The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19
FHETAaUE OF LlFE.
DR. TALMAGE DISCOUGSES ON
MANS ESTIMATE.

Th6 SST. !. W w its L S.lhns'soS' ~
preached in the Academy of Music,
Brooklyn, Sunday morning, to a.
owe, lowing congregation. After e1-
pounding appropriate pass ages OF
Scripture he announced his subject TO
he: Would You Like to Live Your
Life Over Asain?" His text was Joo
ii, 4: ':All that man hath will he give
for his lifs." He said: =
That is untrue. The Lord did nc
saw it. but Satan said it to the horo,
when the evil one wanted 100 so1i
more afflicted. Tae recoAd Is: 80 Went
satau forth from the presence OF the
lord and smote Job with sore bells.
And Satan has been the author OF al
eruptive disease since tsen, and ne
hopes by coisoninsthe bloec 10 po's%e
the soul. But the result of the d:aoo';-
csl experiment which lett Job victo'
proved tbs falsity Of the Sstaa'; re,
nark-"A!I that q mau hath WIZ .
rive for lis life." Many captain Nho
has stoo J on the bridge Of tbs stesE; :
: tin his passengers got Oh ant' AS
drowned: many an engineer wEo :.se
kent his tand on the tbrott e Fa'Ve CT
bis foot ss the brake until the most o.
the train was saved whlle ne We,
down to death through the open '!fa =. /.
bridge: raany fireman who p:anss
into blazing house to get siecfo%
child ont. sacrificing his life IN fae ~
te,cnt. and thousands of martyrs whc
snbu,ittsd to sery stake ard kn'ie Q!
massacre and headsman's ak .na gull
lotine rather than surrender principe,
nroyipe that in many q case nv ,e-.;
was not true, when it says: Al
that g man hath will he give 1'f Die
lfe.n
But satan's faIsehoed was built or .
truth Life is very precious, s-ao =
we would not give up all Fsre ara
rnany things we would surrender rsssc
- than surrender It. We see nov
nrecieus life is from the fact that vs.
do rything to pro!ong 1t. '.eheI
ali sanitary Regulations, ali stc&y OF
hyeieue. all fear ofdraughts, s-li wafer
proof, all doctors, al medicines al
struggle in crisis Of faccidenS hn az
niral OF the British navy was con::.
martia)ed for turning his snip aronn1
in time Of dagger and so damaging
the ship. It was proved asslns, h!sa
But when his time came TO ee oesrc
re said: "Gentlemen, 1 Cid !usL the
shin around and admit that II was
damaged, but do you wsat to know
why / ,urnsd it? There was . man
overheard. and wanted to save hlm,
and I did save him, and l consider ne
life Of cne sailor worth ali the vessels
of the British navy" No Sooaer -
was vindicste6. Life is iadeed very
precious. Yea, there are shose who
deem life so precious they would IKE
to repeat it, they would Ike 10 Try IL
again.
The fact is that no intelligent and
right fearing man is satisfied with MS
mast life. We have all made so many
mistakes. stumble into SO many blum
ders. said so many things that ought
not have been said and done so many
things that ought not have been done,
that we can suggest at least ninety
Eve per cent. of Improvement. Now
would it not be grand ifthe good Lori
would say to you: you can 50 BACK
and try 1t over again. will by wore
turn your hair to brown or black or
golden. and smooth all the wrinkles
ont of your TEN pie and cheek, and take
aaNt of your shoulders, ard
sxtirpsse the Stiffness from the Jclrf
aad the rheumatic twings from the
foot, ard you shall be twenty one
years Of age snd just what you Were
when YOU reached that point before
III the proposition were lsade l think
many Thousands would accept it. That
feeling caused the ancient searcn for
what was called the Fountain ~
Youth, the waters ef which tsken
yoald turn the hair of the oc:ogenar.-
an into tae curly LOCKS OF a Dog, and
however old person who drank a:
that fountain he would be young ss IN.
The island was said to belong 10 the
group OF the Bahamas, mt lay sef
Sut in the ocean. TIE greet Spanish
explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, fellow
yoyaser with Columbus, have no
doubt felt that if he could discover
that Fountain of Youth he would 'io
as much as his friend had dons II dis
covering America. So he pot out d
1872 from Porto Rico and crused SoouE
among the Bahamas in search of that
fountain. I am glad ne did not aa3
is There is no such fountain. Buff
there were and its waters were bottled
no and sent abroad at thoCS4ud
dollars bottle. the demand would oe
greater than the supply, and many
man who has come through a life G:
uselsssness, and perhaps sin, 10 ola
age would be shaking up tae potent
siquid, AMI if he were directed 20 take
only q tesspoonful after eacn neal
would Se so anxious to make suza
Hork he would take a tahlesp oonfl2;.
and if ifdirecssd to take Tablespoonful
would take q glassful. But some %
you would have to go back tu-tAar
than twenty-one years OF age To r:ke |
"a fair-ssart, for there are nany who
MaHase to get all wrong before tat
period. Yea, in order to set : fsir
start some would have to go back %
the father and mother and get them
corrected; yea, to the grandfather anu
grandmother and have thsir life corr
rseted, for some OF you are suft-ias |
from bad hereditary Influences which |
started hundred years ago. Well, if
your grandfather lived his life over
again ana your father lived lis lif+
over again and you lived your lie o.er
again, what cluttsred up place this
werld would be, place fitleu w.St
miserable attempts at repairs. begin
to think that it is better for each gen !!
GRAFTON to have only one chance andf
then fer them to pass OF and give au
other generation a chance.
Beside that, if we We're permitted 70
live 1ifs over AGAIN. it would be stale