The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-22

anu S aS0lNSIoll, W lSuIuS 'ou- SoAEo s''AN
Mr.. Tilden was elected; others said Mr..
Hayes was elected; and how near we
came to universal massacre soma OF Us
guessed, bat God only knew | aScrlbe
our escape not to the honesty and right
eousness of infuriased politicians. but |
ascribe it to the upper forces OF the text
Chariots OF mercy rollel in. and though
was not seen yet all through the noun
tains of the north and the south and the
east and the west though the hoots d!d
not cla,tcr, the cavalry Of God galloped
by. tel! you God is the friead of this ma
ton. In the awful excitement at the mas
sacre of Lincoln, when there was pros
pect that greater slaughter would open
upon this nation. God hushed the tempest.
In the awful excitement at the time OF
Garfeld's assassination, God put his foot
on the neck OF the cyclone.
To prove that God is on the side Of this
nation. l argue from the last eight or nine
great national harvests, and from the
national health of the last quarter of a
century, opidemics very exceptional, and
from the great revivals Of religion. and
from the spreading Of the Church Of God
aud from the continent blossoming with
asylums aad reformatory institutions, and
from an Edeuization which promises that
this whole land is 10 be paradise where
God shall walk III the cool Of the day.
If in other sermons showed you what
was the evil that threatened 10 upset and
demolish American institutions, am en-
couraged more than l can tell you as l see
the regiments wheeling down the sky, AMI
.ny jeremiads turn into doxo. oGies, AMI
that which was the Good Friday OF the ma
tion's crucifixion becomes the Easter morn
of its resurrection. OF course God works
through human inStlumentalltles, and
this national bettermen. is 20 come among
other things though a scrutinizei ballot
box. BY the law of registration it ls almost
inposs bls now 10 have Illegal voting.
There was O time-you ana l rem anbe er 1t
wel.-when droves of vagahonds wandered
up and down on election day and from
poll TO poll, and vo;ei hsre, ana vo.ed
there, an voted everywhere, and taer.
was no cha la--==s -. 2z i I..cs we1-s----
-sm60NSed to nothing, Cecause nothing
coald SO suddenly be proved upon :he Tag-
abonds Now, in every we'll organized
neighborhood, every ro er is watched with
severess scrutiny. mist tell the regis
trar my name, and how old am and how
long have resided in thu State, and how
long I have resided in the ward, or the
township, end if l misrepresent fifty wit
nesses will rise and shut ne out from the
ballot box. Is not that a great advance! And
then notice the law that prohibits man
voting if he has bet on tn, election. A step
further needs to be taken, and that man
forbidden vote who has offered or takena
bribe whether it be in the shape Of free
drink, or cash paid down, the su piciouS
cases obliged to put their hand ca :he BIZ
bic and swear their vote in if they vote at
all. So through the sacred chest Of our
nations suffrage, redemptiol-E:s E:slta coEss-
God also will save t>f.s- nation through
an aroused mo>& sentiment. There has
never been 20 much discussion Of morals
and imuy5rals. Men, whether or not they
acknonTISlse what is right have to think
uSst is rSght We haze men who have
had their hands in the public treasury the
the most of Aheir lEetm stealing oil they
cauld Law treir hands on, d:scoursing
eloouentiv about dishonesty in public
servants and ,msn with two or three
families of their own, preaching elo-
onanf,v abont ths beauties of the seventh
co-,msndment The question Of sobriety
ond drrrta,,asei is thrust in the face Of this
:, t;on q never before, and to take part
i,, o,,r no,itical contests. The question Of
nationa, sobrifty is going to be respect
fu,lv and deses:en tally heard at the bar OF
averv-5szssg;islature and every House Of Rep
rssen:tatives and every United States Sem
eta Ind en- omnipo ent voice will ring
down the sky and across this land and
Lack again, saying to these rising tides OF
drunkenness which threaten to whelm
aonae and church and nation: Thus far
shalt. thou come, but no further, and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed"
Ihave not in my mind shadow Of dis
l,eartenment as large as the shadow Of a
housefly's wing. My faith is in the upper
forces, the upper armies Of the text GoI
is not dead. The chariots are not I'M
wheeled. II you would only pray more
and wash your eyes in the cool. bright
water fresh from the we'll of Christian re-
form, it would be said Of you, as Of this
one Of the text: 'sThe Lord opened the
=sxes Of thaEonngssasaa=sa. sssa=a., saw: and,
behold, the mountain was full OF horses
and chariots of FIRE round about Elisha"
When the army Of Antigonus went into
battle his soldiers We're very much dis.
courayed and th,y rushed up to the gem
eral and said to him: "D,n't you see we
have'a few forces AID they have 50 many
! more?" and the soldiers were afrighted
at the smallness of their number and ths
| greatness Of the enemy. Antigonus, their
commander, st, aightened mself up and
said, with indignation and vehemence:
| GLOW many DO you reckon me to bes'
I And when we see the vast armies arrayed
against the cause Of sobriety it may some
time be very discouraging, tut l ask you
in makiugup you. estir ate Of the forces
| Of righseousn ,ss-I asl .yo how many do
tyou reckon tue Lord Goi Almighty to bee
| He is our commander. The Lord Of Hosts
is his nams. l kavs the b,st authority
for saying that the char.ols OF God ars
twenty III housanl, and the mountains are
Sull of them.
Xou will take. wi hout my saying 1t
,hst my only faith is in Christianity and
in Sbe upper forces Suggested in the text
Political parties come and go and they
may be right and th,y may be wrong;
butGod lives aud I think ne had ordained
this ntat;on for career Of prosperity that
No de nagog ssm will be able to halt lex
nact tS live to see politica! party which
VII have platform of two :anks-the
Ten commandments ana the Sermon on
tba Mount When that party is formed it
;,,;I, ,Aeep across this lana like a tornado
was pSing to say, but when think It is
NOT TO bs\dsvaststioa bet resuscitasion,
.henea The figure and say, such party as
,b,t Will sweep across this. land like spic'
ya,es from Heaven.
Have Won amy doubt Of the need OF the
christian rehgion to purify and make dc.