The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-21

tillt VIC ought " IaNS q S9"A'
er "Trip OF Gods eternal truth, the swor d
OF righteousness.
AS look at Eleazer's hand l also no.
tice his spirit OF self forgetfulness. lie
did not notice that the hilt of the sword
was eating through the pain ofhls hand.
He did not know it hurt him. AS ne
went out into the conflict he was so an1-
ious for the victory he forgot himself,
and that hilJ might so never so deeply
into the palm of his hand it could not
disturb him. Ills hand clave unto the
sword" Oh, my brothers and sisters,
let US 60 into Christian conflict with the
spirit of self abnegation. Who cares
whether the world praises Us or denoun-
ces us? What do we care for mlsrepre-
sentation, or abuse or persecution IN a
conflict like this? Let us forget oursel-
yes. That man who is afraid of getting
his hand hurt will never kill a Philis-
tine. Who cares whether you get hurt
O, not if you get the victory: Oh, how
many Christians there are who are all
the time worrying about the way the
world treats them, They are so tired.
and they are so abused, and they are 50
tempted, when Eleazer did not thinS
whether he had a hand, or an arm, OF a
foot. All he wanted was victory.
We see how men forset themselves y
worldly achievement. We have e:ten
seen men who IN order o achieve world
" success will forget al physical fatigue
and all ANNOYANCE anG all obstacles.
Just after the battle OF Yorktown, II the
American Revolution, q musician,
wounded, was told he must have his
limbs amputated, and they were about
to fasten him to the surgeons table
for it was long before the merc!tul dis
coverv of ar2sthetIcs. lie said, NO,
don't tasten ne to thaT table, get ne 6
violin" 4 violin was brought to him
and he said, Now so 70 work as be-
gin to play" "and for forty minutes, dur
Inc the awful panss OF amputation, he
moved not muscle nor dropped note
while he played some sweet tune. On,
is it not strange that with the music OF
the Gospel of Jesus Christ and with this
grand march of the church militant On
the way to become the church triumph
ant, we cannot forget ourselves and tor
get all pang and all sorrow and all per.
secution and all perturbation?
THE ENDURANCE OF HEROIC NBN.
We know what men accomplish under
worldly opposition. Men do not shrink
back for antagonisn or for hardship.
You have admired Prescott's conquest
of Mexico,'' as brilliant and beautiful q
history as was ever written; but some Of
you may not know under what disadvan.
tages it was written-that Conquest oi
Mexico'-fcr Prescott was totally blind,
and he had two pieces Of wood parallel
to each other fastened, and totally blind.
with his pen between those pieces Of
wood he wrote, the stroke against one
piece of wood telling how far the pen
must 60 in one way, the stroke against
the other piece Of wood telling how tal
the pen must go in the other way. on.
how much men will endure for worldly
knowledge and for worldly success, anc
vet how little we endure tor Jesus Christ.
How many Christians there are that &C
around saving, "Oh, my hand, my hand,
my hurt hand; don't you see there is
blood on the hand, and there is blood on
the sword:" while Eleazar, with the hilt
imb edded in the flesh Of his right hand.
does not know it.
Must be carried to the skies
On fowery beds Of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
Or sailed through bloody seas?
What have We suffered in comparl-
son with those who expired with sutto-
cation, Or were burned, or were chopped
to pieces for the truths sake: We talk
of the persecution of olden times. There
is justas much persecution going on no y
in various ways. In lS49, in Madagas-
car, eighteen men were put to death Tor
Christ's sake. They were 10 be hurled
over the rocks, and before they were
hurled over the rocks, in order to make
their death the more dreadful IN antlcl.
patton, they were put in baskets ano
swung to and fro over the preciplce that
they might see how many hundred feet
they would have to be dashed down, and
while they were swinging in these bask-
cts over the rocks they sang:
Jesus, lover Of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the pillows near me roll,
While the tempest still is high.
Then they were dashed down to death!
Oh. how much others have endured for
Christ, and how little we endure for
Christ. We want to ride to heaven 10
a Pullman sleeping car, our teet On soft
the bed made Up early 50 We can
Sleep all the way, TIE black porter OF
death to wake US up rnly IN time 10 en-
ter the golden city. We want all the
to fix eur hand up. Let them
bring on all the lint, and all the banda.
ges, and all the salve, for our hand is
hurt, while EleaZar does not know his
hand is hurt. Ills hand c!ave unto the
sword"
As look at Eleazar's hand l come TO
the conclusion that lie has done great
deal OF hard hitting. lam not surprised
when see that these four men-Eleazar
and his three companions-droTe back
the army Of Philistines that Eleazar's
sword clave to his hand, for every time
he struck an enemy with one end Of the
sword the other end Of the sword wound
ed him. When he took hold OF the
sword the sword took hold Of him. Oh,
we have found an enemy who cannot be
conquered by rose water and soft
speeches. 1t must be sharp stroke and
straight thrust. There is intemperance,
and there is fraud, and there is gambling,
and there is lust, and there are ten thou
sand battalions OF iniQulty, armed Phil
istine iniQuity. How are they to be
captured and overthrown? Soft sermons
in morocco cases laid down in front of
an exquisite audience Will not do it.
You have got to call things by their
right names.
NEED OF AN AWAKEN
ING.
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