The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-05

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ma, am 50 sick, am so sick" And
you pat her 10 bed and the fever is
worse and wo,se, un;i! IN some mid ,
night she looks up into our face aad
says: Mamma, kiss me Sood-by, /
am going away from you And YOU
say MY dear. wher" are y"u going
to:'' Aud sue s.Ss i ava S"!nS 10
Jesus And The red cneck winch you /
thought was the GiarS O: the fever,
only turns c&t 10 be the carnation
bloom Of heaven! Oh, yes: it is a !
sweet name spoken by the lips.
Still farther; It's u mighty name.
Rothschidis is a potent name in the
commercial word, Cuvier in the sci
entiic world, Irving a. powerful name
in the literary world, Washington an
Influential name ia the political w.'r!d,
Wellington mighty name III the lnil-
itary world; bat tell me any name III
all the earLa 50 potent to awe, anu
hit. and thrill. and Rouse, aud a>i;ate,
and bless, as this name Of Jesus. That
one word unhorsed Saul, and flung
Newton on bis face on ships deck,
aud today holds 400,0O0,00o Of the
race with omnipoten: spell That name
in England today means III re tnAu
Victoria; iii Germany, means more
than Emperor William; III France,
means more than Carnot; in Italy,
meaus more hau Humbert of the pres
ent or Garibaidi OF the pas. | have
seen man bouui baud ana foot n
siu, SataA his hard task master, in a
bondage from which 10 human power
coulG deliver him, and Yet at the
pronunciation of that one word he
dashed down his chains and marched
out forever free have seen a man
overwhelmed wiki disaster, the last
| hope fled. the last light soue out; that
name pronou:ced in his hearing. the
| sea dropped, th" clouds scatter ed, and
I 4 sunbursJ oie ernai :laduesS poured
into his soul. have seen man
| hardened in intGeli1v, defiant Of God,
ful! Of scott and jeer, jocose Of the
Judgment. reckless Of an uuending
| eternity. at the mere pronunciation OF
that name blaach, ard cover, and
| quake, and pray, aud sob, and groan,
| and believe, ard rejoice. 0, it is a
mighty namt. tits utterauce The last
wall OF sin wi; tall, the last temple OF
I Supe Stition trumble. the last Jugger-
naut of cruelty crash TO pieces That
name will first make all the earth
tremble. and then it will make all the
aaiious sing II is to be the password
al every gate OF honor, the iGslgn'a on
every fag, the battle shout in every
| conflict. All the miilionS Of the earth
| are to know IL ine re horse ct car
mage seen III ap caiyptic vision, and
| the black horse Of death, are 10 fall
back On their haunches, snd the white
horse ofvictory will go forth, mounted
by him who hat, the moon under his
| feet, and the stars of heaven for his
tiara Other Gominions seem TO be
giving out; this seems TO be eDiar2ing.
Spain has rad to give up much Of its
dominion Austria las been Won
derIully depleted il power France
had to surrender some of her 1aVor,te
provinces Most Of the thrones OF the
world are being lowere !, and most OF
tbs scepters Of the world are belns
shor,ened: but ever, Bible printed,
every tract distributed, every Sunday
school CLASS taught, every school toun
ded, every church established, is ex-
tending the power of Chris:'s name.
That name has already been spoken
under the Chinese wall, aud in Size
ian snow castle, in Brazilian grove and
/ in eastern pagoda That name Is to
Sswallow up all other names That
empire is 10 ABSORB all other domina-
! tions.
All crime. Shall c ns= and :ci eut frauds
| shall fan
| Returning jlSilce iIft ;,loft her scale;
Peace Ger The world her olive W.iEa "N!enJ,
And white rnoed Innocence from hearcn de
scend.
/ Still further: it is an enduring uame.
You chamber over the fence Of the
graveyard aud pull aside the weeds,
ssala. Ss.. See ssaaa S.saea-alnsGsisiIIi''n on
the tombstone. That was the name
of man who once ruled all that town.
The migntiest nam OF the world
have either peri>hed or are pershing
Gregory VI, Sancho of Spain, Conrad
l of Germany, Richard OF England,
Louis XVI CT France, Catbariue Of
Russia-mighty naues once, that
made the world trembie; but now,
nore so poor as TO do them reverence
and TO the great mass OF the people
| they mean absolutely nothing: they
never heard of them But the name
| of Christ is to endure forever. II will
be perpeluated in art, for there will be
| other Bellinis 10 depict the Maaouua;
there will be other GhirlaDdjos 10 re-
present Christ's baptism; there Will he
ting the spirits in prison; other Glot-
tos to appall our sight vita the cruci
fxion. The uame will be pres erved
in song, for there will be other Alex
ander popes TO write the Messiah, ;"
! other DR.. Ioungs 10 portray bis tri
! unph, other Cowpers TO sing his love.
1t will be preserved III costly and
magnificent architecture, for Pro es-
tantism as well as Catholicism is vet
to have its St. Marks andils SIT Peters.
The name will be preserved III the
! literature Of ne world, for already 1t
| is emhalued IN the best books, and
| there Will be other Dr.. Paleys 20 write
the Evidences "f Christianity anG
other Richard I5aXters TO describe the
Saviour's coming to judgment. But
above all, and more than all, that name
will be embalmed in the memory Of
| all the good OF earth and all the great
ones of heaven VIII the delivered
bondman Of earth ever forget who
freed him? VIII the blind rIan OF
earth forget who gave him sight? W;ll
the outcast ofearth forget who brought
him home? No! NJ!
TO destroy the memory ofthat name
Of Christ, you would have to burn up
all the Bibles and all the churches on
earth. and then in spirit of univer
sal arson 90 through lhe gate vf heav-
en-, and put torch to the temples and
the towers and the palaces. and alter