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

: duce,ncnt, lie swung IL great SchOt
!. OF fish INTO Il part OF Lake liberia.
q Where the fishermen l:ll cast taei
!, nets for eight or ten hours withot;
( the capture OF 4 lainnow: and bynnaL
/ ing a fish help pay the tax by Yield
. ing from ii. mouth Il Roman slater
Christ broke the iaw of storms b
j.. compelling. witt !: word. the ;lngercl
s.. - l.u$il i;:;frcnZy, ant! the Wind:
( to Qi:5 tllcii blowing He b,ok
geological j;tH' when he made III;
: ,icrils possess the s&-;ne OF G;lG&ra
II" brn!:c !i!r law Of economies wiel
lie made cnough bread for iiyc tiIous
AID people out Of five biscuits tia
wou!a not ordinarily have Jcer
enough for ten of the hungry H
broke intellectual law when, by {
word, He siienced q maniac INTO pl;..
eidity. He broke physiological law
When, by touch, He Strengthened g
woman who, for eighteen years, has
been bent almost double, and Wien
He pat spring iuto the foot OF inEi1.
mated Lazarus, and when, without
medicine, He gave the dying girl back
in health to the Syro-Phenician
mother, and when He made the pala-
tial home of the nobleman resound
as.jn with the laughter ofhis restor-
cd boy, and when, without knife or
battery, He set cataracted eyes to
seeing again. and the drum of deaf
ears to vibrating again, and the nerves
OF paral wed arms 10 tulilling again.
and then when IN leaving the earth
He Getiad all tie atmospheric law and
physiological law, and that law which
has in il withcs and cable; and gir-
ders enough to hold the universe
the law OF gravitation.
The Christ who proved himself on
so many occasions, and especially
tie last, superior to law, still lives;
and every day, in answer to prayer
for the good Of the world, He IS
overriding the law.
Standing today on the Ascension
peak of Mount Olivet I am gladden.
ed at the closing gesture, the last
gesture Christ ever made. He
lifted up his hands and blessed
them" says the inspired account OF
our Lords departure. I am SO glad
He lifted up His hands. Gestures
are oftenmore significant than words,
attitude than arguments. Christ had
made gesture of contempt when
with His finger He wrote on the
ground; gesture of repJllsion when
He said, Get thee behind me Satan:
gesture Of condemnation when BE
said. Woe unto you Phalisees and
hvpocrltcs." But His last gesture,
His Oiiyetic gesture, is q gesture OF
benediction. He lifted up His
hands and blessed them. His arms
are extended, and the palms of His
hands turned downward, and so BE
dropped benediction upon Oliyet.
bcnediction upon Palestine, ,benedic-
ton upon all the earth.
The cruel world took Him in at
the start on a cradle Of straw, and az
last thrust Him out with the point Of
q spear: but benetiction. Ascending
until beneath He saw on one side
the Bethlehem where they put Him
among the cattle, and Calvary OH the
other side, where they put Him
among the thieves. As far as the
excited and intensified vision of the
group on Olivet could see Him, and
after He was so faru they couldno
longer hear His words, they saw the
gesture OF the outspread hands, the
bcnediction And that is His atti-
tude today His benediction upon
the worlds climates, and they are
changing, and will keep on changing
until the atmosphere shall be a CON,
mingling of Octoberand June. Ben,
ediction upon the deserts til they
whiten with lily. and blush with rose,
and yellow with cowslip, and emerald
with grass. Benediction upon gov
ernments till they become more Just
and humane. Benediction upon ma
tons until they kneel In prayer
Benediction upon the wole earth IN
til every mountain is an Oiyet OF
conservation, and every lake 81 Gal,
lee on whose MOSAIC Of crystal, and
opal, and sapphire divine splendors
shall walk. Oh, take the benediction
Of his pardon, sinners young, sinners
| 0ld, sinners moderate and sinners
abandoned Take the benediction Of
His comfort, all ye broken-heartet
under bereavement, and privatlon
and myriad woes. Take His bene
diction. all yc sick-beds, whether IN
der acute spasms OF pain, or in long
protracted invalidism. For orphan
age. and childlcssness, and widow,
, hood bened;ction. For cradles
, and trlndle-bed, and rocking-chail
of octogenarians a benediction. Fo]
life and death, for time and eternity
!, for earth and for heaven, a benedlc
ton. Sublimest gesture ever made
the last gesture of our ascending
, Lord. ':And He lifted up his hands
:, and blessed them
Is our attitude the same? Is !
the clenched fist Or the openpalm? 1
| it wrath OF is it kindness? Is it dla
{ boism or Christianism? God give
!, US the grace of the open palm, opel
+ upward to get the benediction, opel
5 downward to pronounced a benedlc
! ton. Alady was passing along
0 street and suddenly ran against
1 ragged boy, and she said: i be-
n your pardon, my boy, didnot meal
$ to run against you: lam very sorry.
$ And the boy took of the piece OF
II cap lie had on his head and saio
S You have my puding, lady, and yo'
o may run agin me ana knock ne clea
1 down; I won't care And tuInin
$ to comradc he said: That nearl
! took me OF, my feet. Nobody eve
o asked my pardine before. hmc
e ness: kindnessl Fill the worl
! with it. There has always been to