The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-07

crest, walking the w'ute Sur!. solid AS
though it were frozen snow. The sail.
ors think ghost is striding the tempest,
but he cheers them INTO placldity. show
iny himself to be great Christ tor sail
ors. Aud he walks the Atlantic and
Pacific and Mediterranean and Adriatlc
now. and If exhausted and afrighted
vora ers will listen for his voice at halt
past ; O'Clock in the alorriny on any
sea. Indeed ST any hour, ,ney will hear
bis voice of compassion and encourage.
meut.
We continue to follow our Chieflain
and here is blind man by the wayslde.
1t is not from cataract Of the eye OF from.
ophthalmia, the eye-ex.inguisher Of the
East; but he was born blind. BE
opened!' he cries, and frs. there is :,
smarting OF the eye-lids, and then = twill
light, aud then a mid-noon, and then a
shout. Il see!" Tell tito all the bliud.
and they at least, can appre ciate 1t. And
here is the widows dead sou, and here
is the expired damscl, and here Is Laza-
rous! ''Live!u our Chieflaln cries, and
they live. Tell 1t through all the berett
households; tell it among the graves.
And here around him gather the deaf and
the dumb and The sick. aud al ms word
they turn on their couc!,rs. aud blush
from awful pallor Of helpless illness to
rubicuud health, and the swollen foot Of
the iroysi ;al sufferer becomes fleet as a
roe on the mountains. The music of the
grove and household weakens the deaf
eur, and lunatlc and maniac return into
bright intelligence. and the leper's breath
becomes as sweet as the breath of a
chilli, aud the hesh as roseate. Tell 1t TO
all the sick, through all the homes,
slough all the hospitals. Tell it at II
O'Clock at night; tell it at , o'clock in the
morning; tell it at $50, and in the last
watch of the night, that Jesus walks the
tempest.
Still We follow GU. Chieftaln until the
government that gave him no protection,
insists that he pay tax and TOO poor 10
raise the requisite $2.I5, lie orders Peter
to eaten hsh that has in its mouth y
Roman slater, which is bright coin (snd
you know that fish naturally bite at any,
thing brieht), but it was miracle That
Peter should have caught II at the first
haul.
Now We follow our Chieftain uni! for
the paltry sum OF SIS, Judas sells Him 10
His pursuers. Tell it to all the BETRAYED!
If for $4,000, or for $500, or for 500
your interests were sold out, consider for
how much chesper SUM the Lord Of
earth and heaven was surrendered to
humiliation and death. But here while
following him on spring night between
II and IL o'clock, we see the flash OF
torches and lanterns, and We hear the
cry Of a mob OF Nihilists. They are
breaking in on the Quietude Of Geth-
semane with clu5s-llke mob with
sticks chasing mad dog. 1t is q herd
Of Jerusa' EN- ''roughs' led on by Judas to
arrest Christ and punish him for being
the loyelist and best beng that ever
lived. Butnoters are liable t, ass1il the
wrong man. How re they 10 be sure
which one was Jesus? Il will kiss nm,"
says Judas, land by that signal you will
know on whom to lay your hands Of ar
rest" So the kiss which throus htout the
human race and for all time God in
tended as the most sacred demonstration
of affection. for Paul writes 10 the Ro-
mans and the Corinthians and the Thes.
salonians concernlngthe ''holy kiss, and
Peter celebrates the kiss OF charity, and
with that conjunction of lips Laban
met Jacob, and Joseph met his brethren,
and Aaron met Moses and Samuel met
Saul and Jonathan met David and Orpah
parted from Naomi aud Paul separated
from his friends at Ephesus and the father
in the parable greeted the returning
prodgal, and when the millennium shall
c3me we are told righteousness and
peace will kiss each other, and all the
world is invited To greet Christ as in
spiration cries out KISS the Son, lest
He be angry and ye perish from the
way"-that most sacred demonstra-
ton Of reunion and affection was desc
Grated as The filthy lips OF Judas touched
the pure cheek OF Christ, and the hor-
rid uack of that kiss has It's echo in the
treachery and >lebasement and hypocrisy
OF ali ayes.
AS in December, 1889, walked Oh
he way iron, Bethany, aud at the foot
of Mount Olivet, half.mile from the
wall OF Jerusalem, through the Gardep
of GetIsemane, ,nd under the eight
venerable olive trees now standing,
their pomolo..ieal ancestors having been
witnesses OF the occurrence spoken OF,
the scene oi horror and of crime came
back to me, until s:,uddered with the
historical "Reminiscences.
In iul ther following our great Chief
tan's uarc!. through the centuries, l
!ind ny self III a crowd in front Of
uerod's palace ir Jerusalem, and Oh q
movable platform placed upon tease
lated pavement. Ppntius PLATE sits.
Aud as once year coudenned Grim
inal is pardvued. Plate let's the people
choose whether it shalt be an a>sassa!n
or our G .ieilair. and they all CAV out
lrr The liberation ot the assassin, thus
declaring they prefer a murderer to The
salvation OF the world. Plate took ba-
stu of water in front Of these people and
tired to wash off the blood OF this muir
der from his hands. but he could not.
They are still lifted aud l zee them
looming up .hrouel. ali the ages. eight
liuyers and TWO thumbs standing out red
with the carnage.
Sill folio s.ng own ChieItain, ascend
The hill which General Gordon, the
great English explorer and arbiter
first made clay model of. 1tls hard
climbing for our Chieltaiu, for he has
not ouly two heavy li'ubers to carry on
his back, tie upright and horizontal
pieces OF the cross, but he is suffering
from exhaustion caused by lack OF food,
mountain chi!l-, desert heats, wslppiuss
with elrn-wood rods, aud years OF NAL.
treatment.
1t took our part, in 1889 only tifteen
mnute$ to climb to the top Of the hill
and reach that line-s,one rock il yonder