The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19

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plicaJion Of the sermon yourself.
Mhen minister toward The close of
his sermon says: '.Nowa few words
by wa Gf fapp!icat;oI,' people begin tc
looi< arolcnd cAr their hats ard get
their a:m through one sleeve Of their
overcuats, and the sermonic applica-
tion is q failure. lam glad you have
made your o.'n application and that
you are resolved, like a Quaker of
whos I read years ago, who, in sub
stance, said: II shall be along this
path of life but ence and so I must
do all the kisdress can and all the
good can Ny hearers, the mis-
takes OF youth eau never be corrected.
Time gore IS gone forever. An op-
pertunity passci .he thousandth part
of a second has by ore leap reached
the other SHE Vi :, great erernity. In
the autunn wh~u ;,,n hir:, migrate
70" -. Ks up s!ci sce IL SKY black
with wiacs aaii lie fl,;.i,5 stretching
c&t in'o ulesy ica.ct,:s IS Nj, AMI o
today lock a.. a.d So. $50 large
wings in tail swe~p. They are the
wisg6 OF the flying year. That IS fol-
lowed by flnck OF three hundred srd
forty five, and they aret:.e flying days.
Each of1he flying days is followed by
tHeaty-f four, art: they are tae flying
hoars, and eac:! Il III. Sc is followed by
sixty, ani tn Sc are the flying minutes.
Where did this great flock start from?
Eternity past. Where a:e they bound?
Eternity to cane. You might as well
60 cunning for the quai;s that wins
pled last year in the meadows or tho
robi:,s that last year carolea ia rho
sky as to try to fetch down and hae
one Of ia past opportunities IF your
lie. D,nrc SAY, Il will lounge now
and make i up afterwards. Young
men and boys, you cau't make 1t up.
My observation is hat those who in
you sowed wild oats, to ;be end Of
of their short life sowed wild oats, and
thst those cho start sowing GeneSee
wheat always sow &c aesee wheat. And
then the reapiug Of the harvest is ss
different. There is grandfather aow.
He has lived to ola age because ni.
habits have been good His eyesight
for this word kas got somewha dim,
but his eyesi2ht for heaven is radiant.
Hi. hearing is not SO acute as it once
was, ard he mus, bead clear over to
hesr what his title grardci'i!d says
whea she asks him what he has
brought for her. But be easily catch
cs the music raised from supernal
spheres
Out yoedtr is a man very Oil at
forty years ofags, ct time wheu be
| ought t., he buu. snt rs the morning
Ha go. b.d habits nn him very early
and those habits have hect,ne worse.
Heis man Oh IRE. on fir. with aiSo
holism, on fire with all evi habits,
cut with the world and the world out
with him Dowa and falling deeper
His swollen hands 10 his tEreaIh.re
| pockets and his eyes fixed OF the
ground, he passes through tho street,
and the quick step of ap innocent
child or the strong sep ofa young
man or tbs roll of prosp rous car
riage naddens him, aud be curses So
ciesy and he curses God. Fallen sick.
with no resources, he is Carried to the
a!mshouse. A loathsome >pecsacle, he
lies al day long wsiting f'r disso luton
or in the uight rises on his cot and
fights appari,io.s Of what he might
have been and Of what he will be He
s;arte life with as good q prospect as
any man on the American continent
but there he is bioated carcass wait
ing for the shovels of public charity to
put him five feet under. He has only
reaped what h: sowed. Harvest Of
wild OATS. There is a way that
ssemeth right to 3 man, but the end
thereof i. death +" Young man, IS
lou cannot live life ever again, how
ever you may long to do so, be sure to
have your one life right. There is in
this august assembly, I wot not. for
we are made up of all sections CT this
land and frcR many lands, some
young man who mas gone away from
home and perhaps under soHe little
spite or evil persuasion cf a another,
and his parents know not where he is.
Ny soa, go hons! Do not go to sea!
Don'5 so 20 night where you may be
tempted to 60. &c home! Your IA
ther will be glad to sec you ard your
mother. l need not tell you how she
feels. How would like to make your
parents present of their wayward
boy, repencant and in Sis right mind.
I would like to write them a letter
and YOU to carry the letter saying:
by the blessing of Ged on my sermon
I introduce to you ono whom you
have never seen before, for he has be-
come a new creature in Christ Jesus"
My boy, go home and put your tired,
tired head on the bosom that nursed
you SO tenderly in your childhood
years. A young Scotchuan was in
battle taken captive by band o. In
diaus, and he learned their language
and adopted their habits. Years passed
on; but the old Indian chiefain
never forgot that he had in his pos
session young man who did not be-
long to him Well. one day this tribe
Of Indians came in sight of the Scotch
regiments frop whom this young man
had been captured, aud tie old In-
dian chieftain said: Il lost my son in
battle and I know how a father feels
st the loss of a son Do you think
your father is yet alive7" The young
man said; II am the only son Of my
father, and [ hope he is still alive"
Then said the Indian chieftain: "Bs>
cause of the loss of my son this world
is a desert. You go free. Raturn to
your couutrymea. Revisit your fa.
ther, that he may rejoice when he
sees toe sun rise 10 the morning and
the trees blossom in the spring" So
| say to you, young man. captive of
waywardness aud sin: Your father is
waiting for you. Your mother is
waiting for you. Your sisters are
waiting for you. God is waiting fol
you. Go home! 60 home!
A Modern Wonder.