The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-08
| went on further and further from God
until one day l got letter saying:

| edlHcSLIy eluo 4CAf0dIAy ioi SoN'A
nation, but it seems ofno avail. Since
our little Henry died, with the excep
ton of those few happy weeks when 20,
remained sober, my life has been one o
sorrow. Many of the nights l have sa
by the window, with my face bathed II
tears, watching for your coming. l an
broken hearted, am sick. Mother ant
father have been here frequently ant
begged me to come home, but my love
for you and my hope for brighter day;
have always made ME refuse them. THAI
hope seems now beyond realization, ant
1 have returned to them. Its hard, ant
battled long before doing it. May Goo
bless and preserve you, and take from
you that accurscd appetite and hasten
the day when we shall be again living
happily together. This will be my daily
prayer, knowing that he has said, Come
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest From
your loving wife, MARY.
'.And so I wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, until one night ]
passed Methodist meeting house, and
1 said to myself, III 60 in and see what
they are DOING and l cot to the door,
and they were singing:
All may come, whoever will,
This man receives poor sinners still.
ssAnd I dropped right there where ]
was and l said, God have mercy and
he had mercy on me. My home is res
tored, my wife sings all day long during
work, my children come out a long way
to greet me home, and my household is
a little heaven. I will tell you what did
all this for me. 1t was the truth that
this day you proclaim, On him the Lord
bad laid the iniquity ofus all. ,"
THE DRUNKARD AND THE OUTCAsT.
Yonder is woman who would say
II wandered off from my fathers house;
heard the storm that pelts on d lost
soul; my feet were blistered on the hot
rocks. | went on and on, thinking
that no one cared for my soul, when
one night Jesus met me and ne said:
"Poor thing, go home! your father is
waiting for you, your mother IS waiting
for you. Go home, poor thing And,
sir, was too week to pray, and l was
too weak to repent, but l just cried out;
I sobbed out my sins and my sorrows
on the shoulders of him of whom it is
said, the Lord hath laid on him the in
iQuity Of US all.
There is young man who would say:
Il had a Christian bringing up; came
from the country to city life; started
well; ! had good position, a good
commercial position, but one night at
the theater l met some young mea who
did me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers of iniQulty, and l
lost my morals and | lost my position,
and l was shabby and wretched. Twas
going down the street, thinking that no
one cared for me, when a young man
tapped me on the shoulder and said,
George, come with me and | will do
you good I looked at him to see
whether he was joking or not. l saw
he was in earnest and said, what do
YOU mean, siry' WELL he replied. I
mean if you will come to the meeting
tonight will be very glad to intro
duce you. l will meet you at the door.
viii you Gomez Said l, t will
II went to the place where l was
tarrying. l fixed myself up as well as
| could. | buttoned my coat over a
ragged vest and went to the door OF the
church, and the young man met me
and we went in: and as / went in |
heard an old man praying, and he looked
so much like my father | sobbed right
out; and they were all around so kind
and sympathetic that | just gave my
heart to God and l know this morning
that what you say is true; l believe 1t
in my own experience. On him the
Lord hath laid the iniQulty OF US all. V"
Oh, my brother, without stopping to
lork as to whether your hand trembles
or not, without stopping to look Wheth-
er your hand is bloated with sin or not,
put it in my hand, let me give you one
warm, Drotherly, Christian grip, and
invite you right up to the heart, to the
compassion. to the sympathy, to the
pardon of him on whom the Lord had
laid the iniqulty of us all. Throw
away your sins. Garry them 40 longer.
proclaim emancipation thls morning
to all who are bound, pardon for all sin,
and eternal life for all the dead.
Some one comes here this morning,
and stand aside. He comes up these
steps. He comes to this place. Imust
stand aside. Taking that place he
spreads abroad his hands, and they were
nailed. You see his feet, they were
bruised. He pulls aside the robe and
shows you his wounded heart. l say,
cart thou weary?" "Yes," he says,
weary with the worlds Woe" say,
"Whence comest thou?' He says. Il
come from Calvary" l say, Who
comes with thee?' He says, mo one;
I have trodden the winepresS a'one!'
I say, "Why comest thou here?' ooh"
he says, 81 came here to carry all the
sins and sorrows of the people
And he kneels and he says, "Put on
my shoulders all the sorrows and all the
sins" And conscious Of my own sins
first, take them and put them on the
shoulders of the Son OF God. l say,
"Canst thou bear any more, o Christ ?"
He says, Yea, more" And l gather
up the sins of all those Whe serve at
these altarS, the officers of the Church
of Jesus Christi gather up all their
sins and put them on ChrlStS Shoul.
ders, and / say, "Canst thou bear any
mole?" He says, Yea, more" Then
I gather up all the sins of hundred
people in this house, and l put them on
the shoulders Of Christ, and l say,
"Canst thou bea- more?" Yea, more"
And I gather up all the sins of this as
sembly, and l put them on the shoul-
ders of the Son of God and l say
"Canst thou bear :Eem:' Yea" he
says, more"
He HATH BORNE OUR HTRiNSGRESSIONS.
But he is departing. Clear the way
for him, the Son of God. Open the door
and let him pass out. He is carrying
our sins and bearing them away. We
shall never see them again. He throws
them down into the abysm. and
you hear the long reverberating echo Of
their fall 'On him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity of us ALL" viii you let
him take away your sins today Or do
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