The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-16

Christian sister die, and she trium
phed." Some the else will say, 9!
saw a Christian daughter die, anc
! she triumphed." Come all ye who
| have seen the last moments Of {
Christian, and give testimony in this
case on trial. Uncover your heads:
put your hand on the old family Bi
BILE from which they used to read the
promises, and promise in the presence
of high heaven that you will tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth. With wha5 yn'l have
seen with your own eyes, al>, .::'"7
what you have heard with your o"4
ears, is there power in this gospel tc
give calmress 3nd triumph in the
last exigency? The response comes
from all sides, from young, and
old,and middle aged: "Where are the
witnesses"
You see, my friend, I have not put
before you to-day al abstraction, OF
chimera, o. anything like guess-work.
I Ipresent you afidavits Of the best
men and women, living and dead.
Two witnesses in court Will establish
a fact. Here are not two witnesses,
but thousands of witnesses on earth
millions Of witnesses, and in heaven
asgreat multitude ofIwitnesses thatno
man can number-testifying that
there is power in religion to convert
the soul, to give comfort in trouble,
and to afford composure in the last
hour. If ten men should come to
you when you are sick with appal
ing sickness, and say they had the
same sickness, and took q certain
medicine, and it cured them, you
would probably take it. Now, sup
pose ten other men should come up
and say, GIVE don't believe there is
anything in that medicine. (" "Wel,
I say. ''Have you ever tried it,"
''No, I never tried it, but I don't be-.
lieve there is anything in it." OF
course you discredit their testimony.
The sceptic may come and say, 'There
is no power in your religion" Have
you ever tried it?" 'sNo, no. ''Then,
avaunt!l" Let me take the testimony
of the millions of souls that have
been converted to God, and comfort
ed in trial, and solaced in the last
hour. We Will take their testimony
as they cry, "We are Witnesses
Some time ago Professor Henry,
of Washington, discovered a new
star, and the tidings, sped by sub
marine telegraph, and all the obser,
vatories OF Europe were watching tor
that new star. Oh, hearer, looking
out through the darkness Of thy soul
to-day, canst thou see bright light
beaming on thee? ''Where?" you
say; 'where? How can I find it,"
Look along by the line of the cross OF
the Son of God. Do you see it tremb-
ling with all tenderness and beamlng
with all hope? It is the Star ofBeth-
lehem.
Deep horror then my vl;als froze.
Death.struck ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose
It was the Star Of Bethlehem.
Oh, hearer, set you eyes on it. 1t
is easier for you now to become a
Christian than it is to stay away from
Christ and heaven.
When Madame Sonntag began her
musical career she was hissed off
the stage at Vienna by the friends of
her rival Amelia Steininger, who mad
already begun to decline through her
dissipation. Years passed on, and
one day Madame Sonntag, in her
glory, was riding through the streets
Of Berlin, when she saw a little child
leading blind woman, and she said,
Come here, my little child, come
here. Who is that you are leading
by the hand?" And the little child
replied, 'That:s my mother: that's
Amelia Steininger. She used to be
great singer, but she lost her voice,
and she cried so much about it that
she lost her eyesight." Give my love
TO her," said Madame Sonntag, ''and
tell her an old acquaintance will call
IN her this afternoon" The next
week in Berlin vast assemblage
gathered at benefit for that poor
blind woman, and it was said that
Madame Sonntag sang that night as
she had never sung before. And she
took skilled oculist, who in vain
;ried to give eyesight to the poor
blind woman. Until the day of Ame-
ia Steininger's death, Madame Sonn-
;ag took care of her, and her daugh-
Ter after her. That was what the
queen of song did for her enemy.
But, oh, hear more thrilling story
still. Blind immortal, poor and los t, !
thou who, when the world and Christ
we're rivals for thy heart, didst hiss
Thy Lord away-Christ comes now to
give thee sight, to give thee a home,
TO give thee heaven. With more than
a Sonntag's generosity He comesnow
TO meet your need. With more than
q Sonntags music He comes to plead
for thy deliverance.