The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-27

times, once in a while, q great and good
man or woman would come up and
the world has made great fuss about it
ever since, but now they are so numerous
we scarcely speak about them. We put a
halo about the people Of the past, but
think if the times demanded them it would
be found we have now living IN the year
1889 fifty Martin Luthers fifty George Wash
tons, fifty Lady HuEtingtons, fifty Eliza
beth Frys. During our civil war more
splendid warriors in North aud South We're
developcd in four years than the whole
world developed in the previous twenty
years. l challenge the four thousand years
before the food and the eighteen CEN
turies after the food, to show me the equal
ofcharity on large scale of George Peabody.
This generation Of men and women is moro
worth saving than any OF the one hundred
and eighty generations that have passed OFT.
But where shall we begin? With our
selves. That IS the pillar from which we
must start. Prescott, the blind historian,
tells US how Pzarro saved his army for the
right when they were about deserting him.
With his sword he made long mark on the
ground. He said: MY men, on the north
side are dcsertion and death, on the south
side is victory; on the north side Panama
and poverty, on the south side Peru with all
its riches. Choose. for yourselves; for my
part go to the scush." Stopping across the
line one by one his troops followed and
finally his whole army. The sword OF God 3
truth draws the dividing line today. On
one side Of it are sin and ruin ana death,
on the other side are pardon and usefulness
and happiness and heaven. You cross
from the wrong side 70 the right side
and your family will cross with you, and
YOUR friends aud your associates. The
way you 20 they will go. If. we are
not saved, we will never save any one else.
How to. get saved! Be willing to accept
Christ, and then accept Him instantaneously
and forever. Get on the rock first, and then
you will be abe to help others upon the same
rock. Men and women have been saved
quicker than have been talking about it.
What, without a prayer! Yes. What. with
out time deliberately to think it over: Yes.
What, without u tear! Yes, believe! That
IS all. Believe what! That Jesus died TO-
save you from sin and death and hell. VIII
you3 Do yout You have. Something makes
me think you have. New light has come
into Your corntenarce Welcome! We'll
comel Hail! Hail! Saved yourselves, how
ere you going to save others? BY testimony.
Tel it to your family. Tell it to your busi-
ness associates. Tell it everywhere. We
will successfully preach no more religion
and will successfully talk no more religion
than we ourselves have.
The most of that which you do to benefit
the souls Of this generation, you will effect
through your wn,behavior. Go wrong, and
that will induce others to 20 wrong. 60
right, and that will induce others to 60 right.
When the great Centennial exhibition was
being held in Philadelphia the question
came up among the directors as to whether
they could keep the exposition open on Sun
DAYS, when q director, who was man of the
world, from Nevada, arose and said, his voice
trembling with emotion and tears running
down his cheeks: Il feel like a returned
prodigal. Twenty years ago went West,
and into region where we had no Sabbath,
but to-day old memories come back to me,
and I remember what my gloritied mother
taught me about keeping Sunday, and lseem
to hear her voice again and feel as did when
every evening knelt by her side in prayer.
Gentlemen, vote for the observance of the
Christian Sabbath" And he carried every
thing by storm, and when the question was
put, ''Shall we open the exhibition on Sab
bath?" it was almost unanimous, mo-"
"No" What one man can do if he does
right, boldly right, .emphatically right.
What if we could get this whole generation
saved! These people who are living with
US the same year and amid the same stupeu-
dous events and flying toward the future
switter than eagles to their prey. We can
| noS ctrp a hinly we.
can stop. We say, "Come now, my friend.
let US stop ard discuss this subject" but
we do not stop. The year does not stop,
the day does not stop, the hour does not
stop The year is great wheel and there
is band on that wheel that keeps it re-
volving, and as that wheel turns, it turns
three hundred and Sixty-fve smaller
wheels, which are the days. and then
each of these three hundred and sixty
| FIVE wheels turn twenty-iour smaller
wheels, which are the hours, and these
twenty-four smaller wheels turn sixty
smaller wheels. which are the minutes. and
these sixty smaller wheels turn sixty more
smaller wheels, which are the seconds and
they keep rolling, rolling, rolling, mounting,
j mounting, mounting, and switching, swift
ening. swiftening. O, God! i our genera
ton is going like that and weare going with
| them, waken us to the short but tremendous
opportunitN lconfass to you that my one
wish is TO serve this generation, not to an
sagonize it, not to damage il, not to rule it,
but to serve it. would like TO do some
thing toward helping unstrap its load, to
stop its tears. to balsam its wounds. and to
induce it to pat foot on the upward road
| that has at its terminus acclama:lon raptur-
Gus and gates peari;ne, and garlands amar-
anthine and fountains rainbowed and do
miuions enthroned aud eoroneted for | can
not forget that lullaby in the closing words
of my text: David after he had served his
own generation by the will Of God, fell on
sleep"
And what lovely secp it was! Untlial
Absalom did not trouble it. Ambitious
Adonijah did no. worry it. Prosecuting
Saul did not harrow it. Exile did not fill
it with nightmare Since red headed boy
amid his fathers tiocks at night he had not
had such a good sleep. At seventy years Of
age he lay down to it. he has had many a
troubled sleep. as in the caverns Of Aduilam
or in the palace at the time his encmieswere
attempting his capture. But this was
! peaceful Sleep cain sleep, q restful sleep.
a glorious sleep AFTER he had served
! his generation by the will of God, ne fell
! on sleep" o. what a good thing is sleep
! after hard days work! 1t takes all
! the aching out OF the head, and all the wcari-
ness out of the limbs. and all the smarting
outof the eyes. From tive rise in the morn
ing and it Is new world. Aud if we, like
David. serve our generation, we Will at
life's close have most desirable and refresh