The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-21

IS TREATED IN The TABERNACLE
PULPIT.
The ::er. Dr. =. Dewitt Tai'4age breaches
o:, !ho Ascension otOrg Lord Fr",l TIE
A:nrLt OF HliTrS.

o., !he isceu>lon otOrs Lord Fr",:l III
3:ouIt OF Olives.
After reading appropriate passage:
OF Scripture, and tie usu;,! prayers
an / .,:,s:c.i exercises. DR.. IalGi: x
preached the following sermon, ;:
tie .Ac2>.,,:l,y 9; ilsit, Sunday 1noln.
ic,. rom the words. Lit up you
heads. Q yc G.i;es: and be yc httc>, al
70 everlasting ,ioor&; and the Kills ol
Gla3y shall coma IL" psa 2::7
II. olGrI; ;imes VIXEN q great con-
uue-cr returned from victorious war,
the people IL wild transport would
tax, hold OF tAc g,!tcs =; the CITY sE;;;
LIT them from then hinges, as much
as to say: This city needs no more
gates to ,ietcnd It Sincc this conquer,
or has got hcn.e. Off from ;he hn-
ses with the gates" David, who
was TIC poet OF poets. foretells III his
own way the tliumphal entrance of
Christ INTO heaven. after His victory
over sin and death and he'll It was
as il the celestial inhabitants l.ad
said: Here ic comes. Make way
for hil4. push back the bolts OF IL
amord: Take hold OF TIE doors of
pearl and host them from their hin-
ges Of gold! Lift up yosu heads, .
ye gates: aud be We lifted up. We ever
lasting doors: and the King Of Glory
shall come III.
Among the mountains Of Palestine
no one is more uplifting than MounG
Olivct. It was the pcroration Of our
Lord, ministry On the roof OF u
house in Jerusalem I asked, which
is Olivet?" and the first glance Trans
fixed me. But how shall ! describe
my emotions, when, near the close Of
a Journey. in which we had for two
nights encamped amid the shattered
masonry of old Jericho. and tasted ot
! the acrid waters Of the Dead sea. that
crystal sarcophagus OF the plain, and
waded down into the deep and swift
! Jordan to baptiZc {; man, and visited
the ruins OF the house OF Mary and
Martha and Lazarus. we found our
selves in stiIIups and on horse.
lathered with The long and difficult
| way, ascending Mount Oliyet. Oh.
that solemn and Suggestive ridge. It
| is limestone l.iil, a mile IL length
and three hundred feet high, and
twenty-seven hundred feet above the
level OF the seq. Over It King David
! fed with broken heart Over 1t
Pompey led lis devastating hosts.
Here the famous Tenth Legion built
their batteries III besiegcmeut. The
garden Of GethSemane weeps 1t the
foot Of it. Along the base OF THIS
I'LL flashed the lanterns and torches
OF those wia came 10 arrest jesus.
From lacc trees OH tais hill the boughs
We're torn OF and thlown INTO the
path OF f(EhI,ist's tli:3rn?o,o:l pEoccssio1?:
Up and down that Goal Jesus mad
walked twice a day from Bethany to
Jerusalem. and from Jerusalem to
Bethany. There, again and again,
He had taught His disciples. Half
way up this mount lie uttered His
lanen1ation, 20 Jerusalem. Jeius;l-
lem" From its heights Jesus took
flight homeward when tLe had finish
ed His earthly mission There is
nothing more for him to do. 4 s&c-
ritice was needed to make peace be
tween the recrcant earth and the
outraged heaven. and He had offered
il. Death needed to be conquered,
and He iGad put his resurrection foot
upon it. Tie thirty-three years OF
voluntary exile had ended. The
srandest, tenderest, niiyhtiest good
bve ever heard was nov to DO utter
ed.
! On Mount OEvet Jesus stands III q
group of Calilee fishermen. They
had been together in many scenes OF
sadness AID persecution and had
| been the more endeared by that
brotherhood Of suffering. They had
expected HIM to stay until the day
of coronation when He would take
the earthly throne and wave a scep-
tire mightier, and rule a dominion
wider, than any Pharaoh, than any
Cesar But now all these anticipa-
tons collapse. Christ has given His
| last advice. He has offered his last
sympathy. He has spoken His last
word. His hands are spreadapart as
one is apt 30 dowhen he pronounces
q benediction, when suddenly the
strongest and most stupendous law
of ali the worlds is shattered.
It is the law which, since the worlds
were created, holds them together
, It is the Law, which holds everything
+ to the earth or, temporarily hurlec
from earth. returns it: the law which
j, keeps the planets whirling aroumc
other systems. and all the system:
! vhir!ins around the throne OF God
} the law is suspended. or relaxed, @.
: brokelI, to let the body OF Jesus so
That law had laid hold Of R,m thin
y tv-thrce years before, when He de
scended. 1t had relaxed It's grip o
:. Him but once, and that when 1t de
clined to sink Him from the top 0
|. the waves on Lake Galilee, Oh whic!
e He walked, 20 the bottom o. th
h lake. That law Of sra'itation mus
o now give way to Hin WHO tna.ie ID
Y law. It may hold The other star:
: but it cannot longer hold the Mo11
ING Star of the Redemption. 1t ma
es hold +ha nOonlay sun. but IL cannC
y hold the Sun Of Righteousness. Ih
a. fingers Of that law are about to opc
n | 10 let so the most illust,!ous BEN
~ the world had ever seen and wAol
:, It had worst m:lt-catcd. The ST. on!
est Law O: natysie which philosopher
10 eve. weighed OF measured must
$, last give way. II vii break b2twee
o. thc rock oi Gliret and the heel {
j. Chrlst,s foot Na@cii t,al ra disc
es pies W.a:"it It, III lAe eai.I!,. Nstc
:. Ill i,n l.maHeua. Chris: ;.!;0uJ =: