The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-28

! uanIa. 60 ,,c...tf2 . livelihood 10y one
N!.o had n@!lr4 10 S:a;t with, and after
q while .oY u family rs we'll, and carry
this on until children axe reared and
,A,icatc& and i:iirly Started in The world,
and 20 do this a&a;;i all the riva!r.es Of
business, aud the uncertainty OF crops,
ard the .icklcneSs Of tu:G legislation,
with an occasional: labor strike, aud
| here anG there g financial panic thrown
IL. is 4 mighty thing TO DO, and there
are hundreds ana thousands such heroes
ami neroines who live unsuug ana die
unhouorel. What wc all need, whether
10 o. down III lie OF hnlt say between,
is the u.in!tc solaCe OF the Christian re-
linicn. And 50 we employ the werd
| - ome," II Will take ali eternity to
lind out The number OF business mcn
who have been strengthened by the
promises OF God, and the people who
haze been fed By the ravens when other
resources gavc ont, ard the men and
women WHO. @oirS into this battle
armed o0iv with needle. or saw. or aN,
yacGst;ck, c. pen. or type. or shovel,
or shoelast. have gained 2 victory that
made The heavens resound. With all
the resources CT GOO promised for every
eX;2cncy 10 ore need be left ii the
lU-ch.
) SUBLIME: FAITH.
ike the faith displayed years aco in
Diary lane, London, in 4 humble home
where every particle Of food had gwen
OF. ana a kinlir soul entered with tea
and other table supplies. and touad
kettle or the lirc ready Tor The tea. The
benevolent lady sad, How is it that
YOU have the kettle ready for the tea
when you had 10 tea in the house"
And the daushte: in the home said:
''Motacr would have me put the kettle
on the fire, and when said What is
the use OF do;n. so. when we have
nothing in the house:' she said Ny
child. God will provide. Thirty years
he has already provided for me through
all my pain and he'plessuess, and he
will not leave me to starve at last. He
will send Us help, though we DO not see
how We have been waiting all the
day foc something to come, but until we
saw YOU we knew not how It was to
corne.'' Such things the world may call
condolences. but l call them almighty
deliverances, and, though you do not
hear Of them, they are occurring every
day and in all parts OF Christendom.
But the word Gone" applied to
those who need solace will amount to
nothing unless it be uttered by some
one who has experienced that solace.
That spreads the responsibility Of giving
this gospel call among q great many.
Those who have lost property and been
cousoleG By religion in that trial are the
ones to invite those who have failed IN
business. Those who have lost their
health and been consoled by religion are
the ones to invite those who are in poor
health. Those who have had bereave-
ments and been consoled il those be-
reaYements a.e the ones to sympathlze
with those who have lost father or mother
or companion or child or friend. What
lnultitudes O.! Us ale alive today, and IN
GOOD health. and buoyant in this life,
who would have been broken down or
dead long AGO but for the sustaining and
cheering help of our holy religion! So
we say Gomez The well is not dry.
The buckets are not empty. The sup
DIV is not exhausted. There is just as
much mercy and coincidence and sooth-
lug power in God as before the first
crave was due, or the first tear started,
or the first heart broken, CT the first ac-
cident hapDeoed. Or the first fortune
vanished. Those Of US who have telt
the consolatory power Of religion have
4 right TO speak out Of our own expert
cnces. and say Come"
But" SAYS some one, ''you Chris
tian people keep telling US to Come
vet YOU do net tell us how to come"
That charge shall not be true on this
occasion. Come believing! Come re-
pentino. Come praying! After all that
Goa has been doing for SIX thousand
years. sometimes through patrlarchs and
sometimes through prophets, and at last
through the elimination Of all tragedies
on Gol.otha, can any QUE think that
God will not welcome Your coming:
VIII father at vasl outlay construct
mansion for his son, and lay out parks
white with statues. and green with
foliage. and all a-Sparkle with fountains,
and then not allow his son to live IN
the house or walk in the parks: Has
God built this house OF Gospel mercy,
and will he then refuse entrance to his
children? WI a government a. great
expense build life saving stations all
along the coast, and boats that can
hover urhurt like petrol ever the Wild
est surge. and then when the lifeboat
has reached the wreck OF ship IL the
ottinr not allow the drowning to seize
the lifeline or take the boat for the
shore in safety: Shall God provide at
the cost ofh!s only Sons assassination es-
cape for a sinking world. and then tnrn
g deaf ear to the cry that comes up
from the breakers:
YOU NEED But BELIEVE TWO THINGS.
But" you say, ':therc are so many
things | have 10 believe, and 50 many
things in the shape Of a creed that [
have to adopt, that I am kept back"
No. no. You need believe but two
th;ncs-namely. that Jesus Christ came
INTO lbe world to save sinners, and that
YOU are one of them. But" you say,
Il do believe both of these thlngsn'
DO YOU really believe them with all
YOUR heart? Yes" Why then yeu
have passed from death into life. Why,
then. yeu are son o. daughter Of the
Lord Almighty. Why, then, you are
an heir or an heiress Of an inheritance
that will declare dividends from now
until long after the stars are dead. Hal
lelujah. Prince Of God, why do you not
come and take your coronet: Princess
of the Lord Almighty, why do you not
mount your throne, Pass up into the
light. Your boat IS anchored, why do
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