The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-22

awe. In the other case you felt as if you
would like to 90 along with her. How
did they feel III that last houl? How did
they seem to act? Were they very much
frightened? Did they take hold of this
world with both hands as though they
did not want to give it up? "Oh, no."
you say; mo; remember as though it
were yesterday; she had a kind word for
US all, and there were few memeutoes
distributed among the children, and then
she told Us how kind we must be to our
father IN his loneliness. and then she
kissed Us goodby and went asleep as
cnild in cradle" What made her so
composed? Natural courage?
NO." you say; ''mcther was very ner-
vous; when the carriage inclined 10 the
side of the road she would cry out; she
was always rather weakly What
gave her compcsure? Was it because
she did Eot care much for you and the
pang of parting was not great? "Oh,"
you say, ''she showered upon us a
wealth Of affection; no mother ever
loved her children more than mother
loved us; she showed it by the way she
nursed us when We We're sick, and she
tolled Cor us until her strength gave
out" What, then, was it that gave her
con- posure in the last hour? Do not
hide it.. Be frank and let me know.
"Oh," you say, 1T was because she was
so good; she made the Lord her portion
and size had faith that she would go
straight to glory, and that We should
all meet her at last at the foot OF the
throne.
UNCOUNTED MILLIONS OF WITNESSES.
Here are people who say, II saw
Christian brother die, and be tri
umphed." And some one else, ~ saw
Christian sister die, and she tri-
umphed" Some one else SAID | saw
Christian daughter Gle. and she tri-
umphed Come, all We who have seen
the last moments OF a Christian, ard
give testimony in this cause on trial.
Uncover your heads, put your hand on
the Old family Bitle, from which they
used to read the promises, and promise
in The presence of high heaven that you
will tell the truth, the whole truth
aud nothing but the truth. With what
you have seen with your own eyes and
what ycu have heard with your own
ears, is there power in this Gospel to
give calmness and triumph in the last
exigency? The response comes from
al! sides, from young and old and mid
die aged, I'VE are Witnesses
You see, my friends, | have not put
before you an abstraction or chimera,
or anything like guess work. l present
you atlidavltS of the best men and wo-
men, living aud dead. Two witnesses
in court will establish a fact. Here are
not two witnesses, but millions of wit
nesses on earth and in heaven testify
ing that there is power in this religion
to convert the soul, to give comfort in
trouble and TO affold composure in the
last hour.
II ten men should come to you when
you are sick with appalling sickness
and say they had the same sickness and
took d certain medicine and it cured
them, you would probably take it.
Now, suppose ten other men should
cone up and say, eve don't believe that
there IS anything in that medicine."
We'll" l say, 'haye you tried lt?:' Nc,
I meyer tried it, but don't believe there
is anything in it." Ofcourse you discred-
it their testimony. The Skeptic may
come and say, There is no power in
your religion "Have you ever sried
lt?' NO, no" Then avaunt." Let
me take the testimony of the millions
of souls that have been converted to
God and comtcrted in trial and solaced
in the last hour We will take their
testimony as they cry, ''We are wit
| neSsHSo'
LOOK FOR THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Professor Henry, of Washington, dis
covered new star, and the tidings sped
by submarine telegraph. and all the OBJ
servatories Of Europe were watching
for that new star. On, hearer, looking
out through the darkness of tuy soul,
canst thou see d bright light beaming
on thee? ''Where?" you say. where?
How can l find it? Look along by the
line of the Cross Of the Son of God. DO
you not see it trembling with all ten
derness and beaming with all hope. 1t
is the Star of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my yitals froze,
DeathStruck ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose
1t was Star Of Bethlehem.
On, hearers. get your eye on it. 1t is
easier tor you now to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ and
heaven. When Nine Sontag began her
musical career she was hissed off the
stage at Vienna by the friends of her
rival, Amelia Steiniuger, who had al
ready begun to decline through her dis
sipation. Years passed on, and one day
Nine, Sontag, in her glory. was riding
through the streets of Berlin, when she
saw little child leading a blind wo-
man, and she said: Come here my
little child, come here. Who is that
you are leading by the hand?" And
the little child replied: That's my
mother; tha.'s Amelia Steininger. She
used to be a great singer, but she lost
l,er voice, and she cried so much about
it that she lost her eyesight." Give
my love 10 her. said Nine. Sontag,
land tell her au old acquaintance will
call On this afternoon
The next week in Berlin vast assem-
blage gathered at a benefit for that poor
blind woman, and it was said that Son
tag sang that night as she had never
sung before. And she took skilled ocu-
list, who IL vain tried to give eyeslght
to the poor blind woman. Until the
day Of Amelia Steininger's death Mad
am Sontag took care of her and her
daughter after her. That was what the
QUEEN Of song did for her enemy. But
Oh, hear a more thrilling story still.
Blind, immortal. poor aud lost. thou
| who, when the world and Christ were
rivals for thy heart didst hiss thy Lord
away-Christ comes now to give
thee sight, to give thee a home,
to give thee a heaven. With
more than a Sontag's generosity. he
comes now to NEST your need. With
more than a Sontas's music, he comes
to plead for thy deliverance.
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