The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
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say can not see, Dat put i 10 your Quiet
eye, the eye OF lallh, ana You Will see
Chrlst ana lie IS AL ycu nceu 10 see.
If You can believe nothing else, You GER
talnl! oeIcFc III Ficar:ooS suffering, lor
you sec II ailliosI every uds III soii'c sn"pe'
Last liloNth 'iS s'va!'iS'ilp hn'eAeIooeher'
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hSh, tue hfSI o!iteF OIL t!!c stta-i'shp anu
1our men put out III d Hie-o"d1 ~ save liie
crew OF the schooner, ana reached lhe Fcs-
sci and toHeu II out oi DANGER Inc WING
shifting so l'a1 lhe schooner WAS s'''ea.
buI INC nIe men oi ''i' s'e''i's'l!p ooi,i.nS
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NV, i. da,1 Ann.,,.;.1,, t;,,t hcroism and
sd,r ,s,cr;f;na ,r H., h~,vn fnllo,rs we all
COW an,j can ,vr NOT aunrrca;e the Christ
who mt ont in = more biting cold and into
= more overwhelming surge to bring US
ont Of infinite peril INTO everlasting safety!
The wave of human hate rolled over Him
on one side. ard the wave Of hellish fury
rolled over Him on the other side. Oh, the
thickness OF the night aud the thunder Of
the tempest into which Christ plunged for
our rescue.
Come in on that one narrow beam. the
beam OF the cross. Let al else 90 and
cling to that. Put that under You, and
with inc eafncStneSS OF swimmer strus
@lng 1or MS NE pn' OUT lor INC Shoie.
There IS great warm hre oi welcome
already DuAt, ana ;iifS;soy MANY WHO "cic
as lar out as you are, are st-'''is ~ i's
GcHlai anu HcaFchiE Si"W. lht a'.se!s VI
Goo, 5 rescue are W&aln% cut lhto INC sttl
to clutch Your hand, and they KNOW now
exhausted You are, ana III lnc redeeniee
proiuSats OF heaven are on the peEcu Win
new white robes 10 closfc al liose "he
come III on broken pieces oI INC snip.
My sympathics are tor such al the more
because was naturally akcptical, ulsposed
to question every tang a3olt tais Llc'ana
the next, ano was III danger o1 '~Hns lurth-
er out to sea than any Q! the TWO hunareo
and seventy-SiN Ill the Mediterranean
breakers, and was sometimes the annoy
ance Of nv theological professor because
asked so many questions. But l came il
on q plank. | knew Christ WAS the Saviour
of sinners. and that was a sinner, and ]
oot ashore. and do not propose TO 90 out
On that sea AGAIN, | have not for thir-
tv minutes discussed the controvcrted
noints Of theology in thirty wears. And
during the rest of nv life do not propose
to discuss them for thirty seconds.
I would rather, in mud scow, try tC
weather the worst cyclone that ever swept
up from the Caribbean than risk my i'm
mortal soul in useless and perlous discus
sious in which some OF my brethren in the
ministry are inGuleinc. They remind me
of = company of sailors standing on Rams
oa1n niar head from which the ife-boats
sra ns7,,,ly launched and coolly discussing
the different, style Of o:r-,ocIis and how
deep a boat ought to set in the water, while
a hurricane was in full blast and there
are three steamers crowded with passen-
gers going to pieces in the ofling. An old tar,
the muscles of mis- face working with nerv
Gus excitement, cries out: This is no time
to discuss such things Man the lifc-boat
Who will volunteer: Out with her into
the surf! Pull my lads, pull for the wreck!
Ha! ha! now We have them. Lift them in
and Law them down on the bottom of the
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