The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-18

to tie stream to bring up the aenizens
of the deep, and plunged into tho forest
and found the rarest specimens OF flow
ers: and then he came back tc his study
and wrote books about zoology. the
science of animals; about ichthyology,
the science of fishes; about ornitholosy,
the science OF birds; about botany, ths
science of pl nts. Yet, nothwithstanl,
inr all his wisdom and wealth, bcholc
his wretchedness, and let him pass on.
Did any other city ever behold so Won
derful man? O Jerusalem, JerusaleG..i
But here passes through these streets,
as in imagination I see him, quite IS
wonderful and far better man. David
the conqueror, tie king, the poet. Can
it be that am in the very city where he
lived and reignod? David great for
power, and great for grief. he was
wrapped up in his boy, Absalom. He
was splendid boy, judged by the rules
of worldly criticism. From the crown
OF mis- head to the sole OF his foot there
was not single blemish. The Bible
saws that he had such a luxuriant shock
OF hair that, when once year it was
shorn, what was cut OF weighed over
three pounds. But, Notwithstanding all
his brilliancy Of appearance he was a
bad boy and broke his fathers heart. Ho
was plotting to get the throne OF Israel.
Ec had narshaled an army to overthrow
his fathers government. The dag Of
battle had come, and the conflict was
begun. David. the father, sat between
the gates OF the palace waiting for the
tidings of the conflict. Oh, how
rapidly his heart beat with emotion!
Two great questions were to he decided
the safety of his boy and the continu-
ance of the throne Of Israel. After
a while, servant, standing on the
top Of the house, looks off, and he sees
some one running. lie IS coming with
great speed, and the man on the top OF
the house announces the coming OF the
messenger, and the father watches and
| waits, and as soon as the messenger
from the field of battle comes within
| hailing distance the father cries out. Is
it a question in regard to the establish
ment .of his throne? Does he say:
ssHave the armies Of Israel been VIC
torious? AIN I to con tinuc in my I'M
perial authority? Have l ovcrthrown
nv enemies?" O, no. There is ono
question that springs from his heart to
the lip, and springs from the lip into the
ear of the besweated and bedusted mes
senger flying from the battlefiold-the
question: ':Is the young man Absalom
safe?" When it was told to David, the
King, that, though his armies had been
| victorious, his son had been slain, the
father turned his back upon the con-
gratulations of the nation, and went up
| the stairs of his palace, his heart break
ing as he went, wringing his hands
sometimes, and then again pressing
them against his temples as though he
would press them in, crying: 20 Absa-
lom! nv son! my son. Would God I had
died for thee, o Absalom. my son! my
son!' Stupendous grief Of David re-
sounding through all succeeding ages
This was the city that heard the WOO.
O Jerusalem, jerusalem!
am also thrilled and overpowered
| WITH the remembrance that yonder
! where now stands MohammodaB
| mosque stood the temple, the very one
that Christ visited. Solomon's temple
had stood there, but NebuchadnezZar
| thundered it down. Zerubbabel's temple
had stood there, but that had been pros
trated. Then Herod built temple be-
cause he was fond Of great architecture
and he wanted the preceding temples to
seem insignificant. Put eight or ten
modern cathedrals together, and they
would not equal that structure. 1t COW
| cred nineteen acres. There were marble
pillars supporting roofs Of cedar, and
| silver tables on which stood golden cups,
and there were carvings exquisite and
| inscriptions resplendent, glittering bal
ustrades aqd ornamental gateWays.
| The building Of this temple kept ten
thousand workmen busy forty-six years.
| Stupendous pile Of pomp and magnlt-
cence! But the material and architect
ural grandeur OF the building were very
tame compared with the spiritual mean
ing Of it's altars and holy of holies, and
the overwhelming significance Of its
ceremonies. o Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
But standing in this old city all other
facts are eclipsed when we think that
| near here our blessed Lord was born,
! that up and down the streets of this city
| He walked, and that in the outskirts OF
it He died Here was His only day OF
triumph and His assassination. One day
| this old Jerusalem is at the tiptop ct ex-
| citement. Christ has been doing some
| remarkable works and asserting very
[ high authority. The police court has
issued papers for his arrest; for this
thing must be stopped, as the very gov
| ernment is imperiled. News comes that
last night this stranger arrived at
suburban village and that he IS
| stopping at the house Of man whom
| he had resuscitated after four days
sepulture. Well, the people rush ont
I into the streets, some with the idea OF
! helping in the arrest OF this stranger
| when he arrives, and others expecting
| that on the morrow he will come into
the town and by some supernatural
| force oust the municipal and royal
authorities and take everything in his
own hands. They pour out OF the city
gates until the procession reaches to
the village. They come all around
about the house where the stranger is
stopping, and peer into the doors and
windows that they may get one glimpse
/ Ct him or hear the hum of his voice.
The police dare not make the ar
| rest, cbecause he had somehow won
the affections Of all the peo-
| pie. O, it is a lively night in
| yonder Bethany! The heretofore quiet
| village is filed with uproar ard catcry,
| and loud discussion about the strange
acting countryman. do not think there
was any sleep in that house that night
| where the stranger was Stopping Al