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

of delight and ask :!latit be ilLec; With
the wiac OF heaven: and J n:tlS, from
that bottle OF teal> wal! bccl III 10 pour
IN the cup, and we vii! c.y: stop,
Jesus, we do not want 10 drink our
own tears and Jesus will say:
Know yc not that The tears Of earth
are the wine Of heaven" Sorrow may
endure, but JOY cometh IL the morn
ing.
HE HELPS Us TO 81: MERRY.
remark further, Jesus do2s not
shadow the joys of others with Ills own
griefs. lie might have st down III
that wedding and said: Il have SO
MUCH trouble, so much poverty, SO
much persecution. and the cross is
coming; l shall not rejoice. and the
gloom OF my face and OF my SORROWS
Shall be cast over all this group" So
said not Jesus. He said 10 himself:
Here are two persons Starring out in
married Efe Let it be Il joyful occa-
sion. | will hide my own gricfS. l
will kindlc their Joy. There are
many not 50 wise as that. know
household where there are many little
children, where for two years the mu-
Ical instrument has been kept Shut
because there has been trouble in the
house. Alas for the folly, Parents
avia@: we will have no Christmas
rec THIS coming holiday because there
las been trouble III the house. Husc
hat laughing up stars. How can
here be any Joy when there has been
50 much trouble!" And so they make
everything consistently doleful, and
send their sons and daughters to ruin
with the gloom they throw around
hem.
Oh, my dear friends, do you not
Know those children will have trouble
cough OF their own after a while2
Sc cl;id they cannot appreciate all
vouls. Keep back the cup of bitter
ness iron, your daughters lips. w hen
vouv head is down in the grass of the
.onb. poverty may come TO her. be-
.raval 70 her, bereavement to her.
Keep back the sorrows as long as you
.an. Do YOU no. know that son may,
after 4 while, have his heart broken2
stand between him and all harm.
You rlav not fight his battles long;
fight them while you may Throw
no, the chill Of your own despondency
over his soul; rather be like Jesus,
who came to the wedding hiding his
own grief and kindling the joys of
others. So l have seen the sun, on
dark day. struggling amidst clouds,
black, ragged and portentous, but
after a while the sun, with golden pry,
heaved back the blackness; and the
sun laughed to the lake, and the lake
laughed 20 the sun, and from horizon
to horizon, under the saffron sky, the
water was all turned into vine.
| learn from this miracle that Christ
is not impatient with the luxurles OF
life. It was not necessary that they
should have that wine. Hundreds OF
people have been married without any
vine. We do not read that any Of
the other provisions fell short. When
Christ made the wine it was not a ne
cessitv. but a positive luxury, I do
not believe that he wants US to eat
hard bread and sleep on hard mat
tresses, unless we like them the best.
think, if circumstances will allow,
we have right to the luXuries OF
dress. the luxuries of diet and the lux
uries of residence There is no more
religion in an old coat than IN new
one. We can serve God drawn by
golden plated harness as certainly as
when We 90 a-foot. Jesus Christ will
dwell with us under ! fine ceiling as
we'll as under thatched roof; and
when YOU can get wine made out OF
water. drink as much Of 1t as you can.
What is the difference between .
Chinese mud hovel and an American
horne2 What is the difference be-
tween the rough bear skins OF the
Russian boor and the outfit Of an
American gentleman2 No difference,
exec, that which the Gospel Of Christ,
directly or indirectly, has caused.
When Christ shall have vapq'''st.ed
| afrhe ali the world: suppose e7-ery house
will be mansion, and every garment
arobe. and every horse an arch-necS-
ed courser. and every carriage gilt
tering vehicle, and every man king,
and every woman a queen, and the
whole earth PARADISE the glories Ct
the natural world harmonizipg with
the elories of the material world, unul
the very bells of the horses shall
Jingle the praises Of the. Lord.
CHRIST LOVES OUR LAUGHTER.
learn, further, from this miracle,
that Christ has 10 impatience with
festal Joy, otherwise he would not
have accepted the invitation to that
wedding. He certainly would not
have done that which increased the
hilarity. There may have been many
in that room who were happy, but
there was not one Of them that did so
much for the Joy of the wedding
party as Christ himself. He was the
chief of the banqueters. When the
wine gave out, he supplied it; and so,
T take IT, he will not deny US the joys
that are positively festa.
think the children Of God have
more right to laugh than any other
people, and to clap their hands as
loudly. There is not q single JOY de-
MED them that is given to any other
people. Christianity does not clip the
wings of the soul. Religion does not
frost the flowers What is Christian
ity2 I take it to be simply procla-
nation from the throne OF God of
emancipation forall the enslaved; and
if a man accepts the terms Of that proc
lamation, and becomes free, has he not
right to be merry9 Suppose a IA
ther has an elegant mansion and large
grounds. To whom will he give the
first privilege Of these grounds? Will
he say: My children, you must not
walk through these paths, or sit
down under these trees, or pluck
this fruit. These are for outsiders.
They may walk in them" No
father would say anything like
that. He would say: 1.-The first priv
ileees in all the grounds, and all
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