sailor ran against her n" upset ene
basket. and stood back expecting TO hear heI
scold fri. ..lfullv: but she stopped down ana
picked ~ the apples and said: God forgive
You, nv son, as do" The sailor saw the
meannesS OF what lie had done and 1eit IN
his pocket for his money. and insisted thal
she Should take it all Though she was black
he called her mother and said: "torglve
me, mother: I will never do ANYTHING SO
mean again" All. there is q power IN Tor
giving spirit to overcome all hartneSS.
There is no way OF conquerng men like that
of bestowing upon them Your pardon,
whether they will accept 1t or not.
Again. a right heart is an eNpectant heart
1t a poor business to I've building castles in
the air. Enjov what You have now. Oon1
spoil Your comfort III the small house be-
cause you expect larger one. pon IRE. IRE.
about Your income when it is IS or 81 per day
because YOU expect TO have after awhile
SO per day, or $1,000 4 year, because you eN-
pect it to be 100000 q year. Bat about heav-
enly things the more We think the better.
Those castles are not in the air, but on the
hills, and we have q deed OF them IN our posses
sion. like to see a man all full of heaven.
He talks heaven. He sings heaven. de
pravS heaven He dreams heaven. Some OF
Us in our sleep have had the good place open
to US We saw the pinnacleS in the sky. We
heard the click of the hoofs of the white
horses on which victorS rode, and the clap.
ping Of the cymbalSo Of eternal triumph And
while in our sleep we We're & lad that all our
sorrows were over, and burdens done
with. the throne Of God grew winter, winter
and whiter, till we opened our eyes and saw
that it was only the sun OF the earthly morn
ing shining on our pillow. To have right
heart YOU need to be filled with this expec
fancy. 1t would make Your prlrat;onS and
annoyances more bearable.
Some talk Of heaven as though 1t were
handsome church, where few favored splr-
its would come in and sit down on finely
cushioned seats all By themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No, no. II saw
great multitude that no man could number
standing before the throne. He that talked
with me had q golden reed to measure the
CITY and it was II 900 furloagS"-that is, l,500
miles in circumference All! heaven is not a
little colony at one corner Of Coils do
minion where a mans entrance depends upon
what kind of clothes he has on his back and
how much money he has in his purse but a
vast empire God grant that the light OF
that blessed world may shine upon US IN our
last moment.
ocean was at the mouth OF Liverpool harbor.
Wearrivei at nightfall and We're obliged to
lie there till the morning waiting for the
rising of the tide before we could go up to
the city. How the vessel pitched and
writhed in the water! So sometimes the last
illness of the Christian is a Struggle lie Is
almost through the voyage The waves OF
Temptation toss the soul. but he waits for the
morning At last the light dawnS and the
tides OF JOY arise in his soul and he sails up
and casts anchor within the veil.
Is thy heart right! What question can
compare with this in importance:
1t is a business question. Do you not rea lize
that you will soon have to so out OF that
store: that You will soon have to resign that
partnership: that soon among all the millions
of dollars worth Of gooiS that are sold IN
New York YOU will not have the handling of
yard of cloth. or a pound OF sugar. or q PEN
nvworth of anything: that soon If q con!la-
grafton should start at Central Park ana
sweep everything TO the Battery, 1t would
not disturb you that soon if every cashier
should abscond, and every insurance com
pany should fail, it would not affect you:
What are the questions that stop this side the
grave compared with the questions that
reach beyond it, Are youmaking losses that
are to be everlasting: Are you making p,lr-
chases for eternity! Are you jobbing for
time when you might be wholeSahng for
aternity2 What question of the store is 50
broad at the base and so altitudinous and so
overwhelming as the question: is thy heart
right:'
Or is it a domestic question? Is it some
thing about father. or mother, or companion,
OF son, or daughter, that you think IS conl-
parable with this question in importance: DO
you not rea,lze that by universal and ineHo!-
able law oil these relations will be broken up:
Your father will be gone, Your mother Will
be gone, your companion will be gone, your
child will be gone, you will be gone; and then
this supernal question will begin to harveST
its chief gains or deplore its worst losses, roll
up into its mightiest magnitude, or sweep It's
vast circles. What difference now does 1t
make to Napoleon III whether he trlumphed
or surrendered at Sedan! whether he lived at
the TuilerieS or at Chi$elhurSt: whether ne
was Emperor or exile. They laid him out in
his coffin in the dress Of q field marshal. Dld
that give him any better chance for the next
world than if he had been lad out IN
a plain Shroud: and soon to us
what will be the difference whether
in this world we rode or walked,
were bowed to or maltreated, were
applauded or hisSel at, We're welcomed IN or
kicked out, while laviug hold of every mo-
the splendor of grief and overarchlng and
undergoing, all time and all eternity IS the
plain. simple, practical. thrilling, agonizlng.
Overwhelming question: '.Is thy heart riC1t::
Have you within you a repentane heart. an
expectant heart? If not | must write upon
your soul what George Whtefie(d wrote
upon the window pane with his diamond
ring. He tarried in an elegant house over
nioht but fOun6 that there was no God