The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-07-03
NEW SPRINGS OF JOY
Sermon by Rev. 7. Dewitt Esl-
mage, .. D.
What caleb's Wedding Gifs 60 His Daush-
ter Achsah Signifies-No Life on
Earth So Happy IS Really
Christian Life.

Christian Life.
tsNew Springs Of Joy'' was the subject OF
Rev. T. Dewitt TalmaSe's recent sermon,
the text being: sThoG hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of water.
And he gave her the upper springs, and the
neither springs"-Joshua XIV. 10. The elo-
quent divine spoke as follows:
The city Of Debir was the Boston Of an
tiquity-a great place for brain and books.
Caleb wanted it, and he offered his daughter
Achsah as prize to any ore who would cap
ture that city. It was q strange thing for
Caleb to do; and yet the man that could
take the city would have, at any rate, two
elements OF manhood-bravery and patriot
ism. With Caleb's daughter as prize to
fight for, General Othniel rode into the bat
tie. The gates Of Debir were thundered
into the dust, and the city Of books lay at
the feet Of the conquerors. The work done,
Othniel comes back to claim his bride.
Having conquered the city, it is no great
job for him to conquer the girls heart; fcr
however a woman faint hearted herself may
be, she always loves courage in a man.
never saw an exception to that. The wed
ding festivity having gone by, Othniel and
Achsah are about to go to their new home.
However loudly the cymbals may clash and
the daughter ring, parents are always
sad when fondiy cherished daughter goes
OFF to stay; and Achsah, the daughter Of
Caleb, knows that now is the time to ask al
most any thing she wants Of her father. 1t
seems that Caleb, the good old man, had given
ssawed6ing present to his daughter, piece
Of land that was mountainous, and sloping
southwark toward the deserts of Arabia,
swept with some very hot winds. It was
called a 'ssouth land" But Achsah wants
an addition of land; she wants piece Of
land that is well watered and fertile. Now
it is no wonder that Caleb, standing amidst
the bridal party, his eyes so full Of tears be-
cause she was going away that he could
hardly see her at ALL gives her more than
she asks She said to. him: Though hast
given me south land; give me also springs
of water. And he gave her the upper
springs, and the neither springs
What suggestive passage! The fact IS.
that as Caleb, the father gave Achsah, the
daughter, a south land, so God gives to US
His world. I am very thankful He has given
1t to Us. ButI am like Achsah in tho fact
thatI want large portion. Trees, and
flowers, and grass, and blue skies are very
well IN their places; but he who has moth
ing but this world for portion has no por
tion at all. It is mountainous land, sloping
of toward the desert Of sorrow, swept by
fiery siroccos; it is ''south land,' poor
portion for any man that tries to put his
trust in it. What has been your experience!
What has been the experience Of every
man, of every woman that has tried this
world for portion9 Queen Elizabeth,
amidst the surroundings Of pomp, is un-
appy because the painter sketches too
'uutely the wrinkles on her face, and she
znantly cries out: 'You must strike
" likeness without any shadows"
h, at the very height Of his artistic
Us stung almost to death with cha
Sc tho painting he had dedicated
does not seem to be acceptable:.
.geL cies out: ssWho is this Ho-
Take his trumperyz ~ OF my Prsas--
4essa Brinsley Sheridan thrilled the earth
with his eloquence, but lad for mis- last
words: 81 am absolutely pndone." walter
Scott, fumbling around the tnkstand, trying
to write, says to his daughter: 20, take
me back to my room; there is no rest for
Sir Walter but in the grave" Stephen
: Girard, the wealthiest man in his day, or, at
any rate, only second in wealth, says: 81
live the life of a galley slave; when I arise
in the morning my one effort is TO work 50
hard that can sleep when it gets to be
night" Charles Lamb, applauded Of all the
world, in the very midst Of his literary
triumph says: "Do you remember, Bridget,
when we used to laugh from the shilling
gallery at the playa There are now no good
plays to laugh at from the boxes" But
ron 4h,+ 70 No
further than your street to find an illustra-
ton Of what ! am saying.
Pick me out ten successful worl6lings-
without any religion, and you know what
mean by succsssul worldlings-pick me out
ten successful worldlings, ans you can not
find more than one that looks happy. Care
drags hiR across the bridge; care drags him
back. Take your stand at two o'clock ct the
corner Of Nassau and Wall streets, or at the
corner Of Canal street and Broadway. and
see the agonized physiognomies. Your bank
ecs. your insurance men, your importers,
/your wholesalers, and your retailers, as a
class-as class, are they happy! No. Care
dogs their steps; and, making no appeal to
God for help or comfort, they are tossed
everywhither. How has it been with you,
my hearer? Are you more contented IN the
house Of fourteen rooms than you were in
the two rooms you had in a house when you
starteds Have you not had more care and
worriment since you won that $4,000 than
YOU did beforel Some Of the poorest men !
have ever known have been those of great
fortune. a man of small means may beput
in great business straits, but the ghastliest
of all embarrassments is that OF the man
who has large estates. The men who commit
suicide because Of monetary losses are those
who can not bear the burden any more, be-
cause they have only 100000 left
On Bowling Green, New York, there is
house where Talleyrand used to go. he was
favoriteVman. All the world knew him,
and he had wealth almost unlimited; yet at
the close Of his life he says" :"Behold, eighty
three years have passed without any practi-
cal result, save fatigue Of body and fatigue
of mind. great discourageinent for the
future and great disgust for the past" O.,
nv friends, this is 'souta land" and 1t
slopes off toward deserts Of sorrow: and the
PRAYER which Achsah made to her father
Caleb, we make this day to our Father God:
Thou hast given me a south land; give me
also springs OF water. Ano he gave her the
upper springs, and,the neither springs"
Blessed be GodI We have more advan-
taees given US than we can really appre-
ciate. We have spiritual blessings offered
US in this world which shall call the neither
springs, and glories in the world to come
which shall call the upper springs.
Where shall I find words enough threaded
with light to set forth the pleasure, Of relie-
ion7 David, unable to describe 1t IN words
played it on harp. Mrs. Henans, not lind
ing enongh power in prose, sings that praise
in canto Christopher Wren, unable to de-
scribeitin language, sprung into the arches
of St. Paurs. John Bunyan, unable to pre-
sent it in ordinary phraseology, takes all the
fascination of allegory. Handel, With
ordinary music unable to reach the height
of the theme, rouses it up in an oraeoro
O, there is no life on earth so happy as
really Christian Life. do not mean shan