The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-31


Of joy. Going through the wilderness
OK this 9'CE:3 let us Tememoer that we
are or the way 10 the summery cline
of heaven ana from the migratory pop
ulatioDs hying through this autumusl
air learn alwaJs TO keep singing:
Children CT the heavenly king.
As sc Journey sWea:ly sing.
SiCg youT S&vioul'S worthy praise,
Glorious II his works and ways.
Ye are travelling home 10 God
in tie way our fathers trcd.
They are happy now, ard we
Soon their happiness shel! see.
The Charch OF Geo 1evsc will be
t7ium plant church Ua'!l It becomes
singing church.
| go further anG say that the birGs OF
the air are wiser than We il the fact
that IL their migration they fly very
high. During the SumDer when they
are in the tisli5 Trey often come within
ceach cf:aa gun. but when they start
for TIE a5nUai fight south"2rd they
take their places midheaven anG 90
straight as a marx. The longest 7!Ee
that was ever brought 10 shoulder can
not recca them. Would 20 Gcd that
we were IS wise as the Stora and crane
in our flight keavenward. We fly so
low that We are IN easy range
Of the world, the flesh and tie
devil. We are brought down By temp
tatjors tHat ought net TO come within
a mile cf reaching US. o., for some of
the faith OF George Muller of England
ard Alfred Goodman, once Of the
church militant, now of the church
triumphant. So poor is the type of
plety IN the church Of God now that
men actually caricature theid that
there is any such thing as higher life.
Moles never did believe in eagles. But
my brethren, because we have not
reached these heights ourselves, shall
We Geride tie fact that there are any
such heiehts? A man was once talk
ing to BeCne!, the famous engineer,
about the length Of the railroad from
London to BRISTOL. The engineer said:
1T is not very great. We shall have
after awhile steamer running rom
Eogland to New YORK." They laughed
him to scorn, but We have gone so far
now that we have ceased to laugh at
ANYTHING as impossible for human
achievement. Then, | ask, is anything
impossible for the Lord? 1 do not be.
lie7e that God exhausted all his grace
in Paul and Latimer and Edward Pay
son. l believe that there are higher
poiats of Christian attainment to be
reached IN the future ages of the Chris
tian world. You tell me that Paul
went up to the tlptop Of the Alps OF
Christian attainmelts. Then l tell you
that the stork ana the crane have
found above the Alps plenty Of room
for free flying.
We so out, and We conquer our temp
tatiors by the grace OF God and l!s
down. On the morrow those tempta
tions RAILS themselves and attack u.s.
and By the grace of God we defeat them
again, but staying all the time in the
old encampment we have the eli bat
ties to fight over. Why not whip out
our temptations and then forward
march, making ore raid through the
ecemy's country. stopping not until we
break ranks after the last victory. Do
my brethren, let Us have some novelty
OF combat at any rate By changing, hy
going CD, by making advancement
tracing off cur stale prayers about sins
We ought to nave quit long ago, going
on toward higher state Of Christian
character and routing out sins that we
have never thought of yet. The feet Is
if the church ofGod; if we as tndivI'
duals made rapid advancement II the
Christian life, these stereotyped prayers
we have been making for 20 or Is years
would be IS inappropriate TO US as the
shoes, and the hats, and tue coats We
wore 10 or 10 years ago. Ga, for q
higher flight in the Clristian life. the
stork and the Grams in their migration
teaching r:s TIE !e:soD!
Dear Lor6, and shall We ever 1--we,
At this poor dying rate
Cur love SO faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to US so greet?
Again remark that the birds of tht
air are wiser shan We, because they
know when TO stsrt. Ifyou should g
out DOW and shout, "S5op. storks and
cranes, don't be in hurry they woult
say: NC, we cannot stop. Last night
we heard the roaring in the woods bid
ding Us away, and the shrill flute Of the
north wind has sounded the retcea:
We must GO. We must CO." So the!
gather themselves into companies, anc
turning lot aside for storm or mountain
top OF shock of musketry, over laad
sea, straight as an arrow to the mark
they go. And if you come out thi:
morning With sack of corn and throw
it in the fields and try to get them t
stop they would badly see it. They art
on their way south. You could moi
stop them.
Oh, that We were as wise about tht
best time to start for Gcd and heaven
We say: wait until it is a little late
in the season Of mercy. Wait until
some of these green leaves Of hope ars
all dried up and have been scattered
Wait until next year" After awhil:
We start, and it is too late, and we perisi
il the way when Gods wrath is kindlet
but little. There are, you know, ex
ceptional cases, where birds have started
too late, and in the morning you have
found them dead on the snow. Ant
there are those who have perished bal
way between the world and Christ
They waited until the last sickness
when the mind was gone, or they were
on the express train going at 40 mile:
an hour, and they came to the bridge
and the draw was up" and they wen
down. How long to repent and pray
Two seconds! TO do the work OF
lifetime and to prepare for the pas
eternity IN t~ seconds! I was reading
of an entertainment given 10 kings
court, and there were musicians there
with elaborate pieces of music. Aftel
awhile Mozart came and began to play
and he had blank piece of paper be-
fore him, and the king Iamilsrly looked
over his shoulder and said "Wha'
are.you playing? l see no music be
fore you" And Mozart put his hanc
on his brow, as much as to say, I an
improvising." 1t was very well fol
him; but, Oh, my friends, We cannot ex
temporjzs heaven. If we do not ge
y