The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06


came Christian, and he after first having
heen outraeeously dissipated. The other
fiye families that regarded the Sabbath
were all prospered. Eight or ten Of the
children are consistent members OF the
church. Some Of them became officers in
the church; one is q minister Of the Gospel;
one is a missionary to China No poverty
among any of them. The homestead is now
in the hands of the third generation. Those
who have died have died in the peace OF the
Gospel. o, is there nothing IN housenolo
that remembers Gods holy day! Can II DC
possible that those who disregard TINS holy
commandment can be prospered for this NE
or have any good hope OF the lie tna1 Is 70
conel
Again, we ought to have In the Saooa1n
the 10Y Of Christian assemblage. Where
are all those people going on the Saboathf Z
You see them moving up and down the
street. Is it festal day9 people might ask.
Has there been somo public edict command
ing the people to come forth' NO. 1ney are
ouly worshipers Of God who are going to
their places Of religious service. ID VIVA!
delicate scale shall weigh the JOY OF
Christian convocatiou4 1t gives brightness
to the eve, and flush to the cheek; and a
pressure to the hand, and thrill to the
heart You see the aged man tosserlng
along on his staff through the aisle. You
see the little child led by the hand OF Its
mother. You look around and reJolce tnal
this is Gods day, and this the communion
Of saints. lone Lord, one faith, one oap-
tisu." Some familiar tune sets all the
soul e-ouiver and a-quake with rapture.
We plunge into some old hymn, and all our
cares and anxieties are bathed Oh. The
glorious Gospel transports US, the SPIRIT
descends, Jesus appears, and we 1eel the
bounding, spreading, electric Joy OF Chrls.
tian corvocation. look upon the Church OF
God as one vast hosanna. Joy dripping
from the baptisnal font, Joy glowing in the
sacramentsl cup, Joy warbling IN the
anthem, Joy beating against the gate OF
Heaven with halleiujah like the voice OF
mighty thunderings. Beautiful for situa.
tioul The 10Y OF the whole earth is Mount
Zion. It Is the day and the place where
Christ reviews his tro ops, bringing them
out in companies and regiments and bat
sal;ons riding along the line examining the
batue-torn flags Of past combat, and cheer
ing them on to future victories y, the
Joy Of Christian assemblage!
/ remark, also, we are to have In this day
the 10y Of eternal Sabbatism. do not oe-
lieye it possible for any Christian to spend
the Lords day here without thinking OF
Heaven. There is something in the gather
ing OF people in church on earth to maze
one think Of the rapt assemblsge OF the
sk!es Thers is something in the song OF
the Christian church 70 make one think OF
the seng Of the elders before the throne
the harpists and the trumpeters OF GOD &C
oompauying the harmony. The light OF q
better Sabbath gilds the top OF this, ano
earth and He aven come within speaking
distance Of esch other, the song OF triumph
waving backward and forward, now tossed
I'D by the church Of earth, now sent back
by the church Of Heaven.
.-Day OF ST. the week The best
Emblem OF eternal rest"
The Christian man stands radiant in Its
light. His bereft heart reioices at the
thought of country where there is neither
coffin nor graves; and his weary body
glows Ct the idea Of land where there are
no burdens to carry, and no exhaustive
Journeys to take. BE eats the ra?es OF
E.hcol. He stands upon the mncatain TOP
and look, of upon the promised land. He
hears the call Of tho eternal towers, snd
the tramp Of the numberless multitude with
sins forgiven. This is the day which the
Lord hath made. Let US rejoice and be glad
in it. O, We who have b cen hunting for Sun.
day pleasures in the streets, and on the river
bank, and in the houses OF sin, commend
to you this holy service! do not invite you
to swallow q great bitterness or to carry a
heavy yoke, but invite you to feel in body
mind and soul the thrill Of JOY which Coo
has handed down in the chslices Of the gold.
en- Sabbath.
With what rcvulsion and with what pity
we must look out on that large class OF per.
sons in our day who would throw discredii
upon the Lords day. There are two things
which Christian people ought never to give
up; the one is the Bible and the other Is the
Sabbath. Take away one and you take both.
Take either aud farewell to Christianity ic
this country; farewell to our civil and re.
ligious liberties.
When they go, all 60. Ee who has ever
spent Sunday in Paris, or Antwerp, OF
Rome, i he b. an intelligent Christian, will
pray GOD that the day will never come when
the Sabbath Of continental Europe shall pat
its foot upon our shores. had friend in
Syracuse who lived to be one hundred years
Of age. lie said to me in his ninety-nirtl:
year: Il went across the mountains ir the
early history Of this country. Sabbath
morning came. We were beyond the reach
OF civilization. Ny comrades were all going
out for an excursion. I ssid: No, Won
go; it is Sunday Why, they laughed They
said: We haven't any Sunday here .,
yes said, you have. brought it with
me over the mountains.
There are two or three ways in which we
can war against Sabbath breaking usages 70
this day: a2j :he first thing IS to get ouI
children upon this subject, and teach then!
that the Sabbath day is the holicst OF ell
the days, and the best and the giaddest
Unless you teach your child under tbs
paternal roof to keep the Lords day, there
are nine hundred aud ninety chances out OF
a thousand it will never learn 20 keep the
Sabbath You may think to shirR resronsi.
bility IL the matter and send your child tc
Sabbath-school ard the House OF God; that
will not relieve you. ! want TO tell you in
the name Of Christ, my Maker and my
Judge, that your example will be more po-
tential than any instruction they get else
where, and if you disregard the Lords day
yourself, or in anywise throw contempt
upon it. you are blasting your children
with an infinite curse. 1t is rough truth
know, told in rough way, but it is God IS
truth, nevertheless Your child may so or
to seventy or eighty years Of age, but that
child will never get over the awful disad.
vantage OF having had a Sabbath-breaklng
father or Sabbath breaking mother. 1t is
the Joy OF. many OF US that we can look
back to an early home where God was
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day Of great conservation and JOY. We
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