The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-02

Sis heroes and heroines. Who are those
paupars of eternity trudging off from the
gates OF Hcavea2 Who are they The
Lord Claverhouses and the Herods and those
who had scepters, and crowns, and thrones,
but they lived Cor their own ag2randlze-
rnent, and they broke the heart OF nations.
Heroes OF earth, but paupers IN eternity.
I beat the drums Of their eternal despair.
Woel woe. woe.
But there is great excitement IN heaven.
Why those long professions? Why the
booming of that great bell in the towers IL
is coronation day in heaven.
Who are those rising on the thrones, with
crowns OF eternal royalty. They must have
been great people on the earth world
renowned people No. They taught III a
ragged school. Taught in a ragged school!
Is that aIlf That is all. Who are those
souls ,vav;an s:aotcrs Of eternal domlnlonf
WHY, thev ;.ic l:t;lo children who waited on
invalid mothers. That all: That is all. She
was called Little Mary" on earth. She IS an
empress nov. Nnoare tha. great multitude
on the Highest thrones OF heaven! " 40 arc
theys Why they fed the hungry, they clothed
the naked, t;:cy healed the sick, they coIc-
fortel the heartbroken. They never found
any rest until they put their head down on the
pillow Of the scpulcher. GOD watched them.
God laughed defiance at the enemies who
put their heels hard down on these, His dear
children; and one day The Lord struck His
hand so hard on His thigh that the omnipo-
tent sword ratified in the buckler, as He
said: Il am their God, and no weapon
formed against them shall prosper" What
harm can the world do You when the Lord
Almighty, with unsheathed sword, fights
for you.
L preach this sermon for comfort. Go
home to the place just where God has put
you, to play the hero or the heroine. Do not
envy any man his money, or his applause,
or his social position. Do not envy any
woman her wardrobe, or her exquisite ap-
pearance Be the hero or the heroine. II
there be no flour in the house, and you do
not know where your children are to get
bread, listen, and yoa will hear some
thing tapping against the window pane.
Go to the window and you will find 1t IS
the beak of raven, and open the WIN
dow and there will fly in the messenger that
fed Elijah. Do you think that the God who
grows the cotton in the South will let you
freeze for lack of clothes? Do you think
that Sod who allowed the disciples on Sun
day morning TO so into the grain-field, and
then take the grain and rubit in their hands
and eat-do you think God will let you
starvea Did you ever hear the experience
Of that old man: II have been young, and
now ] am old, yet have never seen the
righteous forsaken, or his seed begging
breada" Get up out of your encouragement.
o! troubled soul, O.! sewing woman, O.!
man kicked and cufed by unjust employers,
O.! We who are hard beset in the battle OF
life and know not which way to turn, O! you
bereft one, O.! you sick one with complaints
you have told to no one, come and get the
comfort of this subject. Listen to our great
Captains cheer: TO him that overcometh
will give to eat Of the fruit Of the tree OF
life which is in the midst Of the paradise OF
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