The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-03

love- The fact that she can more easily
become Christian I prove by the
statement that three fourths of the
members of the churches in all Chris
tendon are women. So God appoints
them to be chief agencies for bringing
this world back to God. The greatest
sermons are not preached on celebrated
platforms; they are preached with an
audience of two or three and in private
home life. y patient, loving, Chris
tain demeanor in the presence Of trans
gression, in the presence Of hardness,
in the presence of obduracy and crime,
is an argument from the force of which
no man can escape.
Lastly, one Of the specific rights Of
woman is, through the grace of Christ,
finally to reach heaven. Oh, what a
multitude of women in heaven. Mary,
Christ's mother, in heaven; Elizabeth
Fry in heaven. Charlotte Elizabeth
in heaven, the mother of Augustine in
heaven, the Countess of Huntingdon
who sold her splendid jewels to
build chapels in heaven; while great
many others who have never been
heard of on earth or known but little
have gone to rest and peace of heaven.
What rest, What change it was
from the small room, with no fire and
one window, the glass broken out,
and the aching side and wornout eyes,
to the house of many mansions No
more stitching until II o'clock at night
no more thrusting Of the thumb by
the employer through the work to
show that II was not done quite right
Plenty of bread at last. Heaven for
aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts. Heaven for anguish bitten
frames. No more sitting up until mid
night for the coming of staggering
steps. No more rough blows across
the temples. No more sharp keen,
bitter curses.
Some of you will have no rest in this
world. twill be toll and struggle and
suffering all the way up. You will
have to stand at your door fighting
back the wolf with your own hand,
red with carnage. But God has a
crown for you. l want you to realize
that he is now making it, and when
ever you weep a tear he sets another
gem in tn that crown, whenever you
have a pang Of body or soul he puts
another gem in that crown, until after
awhile in all the tiara there will be no
room for another splendor, and God
will say to his angel, The crown is
done; let her up that she may wear it. +"
And as the Lord of righteousness puts
the crown upon your brow angel will
cry to angel, Who is she?' and
Christ Will say: 81 will tell you who
she is. She is the one that came up
out of great tribulation and had her
robe washed and made white in the
blood of the Lamb. And then God
will spread a banquet, and he will
invited allthe principals of heaven to
sit at the feast, and the tables will
blush with the best clusters from the
vineyards of God, and crimson with
the 10 manner OF fruite from the tree
of life, and waters from the fountain
of the rock will flash from the golden
tankards. and the old harpers of heav-
en- will sit there. making music with
their harps, and Christ will point you
out, amid the celebrities of heaven
saying, She suffered with me on
earth; now we are going to be glorifi-
ed together" And the banqueters, no
longer able to hold their peace, will
break forth with congratulation
Hail Hail" And there will be hand
writings on the wall. not such as
struck the Persian noblemen with
honor, but with fire tripped fingers,
writing in blazing capitals Of light
and love and victory, God has wiped
away all tears from all faces.