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

from the almshouses sud wash sway
their poverty Let tae2 come up from
their graves ard wash sway .he:r Geatn.
# :hsre be anv one so worn out II sla
tbs: he 1snnot Get up 20 the LAYER, you
will take hold Of ais head and put your
arms s,ounG HIM, aad will take hold
Of his fest, and we vii plunge him n
this glorious Bethesda, The vast iaFer O.
Gods mercy and sa4VatioE.
In Soiomon's temple there were ten
LAYERS aad one molten sea-tllis great
reservoir iu tbs midst CT the tsmrle
Glled With water-these LAYERS AID this
moltan sea adorned With figures Of psin
branch and oxen and lioao and cheruD.n1.
This f)un!a.o Of God's mercy is g vas
Ter molten sea thaa that. L is adorned
not with plsm branches out with The
wood Of Inc cross; not with cherGo;m,
but with the wings Of t1e Holy Ghost,
and around It's great rlm al the race
a1ay come aud wash in the molten sas.
was reading the other day Of Al<xtc-
der the GreaG, who, when he was verY
thirsty and standing ST tho head Of his
army, had brought to a!m cup Of wafer
80 Looked of upon his host sid sac: Il
c&1oot drink this. Ny men are all thlrs.
t>,'' sud he dashed it TO the grcand.
Blessed be God, there II enough watec
for all the host-euough for captains and
host! "yThosoeger will may cone aud
take OF the water CT life freely" lsver
broad as the earth, high as the heavens
ead deep as hell.
ButI notice also, in regard 20 This
laver OF looking glasses spoken OF IN the
text, that the washing in |! was impsra'
tive and ret optional. When the priests
come into the tabernacle (you will ind
this in the th;r:ie:h chsptes Of Exodua),
God tells them that they must wash IN
that iarss or Gle. Tue priest might nave
said Can't wssh elsewhere? l washed
iDslhe laver at home. and now you want
me to wash here" God says: NO
matter whether or not you have washed
before. Wash 10 this laver or die"
But" says the priest, there is water
Just as clean as this. Why won't that
do?" Wash hers," says God, ''or die. j"
So it is with the gospel Of Christ. It's
imperative. There Is only this altecns"
tive-keep cur sins and perish, or wash
them away and live. But, says some
one, ''WhY could not God baVe made
more ways to heaven than oHe" do
not know, but be could have made hait
dozen. know he made but one.
Yca say, "WhY not have long line
of boats running from here to heaven?"
cannot say, but simply know that
there Is only one boat. You say, 'Are
there not trees as luxuriant IS that on
Calvary, more luxuriant, for that had
neither buds nor blossoms; it was strip.
PED and barked?" Yes, yes, there have
been taller trees than that and more
luxurant, but the only path to heaven is
| under that one tree. Instead OF quarrel.
ing because there are not moro ways, let
US be thankful to God there is one-one
name given unto men whereby we can
bs saved, one laver N which all the
world may wash. So you see what a
radiant gospel this is I preach. do not
know how man can stand stol!dly and
present it, tor 1t is such "a exa!larans
gospel. It is not mere whlm or cap
r:c.. It is life or death. I! is heaven
or bell. You come before your child,
and ycu have present IN your hand.
You put your hands behind your back
and say: (which hand will you take?
Inoue hand there is treasure; IL the
Other there is not" The child blindly
chooses. But God our Father does no.
do that way with US. He spreads cut
both hands a1d says: ''NoH, this shall
bs very pialn. In that hand are pardon
and peace and life snd the treasures Of
hesVao;; that hscd are punishment
lad sorrow saad sa.asdd Eoe. Choose, choose
for yourselves" "He That hseIlaYelh and
is baptized shall be saved, bat he JuGt
believeth not shall bs damned"
Ga, my dear friends, L which
Ii could coax you tG accept
this gospsl. IF you could jus.
take one look in this laver OF looking
glasses spoken OF in the text, you would
begin now spiritual ablution. The love
of Christi dare not, toward the close
of my sermon, begin to tell abous It.
| TIE love OF Christ! Do not talk to me
about mountain; it is higher than
that. Do net talk to me about sca; 1t
| is deeper than tnat.
an artist in his dreams SAT- such 3
splendid dream Of the TRANSPORTATION OF
Christ that he awoke and seized his pe1.
c!l a1d said, "Letme paint this and die" !"
Oh, I have seen the glories Of Christ! I
| have beheld something Of the beauty Of
| that sacrifice en- Calvery, aud [ have
sometime felt would be willing to give
anything if T might just sketch before
you the wonders Of that sacrifice. |
Tould like to do It while live, and l
would Ike to do it when I die. lie:
ne paint this and de-" He comes alohg
wesry and worn, his face wet with tears,
his brow crimson with blood, and ne ilss
down on Calvary tor you. No, I mis-
take. Nothing was as comfortable as
that. 4 stone on Calvary would have
made soft pillow for the dying head OF
Christ. Nothing so comfortable as that.
He does not lie down to die. he stands
up to die, his spiked hands ou.sp-ead as
if to embrace world. Oa, what hard
end for those feet that had travelled al
over Juoal On ministries Of mercy!
What a hard end for those hands that
wiped away tesrs and bound up broken
hearts! Very hard, O dying Lamb Of
God! And yet there are those who know
it and who do not love thee. They say:
"Whst is sll that to me? What if he
does weep and groan and die? don't
want him. Lord Jesus Chrls!, they
will not help thee down from the cross!
The soldiers will come, and they will
tear thee down from the cross and put
their arms around thee and lower thee
into the tomb, but they vii not help.
They see nothing to move them. 0 dy.
lng Christ, turn on them thine eyes OF
efectlon now and seeif they will not
change their minds!
I saw one hanging on tree
In agony and blood
! Who fixed bis lenguid eyes on zee