The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06

All. that is good land. Why, they
tell me that in that land they never
| have heartache They tell me that a
man might walk five hundred years in
that land and never see a tear or hear
Sigh. They tell me that our friends who
have left US and gone there, their feet
are radiant as the sun. and that they
take hold of the hand of Jesus ia
miliarly. and that they open that hand
and see in the palm Of it a healed wound
that must have been very cruel before
it was healed. And they tell that there
is no winter there and that they never
ret hungry or cold, and that the sewing
girl never wades through the snow bank
to her daily toll. and the clock never
strikes twelve for the night, but only
twelve FOR the day.
Sec that light in the window. I won
der who set it there. oh" you say, ''my
fatkar who went into glory must have
set that light in the window" No: guess
again. My mother. who died fifteen
wears ago in Jesus. l think must have
set that light there" No: guess again.
You say: My darling little child that
Last summer put away for the resur-
rection. think She must have set the
light there in the window" No: guess
aSain. Jesus set it there: and He will
keep it burning until the day we put
cur finger on the latch of the door and
90 in to be at home forever. Oh! when
my sight gets black in death, put on my
eyelids that sweet ointment. When III
the last WEAKNESS l can not take an
=, ..4a t,,St hnl me
that doorSill When my ear catches no
more the voices of wife and child, let
me 90 right in. to have my deafness
cured by the stroke of the harpers,
whose fingers flv over the strings with
the anthems Of the free.
Heaven never burns down. The fires
OF the last day. that are already kindled
in the heart of the earth, but are hidden
because God keeps down the matches
those internal fires will after a while
break through the crust. and the plains.
aud the mountains and the seas will be
consumed, and the flames will fling their
long arms into the skies: but all the
terrors of burning world will do no
more harm to that heavenly temple than
the fires Of the setting sun which kindle
up the window glass of the house on
wonder hill top. o, blessed land! But
do not want to 60 there until l see the
F! Brooklyn Tabernacle rebuilt. You say,
ssWill it be?' You might as wcll ask me
if the sun will rise tomorrow morning,
or if the next spring will put garlands
on its head. You and ! may not do it
YOU and l may not live to see it; but the
Church of God does not stand on two legs
nor on thousand legs.
EDu. did tho ISrac1itS tret thrOQph the
Red Sea? I suppose somebody may have
gone and said: ''There IS no need Of try
ing; you will get your feet wet; you will
spoil your clothes; you will drown your
selves. Whoever heard of getting
through such q sea as that? How did
they get through it? Did they 60 back?
No. Did they 60 to the right? No. Did
they GO to the left? No. They went
forward in the strength of the Lord AL
mighty: and that is the way we nlean to
get through the Red Sea. BY going
forward. But, says some one: IF we
shelld build larger church, would YOU
be able with your voice to fill it?' Why;
have been wearing myself out for the
lost sixteen years in trying TO keep my
voice in. Give me room where | can
preach the glorics OF Christ and the
grandeurs of Heaven.
Forward We have to march on.
lre4...,:Nr down all bridges behind us,
making retreat impossible. Throw away
YOUR knapsack if it imPedes your march.
Keep your sword arm free. Strike for
Christ and his kingdom while you may.
No people ever had a better mission than
YOU are sent on. Prove yourselves
worthy. If I am not fit to be your leader.
N1a l,,.S uh n
earth that can think Of is country
parsonage amidst TIC mountains. But
am not afraid to lead You. / have some
dollars: they are at YOUR disposal. have
good physical health: it is yours as long
as it lasts. | have enthusiasm of soul;
will not keepit back from your service.
| have some faith in God. and shall dl-
rect it toward the rebuilding Of our new
spiritual house. Come on, then. Will
lead you.
Come on. We aged men. not yet passed
over Jordan. Give us one more lift be-
fore YOU go into the promised land.
You men in middle life, harness all your
business faculties to this enterprise.
Young man, put the fire of your
soul into this work. Let women
consecrate their perSuaSiyeneSs and
perSlS GellCS w eiiIS Na"SN> eiAo ~ =
will be preparing benedictions for
| their dying hour and everlasting re-
wards; and if Satan really did burn
that Tabernacle down. as some people
say he did, he will find it the poorest
job he ever undertook.
Goodbye, old Tabernacle. ! put my
fingers to my lip and throw q kiss to the
departed church. In the last day may
| we be able to meet the songs there sung,
and the prayers there offered. and the
sermons there preached. Goodbye, old
place where some of us first felt the
gospel peace, and others heard the last
| message ere they fed away into the
skies! Goodbye, Brooklyn Tabernacle
of 1878! But welcome our new church.
q see it as plainly as though it were
already builtD Your gates wide-, your
songs more triumphant. yolr lngather-
| inys more glorious. Rise out of the
ashes and greet our waiting vision!
Burst on our souls, oh day Of our
church's resurrection! BY your altars
may we be prepared for the hour when
the fire shall try every mans work OF
what sort it IS Welcome, Brooklyn
Tabernacle of 1S9O
| No thoroughly ly-occupicd m;n was
ever yet very miserable.-Landon.
He Rode in Style.