The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-25


much meaning, anC; love. and com
passion IN i: 50 mllch pardon il It
so much heaven IN It. I proclaim
him the Lord God, merciful. graciou,
and long suffering. abundant n good
ness and truth Lest you would no.
believe him, he goasup Golgotha, anl
while The rocks c:c rcndmg. and Tx
graves are opening. and the lIobs art
bowling, and The sun is hiding. *
dies FOR you. See linn on the 1nount
OF cruciiNon, the swea; CO his brow
tingeI with tie blood cxuu.:l., '':'on,
| his decorated temples! See his cJv.
swimming in death. Hear the louo
breathing Of the sufferer IS he pants
with a world on his heart! Hark tc
the fall of the blood from brow ane
hand and foot, on the SocISs beneath
drop. drop! drop! Loohatthe nails
How wide the wounds are. Wider
90 they cape as his body comes down
upon them. Oh. this cf'ucifxion
agony: Tcarsmcltins iIto te:::iHs,, B!ooa
flowing into blood: Darkness drop,
ping on darkness! Hands OF men
joined with hands Of devils to tear
| apart the quivering heart OF the Son
Of God.
Oh! VIII He never speak again:
VIII that crimson face never hghJ az
again. He Will speak again; while
the blood is sutfusing His brow, and
reddening his check. and gathering
on nostrl and lip, and you think He
is exhausted and cannot speak. He
cries out until all the ages hear Him:
| Father forgive them, they kno" not
| what they do Is there no empha-
sis in such q scene as that to make
your Cry eyes weep, and your hard
heart break? VIII you turn YOU
back upon it, and say byyour actions
what the Jews said by their words:
His blood be on Us, and on our
Children" What does it al mean, my
brother, my sistel2 Why 1t means
that for our lost race there was q
Fathers kiss. Love brought Him
down. Love opened the gate. Love
led to tho sacrifice Love shattered
the grave. Love lifted him up IL
resurrection. Sovereign love! Omnipo-
tent love! Infinite love! Bleeding
love! Everlasting love!
"rh, G,- :h!s love lie: rocks aud h;tts
Their lasting silence break;
And a.! harmonious nuInan tongues
The Savior's praises speak.
Now. Will you accept that Fathers 5
kiss? The Holy Spirit comes to you
with His arousing, melting, alarming,
inviting, viivhifying influence. Hearer.
what creates in thee that unrest? 1t
is the Holy Ghost. What influence
now tells thee that it is time to fly.
that tomorrow may be too late: that
there is one door, one road. one cross,
one sacrifice, one Jesus? It is the
Holy Ghost.
Ny most urgent word is to those
who, Like the young man Of my text,
are great way off, and they viii
start for home. and they Will get
home. They Will yet preach the
Gospel andon communion days carry
around the~-consecrated bread, &c
ceptable to everybody, because OF
their holy life, and their consecrated
behavior. The Lord is gong to save
you. Your home has got to be re-
built. Your physical health has got
to be restored. Your worldly busl-
ness hes got to be reconstructed.
The Church of God IS going to re-
joice over your iscipleship. You are
not Gospel hardened. You have not
heard or read many sermons during
the last few years. You do not weep.
but the shower is not fan of. You
sigh, and you have noticed that there
is always a sigh in the wind before
the rain falls. There are those who
would give anything if they could
find relief in tears. They say: "Oh,
my wasted life! Oh, the bitter past.
Oh, the graves over which [ have
stumbled! Whittier shall I fly? Alas
for the futare! Everything is dark,
God help me! God pity me! Thank
the Lord for that last utterance. You
have begun to pray, and when a man
begins to petition, that sets allheaven
flying this way, and God steps in and
beats back the hounds Of temptation
to their kennel, and around about the
poor, wounded soul puts the cover
of His pardoning mercy. Hark! I
hear something fall. What was that?
It is the bars of the fence around the
sheep-fold. The shepherd let's them
down, and the hunted sheep of the
mountain .sbounds in: some Of them
their fleece torn with the brambles,
some of them their feet iamo with the
dogs: but bounding in. Thank God!
Saved for time, and saved for eter
nifty.
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