The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-08-26
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1t Has Wr, c.>. { Many * Lisc---1 ha Lord
Win Look O.;t icr Iou.
BROOKLYN, Aug. !G.-Dr. Talma9e
has returned flunt his western tour rein
vlcorated in health a,.d cheered by the
hearty ard enthusiastic greetings he has
received n tie numerous cities he has
visited. Thousands ofpersons whoread
his sermons il their local newspapers
have struggled 20 get within sound Of
his voice wherever he has spoken. His
sermon this week is on the very common
and foolish habit CT borrowing trouble,
and lis text is Mathew vi, 81, ''Sutfi-
cien, unto the CAY is the evil thereof"
The lie OF every man. woman and
child is as closely under the divine care
as though such person were The OILY
man, woman or CHILD. There are no az
cidents. AS there IS q law OF storms N
the natural world, So there Is Law OF
trouble, law OF disaster, a law OF mis-
fortune; bus Tic majority OF the troubles
ol life a.e imaGiDary, and the most OF
those anticipated never come. AT auy
rate, there is no cause Ct complaint
against God See how much he hath
done 10 make thee lappy; his sunshine
filling lle earth with glory, making ram
bow for lhe storm ard halo for the
mountain. greenness for the moss, sat-
trcu for the cloud and crystal lor the bill
low. aud procession of hammered flame
through tie openiu. gates Of the morn
inc. cbatiinches to sing, rivers to glitter,
seas to chant, and springs to blossom,
aid orerpowering all other sounds with
It's 5, ng, aud overarching all other splen-
Cor ~lth its triumph, covering up all
olhtr beauty With its garlands, and out
flashing all other thrones with its dom
inion--deliverance for lost world
through tie Great Redeemer.
| discourse Of the SIN Of borrowing
trouble.
Fast, such habit of mind and heart
is wrong. because it puts one into des-
ponGeDcy that i'll fits HIM for duty. l
planted two rose bushes III my garden.
The one ,hrived beautifully, the other
persisted. l found the dead one on the
Shady side OF the house. Our DISPOSE
.ionS, like our plants need sunshine.
Expectancy OF repulse is the cause OF
many secular and religious failures.
Fear Of bankruptcy has upsorn many
fine business and mt the man dodSlng
among the note sEavers. Fear, slander
and abuse has often invited all the long
beaked vultures of scorn and backbitlng.
Many Of the mis1ortunes Of life, like
hyeras, flee II you courageously meet
them.
FORCE HAPPINESS TO COME.
How poorly prepared for religious
duty is a man who sits down under the
gloom Of expected misfortune! If he
pray, he SAYS. Il do not think I shall be
answered. If he give, he says, Il eN-
pect they will steal the money" Helen
Chalmers told me that her father,
Thomas Chalmers, in the darkest hour
of the history Of the Free Church OF
Scotland, and when the woes of the land
seemed to weigh upon his heart, said TO
the children, Come, let US 60 out and
play ball or fly kite" and the only dii-
liculty in the play was that the children
could not keep up with their father. The
McCheynes and the Summertields Of the
church who did the most good, cultIvat-
Cd sunlight. Away with the horrors.
they distill poison; they dig graves, and
if they could climb so high, they would
drown the rejoicings of heaven with sobs
and :failing.
You Will have nothing but mlsfort une
in The future if you sedulously watch for
It. How shall man catch the right
Kind of fish If he arranges his line and
hook and bait to catch lizards and water
serpents? Hunt for bats and hawks and
bats and hawks Hc1 wnl hna. Hunt Tor
robin redbreas,s and you will ind robin
redbreasts. One night an eagle and an
owl got into fierce battle; the eagle un-
used to the night was no match for an
owl, which is mcst g. hone in the dark
ness, and The king Of the air fell helpless;
but the morning rose, and with 1t rose
the eagle; and The o"is and the night
!.awks and the bs.-, came second time
10 the combat; now, the eagle. IL the
sunlight, with "a stroke Of his talons and
great cry, cleared the air, aud bis
crem:es, with torn feathers and sp!asbed
with blood. trmbled into the lhickeis.
Ye are the children Of light. lu the
night of dependency You will have 30
chance against Your enemies that tocA
up from beneath, but, trusting IN God
and standing liz the sunshine OF the prom
ises, You shall renew your youth like
the eagle
THERE ARE BLESSINGS A-PLENTY.
Again. the habit OF borrowing trouble
is wrong because it has tendency to
make Us overlook present blessing. 10
slake man's thirst, the rock IS cleft, and
cool waters leap into his brimmlng cup.
TO iced his hunger the fields bow down
with bending wheat, and the cattle come
down with iuil udders from the clover
pastures TO give HIM milk, and the
orchards yellow and ripen, casting
their juicy fruits into his lap. Alas.
that amid such eXuberance OF blessing
1nan sh>uld erowl as though he were
soldier on half rations, or a sailor on
short allowance, that man should stand
neck deep in harvests looking forward to
iamiue; that one should feel the strong
pulses OF health marching with regular
tread thr, ugh all the avenues OF llte and
Vet tremble at tie expected assault OF
sickness; that man should s.. IL his
pleasant home. learfulphat ruthless want
will some d;y rattle the broken window
sash with tempest, and sweep the Goals
from the hearth. and pour hunger Into
the bread tray: that man fed by him
who owns all the harveSts should expect
10 starve; that one whom God loves and
surrounds with benediction, and attends
with angelic escort, and hovers over With
more than n.o,herly fondnesss should be
looking for heritage OF tears!
Has God been lard with thee that
thou shouldst, be- :..-torebodlns: Has he
stinled thr board: Has he covered thee