The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-05
Christ aad say my Lord, thou ar,
the foundation of living water"

Christ aad say: MY Lord, thou ar,
the foundation of living water"
Some dav. wandering amid the
l;,ma rs and sheep in the heavenly pas
lures, feeding by the rock, rejoicing III
the presence OF him who brought you
out OF the woiiiSh wilderness 10 the
sheep Oh above, YOU may look mp into
his low. { ,;:li watchiul eye and say;
My I'D, i!.oa art the shepherd +.
the everlasting hills,
But there is another name you may
select. will imagine that heaven is
done Every throne has its king.
Every harp has its harper Heaven
has gathered up everything that is
worth having. The treasures ot The
whole univcrs', have po@red iuto ii.
The srug full The ranks full. The
mansiou> fall Heaven fall. the stu.
sha i.se: aiirc with sp!eudor the Iomes
Of T. temples, an huraisn the golden
streets inlua o:aze, and be reflected
back from the solid pearl Of the twelve
gates, and it shall! be nooa in heaven,
noou on the river, uo1n on the hills:
noon ia all the valie s-hiyh noon.
Then the soul may look up, gradually
:accustolaiug itself to the vision, shd't-
ing the eyes as f;om the almost lnsn'-
terab.. sp'rnd0r "iIhe noonday .i@l
until the vision can endure il, lh".i
| crying out: "Tnou art the sun :i!aL
never sets"
At TINS point Am staggered with
the thought that Notwithstanding all
| the CHARM in the name of Jesus, a:.d
the fact that it is SO eAsv a name, aud
so beautiful st,name. aud 50 potent a
name, and so q du Ing a hame, there
are people wn, tiad no Charm III those
two syllables. 0, come this day "nd
see Whether there is anything in Jesus.
| challenge those OF you who are tal-
ther from God to come at the close oi
this service and test with me whether
God is good ana Christ is giacious, aud
the Holy Spirit Is omnipotent. | chaI-
lenge you to come and kneel down
with me at the altar Of mercy. l will
kneel on one side Of the altar and you
kneel on the other side OF it, and Meth.
er of us will rise up until our sius are
| frgiree, and we aScribe, Ill ,he words
of the text, all honor tue name "i
Jesus-you pronouucing it pron"uuc-
| ing 1.-THE name that is abovesevery
| name.
His worth ifali the nations knew.
Sure the whole eafto would love him 10"
0 that God today, by the power OF
his Holy Spirit, would roll over you d
visiou vi that blessed Christ, and you
would begIu 10 weep and pray and be
lieve amt * jpltc. You haye card vi
the warrior who weGt OUT to fight
agains: Christ. He knew he was in the
wrong, ,and while waging an wcr ar,
row struck him ami he fell. II pierced
him in the heart, aud lying there, his
face to the sun, his life blood running
away, he caug 1T q handful Of the blood
that was rushing out in his right hand
and bel il up before the sun aud cried
out: 20 Jesus, thou hast conquered!'
Aud if to-day tne arrow Of Goats spirit
piercing your soul, you felt the truth
OF what have been trying to proclaim,
I YOU would surrender now ard forever
| to the Lord who bought you, Glorious
name! ] know not whether you Will
| accept it or rot; but will tell you one
thing here and now, in the presence
of angels and men-I take him TO be
my Lord, my God, my pardon, my
peace, my life, my JOY, my salvation,
my heaven.' "Bies- ed be his glorious
name forever. Tie rame hat is-above
every name" "Haleiujah. unto him
ti.at sitteth upon the throne and unto
the Lamb FOR ever and ever. Amen
and amen and amen"