The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-09
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!i.aI felicity; faculties Ihas Hl:Iy blossom
and bear fruit ineXhauSr!b:y. iumor-
t2iitv Written upon every cap&c!!y:
sou! destined to range ii unh@I.o2
spheres OF activity long after tie world
has put OF ashes, and the solar system
shall have snapped rs axle, and the stars
that. IN their courses, fought against
Sisera, shall have been slain and buried
amid the toiliing thunoers CT the last
day.
You see that God has adapted every
thing to our comfort and advantage.
Pleasant things for the palate; music
for the ear; beauty for the eye; aroma
for nostril; kindred for our affections;
poetry for our taste; religion for our
soul We are put IN q garden, anG told
that from all the tress we may eat cx-
cept here and there one. lie gives the
sun to shine on us, and the waters to re,
fresh Us. and food to strengthen US: and
the aerbs yielu mediciDe when We ale
sick. ard the forests lumber when Ne
would bni.d house or cross the water
n a ship.
The rocks are transported for our
foundation, and metals upturned for
our currency, and wild beast mast give
Us covering, and the mountains must be
tunne!ed 10 let US pass, and tie flSa OF
the sea come up IL cur net, and the BIRDS
of the air drop at the Hash OF eur guns.
and the cattle on thousand hills come
down to give us meat. For us tie peach
orchards Deud down their fruit ano the
vineyards their purple clusters. To iced
and refresh our intellect, tea thousand
wonders in nature and providence
wonders OF mind and body, wonders OF
earth and air, and deep aIaiosieS and
aatitheSes, ali colors and sounds. lyrics
in the air, idyls in the .ield, c0ni!agca-
tions in the sunset, ROBES of mist Oh the
mountains and tue Grand March OF
Goo in the storm.
But for the soul still higher SGzpt&-
ticns; fountain in which 1t may WASH;
a ladder BY which it may climbs ; song
Of endless trump that II maT slGg: a
crown Of unfading light that it may
wear. Christ came to Sayelt-cams Win
cross On MS back; came with spikes n
his feet: came when no one else would
come. to do a work which no one else
would do. See how suited to man S con
digiOn IS rhat God has done Tor I'm.
| Man is d sinner; here IS q p2TCon. tie
has lost Gods image; Christ Tctracesit i,
He IS helpless; Almighty grace IS prot
! fereC. He is {. lost wanderer; Jesus
! briags him home lis is Blind, and It
| one tarcn .. him who cured HartimeuS.
eternal giories stream into his soul.
Jesus. l sing thY grace, Cure Of worst
disease, Hammer TO sml5e Oft neaVi..
est chain, Light for thlcies" darkness.
: Grace GiVile. Devils scott at il anG
men reisct it, but heaven celebrates II.
| wish You good cheer tor the nation
al health. Pestilence, thatln other years
has cone 10 drive out lts thousand
! heacses 10 Greenwood and LsUTei Hill,
has not visited cur nation. L is gIor-
rious thing to be well. hcw strange
that we should keep our health When
one breath from marsh or the sting OF
40 insect CT the slipping of 4 foot or
| the falling Of q tree branch might Ia
| tally assault our lie. Regularly the
lungs work, and their norlon seens to
| be spirit within Us psntlng after is
immortality. Ou- sights fai. not,
though the air is so full of objects
which by one touch could freak our the
souls window. What ship, after years S
tossing on the sea, could come N With
so little damage as ourselves, though
re arrive after years voyage today:
I wish you good cheer for the nation
al harvest. Reapilg machines never
swathed thicker rye and corn husSerS
peg never ripped out fuller ear, and
now poles never bent down under
sweeter hay, and win0miil's hopper
never shook out larger wheat. Long
trains of white covered wagons have
brought the wealth down to the great
thoroughfares. The garneTs are full,
the storehouses are overcrow0ed, the
canals are blocked with treights press
ing down to the markets. The cars
rumble all through the darkness and
whistle up the flagman at dead OF night
to let the western harveSts come down
to feed the mouths Of the great cities.
a race Of kings has taken possession OF
this land-Klng Cotton, King Corn,
King Wheat, King Rice, King Grass,
King Coal.
I wish you good cheer for civil and
religious liberty. No official spy watch
es our entrance here. nor does al armed
soldier interfere With the honest utter
ance OF truth. We stand here today
with our arms free TO work and or
tongues free to speak. This Bible-it
is al unclasped. This pulpit-,here IS
no chain around about it. TLeGeis no
Swapping Of musketry IN the street.
Blessed be God that TO day We arc free
men, with the prospect and determine
ton Of Always being free. No establish
ed relision-Jew and Gantile, AEninian
ard Calvin!st, Trinitarlan and Cntta-
rian. Protestant and Roman Catholic
on the same footing.
II prosecution shcu.d come against
the most unpopulap OF al til" sectS,
believe that sll denomirst;oES would
bsnd together and arm themselves, ard
heart would be stout, AID blood would
be free, and the right 0; mel to WoT3hi2
God according TO the dictates Ct their
ccnsciences would be contested a. Tie
point Of the bayorct, and Win blood
flowing up the bits 0, the h0rseS 9E.-
disS.
For me1cies tampo-a! and spiritaal
let consecrated lives be offered. Where
ever Gods lignt Shines ami Gods ra.s?
Gescends and Gods mercy J:0Cds lGC
the Thanksgiving s7!Ss.
AEun.a Holaueusi.
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