The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-15
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L:,.yn IRON. this subject what 4
bcaHt;f&; tl.::lS it is vvhei, social pos!
ton ard wealth surrender themselves
10 God. When religion comes TO q
r.cichborhccd, the frs: to receive il
are the women. Some men say it Is
because they are weak minded. l say
il IS because they have quicker per
cention OF what is right, more ardent
affection and capacity for sublin2sr
emotion. After the women have re
ceived the Gospel then all the dis
t~ssed and the poor OF both SEXES,
those who have no friends, accept
Jesus. Las. of ali come the greatly
prospeced. Alas that it is SC.
If there ere those who have been IA
yoreG OF fortune, or. as [ might better
pur it. favored OF God, surrender all
vou have and ali YOU expect to be tc
the Lord who blessed this queen OF
Sheba. Certainly you are not ashamed
TO be found in this queens company.
am glad that Christ has had his i'm
neriai friends in all ages-El;Zabeth
Christina, queen OF Prussia; Maria
Fecdo-ovna, queen Of Russia; Marie,
empress OF France; Helena, the i'm
perial mother of Constantine; Area
dia. from her great fortunes building
public baths IN Constantinople and
toilinr for the allcviation OF the
masses; Queen Clotilda, leading her
husband and three thousand OF his
armed warriors to Christian baptism
Elizabeth OF Burgundy, giving her
ieweied glove to q beggar, and scat
terinc great fortunes among the dis
tresSed; Prince Albert, singing Rock
OF Ages" III Windsor Castle, and
Queen Victoria, incogsita, reading the
Scriptures to a dying pauper.
l bless God that the day IS coming 6
when ROYALTY viii bring all its thrones,
and music all its harmonies, and
painting all its pictures, and sculpture
ali It's statuarv, and architecture all
It's pillars, and conquest all its scepters,
and the queens Of the earth, In long
line of advance, frankincense filing
the air and the camels laden with gold,
shall approach Jerusalem, and the
gates shall be hoisted, and the great
burden Of splendor shall be lifted into
the palace Of this greater than Solo
mon.
Again, ny subject teaches me what
is earnestness in the search of truth.
Do you know where Sheba was2 II
was in AbysSinia, or some say IN the
southern part of Arabia Felix ID
either case it was a great way off from
Jerusalem. To get from there to Jeru-
salem she had to cross country IN,
tested with bandits, and 60 across bis,
terine deserts. Why did not the
queen of Sheba stay at home and send
a committee to inquire about this new
religion, and have the delegates report
in regard to that religion and wealth
of King Solomon2 She wanted to see
for herself, and hear for herself. She
could not do this by work Of commit,
tee. She felt she had soul worth ten
thousand kingdoms like Sheba and
she wanted robe richer than any
woven by Oriental shuttles and she
wanted crown set with the jewels OF
eternity. Bring out the canels Put
on the spices. Gather up the jewels
OF the throne and put them on the
caravan. Start now; no time to be
lost. Goad on the canelS When !
see that caravan, dust covered, weary
and exhausted, t-udging on across the
desert and among the bandits until It
reaches Jerusalem, say: There issn
earnest seeker after the truth.
Sick EARNESTLY FOR TIE TRCTE.
Bu. there are great many who do
not act in that way. They all want to
get the truth, but they want the truth
to come to, thea; they de not want to
goto i: There are people who fold
their arms and say: = an ready to
become Christian at any time; if
am to be saved l shall be saved, and Ii
am to be lost l shall be lost. But
Jerusalem will never come to you
you must go to Jerusalem. The re-
igion of the Lord Jesus Christ will
not como to YOU; you must go and get
religion. Bring out the canels; put
on all the sweet spices, all the treas
ures of the hearts affection. Start for
the throne. Coin and hear the waters
of salvation 6ashing in fountains all
around about the throne. Sit down at
the banquet-the wine pressed from
the grapes OF the heavenly Eshcol, the
angels of COD the cup bearers. Goad
on the ca,nels. The Bible declares it.:
The queen OF the south"-that Is,
this very woman am speaking Of
''the queen Of the south shall rise up
in Judgment against this generation
and condemn it; for she came from
the uttermost parts Of the earth to hear
the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold !!
greater than Solomon is here. :"
What infatuation the sitting down in
idleness expecting to be saved. 'Strive
to enter IN at the strait gate Ask
and it shall h- given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened to YOU" Take the kingdom
of heaven by violence. Urge on the
canels!
Again, my subject impresses me
with the fact that religion is sur
prise to any one that gets it. This
story OF the new religion in Jerusa-
lem, and OF the glory Of Esing Solo
mon, who was type Of Christ-that
story rolled on and on, and was told
by every traveller coming back from
Jerusalem The news goes on the
wing Of every ship and with every
caravan, and you know story en-
larges as it is retold, and by the time
that story gets down int5 the southern
part of Arabia Felix, and the queen
Of Sheba hears it, it must be tremen-
dous story. And yet this queen de-
clares in regard to it although she
had heard so much and had her antici
pations raised so high, the haf-the
half was not told her.
50 religion is always surprise to
any one that gets It The story Of
grace-an Old story. Apostles preach
ed it with rattle OF chain; martyrs de-
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