The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-27

Carolina after most useful life, found his
last day on earth his happiest day, and that
in his last moments he seemed to be. per-
sonally talking with Christ, as friend with
friend, saying: 10, how delightful. it IS.
knew you would De with me when the
time came, and knew it would be sweet
butI did not know it would be as sweet
as it is.n The fact was he had served his
generation in the Gospel ministry, and by
I the will Of God he fell on sleep When in
Africa Majawara, the servant, looked
into the tent of David Livingstone
and found him on his knees, ae stepped
| back, not wishing to disturb him in prayer;
and some time after went in and found him
in the same posture and stepped back again,
but after while went in and touched him,
and 10! the great traveller had finished his
last journey, and he had died III the grandest
and mightiest posture man ever takes-on
his knees. He had served his generation by
unrolliug the scroll Of a continent, and by
the viii of God fell on sleep. Grimshaw,
the evangelist, when asked how be felt in
his last momeats, responded: "As happy
as can be on on earth. and as sure OF glory
as il were in it. have nothing to do but
to step out of this bed into Heaven Hav-
ing served his generation in successful
evangelism, by the will Of God, he fell on
sleep.
In the museum OF Greenwich Hospital
England, there is a fragment Of book that
was found in the Arctic regions amid the
relics of Sir John Franklin, vino had per-
ished amid the snow and ice, and the leaf of
that piece of book was turned down at the
words, "When thou passest through the
waters I will be with thee.n Having served
his generation in the cause Of science and
discovery, by the will OF God he fell on sleep.
Why will you keep US all 50 nervous talk,
ing about that which is only o dormltory
and pillowed slumber, canopied by angels
wingsa Sleep! Transporting sleep! And
what glorious awakening! You and have
sometimes been thoroughly bewildered after
long and fatiguiag journey; we have
stopped at friends house for the night.
and after hours Of complete uncon-
! sciousness we have opened our eyes, the
high risen sun full in our faces, and. be-.
fore we could fully collect our faculties,
have said: "Where am l, whose house is
this, and whose are these gardensW And
then it has flashedsupon US in glad reality.
And should not wonder If, after we have
served our generation and. by the will Of
God, have fallen On sleep, the deep sleep, the
restful sleep, we should awake in bhssful
bewilderment and for a little while say:
| tsWhere am n Wha: place is thisf Who
hung this uphols sterya What fountains are
these tossing in the lighta Why, this looks
like Heaven tis. It IS. Why, there is
building grander than all the castles OF
earth heaved into mountain OF splendor,
that must be the palace Of Jesus. And,
look there, at those walks lined with q
foliage more beautiful than any thing ever
saw before, and see those who are walking
down these aisles of verdure. From what
have heard Of them, those two arm in arm
must be Moses and Joshua, him Of Mount
Sinai and him of the halting sun over
Aialon. And those two walking arm in
arm must be John and Paul, the one so
gentle and the other so mighty. And those
two with the robes as brilliant as though
made out of the cooled off flames Of martyr.
dom, must be John Huss and Hugh Latimer.
But / must not look any longer at those
gardens Of beauty, but examine this building
In which have just awakened. look out
Of the window, this way and that, and up
and down, and find it is mansion Of i'm
mense size In which I am stopping All its
windows Of agate and It's colonnades OF
porphyry and alabaster. Why, wonder If
this is not the house Of "many mansions"
of which used to reads 1t is it is. There
must be many of my kindred and friends in
this very mansion. Hark! whose are those
voices, whose are those bounding feetl l
open the door and see, and 10! they are
coming through all the corridors and up and
down all the stairs, our long absent kim
cred. Why, there is father, there is mother,
there are the children. All well again.
All young again. All OF US together again.
And as we embrace each other with the
cry, Mover more to partl Never more
to partn, the arches, the alcoves, the hall
ways echo and re-echo the words, Never
more to part Never more to part" Then
our glortied friends say: Come out with
US and see Heaven" And, some Of them
bounding ahead of US and some Of them skip
ping beside US, we start down the ivory
stairway. And we meet, coming up, one OF
the kings of ancient Israel, somewhat small!
of stature but having q countenance radiant
with thousand victories. And as all are
making obeisance to this great one OF
Heaven cry out, "Who is he!n and the
answer comes: ''This is the greatest Of all
the kings of Israel. 1t is David, who after
he had served his generation by the will of
God, fell on Sleep"