The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06


because the law was written on two Ia
bles Of stone. Those stones marked
with the words Mount Siaai," !cit the
earthquake thai shook the mountains
when the Law was giyea. The lower
stone Of the wall IS GO Mars Hill, the
place Where Paul stood when he preach
ed that famous sermon on the brother
hood Of the human race, decl'ring. God
hath made OF one blood ali nation5.
Since Lord Eleia took the famous stat
uarr from the AcroDc!iS, the hill adloin-
Inc Mars Hill, the Greek government
makes II impossible to otransport to other
lands any Egyptian antiquities, and armed
sold;ery guard rot only the Acrop Ills
but Mars Hill. That stone l obtained
by special permission from the Queen OF
Greece. a mos. gracious and brilliant
woman, who received US as though we
had been old acQuaintanccs. and through
MIR. Tricoupls, the prime minister OF
Greece. and Mr.. Snowden, our American
minister plenjpotentiary, and DR.. Ma
matt, our American consul, that sCgges-
tive tablet was sawed from! the pulpit OF
rock on whicl Paul preached. Now you
understand why we have marked It
The Gospel" Long after my lips shall
utter IN this church their last message,
these lips of stone will tell Of the Law,
and the Sacrifice and the Gospel. This
day l present them to this church and
to all who shall gaze upon them. Thus
YOU have my answer to the question,
''What mean yol by these stones:"
But you must not divert me from the
question Of the text as l first put it. l
have interpreted these tour memorials
on my right hand but there are hun
drcGs Of stones in these surrounding
walls and underneath Us. in tie tounda-
tions, and rising above US IN the towers.
The Quarr;es OF this and transatlantic
countries at tie call Of crowbar and
cnlsel have contributed toward this
| structure. What mean ye by these
stones?"
You mean among other things that
they shall be an earthly residence for
I Christ. Christ did not have much Of a
hcme when lie was here. Who and
where is that child crying: 1t is Jesus,
born in an clubhouse. Where is that
hard breathing: 1t is Jesus, asleep on a
rock. Who is that in the back part OF
the fshing-smack, with sailors rough
over-coat thrown over him? 1t is Jesus
the woln.cut voyager. o Jesus! is it
not time that ttou hadst house: We
give Thee this. Thou didst give it to US
first, but we give it back TO Thee. 1t is
too good forus. but not half good enough
for Thee. Oh! come in and take the best
seat here. Walk up and down all these
aisles. Speak through these organ pipes.
Throw Thine arm over Us in these ar
ches. IL the flaming of these bracks IS
Of fire speak TO us saying. II am the
light of the world" o King! make this
Thine audence-chamber. Here pro-
claim righteousness and make treaties.
We clap our hands. we uncover our
he IDS, we lit our enslgns. we cry with
multitudnous acclamation uutil the place
rings and the heavens listen: 20 King!
live for. eyer!"
Is it not time that he who was born in
strangers house and buried in stran-
GERS grave should have an earthly
house, Come in, . Jesus! not the corpse
OF buried Christ, but radiant an |
triumphant Jesus, conQuer2r OF earth,
and heaven and hell.
He lives, all glory to his name,
He lives, my Jesus, still the same.
Oh, the sweet JOY this sentence gives
know that my Redeemer lives.
Blessed be His glorious name forever!
Again, if any one asks the question OF
the text: what mean ye by these
stones:" the reply is, we mean the COM
munion Of saints. Do you know that
there is not denomination OF Christians
in Brooklyn that has not contributed
something toward the building Of this
house2 And if ever, standing in this
place, there shall be man who shall
try by anything he says. TO stir up bitter
ness between different denominations OF
Christians, may his tongu:' falter and his
cheek blanch, and his heart stop! My
friends, if there is any church on earth
where there is mingling of all denomi-
nations, it is our church.
| I Just wish that John Calvin and Ar
minus, if they were not too busy, would
come out on the battlements and see US.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings | have
heard the brethren use the phrases of a
beautiful liturgy and we know where
they came from; and in the same prayer
meetings I have heard brethren make
audible ejaculation, ''Amenn' Praise
We the Lord!' AID we did not have to
guess twice where they came from.
When man knocks at our church door,
if he comes from q sect where they will
not give him certificate we say:
Gone in by confession Of faith. +"
While Adcniram Judson, the Baptist
and John Wesley, the Methodist, and
4 John Knox, the glorious old Scotch Pres
byterian. are shaking hands in heaven,
all churches on earth can afford to come
into close communication: Zone Lord,
one faith, one baptism" Oh my breth-
ren-we have had enough Of Big Bethel
ishts-the Fourteenth New York regi-
ment fighting the Fifteenth Massachu-
setts regiment. Now let all those who
are for Christ. and stand on the same
side. 90 shoulder to shoulder, and this
church, instead ofhaving sprinkling of
the Divine blessing, 90 clean under the
wave in one glorious immersion in the
name Of the Father, and of the Son, and
OF the Holy Ghost. l saw little child
once. in It's dying hour, put one arm
around its fathers neck, and the other
arm around its mothers neck, and bring
them close down to its dying lips and
give a last kiss. On, l said those two
persons will stand very near to each
other always after such an interlocking.
The dying Christ puts one arm around
this denomination Of christians, and the
other arm around that denomination OF
Christians, and he brings them down to
his dying lips, While he gives them tins
partil g kiss: ''MY peace l leave with
you. My peace give unto YOU"