The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-14

very often nONOr "llQ Olu age CnOSe VINO
have in early life sacrificed swine on the
, altar of the bodily temple. Remember, 0,
Young man, that while in after life and after
years of dissipation You may perhaps have
Your heart changed, religion does not
change the liver. Trembling and stag
gering along these streets to-day are
men, all bent and decayed and pre-
maturelv old for the reason that they are
paving for liens they put upon their physical
estate before they We're 50. BY early diSSipa-
ton they rut on their body first mortgage,
and a second mortgage, and third mort
gage to the devil. and these mortgages are
now being fo.ecloSed, and all that remains cf
their earthly eStute the undertaken will
soon put out Of sight. Many years ago,
in fulfiilment of my text, dart struck
through their liver, and it is there Yet. God
forsives, but outraged physical law never,
never, never. That has Sinai, but no Cal
vary Solomon in my text knew what he
was talking about He had in early life
been prohigate, and he rises up on MS
throne of worldly Splendor to shrek out a
warning to all the centuries. David, bad IN
early life. but good in later life. cries out
with an agony Of earnestneSS: Remember
not the sins Of my youth.
Stephen 4. Douglas gave the name Of
squatter sovereignty to those who went out
West and took possession of lands and held
flock Of sins settle on your heart before You
get to p years of age, and they will in all
probability keep possession of it by an in
formal squatter sovereignty. Il prom
ise to pay at the bank $500 six months
from date" says the promiSsory note 81
promise to pay my life thirty years from
date at the bank OF the grave says every
infraction of the laws of Your phySica!
being.
What. Will mans boly never COM
plcteiy recover from an early dissipation IN
this world: Never. How about the world
to come. Perhaps God will fix it up in the
resurrection body So that it will not have to
go limping through all eternity. but get the
liver thoroughly damaged and it will stay
damaged Physicians call 1t cancer OF the
liver. or hardening OF the liver, or clrrhoslS
of the liver, or Inflammation of the liver or
fatty degeneration Of the liver, but Solomon
puts y these ranGs into one figure and says;
Till the dart strike through his liver.
That Young man smoking cigarettes and
smoking cigars has no idea THAI he is getting
for hiul$elfa smoked liver. That young man
has no idea that he has by early dissipation
so depleted his energies that he Will so INTO
the battle only half armed. Napoleon lost
Waterloo days before it as fought Had n"
attacked the English army before it was re-
enforced and taken it division by division;
he might have won the day, but he waited
until he had only 100000 men against So',VVo;
And here is Young man who II he put all
his forces against the regiment OF youthful
temptations in the strength of God he might
dlive them back. but he is allowing lem TO
be reinforced by the whole army OF rid lie
temptations. and when all these combined
forces are naSSed against him and no Grouchy
comes to help him. and Bluncher has come to
help his foes, what but immortal defeat can
await him.
Some wears ago a scientific lecturer went
through the country exhibiting on great
canvas different parts of the human boiy
wheE healthy and different parts when dis
eaSed And what tie world wants row IS
some eloquent scientist to go through the
country shown. TO our young people on
blazing canvas the drurkards liver. the
idler's liver, the libertneS liver, the gam
b:er's liver. Perhaps the spectacle might
stop some Young man before he comes to the
same catastrophe, and the dart strike through
his own liver.
Ny hearer this is the first sermon You have
heard on the gospel of health. and it may be
the last You will ever hear on that subject: and
I charge You. in the name Of God and Christ,
ard usefulness and eternal destiny, take bet
ter care of your health. When some OF you
truthful epitaph, it will read: Here lies the
victim of late supLerS," or it will be: BE
hold what chicken salad at midnight vii! do
for man." or it will be: Ten cigars a
day closed my earthly existence: or !;
will be: sat down in a cold draught
and this is the result" or it will
be: Il died o. thin shoes last winter" or it
will be: Went out without an ovsrcoataad
took this last chill; or it will be: Thought
here or it will b.: Here is the conse.
quencc of sitting ahalf day with wet feet:
or it will BE-: This is whare have stacked
my harvest of wild OATS: or, instead OF
words the stone cutter will chisel for an
epitaph on the tombstone two figures, name
", dart and liver
There is 4 kind Of sickness that is beautiful
when j: comes from ove-worH for Goa, or
ones cou:.try. or ones own family. have
seen wounds that were glorious. After the
battle of Antietam, in the hospital soldier
in reply to my question: ''Where arc yoU
hurt uncovered his bosom and showed me Z
cash that looked like Ladge of eteraal no
bility. have seen an empty sleeve t1at was
more beautiful than the most muscular fore
arm l have seen :, green shade over tic eye
slot out in battle that was more beautiful
than any two eyes that had paSSel without
injury. l have .en an Old missionary WON
out with the malaria OF African jungleS who
looked TO ne more radiant than ruhlcEnd
gvulaaSt. | have seen a mother after six
weeks watching over q family OF children
down with scarlet fever with a glory roun1
her pale and wan face that surpassed the an
Sel:c. 1t all depends on how You got your
sickness and in what battle Your wounds.
Sfv Lord and my God, if we must get sick
end worn out le: it be N thy service. and ii
the effort to make the world good and happy.
No. IN the service OF sin. No. No.
One o. the most pathethic scenes that
| ever witnessed. and ! often see it, is
tnat OF men or women converted IN the
tiftieS or sixties or seventies wanting to De
useful, bit they SO served the world and
Satan in the earlier part of their life that
they have no physical energy left for the ser
vice o. God. They sacrificed nerves, muscles,
lungs hart and liver OH the wrong a tar.
They fought on tie wrong side, and now,
wh.n their sword is al hacked up and
Their ammunition all gone, they enlist
tied cavalry horse. which they Sparred
into laanv cavalry charge with
champinG BIT and flaming eye and neck
clothed with thun Ter, IS worn oat. and spav-
mad. AID ring-bonel, and, springhalt, rides
ND 10 the Captain OF our salvation on
the white horse and offers his services. When
Su.h oersouS might have been, through the
good habits Of a lifetime, crashing the battle
ax through helmc:cl iniquities, they are
spending their DAYS and nights in discussing
tie best way of breaking up their indi-
ge>tion. and Quoting their JanSllrS nerves,
AMI rouSirG their laCCarl appetite. and try
ing to extract the dart from their outraged
live-. Better converted late than never.
Oh. YES: FOR they will get to Heaven. But
.ila!: viii 60 afo2t. when they might have
whccic.i up the steep hills OF the sky III
EEiah'S chariot hsre is an Old hymn that
we used to s,ng in the country meeting
ho,ca who, v,s q hoy and 7 remember