The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-20

REFss w Il and invuinerable shields ant
Tslcl brcastpiates SO much .s they wanted
! esGsa on the day when they came
tSSa7l upon the Amalektes. If they
'haa lost that battle they never would
have got their families back | sup
pose that one glance at their loved ones il
) captivity hurled them into the battle with
tssfold courage and energy They said
ave must win it. Every thing depends
upon it. Let each one take q man on point ot
sDesr or sword We must win it, And
hsye to teli you that between us and com
spg INTO the companioaship of our loved
onee who are departed there is an Auster
litz, there is q Gettysburg, there is a Water
tcod War with the world war with the
fssh war with the devil. We have either
to conquer our troubles, or our troubles
will conquer US. David will either slay the
Amalekitcs. or the Ama!ekiles will slay
David. And yet is not the fort to be
taken worth a.! Tie pain, ali the peril, all
Go brighs kG3 m Heaven you-
6eSf T.4xl gSey ere. those who
sat at youpSEa tsSse Che chair now vacant
There they ia. Esase Viioln y ou rocked in in
fancy i'll the cradief.s;iushed to sleep in your
arms. There they are. those in whose life
5our life was bound up There they are,
their BROS more radiant than ever before
You saw it, their lips waiting for the kiss of
heavenly greeting, their check roseatc with
the health Of eternal summer, their hands
:AakoninS You up the steep, their feet bound
III With the nNril o! heaven. The ra!lor Of
e6a5 ltst sickness gone out OF their face,
HS@cr more TO b, srl, never more TO cough
Eerer more to limp, never more to be old,
never more to weep. They are Watching
from those heights 10 see il through Christ
you can lake that f.rt, and whether you will
rush in upon thcin-vict0rs They know
that upon this battle depends whether YOU
VIII ever join thoir society. Up. strike
harder! Charge more bravely! Remember
that every iucE you gain puts you so much
farther Oh towards ;lat heavenly reunion.
II this morning, while speak, you could
hear the caunonasle Of Il foreign navy. com
ing through the "Narrows,' whi@!! was TO
dcspoii our city, AID if they really should
succeed in Carrying oU: Gami lies away from
US. how long would We tpsIc before we rt-
| solved 10 go after tL0In! Every weapon,
whether fresh from Springfield or Old and
rusty in the garnet, would uc brought out;
| and we would urge on, and. coming III front
! Of the foe, we would look IT them. and then
look 1T our families, and the cry would be-:
Victory or DEATH and when the ammuni-
tion was gone, We would take the captorS
on the point Of the Ouyonet or under the
Dreech OF the gun. If you would make such
a struggle for the getting back Of your
earthly friends, will you not make as much
struggle for the gaining Of the eternal COM
panionship Of your Heavenly friends! o,
yes i we must join them. We must sit in
their holy society. We must sing with them
the song. We must celebrate with them
the triumph. Let it never be told on earth
or in Heaven that David and his men pushed
out with braver heart, for the getting back
of their earthly friends for a few years On
earth, than we to get our departed!
You say that all this implies that our de.
parted Christian friends are alive. Why,
had you any idea they were deadt They
2ays only Illl; gD u htouJr where one of your
friends lived and found him gone you would
not think that he was dead. You would in
ouire next door where had he moved to. Our
departed Christian friends have only taken
another house The secret is that they are
richer now than they once were, and can al
ford better residence. They once drank
out of earthe nware; they now drink from
the Kings chalce. Joseph is yet alive"
and Jacob will go up and see him. Living,
are they! Why, If q man can live IN this
damp dark dungeon of earthly captivity,
can he not live where he breathes the brac-
ing atmosphere of the mountains OF Heaven!
O, yes, they are living!
Do YOU think that Paul is so near dead
now as be was when he was living IN the
Roman dungeon! DO you think that Fred
erick Robertson, of Brighton. IS as near dead
now as he was when, year after year, he
slept seated on the floor, his head on the
bottom of a chair, because he could IND
ease in no other position! DO you think that
Robert Hall is as near dead now as when,
on his couch, he tossed IN physical torturesE
No. Death gave them the few black drops
that cured them. That is all death does TO
| Christian-cures him. know that what
| have said implies that they are living
There is no question about that. The only
question this morning is whether you Will
ever join them.
But must not forget those two hundred
men who tainted by the brook BeSor. Ihey
could not take another step farther. Their
feet were sore; their head ached; their eu-
tire nature was exhausted. Besides that,
they were broken-hearted because tier
homes were gone. Ziklag in as:ies! AMI
vet David, when he comes up TO them, dl-
yides the spoils among them. He says they
shall have some Of the jewels, some OF the
robes, some of the treasures. look over
this audience this morning ana L md at
least two hundred who have fam ted by the
brook BeSor-the brook OF tears. You lee!
as il YOU could not take another step Tar
ther, as though you could never look up
again. But l am going to initiate David,
| and divide among you some glorious tro-
phies. Here is a robe.
"All things work together for good to
those who love God" Wrap yourself in
that glorious promise. Here is for your neck
a. string of pearls, made out OF crystalllZed
tears: weeping may endure for night,
hut oy cometh in the morning" Here is a
coronet: s'Be thou faithful unto death, and
I will give thee a crown of life" 0, ye
faiptinc ones by the brook Besor, dip your
bIstered feet in the running stream Of God )
| mercy. Battle your brow 1T the wells of
| salvation. Soothe your wounds with the
| balsam that eXudei from the tree OF lIte
God will not utterly cast you of, y, broken
| hearted man, 0, broken hearted woman,
faiuting by the brook Besor.
A shepherd finds that his musical pipe IS
bruised. He says: Il can't get any more
music out of this Instrument; so l Will just
break it, and l will throw this reed away.
Then will get another reed, and will p!ny
music on that" Bnt God says he will not
cast YOU of because ell the music has goae
out of your soul "rhe bruised reed he
win not break AS far as | can tell the
DIAGNOSE of YOUR disease, YOU want divine