The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-08-12

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the hoomlng Of the midnight sea against
the rock, the surges of Christ's anguish
beat against the gates Of eternity, to be
echoed back by all thrones ofheaven and
all the dungeons OF hell. But the day
reward comes for Christ: all the pomp
and dominion of this world are to be
hung on his throne, uncrowned heads
are 10 bow before him on whose head
are many crowns, and all the celestial
worship is to come up It his feet, like
the humming Of the forest, Ike the
rushing OF the waters, like the thunder
iug of the seas, while all heaven, rising
on their thrones. beat time with their
sceptres: "Halleluiah, Hallelujah, the
kingdoms OF this world have become the
kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ.
That song Of love, low and far,
Ere long shall swell from star to star;
That light, the breaking day which tips
The golden-spired Apocalypse
1t seemed to be Of no Importance ha
Jubsl invented rude instrument OF
music, calling them harp and organ; but
they were the introduction of all the
worlds minstrelsy; and as you hear the
vibration of strlnyed instrument, even
after the fingers have been taken away
from it, 80 all music now Of lutte and
drum and cornet is only the long.con-
tinued strains OF Jubal's harp and Jubaps
organ. 1t seemed to be matter of very
little Importance that Tubal Cain learned
the uses of copper and iron; but that rude
foundry of ancient days has its echo
10 the rattle OF Birmingham machinery,
and the roar and bang of factories on the
Merrimac.
Again, l see in my subject an illustra-
ton of the beauty of female industry.
Behold Ruth toiling IN the harvest-field
under the hot sun, or at noon taking
plain bread with the reapers, or eating
the parched corn which Boaz handed to
her. The customs of society, Of course,
have changed, and without the hardships
an exposure to which Ruth was SUBJ
jected, every intelligent woman will find
something to do. know there is a
sickly sentimentalitv on this subject. In
some families there are persons Of )
practical service to the household or
community, and though there are so
many woes all around about them IN the
world, they spend their time langui'hlng
over new pattern. Or bursting into
tears at midnight over the story ofsome
lover who shot himself! They would
not deign to look at Ruth carrying back
the barley on her way home to her
mother.iu law, Naomi. Ali this fastldl-
BUSINESS may seem to do very well while
they are under the shelter of their
fathers house; but when the sharp win
ter OF misfortune comes, what Of these
butterflies? Persons under lndulgent
parentage may get upon themselves
habits of incidence; but when they come
out into practical life their soul will
recoii with disgust and chagrin. They
will feel in their hearts what the poet
so severely satirlzed when he said:
Folks are 80 awkward, things so impolite,
They're elegantly panied from morn TIL
night
Through that gate Of indo.ence how
many men aud women have marched,
useless on earth, to a destroyed eternity!
Splnola said to Sir Horace We're: "Of
what did your brother die" ''Of having
not ing to do, was the answer. '.Ah"
said Spinola, 'that's enough 10 kill any
general of u.s." Oh! can it be possible IL
this world, where there is so much suffer-
ing to be alleviated, so much darkness to
be enlightened. and 80 many burdens to
be carried, that there is any person who
cannot find anything 10 do?
MAZDA lie de Stael did world Of work
in her time; and one day, while she was
seated amid in ,truments of music, all Of
which she had mastered, and amid man
uscript books which she had written,
some one said TO her: How do you
find time to attend 10 all these things"
''Oh!" she replied, ''these are not the
things I am proud of. My chef boast
is IN the fact that l have seventeen
trades, by anyone ofwhich l could make a
livelihood if necessary And If in sec.
ular spheres there is SO much to be done.
in spiritual work how vast the field!
How many dying all around about US
without one word Of comfort! We want
more a Abieails, more Hannahs, more
Rebeccas. more Mary's more Deborahs
secrsted-body, mind, soul, to the
Lord who brought them.
| Once more learn from my subject the
value of cleaning. Ruth gong into the
harvest-feld might have said: There
is straw, and there is a straw. but
what is straw? I can't Get any barley
for myself or my mother-ln-law out Of
these separate straws." Not so said
beautiful Ruth. She gathered two straws.
and she put them together, and more
straws, until she got enough 70 make a
sheaf. Putting that down she went and
gathered more straws, until she had an
other sheat, aud another, and an
other, and another, and then she brought
them all together, aud smoothed them
out. and she had an ephah or barley
nigh bushel. Oh, that we might all
be cleaners!
Elihu Burritt learned many things
while toiling in blacksmith's shop.
Abeacrombie, the world.renowned
philosopher, was a ph, sician in Scot
land, and he got his philosophy or the
chief part of it, while, as a physician,
he was waiting for the door of the sick
room to open. Yet how many there are
in this day who say they are so busy
they have no time for mentsl or spiritu-
al Improvement; the great duties of life
cross the field like strong reapers, and
carry off all the hours, and there is only
here and there fragment let: that is
not worth cleaning. All, my friends,
. you could 60 into the busiest day and
busiest week OF your life and find golden
opportunities, winch, gathered, might at
last make a whole sheaf for the Lords
garner. 1t is the stray opportunities
and the stray privileges which, taken up
and bound together and beaten out, will
at last fill YOU with much joy.