The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

a man Goes no: sssl Ills lost and ruined
ccnGltion bstcra 600, t!e does not Hau:
any gospel. I th;I;k the reason that
.here are 60 feG CONVERSIONS il this Cay
is because the teaaercg OF Tie preaching
is to rake men be!!sve that the" are
pretty sood anyh0w-Qai.e clever. only
wanting sItgle GX!ug uy;-a tsw t0aches
CT 6iVice grace. saG then you VIII DC al
clsht, ln stead OF p7oGlatning The broad
ceep truth Pay!0n ana Whitelieit thun
dere0 10 race trembling On the verge
OF iuf0l:a an6 etsrca! disaster. "No9,"
says SONG onc, "c9n this really &c truS
Have we aii goae astraE: Is tieTe 60
coed i: u.s." n Hampton Court saT
= roou where the four walls ws9e COW
cred with iookiDg glasses, anG il cace
30 difra. eGce which WY you looked you
say yourself. And so il IS II ibis COS
pei OF Christ. Il you crce step plth!a
is iul; }rcclncis, you 77itt naa YcuS
whole character rsa>ctcG-averV tea.
turs cs neral Gefc-mity, every spot OF
neral tains. III understand tha word
q Coo, i.s first anpcIncement IS tnat
ne are lost. l c&.e no:, ny prothsr,
bow mssniiceu;iy YOU may have cseo
b9-a, c. what may have eeen Your hs1l-
tege or ancestry, ycu aTe lost ~ reason
OF sin. s:But," yea say, what Is the
use OF sn this, Of showing mans fsulsa
whcn be can't get rid OF ttem:' None!
What WAS the use Of that FURNISHED
surface to this lsYer Of looking glasses
spoken Of il thc text if it only showed
the spots on the ccuntenance and tha
need OF washing a2d there wss nothing
to wash witb?" Glory be to God! /
find that this layer of looking glssses
was filed with fresh water every morn
ing, and the priest 30 sooner looked on
lis bushished side ard say bis need OF
cleansing than be washed and wes clean
glorious type Of the gospel cfmJ Lord
Jesus. that fcst shows nsa his s!n
and then Wssies it all away.
want you 20 notice that ta!s lavar
il which tie priest washed, the lsVer OF
looking glasscs, vas filed with fresh
water every morning. The servants OF
the tabernacle brought the water IN
buckets and poured into this laver. So
it Is with the gospel Of Jesus Christ. 1t
has fresh salvation every day. It Is not
q stssnant pool filed with sccumpalated
corruptions. It is living water,
which is brought from the eter-
mai rock to wash away the sins OF yes.
tercay, OF one moment ago. "Oh,"
SAYS some one I was a Christian 20 years
ago." That Goes not mean anything to
me. Whet are you now? We are not
talking, my brother, about pardon ten
years ago, but about pardon now, fresh
salvation. Suppose time OF war should
come, and could show the government
that I had been loyal to it II years ago,
would that excuse me from taking an
oath of allegiance nov? Suppose you
ask ne about my physical health, and
I should say I was well Is years ago,
that does not say how am now. The
gospel of Jesus Christ comes and de.
mands present allegiance, present fealty,
present moral health, and yet how
many Christians there are seeking to
I've entirely in past experience, who
seem to have no expsrercs OF present
mercy and pardon!
When ] was on the sea, and there
came up 8 great storm, and officers and
crew and passengers ail thought we must
90 down, began to think Of my life IN
surance and whether if I were taken
away my family would be cared tor, and
then thought. Is tee premium paid up:
and said. Eyes" Then I felt COM
tortsble. Yet there sre men wao !E re-
iglous matters are locking back 10 past
insurance. They havs let .truu cut,
and they have nothing for the present,
no hope nor pardon, falling back on the
DID insurance policy of 10, 20, 80 years
ago. If want 10 f-d Dat hQw- a-sstfsnc
fae!s toward me, do 1 90 to the drawer
fnd some cid yellow letters written tc
me 10 or u years age:
No; I GO to the letter that was stamped
tee day before yesterday il the postot-
fee, ard frd how be feels toward me-
It's aot In regard to old communications
we had with Jesus Christ. It IS com.
munications ne have now. Are we noI
IN sympathy with him this morning, arc
IS he not in symsaihy with us? Do no'
spend 50 much Of you1 time IN huntias:
in tho Wardrobo for tne old, wornou
shoes of Christian profession. Come this
morning and take the glittering robe o.
Chrict's righteousness fsom toe Sayiour's
hacd. You say you were plunged II ths
fountain Of the SaFiour's mercy a quar-
ter of a century ago. That is nothing
to ne. tell Fcu TO wash noW II shl:
layer oflooking glasses end have your
soul nsds clesn.
A religion that will 20: take man
through sn sutuou election will not be
worth ANYTHING TO him n June, July anc
August. They say he is useful sort OF
man, but hs oyerresches il bargain. !
deny the statement. If he IS Chrlstlsr
any1here, he will bs il his business. Il
Is very easy to be good n the prayer
meeting, with surroundings kindly suc
blessed, but not so easy to he Chris
tan behind the ccnnter, when by one
skliltul twitch of the goods You csn hide
flaw in lie silk so that the customer
cannot see it. It's very easy to De g
Christian with a psalmoock il your
hand and Bible in your lap, but not SO
easy when you can 60 into shop enc
falsely tell the merchant you can gel
those gooSs at cheaper rate il aacther
store, so that be will sell than to you
chssper than hs can afford to sell them
The fscti is the religion OF Christ IS al
pervasiVe. If you reut g house, you
expect tpll possession Of it. You say:
"Where are the keys of those rooms? L
I pay for this whols house, I want pos
session OF those rooms" And th:
grace of God when 1t comes to sou
takes full possession of man or goes
away and takes no possession. 1t vii
ransack every room in the heart, every
room in tie life, from csllar to attic
touching tie very extremitics Of his ma
turs. The priests washed hands anc
feet.
Iremark, further, that this laver O.
locking glasses spoken Of in the tex
uor verv 1s,oa lavar alWsVs