The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-07


Look. That spirit is just come from
the throne. A moment ago it stood
before Christ and heard the doxology
of the glorifed Look! Bright i'm
mortal, what news from the golden
city? Speak, spirit blest. The re-
sponse comes melting On the air,
"Come, for all things are now ready"
Angels ready to bear the tidings, an
gels ready to drop the benediction, an
gels ready to kindle the JOY. They
have stood in glory-they know all
about it. They have felt the Joy that
is felt where there are no tears and no
graves; immortal health, but no iuva-
lldism; songs. but no groaDs; wedding
bells. but no funeral torches -eyes that
never weep, hands that never blister,
heads that never faint, hearts that neV-
er break, friendships that are never
weakened.
Reaoy. all of themi Ready thrones,
principalities ana powers! ready sera-
phim and cherubim! Ready, Michael
the Archangel!
Again, your kindred in glory are all
ready for your coming. l pronounce
modern spiritualism a fraud and 2
sham. If John Milton and George
Whitefeld have no better business than
to crawl under table and rattle the
leaves, they had better stay at home iii
glory. Willie I believe that modern
spiritualism is bad, because Of its men
tai and domestic raVages, common
sense, enlightened by the word of God,
teaches US that our friends in glory
sympathiZe with our redemption.
This Bible says plainly there is JOY in
heaven among the angels Of God over
one sinner that repenteth. And If an
gels rejoice anG know of it, shall not
our friends, standing among them,
know it? Some of these spirits in
glory taile6 for your redemption.
Wnen they came to die, their chief
grief was that you were not Cn-'..
tiau. They Sail, "Meet me in hesv"n,
and put their hands out from the cover
and said, "Goodby." Now, suppose
you should cross over from a sinful LIE
to holy life. Suppose you should be
born into the kingdom. Suppose you
should now say: Farewell, o deceit.
| full world! Get thee gone, my sin!
Fle upon ali the follies! o Christ, help
me or I perish! I take thy promise,
I believe thy word. enter thy ser
vice."
Suppose you should say and do this.
Why, the angel sent to you would
shout upward, "Heis comingH and The
angel. posing higher in the air, would
shout it upward, He is coming!' and
it would run up all the line of light
from wing to wing and from trumpe:
TO trumpet until it reached the gate.
and then it would fash to "the house
of many mansions" and it would find
out vour kindred there, and before your
tears of repentance hal been wiped
from the cheek and before you had In
,shed your first prayer your kindred
| in glory would know of it, and another
heaven would be added to their JOY
and they would cry: My prayers are
answered. Another loved one saved
Give me harp with which to Strike
the JOY. Saved, saved, saved"
1t have shown you that "all things
are ready" that Christ is ready; that
the Holy Spirit is ready; that the
church is ready; that the angels IL
glory are ready; that your glorlhed
Eindred are ready, then with all tae
concentrated emphasis Of my soul l
ask you if you are ready? You see
my subject throws the whole response.
bility upon Yourself. If you do not
get into the Kings banquet, 1t IS be-
cause you do not accept the Invitation.
You have the most importunate inVl-
! tation. Two arms stretched down from
the cross, soaked in blood from elbow
to finger tips, two lips quivering in
mortal anguish, two eyes beaming with
infinite love, saying, Come, come, Tor
all things are now ready.
told you that when the queen came
TO Kenilworth castle they stopped all
the clocks, that the finger of time
might be pointed to that happy mo.
ment of her arrival. Oh, if the King
would come to the castle of your soul,
you might well afford to stop all the
clocks, that the hands might forever
| roint to this moment as the one most
| bright, most blessed, most tremendous.
Now, I wish I could go around from
circle to circle and invite every one of
you, according to the invitation OF my
text, saying, "Come!"
l would like to take every one of you
by the hand and say, "Come" Old
man, who hast been wandering 60 or
70 years, thy sun almost gone down,
through the dust Of the evening
| stretch out your withercd hand to
Christ. He will not cast thee of, old
man. On, that one tear Of repentance
might trickle down thy wrinkled
cheek! After Christ has fed thee all
thy life long. do you not think you can
afford to speak one word in his praise :
Come, those of you who are farthest
away from God. Drunkard! Christ
can put out the fire of thy thirst. He
can break that shackle. He can re.
store thy blasted home. Go to Jesus.
Libertine! Christ saw thee where thou
vert last night. He knows of thy sin.
Yet, if thou wilt bring thy polluted soul
to him this moment, he will throw
| over it the mantle of his pardon and
love Mercy for thee, ch, thou chief OF
sinners! Harlot, thy feet foul with
hell and thy laughter the horror of the
street. On, Mary Magdalene, look to
Jesus. Mercy for thee, poor lost wall
of the street. Self righteous man, thou
! must be born again, or thou canst not
see the kingdom of God.
Do you think you can get into the
feast with those rags? Why. the
Kings servant would tear them of
and leave you naked st the gate. You
must be born again. The day is far
spent. The cliffs begin to slide their
long shadows across the plain. Do
you know the feast has already begun
the feast to which you we're invited
and the King sits with his guests,
and the servant stands with his hand
on the door Of the banquetting room,
and he begins to swing it shut. 1t is
half way shut. It is thee -fourths
shut. It is only just ajar. Soon it
will be shut.
"Come, for all things are now ready"
Have I missed one man? Who has
not felt himself called this hour? Then
I call him now. This is the hour Of
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