The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26

jesus weaa a'4eaa, the bc;a!a and fo:>-
ruuGcr
Tac royal yooe OF Demetrips was so
costly, SO beautiful, tha. af e. ne had
Pat it of no one ever dared pus il on;
bat this Fobs OF Christ, richer than that,
the poorest and the wanuest and the
worst may wear Where sin abounde;h
grace may much more abound"
''Oh, my sins, my sins said Martin
Lathcr to S:aupltz, IN. sins, sins"
The fac. is, that the brawny Gsrmau
student had foucd Latio Bible that
made him quake, and nothing else ever
did make hisa quake; and when he found
how, through CA:lst, be was psfdoueo
and saved, he wrote 10 friend, saying:
Gone over aad join Us great aud awful
sinners saved by the svace of God. You
seem to BE- only = slender sianer, and
you don't much extol the mercy Of God;
but We TIA: have been such awtu. sinners
we praise his grace th. norc uow that We
have beer redeemed Can i: be that
you are 80 desperately ceo,is.ica! that
you feel yourself il frs. rate spirit
ual trim, and that from the .oot OF the
hair to shet tip CT the toe you are ,car-
less and inmacula:e2 What you need
is looking glass, and here II is in the
Bible. Poor, aud wretched, and nisera-
ole, and blind, and naked from the
crown Of the head to the aoie Of the foot,
full of wounds and putreiyiDg cores.
No health il us. And tuen take Tue tact
that Chris: gathered up all the notes
against u, and paid theE, a.d then offer
ed US the receipt,
Aud how much We need him in our
sorrow! We arc independen: OF cir
cums.auces if We have His grace. Why,
He made Paul sing iu The dungeon, aod
under ths, grace, st. John from desolate
Patmos hesrd the blast Of the apocalyp-
tic trunpess. After all other candles
have been scufed out, thi, is II. light
that gets brighter and brighter uu,o the
perfect day; aad s.;eT, under tie hare
hoofs Of calamity, all the pools OF world
ly enjoyment have cecu .Ssupied iuto
deep :n:re, st the foot Of the eternal rock
the Christian, from cups Of granite lily
trimmed aud vine covered, puts cut the
thirst of his soul.
Again, l remark that Christ ia above
al in dying alterations.
Saladin, the greatest coDqueror OF his
d.y, while dying, ordered that the tunic
be had on hun oe carried after his death
on his spear a: tbs hsad OF his army, and
that then the soldier, ever and anon.
should stop aad say: Behold, all that
is lei: of Ssls6iu, the emperor and COZ
oueror! Of all the states he conquered,
OF all the wealth he accumulated, moth
ing did be retain but ihis shroud!' |
have 40 sympathy with such beha7isr, Or
such sbsud demonstration. or with much
that We hesr uttered in regard to depart
ure fren this life TO the next. There
is commoasensical idea on this subject
that you and I need to consider-thst
there are sDly two styles of depart
u-e.
A shoussnd feet underground, BY light
OF torch telling ie a miners ahSft, q
ledge o: rock may fall uuou u., ard we
nav die miners death. Far out at sea,
falling from the slippery ratlines and
broken on the halyards, we may die q
sailors des:h. Ga mission of mercy in
hospital, amid broken bones, and rseking
ieprosies, and raging fc7ers, VIC may die
philan;hropis.'c death. On th. field Of
battle, serving God aad our country,
slugs through the heart, the gun car
ri.ge may roll over Us, and We may die a
patriots death. But, after all, there are
only--two styles Of dspsr,ure-the desth
of the righteous, and the death Of the
wicked-aad we all want! to die the
former.
God grant that when that hour comes
YOU may be At home You want the
hand Of y2Hss k;ad7es-ia- your hand.
You wan, your children TO surround
you. You want the light on your pill
low from eyes that have long reflected
your love. You want the rosm still.
You do not want any curious atrausers
standing around watching you. You
want your kindred from afsr to hear
your last prayer. I think that is the
wish of all Of US. But is that all' Can
earthly friends hold Us up when the bill,
lows Of death come up to the girdle?
Csa human voice charm open heavens
gste2 Can hunaa hsad pilot US through
the narrows of death into heavens
Aarbor2 Can any earthly friendship
shield u: from the arrcwa o! death, and
in the hour when Satan shall practice
upon US his internal archery? No, no
no, no! Alas! Poor soul, if that is sll
better die in the wilderness, far from
tree shadow and from fountsiD, alone,
vultures circlinZ through the air waiting
for our body, unknown to men, and to
have no burial, If only Christ could cay
through sne aolltudes: II will never
leave thee, will never torsake thsa."
From that pillow Of stone a ladder
would soar heavenward, angels coming
and going; and across the solitude and
the bsrIenreSs would come the sweet
notes of heavenly ninstrel:y.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying n
tie door of heather temple, said:
"Glory to thee, O God!" What did
dying Wilberfezce say to his wife?
"Cone and sit beside me, and let Us
talk Of heaven I never knew what
happiness was ustil I found Christ"
Wis: did dying Hannah More say' "To
60 to Christ, Who died that I might
live! Oh. glorious grave! Oh, the
love of Christ, the love of Christ, the
love Of Christ
What did the dying Janeway ssy7
81 can as easily die as close my eyes or
turn ny had IN sleep. Before 4 few
honrs have nssskd I shall stand on
Mount Zien with the one hundred and
forty and four thousand and with the
!ust men made perfect, and We shall as
cribe riches, and hoEor, aad glory, and
majesty, and doniaion unto God and
,he Lamb" DR.. Taylor, condemned to
burn at the stake, en his way thisber
broke away frou the sguardsncn and
went bounding and leapiug and jump
ing toward she fire, GLAD to go to Jesus
and to die fer him. Sir Charles Hare,
in his last moment, had such rapiu-ous
vision that he cried iITnrsrS inward