The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-05
OTHER DAYS LIVED OVER.
Sermon by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, D. q
He Thinks It Would be Well for All tc
Spend More Time In Reminiscence
Tho Lasting Influence Of Early
Surroundings.

The subjectof DR.. Talmage's recent sermon
at the Brooklyn Tabernacle was ''Other Days
Lived Over" and his text, Deuteronomy
viii. 2: '!Thou shalt remember all the way
which the Lord Thy GOD led thee" He said: /:
Before entering on my subject wish to
say that some newspaper correspondents,
referring to a recent sermon in which Iwel-
coined foreign nationalties to this country,
have said that advocated as desirable
thing the internarriage Of the white and
black races. never seid so, never thought
so, and any one who so u1isrepresents that
sermon is either villain or fool, perhaps
both.
But to open this mornings subject I-hsve
TO say God IN the text advises the people to
look back upon their past history. twill
do US all good to rehearse the scenes between
tbs May morning and our cradle, whether
it was rocked in country or town. A few
days ago, with my sister and brother, vis-
iited the place Of my boykood. 1t was one
of the most emotional aad absorbing days Of
my life. There stands the old house, and as
I went through the rooms said; II could
find my way here with my eyes shut, al
Though have not been here in forty years"
There was the sitting room where large
most Of them now in better world. There
was the old barn where we hunted for East
er eggs, and the place where the horses
stood. There is where the orchard was,
only three or four trees now left OF al the
grove that once bore apples, and such ap-
piles, too There Is the brook down which
I'VE rode to the watering Of the horses bare
back and with a rope halter. We also VS.
tited the cemetery where many OF our KIN
rdred are waiting for the resurrection, the
old people side by side, after a journey to,
gether Of sixty years, only about three years
between the time Of their going. There also
sleep the dear old neighSors who used to tie
their horses under the shed Of the country
meeting houseap sit at the end Of the pew,
singing 'Duke Street." and 'Balerma," and
ssAntisch." O, they were a glorious race OF
men and women who did their work well,
raised . splendid lot Of boys and girls, and
are now as to their bodies in silent neigh
borhood On earth, but as to their souls in
5ubiiant neighborhood before the throne OF
God. I feel that my journey and visit last
week did me good, and it would do you al
good, If not in person then,in thought, to re-
visit the scenes Of boyhood or girlhood.
is'Thou shaltrenember all hewsy which the
Lord thy God led thee."
Youth IS apt too much to spend all its time
in looking forward. Oldageis apt too much
TO spend all its time in looking backward.
People in mid-hfe and on the apex look both
ways. It woah be well for US, think,
however, to spend more time in reUinis-
ceace By the constitution Of our nature
we spend most Of the time looking forward,
and the vast majority Of this audience live
not 80 much IN the present as in the future
7 End that you mean to make a reputation,
you mean to}essablish yourself, and the ad-
vsatages yo4 expect to achieve absorb
great deal of your time. But see no harm
in this If it does not make you discontenteS,