The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-04

all nlUt.cN CNcHllencE: the coming again
Of 2 long absent Jesus to meet US-not
in rags and in panury and in death. but
a0idsta light and oo?1pand outbursting
ioy such as none but TloriGoG intelli-
genco could experience. 0, TO |aZe full
upon tho brow that was laccratcd, upon
the side that was pierced. Upon the feet
that were nailed: to stand close up in
the presence Of Him who prayed for US
on the mountain. and thought Of US by
the sea. ;:nd a~onizcd Cor us in the gar
den. and died Tor US il horrible crrciiX-
ion; to feel OF Him, to embrace Him, to
take His hand. TO kiss His feet, to run
our fingers along the scars OF ancient
suffering. to say: This is my Jesus.
lie gave Himself for me. I shall never
leave His presence. I shall forever be-
holI His Glory. I shall etcrnally hear
His voice. Lord .!csus. now see Thee!
I behold where the blood started, whore
the teaSs courSed, where the face was
distorted have waited for this hou~.
7 shall never turn my back on Thee. no
more locking through Imperfect glasses.
No more studying Thee in the darkness.
But as long as this throne stands, and
this everlasting river flows, ard those
| garlands bloom, ard those arches OF VIC
tory remain to greet homo Heavens
conouerors. so long I shall see Thee,
Jesus Of my choice, Jesus OF my song,
Jesus OF my triunph-forever and for
! eyer-face to lace.
The idea of my texts is just as true
when applied to Gods providence. Who
has not come to some paths in life thor
ouglv inexplicabie? lon say. "'fh;ss
docs this mcan9 What is God going to
do with me now? he teEs me thai all
things work togethe1' for good. Ihls
does not look like it." You continue to
STUDY the 6ispensation, and after awhile
guess about what God means. lie
means to teach me this. l thin! lie
means to teach ne that. Perhaps it's
| to humble my pride. Perhaps II is 20
make me feel more dependent. Per.
| haps 20 teach me the uncertainty Of
life Eat, after all. it is only: guess
a looking through the glass, carkly.
| The Bible assures US there shall be
satisfactory unfolding. ''What I 90
| thou knowest not now, but thou
shalt know hereafter" You will know
why God took to Himself that only
| child. Next door there was . house
hold Of seven children. Why not take
| one from that group instead OF your
! onlv onea W'hy single ont the dwelling
in which there was only one heart beat
inr responsive to yours? Why did God
give You q child at all If He meant to
take it away? Why fill the cup of your
cladness brimming If He meant to dash
it down? Why allow all the tendrllS OF
your heart to wind around that object,
and then, when every fiber Of your own
| life seemed to be interlocbed with the
| childs life. with strong hand to tear you
apart, until YOU fall bleeding and
crushed. YOUR dwelling desoiate, your
hopes blasted. your heart broken? DO
YOU suppose that God will explain that?
Yes. lie will mako it palmer than any
mathematical pro5lenl-as plain as that
| two and two make four. IN the light OF
the throne you viii see that it was right
all right. ''.!uSt and true arc all thy
wavs, thou kin" Of saints" Here is a
man who can not get on in the world.
He always seems 70 buy at the wrong
time and sells at the worstdiSadvantage.
lie tries this enterprise. and fails: that
I! business, ard is disappointed. The man
next door TO him has {; lucrative
trade. but he lacks customers. y new
prospect opens. His ipcoyne IS increased.
| But that rear his family is sick: and the
| profits are expended n trying 10 cure
| the ailments. lie gets 4 discouraged
look. Becomes faithicsS rs 20 success.
Begins to expect disasters. Others wait
for something to turn up: he waits for II
to turn down Others, with only half as
much education and character, get on
twice as well. Tc sometimes gUeSseS as
to what it all means. He says: Pc
| haps riches would spoil me. Perhaps
\ -.\i i-nn~> IlIa
! PERHAPS might. if things were other
wise, be tempted into dissipation, But
there is 10 com plete solution of the myS-
terry. He sees through glass darlily,
and must wait for 4 higher unfolding.
Will there be an explanation? Yes: God
will take that man in the light Of the
sassSc hid i,:7r>e--ee;lt Inner IA, hear
the explanation! You remember the
! failing Of that great enterprise. Thisis
the explanation And You will answer:
s:It is al right
Isec, every day, profound mysteries
OF Providence. There is no question We
ask oftener than Why? There are hun
6reds Of graves that need to be ex-
planned. Hospitals for the blind and
lame, asylums for the idiotic and insane,
alnshouscS for the destitute, and 4 world
Of pain and misfortune that demand
more than human solution. All! God
will clear it all up. In the light that
pours from the throne no dark mystery
can live. Things now utterly inscruta-
bic will be illumined as plainly as
| though the answer were written on the
! Jasper wall or sounded in the temple
anthem. Bartimcps will thank God
that he was blind: and Lazarus that he
was covered with sores, and Joseph
! that he was cast into the pit; and
| Daniel that he denned with lions; and
! Paul that he was humpbacAcd; and Da-
| vid that he was driven from Jerusalem;
and the sewing woman that she could
| get only q few pence for making q gar
meot; and that invalid that for twenty
years he could not lift his head from the
! pillow; and that widow that she had such
| hard work to caSn bread for her cbi+-
F.. 6ren. You know that in Z song different
voices carry different parts. The sweet
and overwhelming part OF the hallelujah
of Heaven will not be carried by those
who rode in high places, and gave
sumptuous entertainments: but pauper
children will sing it, teggars will sing
1t, redeemed hod carriers will sing 1t,
those who were once the of?scouring Of
earth will sing it. The hallelujah will
ho all the grander for earth's weeping
eyes, md aching heads, and exhausted
hands, and scourged backs, ard mar
tyred agonies.
Again: The thought Of my text is
true when applied to the enjoyment OF
the righteous in Heaven. think we
have but little idea Of the number Of
righteous in Heaven. lnidels say:
:t'Your heaven will be 4 very small place
compared with the world OF the lost;
for, according to your teaching, the ma
| jority Of men will be destroyed" deny
the charge. suppose that the multi
| tUdc OF tho fnallN lost. as comnared with