The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-12

exercise ard theo exan;pe yourself. aad
instead Of Newtoc's sa,ucnipe and bill
lious hymn tEa: first q1otec, you will
siu. Nswton's other AEG.n:
Amazing grace, how sweet the souRd
That stvec, a wretch like lie!
Once w,.s los,, but now I'm found;
Was blind; Lut now see.
What many Of you Christians need is
to get your grave clothes off l rejoice
that you have been brought from ths
des,a of sin to the life Of the gospel, but
you need to get your hands loose and Jour
fee. loose aud your tongue loose and
your soul loose. There is no SIN that
the Bible so arraigus snd puactures and
flagellates as the sin Of uubcllcf, and
:ha. is what is thu matter with you.
oh" you say, ''lf you knew what l
once was and bow many tim@s [ have
grievous!s strsyed, you would under
stand why do not come ou. brighter. v
Then ttisk yor will call yourself the
chief OF sinners. am glad you hit upon
,ha: term, for have promise that ITS
into your case a: the cogs in one wheel
between the cogs Of another wheel oC as
the key fits INFO the labyrinth of lock,
: aan who was once called Saul but af-
,ernards Paul declared: This Is a
faithful sayiag and worthy Of all sccet-
,ation, THAI Carist Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, of whom | an
ch!ef." Mark that-''ot whom | an
chief" Put down your oTercoats and
hats aai will take care OF them While
7ou kill S:epaur"--so Saul said to tie
ssoners Of the first martyr-"1 90 not
care to exert myself much, bat | vii!
guard your surplus apparel While you DO
the murder" TIE New Testament ac.
count says: s'The witnesses laid down
their clothes at young mans tee'
whose name was Saul" NJ wonder ne
sa;o: sSnnrrs, Of whom lam chief" /"
CA.lss is used 10 climbing. He climbed
! TO the top OF the temple. He climbed
to The top of Mount Osivcs. He climbed
to the top Ct the cliffs about Nazareth.
lie climbed to the top of G-lgotha
Aud to the top OF the hills and the
| mountains OF your s-ausgress!ohs ana be
| is ready to climb with pardon for every
one of you. The groaa of Calvary Is
mightier than the thunder OF Sinai.
Fu!! receipt is offered for ali 5ou7 IN
dc5.edness. If one throws st're At
miduieat into bush where the hedge
bird roos.s, it immedia.ey b@sias to
stag; aaj into the midnight hedges OF
| your dependency these words hurl,
hvpins 10 awaken you 10 authen. Drop
...e tuDcs IN nsne minar key and take the
major. Do you ,hiak it plesses the
! Lord for you to be Carrying around
with You the debris aud carcasses of old
| transg:esslons? Iou make Lac t5!uk OF
some ship that nas mad u te@pe'tuous
time al sea, and now tha> 1t proposes
aaothcs voyage, keeps on its daVlts the
damaged iifeooats, ,and the .pilnteFa oi
shivered mast, and the broken glass OF
a smashed skyIight My advice is: Clear
the decks, overheard with all the oam-
aged rigging. brighten up the sailed
smokestacks, open new log book, hauI
in the plauks, lag out ne" course, anu
set ss.i for heaveo You have lad TIE
spiritual dumps l.ug enough. You Will
please the Lord more by oeirg happy
than by bsing miserable. Have you noi
sometimes started out iu the lain Win
your umbrella aud were busy thinking
apa you d.d not notice that the rain had
s,apoed, aad though it had Cleared Oh
vsu s.ill had your umbreis up, ano
when yCu discovered wha: you were DO
ing YOU felt silly cooughs That ls wha;
sone OF you are doing in religious thlrgs'
You have go: 50 used TO sadness that
tuough The rain has stopped you still
have your umbrella up. Come ous OF the
shadow. Asccp:: tae s'ai7s OF you
sepulcnre. Sep out Tito the broad
i;.n of nooaday. We come around ycu
to help you remove your grave ci1:hcs'
and voice from the heavens, tFeuuiou.
bat omnipoieot. comnancs "Lro7e MN,
| a1di tse hiL4 60"
Hea7en is ninety-fve per cent. better
than this world, thousand per cert.
better, rlil!ioo per cent. Letter Take
tie eladdest, brightest, most Jubi !ah1
DAYS YOU ever had on earth ana COM
press item into oae hour, and 'hst hon:
would be requiem, . fass day, gloon,
horror, as con pared with the poorest
bou7 they have bad in heaven since It's
| first tower was built, or ,is IFst Gases
swups or its first song caroled. "Oh,
YOU say, 'that may 10 true. but am so
afraid of crossing over from this world
to the next. and fear the swapping OF
the cord between soul and body" We'll,
eIl the surgeons and Physicians and
scientists declare that there is no panS
at the parting of the body and noul, and
a., The. seeming restlessness a. the clos
inr bour Of life is involuntary and
no distress at all. And l agree with the
doctors. for what they say is confirmed
by the fact that persons "no were
drowned or we're submerged until all
consciousness departed and were after
wards resuscitated, declare that the seEsa-
ton of passing into unconsciousness wac
Measurable rather than distressful. The
cage of the BODY has door 90 easy bin
ces and when that door CT tie physical
cage opea7 the soul simply puts out its
wings and soars. But, you say i
fear to 90 because the future is SO full Of
mystery" Well, will tell you how to
treat the mysteries. The mysteries have
ceased bothcrng me, for I d. as the
Judges of your courts often 60. They
hear al! the argument in the case and
then say: 81 will take these papers and
give you my decision next week" 5" |
have heard all the argument in regard to
the next world, ard some things are un.
certain and full of mystery, and 50 l
fold up the papers and reserve uatil the
next world my decision about tncm. l
can there stud, all the M jsteries to bet
ter advantage, Tor the iigat Will Dc bet,
ter and my faculties stronger, and l will
ask the Christian philosophers, who have