The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02

temptations of the street. o how many
have gone down under the pressure, leav-
ing not so much as the patch Of canvass 10
tell where they perished: They never had
any peace. Their dishoneStles kept tolllnS
in their ears If had an ak, and could
split open the beams Of that fine house,
perhaps would find in the very heart of it
8 skeleton In his very best wine there is
smack of the poor mans sweat. 0, is it
strange that when man has devoured
widows houses he is disturbed with indi-
gestions All the forces Of nature are
against him. The foods are ready to drown
him, and the earthquake to swallow him,
and the fires to consume him, and the
lightniags to smite him. But the children
of God are on every street, and IN the DAY
when the crowns of Heaven are distributed,
some of the brightest will be given to those
men who were faithful to God and faithful
to the souls of others amid the marts OF
business, proving themselves the heroes OF
the street. Mighty We're their temptations,
mighty was their deliverence, and mighty
shall be their triumph.
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that life is full of pretensions and
sham. What subterfuge, what double
dealing, what two-facedness! Do all the
people who wish you good morning really
hope for you happy day? DO all the peo'
pie who shake hands love each other: Are
all those anxious about Your health who in
ouire concerning it! Do all want to see YOU
who ask YOU to call? Does all the world
know half as much as it pretends TO knog9
Is there not many wretched stock Of goods
with brilliant show window! Passing up
and down these streets to your business and
your work, are you not impressed with the
fact that much of society is hollow, and
that there are subterfuges and pretensionsi
Oh how many there are who swaSser and
strut, and how few people who are natural
and walk. While fops simper, and fools
chuckle, and simpletons giggle, how few
people are natural and laugh. The courtesan
and the ibertine go down the street III
beautiful apparel, while within the heart
there are volcanoes Of passion consuming
their life away. ! say these things not to
create in you incredulity and misanthropy,
nor do ! forget there are thousands OF peo-
pie great deal better than they seem; but
Go 1.oc think any man is prepared Tor the
conflict Of this life until he knows this par
ticular peril. Ehud comes pretending 10
pay his tax to King Eglon, and while he
stands in front Of the King, stabbs him
through with dagger until the haft went
in after the blade. Judas Iscariot kissed
Christ
Again, the street impresses me with the
fact that it is great field for Christian
charity. There are hunger and suffering.
and want and wretchedness in the country.
but these evils chiefly congregate IN our
great cities. On every street crime proWls,
and drunkenness staggers, and shame
winks. and pauperism thrusts out its hand
asking for aims. Here want is most squalid
and hunger is most lean. A Christian man,
going along q street in New York, saw
poor lad and he stopped ane sad: NY
boy, do YOU know how to read and write.
The boy made no answer. The mar asked
the question twice and thrice: Can you
read and writer and then the boy answered
with Sear FLASHING on the back OF his hand:
, He said in defiance: mo, sir: can't read
or write, neither. God, sir, don't want me
to read and write. Didn't He take away my
father so long ago never rememberto to have
seen him? and haven't had to go along the
street to get something to fetch home to eat
for the folks? and didn't I, as soon as
could carry basket, have to 60 out ana
pick up cinderS, and never have no School-
ing, sir? God don't want me to read, sir. l
can't read nor write neither" o, those,poor
wanderers! They have no chance. Born
in degradation, as they get up from their
hands and knees to walk, they take their
FIRST step on the road to despair. Let US so
forth in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
to rescue them Ifyou are not willing to 90
forth yourself, then give Of Your means;
and if you are too lazy to 60, and if you are
too stingy to help, then get out of the way
and hide yourselves in the dens and caves
Of the earth, lest, when Chrirt's chariot
comes along, the horses hoofs trample you
into the mire. Beware lest the thousands
of the destitute of your city, in the last
great day rise up and curse your stupidity
and your neglect. One cold winters day,
as christian man was going along the
Battery in New York, he saw little gIrl
seated at the gate, shivering with the cold.
He said to her: "My child, what do You sit
there for, this cold day!" ''O," she re-
piled, 81 am waiting-I am waiting for
somebody to come and take care OF me-"
"Why," said the man, "what makes You
think somebody will come and take care of
you?" 60" she said, my mother died last
week and was crying very much, and she
said: Don't cry, my dear; though am
send somebody to take care Of YOU Ny
mother never told lie: she said some one
would come and take care of me, and am
waiting for them to come" y, yes, they
are waiting for you. Men of great hearts,
gather them in, gather them in. 1t is not
the will of your Heavenly Father that one
of these little ones should perish.
Lastly, the street impresses me with the
fact that all the people are looking forward.
see expectancy written on almost every
face meet between here and Brooklyn
bridge, or walking the whole length Of
Broadway. Where you lind a thousand
people walking straight on, you only ind
uuv n.au otVpp.ne aud ivviIs.IS ss-e... The
fact is, God made US all to look ahead be-
cause we were immortal. In this tramp OF
the multitude on the streets : hear the
tramp Of great host, marching ~ march
ing for eternity. Beyond the Office, the
store, the shop, the street, there.is world.
populous and tremendous. Through Gods
grace may you reach that blessed place. \
great throng fills those boulevards, and the
streets are a-ruSh with the chariots OF con-
ouerors. The inhabitants go up aud down,
but they never weep and they never toll.
A river flows through the city, with
rounded and luxurious banks, and trees
of life laden with everlasting fruitage bend
their branches to dip the crystal No
for they are never sick. With immortal
health glowing il every vein they know not
how to die. Those towers of strength, those
palaces of beauty, gleam in the light OF a
sun that never sets. 0. Heaven, beautiful
Heaven! Heaven where our friends are
They take no census in that city, for 1t IS
inhabited by "a multitude which no man
can number" Rank above rank. Host
above host. Gallery above gallery, sweep
ing all around the heavens Thousands of
thousands. Millions of. millions. Blessed
are they who enter in through the gate into
that city. Oh! start for it to-day. Through
the blood of the great sacrifice of the Son
Of God, take up your march to Heaven.
"The Spirit and the Bride say come, and
whosoever will, let him come, and take Of
the water of life freely" Join this great
throng marching heavenward. All the
doors Of invitation are open. And l saw
twelve gates, and therewere twelve pearls
Bernhardt's Widows Weeds.