The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01

Une kings resloence, ana lor lue nv,l-
esty of the man in bringing it back hs
had u house given to him, and a gar
den and farm. Who was 1t that
sent The raven tapping on the window?
The same God that sent the raven to
feed Elijah by the brook Cherith.
Christ in the hour Of extremity!
You mourncd over your sims: You
could not find the way out. You sat
down and said: God will not be
,nerciful. lie has cast me Off" butin
that, the darkest hour of your history,
light broke from the throne, and Jesus
said: 80 wanderer, come home: L
have seen all thy sorrows. In this,
the hour of thy extremity, | offer thee
pardon and everlasting life"
Trouble came. You wele almost
torn to pieces by that trouble. You
braced yourself up against it. You
said: Il will be stole, and will not
care" but before you had got through
making the resolution, it broke down
under YOU. You felt that all your re-
sources were gone, and then Jesus
came. in the fourth watch of the
night" the Bible says. Jesus came
walking on the sea-" Why did he not
come in the first watch? or in the sec
ond watch? or in the third watch2 /
do not know. He came in the fourth,
and gave deliverance to his disciples.
Jesus in the last extremity!
WILL YOU LET CHRIST COME?
Iwonder if it will be so in our very
last extremity. We shall fall sud
denly sick. and doctors will come, but
in vain. We will try the anodynes
and the stimulants and the bathings,
bua ell in vain. Something will say:
You must 60" No one TO hold us
back, but the hands of eternity
stretched out to pull us on. What
thens Jesus will come to US, and as
we say, Lord Jesus, l am afraid of
that water; cannot wade through to
the other side he will say, Take
hold of my arm" and we will take
hold Of his arm, and then he will put
his foot in the surf of the wave, taking
US on down deeper, deeper, deeper,
and our soul will cry: 'All thy waves
and pillows have gone over me" }"
They cover the feet, come to the knee,
pass the girdle and come to the head,
aald our soul cries out: Lord Jesus
Christ, cannot hold thine arm any
longer" Then Jesus will turn around,
Nlrow both his arms about u.s. and set
us on the beach. far bcvond the toss.
inc of the pillows. Jesus in the last
extremity.
That weddinr. scene is cone now.
The weddino rino has been lost. the
tonlords have been broken. the house
IS down: bat Jesus invites US to a
erander wedding. You know the Bible
saws that the church is the Lambs
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