The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-24

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driven almost eotire!Y from the school
and the pleasurable corcoursc, yet God
knows hcw anxious We are for our chill.
dren. We caaro: think Of going into
heaven without item. We do not want
to leave this lie willis they sre tossing
on the waves CT temptation aud away
from God. Ficn which of them could
we consent to fe eterDally separated?
Would it be the sor? Would il be the
daughter? Wculdit be the eld.st? Would
1t be the youngest? Would it be the one
that is well and stout or tho one that IS
sick? Oh, hesr some parent saying
tonish.: u hsYe tried my best to bring
my children ta Christ. haca lad bold
OF the oars u;.tj! Trey be@t II nv grasp,
and have o-&ced myse,f e.lrst the
ribs OF the boat, and have pulled ter
their eternal rescue, bit | can't get them
70 Christ" Then | ask you to initiate
the men OF the text and cry m!ghtlIy
unto God. We want more lmportuuate
prsying for children such as the tather
| INDUCED IN when he had tried TO orlug
his six sons 10 Christ, aud they had
wandered of into dissipation. Then ne
COT down Is his prayers aC- sad, ~
God. teke away my Life if Though that
means n1y sens may repent and oe
| brought 10 Christ" aud the Lord start.
!iuely answered the prayer, anoln lew
weeks the father was taken away, and
through the solemnity tee six sons fad
unto God. On, that father could afford
to die for the eternal welfare OF his chill
dren! He rowsd hard to bring them to
the land, bu. could not, aDd then be cried
unto the Lord.
There are parents who are almost dis
couraged about their children. Where
is your sen tonight? He has wandered
off perhsps to tho ends Of the earth. 1t
seems SIS if be cannot get far enough
away fIom your Chist:ap couusel. What
does be care about the turroWs that
come to your bro1; about the ql'cS
whitening OF the hair; about the tact
! that ycur back begins 10 stoop with the
burdens? Why, be would not care much
if he heard ycu were dead. The black
edged letter that brou sht the tIdlngs ne
would put in the same package With
other letters telling the story OF his
shame. What are you going to dc? Both
paddles broken at the middle of the
blade, how can you pull him ashore9 I
throw you ooe oar cn which I believe
you can bring him into harbor. 1t is
| the elo-lous promise, II will be God
to thee and to thy seed after there" o.,
broken hearted father and mother, you
have tried everything else, now make al
sppeai for the help and omnipotencc OF
lhs convensnt keeping God, and perhaps
at your next family neutrality-suspicious.
| on Thanksgiving day, pertaps next
Christmss-the prodigal may be home,
and if you crowd on his plate more luxu.
ries than on any other plate at the table
| I am sure the brothers will not be Jeal'
GUS, bat they will wake up all the music
| in the house, s'oecau;e the dead is al!Ye
again, and because the lost is found" !"
Perhaps your prayers nave ben answer
ed alreadi. The vessel may be com ng
hcmswsrd, and oY the light of this nlght's
stars that son may be pacing The deck OF
the ship anxious for the time to come
when he can throw his arm around your
neck and ask for forgiveness for that he
has been wrinsiag you Old hesrt 80
long. Glorious r-union that will bo too
sacred for outsiders to look upon, bu: l
would Just like to look through the win
| dow when Jol have al got together
again and are seated at the banquet.
Though parents may in covenant be
And have their heaven IL view,
They are not happy till they see
Their children happy too.
Again remark that the uuavalliag
effort Of the Mediterranean oarsmsn has
a counterpart in the effort walch We are
making to bring this world oack. to God,
his pardon and safety. If this world
could have been saved By human effort
il would have been done long ago. Joh1
Howard took hold of one oar, anc Carey
took nold Of another oar, and Adonlcam
Judson took hold OF another oar, and
Luther took hold Of another oa-, and
John Koox took hold 81 another oar, aud
they all pulled until they fell back dead
from exhaustion. Some dropped in the
ashes of martyrSon, some on the scalp.
ing knives of savages and some into the
plague struck room Of the lszlretto, and
still the CHAINS are not broken and
still the world SIS unsaved. What ther?
Put down the oars and make no effort?
I do not advise that. But [ want you,
Christian brethren, to understand that
the church. and the school, and the col
lege, and ths missionary society are only
the lnstrunentalities, and if this work is
ever done at all God must do it, and he
will do it in answer to our prayer. They
rowed hard to bring it to the land, but
they could not wherefore they cried
unto the Lord"
Again the unayai!ing etfJlt of those
Mediterranean oarsmen has counter.
part 10 every man that Is trying to row
his own soul into safety. When the
eternal spirit flashes upon US our condi.
ton, we try to save ourselves. We say,
"Give me stout oar for my right hand,
give me stout oar for my lett hand, and
I will pull myselfiuto SAFETY" NJ. A
wave of sin comes and dashes you one
| way, and wave OF temptalOH comes
and dashes you in another way, and
there are plenty of rocks on which to
founder, bu! seemingly no harbor into
which to sail. Sin must be thrown over
board, or We must perish.
There are men who lave tried ..for
years to become Christians. They be-
lieve all say in regard to future world.
They believe that religion Is the first,
the last, the ioinite necessity. They do
everything but trust in Christ. They
make 60 strokes in minute. They
bend forward with all earnestness, and
they lie back until the muscles are dis
| tended, and yet they have not made one
inch IN ten years coward heaven. What
is the reason2 That IS not the way to
90 to work. You might as well take a
frail skif, and put it down at the foot of
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