The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

High Ideal o. Lie--H>SSI''
.,rbe Christian Relision-!f Turn
ing Point.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22l--In his ser
mon today Rev. DR.. Talmage' preach
ino to the usual crowded audience,
took up subject OF universal lnteEess I15
~ t ~o,pc men. His text was selected
tocn ~ RI Samuel xviii, ~, is the
ronno man Absalom safe!
s1T The heart of David, the father, was
wv, MED ND in his boy Absalom. lie
WAS : splendid boy, Judged by the
r,,Ias of worldly criticism. From the
cSown of his head to the SOU OF MS
foot there was not q single o:eniisA,
Ths 1 Rihle said that he had such lux
,,r;snt shock of hair that when once a 4
1eor i was shorn what was cut OH
Swe;abea over three pounds. but:
Notwithstanding all his brllilancE o.
anrearsnce he was y bad BOY ana
bpel-e his fathers heart. re ">;s
niottine to get the throne .. - o%er.
Ee had marshaled an army 20 y T'Lo
throw his fathers governoShIe"e. oSI ~, d;o. i
Sav Of battle had come. Inc coltiilo' on ho
Wss @ begun. David, the tatner, Sd. oe
tween @ the gates OF the palace wa1Ilns n3
son tho ti6ings OF the contilcf. .Oh'
how U, rspidly his heart beat with emo, o.
ti", - Two great questions We're TO oe
Jac;Sed--the safety of his boy ana ssie
oont;nranca of the throne OF israeI.
eons,nhil f4an while a servant, standing on
alVet Lo,,sa looks off and sees
,sesss one running. tie IS conths
with great speed, and the man no on ao,,p .me
ton of the house announces IhT 80 rJaa,
inc OF the messenger, ana as, sns .,s'ti 80 tJ,a
usicbes - and waits, and as soon as ll,e
s,assanger from the field OF oaliie
nonoeS eov within mailing distance the
father cries out.
Is it question il regard to the Is, ss
tahIishment of his throne ~ ~ ne
cav. sHave the armies OF lsraei oesn l.
sstor;o,s9 Am I to continue IN my
imnerial authority? Have / oyer oyer,
tbrown tbS. 1 nv enemies" On, no. There
;s sn[ one Question that springs from the m
Saort Is oro 10 y the lin and springs from the
near +o " 4Ie he ear m Of the besweated and
hadnsted ag 1nt II messenger flying from the
battlefeld--the question, 1Khoa Is ,nt ;5
vo',no man Absalom safe. " men ~
vas told to David, the KING, !na.'
tho,eh his armies had been VICTORIOUS,
h;s % son had been slain, the 1atner
+,,-ned w his back upon the congratuia.
t;ons 49, w of the nation and went up tne
stsirs s Of his palace, his heart breaklng
sIatls - VI .0 E~;ncino his hands some
a:ss as ne wed'' sad then again pressing them
AGAINST his temples as tn0usH "a Ab !te
Would press them III, crying: y GoJ ~
SALON.. nv son, my son. "ouIo oou Nv.
I had died for thee, 0 Aosaioal' nS
son, my SON.
Nv friends, the question which Day "
"a tbe Sing' asked in regard to his
~, ;s the question that resounds tooay
in the hearts of hundreds OF parehtss
Yea. there are a great muitSIuoe ti VI
voune men who know that lhe cues
ION Of Ihe text is appropriate waen
este6 I in regard to them. They Know
~ the Temptations by which they are
ss,,rroynded: NV they see so many VINO
Sosnoed Sane e.srted life with as good resolu-
TONS as they have who have tallen IN
the path, and they are READY 10 he1s es1r
me ask the question OF my teS'' S IT'S Is
the Young man Absalom sale. Inc
foot Is that this life is full OF peril. he
Hho bc - Undertakes it without the grace
" &c GoS and proper understanding OF
~ tbe conflict into which he IS gong
-,o,,st rnv certainly be defeated: just look
nesS $50, S society," today. Look at the
shingreck Gm upus of men for whom fair
shipmivUn th;pas were promised, and who start
ed life with every aoS aovansass, sso,, b?oh b;oh
at those who have dropped IRON @ n.sh
social position, and from greas tortune' t o.as
5isoraced for time, disgracea ior eler-
nity All who sacrifice tnef mtesrl-
tvcooe to overthrow: Take a olsnonc
sst dollar and bury it in the center OF
tba earth and keep all the rocks OF the
-on,,ntains ~ on top of it; then cover
+hesa rocks with all the diamonds OF
GoiconSa. cIs andall the silver of Nevada,
and all the gold OF Calltornla ana
Australia, and put on top OF these an
banking and moneyed institutions, ana
tbev cannot keep down that one dis
boSest dollar. That one dishonest
Soilsr in the center OF the earth WILL
hes;n to heave and rock and upturn
itseif until it comes to the resur,ectlon
- Sonnation. As the partridge sit
M 10th IN COOS and hatcheth them not,
so he that getteth riches, and not oy
ripht shall leave them in the midst OF
days. and at his end shal! be a TOOL.
Now what are the safeguards OF
yo,,no men? The first safeguard OF
Which I want to speak IS a love OF
home There are those who have no
iSea of the pleasures that concentrate
.ro1nd ~ that word "home." Perhaps
vo,r early abode was shadowed with
Vice or poverty. Harsh words ana
petulance and scowling may have de-
stroved all the sanctity OF that spot
Love kindness and self sacrifice,
which have built their altars in so
many abodes, were strangers IN your
father's house. God pity you, young
man You never had a home. But
a multitude in this place can look back
to a SPOT that they can never forget.
Itmay have been lowly roof, but
YOU cannot think of it now without |
dash Of emotion. You have seen
nothing on earth that SO stirred your
solIl 4 stranger passing along that
nlace might see nothing remarkable
about it, but oh! how much it r cans
fo you. Fresco on palace wall does
NOT mean so much to you as those
rouen hewn rafters. Parks and bow
ers and trees at fashionable watering
mace or country seat does not mean
SO much to you as that brook that ran
in front of the plain farmhouse and
singing under the weeping willows.
The barred gateway swung open by
Dorter in full dress does not mean as
much to you as that swing gate, your
sister on one side of it and you on the |
other. She, gone Is years ago into