The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-21

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ifiu. lie ,ltis5:: pears into a sea Q
glory whose bilIowil:.=. s:cl"ndors ii!
Him. The fishermen %,.':.;, ;in'
N::tt.a. wondering II the law q! -!
;:ti'e viii not ra-usSert Itself, an! il
j shall III Il few minutes come bacl
AGAIN, and t!tcy shall see Him dc
S~rnding: first His SCARED feet com
isc in sight, tIlan Tie SCARED side
then Tie SCARED brow. and th"y Dla.
take again lis SCARED hand. Ru
! sh2 moments pass b., and the hoa.s
anti 40 appearance. Conc out G
sight OF earth. bet cosle within sigh
| oi heaven, And rising still, not wei
eolned by enc angelic choir like thost
wIlo one Christmas :a;sl,t cscortv>
Him down, but all heaven turns oui
70 greet Him home, and the temples
have especial anthem. and the pala
ces especial banquet. and the streets
especial throngs; and all along the
line TO the foot OF the throne, fol
years vacated but again to be taken,
there are arches lifted, and banners
waved, and trumpets sounded, and
doXoloSies clanted, and coronets
cast down.
''The ang Is lh.ong'd His chario. wheels
And bore uim TO HIS t5rcne,
Then swept their golden harps and suHs
Toe glorious WORK iS done
il Was the greatest day in heaven!
As he goes up the steps Of the throne
that thirty-three years before He alb
;Gcatel for our advantage, there rises
from all the hosts of heaven a shout
saiutly. clerubic, seraphic, archan-
gelic, "Hallelujah Amen"
80 garden of olives, thou dear hon nore1 spo:
Tie i;,uie Of thy glory shall ne'er be forgot y
No wonGer fcr at least fourteen
hundred years the churches have.
forty days after Easter, kept Asccn-
sion day: for the lessons are most IL
spiling and glorious. It takes much
OF the u4certainty out Of the idea OF
heaven, when from Olivet we see hui
maH nature ascending. The same
body that rose from Joseph's tomb
ascended from Moun1 OhveS. Osn
human nature is In heaven to, DAY.
Just as they had seen Christ for forty
days, He ascended, head, face, shorl-
ders. hands, Isct, and the entire hui
man organism. Humanity assembled!
All, how closely that keeps Christ IL
sympathy with those who are still Ill
tie struggle, IAscendcd scars, face
scars. hand sc;lrs, feet scars, shoulder
scars. That VIII keep Him in accord
with al the suffering, with Ill tie
weary, with al the imposed-upon. No
more is He Il spirit now than a body.
no more ofheaven than earth. Those
OF the celestial inhabitants who never
saw oru world, now walk around
Him and learn from Els physical con-
tour something OF what our race VIII
be when. IN the resurrection. heaven
viii have uncouItcl bodies as Well as
uucotmtel spirits. On Ascension
day He lifted Himself through the at
mosphere OF Palestineu until, amid the
i,nmensities, He disappeared. He
was the only being The world even
saw who could lit Himself. Suely,
II He could Lit Himself, He can do
tie lesser deed of lifting US.
80 star GOES dowi bit climbs another sky
No sun SETS mere except TO r.se on nigh
Christ leads us all the way: through
the bright hour, for lie WAS born il
Bethlehem; through boyhood, for He
passed it in Nazareth: through injus
iices. for He endured the outrages Of
PLATE court room; through death
for He suffered it on Calyary;througl
the sepulchre, for He lay three days
within its darkened walls: through
resurrection, for the solid masonry
gave way on the first Easter morning
through ascension, for Mount Oivet
watched Him as He climbed ths
skies; through the shining gates, fol
He entered them amid magnificent
acclaim. And here IS gratifying
consideration that you never thought
OF: We will see our Lord just as Ht
looked on earth. As He rose from
the tomb He ascended from Mount
Oliyst. We shall see Him as he look
ed on the road to Emmaus, as Ht
appeared IN the upper room III Jeru
| salem, IS He was that day Of valedic
tory on the ridge from which Ht
swung into the skies. How much W.
VII want to see Him.
I was reading Of a man born blind
lie vas married to one who took care
| of him ali those years of darkness. :,
surgeon said to him, i can remove
/ that blindness" ard so lie did. Hi
sight gwen him, a rose was handed
to the man who never before had seel
a rose and ne was in admiration O.
it. and his family whom he had neve
seen before now appeared to HIM, an(
he was in tears Of rapture, when b
suddenly cried out: 4 ought first t
; have asked to see the one who cure'
| me; show me the doctor" Whel
| from our eyes the scales OF earth shal
fail, and We have cur first vision Q
| heaven, our first cry ought not to be
Where are my loved ones?H Gu
first cry ought TO be, Where
Christ, who made all this possible
Show me the doctor" Glory be /
F.! God for ascended humanity! Coui
, wo realize 1t. and that 1t IS all /
, sympathy for Us. we would have q
cool = courage IN the conflict of thi
life as had Charles the Twelfth whe
he vas debating dispatches to hi
: secretary, and q bomDshell fell int
, the looln, and the secretary droDpe
. his pen and attempted flight. Charlie
! sad L, lin: 60 Oh with yoin W
]. ting. what has the bombshcll to d
: with the letter / am dictating! If Il
t ;ss:elGcd Christ be on our side, not
4 ING should disturb us.
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