The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

have been their past history; for sAlnk
the church of God Is not 50 much made FOR
Won who could have churches IN your oWa
house, but for the vast population OK
our great cities, who are treading On
toward death, with NJ voice Of mercy to ar
rest them. Ahl when the prodigal comes
into the church, do not stare at him as
thoueh he had no right to come. Give him
the best seat YOU can find for him. Some
times man wakes up from his sin and be
.avs. s.pll 90 to the house OF God" Per-
haps be comes from one motive, perhaps
from another He finds the churcn dstk
and the Christian people 1rg1d tand taere
are no people on earth who can be moro
f-igid than Christian people when they try),
and the music is dull, and he never comes
again. Suppose one Of these men enters the
church. AS he comes in he hears song
which his mother sang when he was boy;
he remembers it. He sits down, and So2o
one hands him book, open us
Jerusalem, my happy bone,
Name ever dear to me-.
aYes.n be says, ~ have heard that many
times" He sees cheerful, Christian people
there, every mans face psalm OF thanks
giving to God. He says: do you have
this 80 every Sundayl I have heard that
the home Of God was doleful place, ana
Christians wore lugubrious and repelll1s!
I have really enjoyed myself" Tho ne3s
Sabbath the man is again in the same place.
Tears Of repentance start down his cheek;
ne begins to pray; and when the comnun"
ion table is spread, he sits at 1t, and sone
one reaches over and says: II am sur
prised TO find you here. thought you
didn't believe in such things" "Ahf hs
SAYS sI have been captured. came in ose
day, and found you were all 80 loving and
cheerful here that concluded 1 Woaio
come among you Where thou 80 est Will
60; thy people shall be uay people, and thy
God my God. Where thou disst viii ole,
and there will I b. buried"
All! you can't drive men out OF their sins,
but you can coax them out-you can charm
them out.
would to God that we could all eene 70
higher appreciation Of this Sabbath herl~
age! We can not count the treasures OF one
Christian Sabbath. 1t spreads out over os
the two wings OF the archange OF mercy.
o. blessed Sabbath! blessed Sabbath! Ihey
SCOT great deal about the old Purltan1o
Saobaths, and there is wonderful amount
of wit expended upon that subject now
the Sabbaths they used to have in New En-
gland. never lived in New England, but
would rather trast the cid Puritanlc Sab
bath, with all its faults, thon this nodern
Sabbath, which is fast becoming 10 sao.
bath at all. If our modern Sabbattsn shan
produce as stalwart Christian character as
the old New England Puritanie saboasissa,
7 shall be satisfied, and shall be surprised.
On, blessed day blessed day! saoalo
like to die some Sabbath morning wheR the
airis full OF church music and the bells are
ringing. Leaving my home group with a
dying blessing, I should like to look on apou
some Christian assemblage chanting the
praises OF God as I went up to JOIN the ono
hundred and forty and four thousand ana
the thousands Of thousands standing around
the throne Of Jesus. Harkl hear the DELL
of the old kirk ON the hillside OF heaven. Itls
weaaIps peaL Tor behold the Bridegroom
cometh. It Is victor's bell, for we ere
more than ooncuerors through Hin who
hath loved US. It is Sabbath bell, for It
calls the nations Of earth and heaven TO ev-
erlasting repose.
70 when, thou city Of ray God,
Shall thy courts ascend:
Where congregations ne'er break UP,
And Sabbaths have no end"