The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-06

ent as TO whether the swordsman or
the lion beat but our kings sympa-
thies are all with us. Nay. unheard
of condescensions. | see him come
down from the gallery in to the arena
to help us IN the fight, shouting. until
all up and down his voice is heard
Fear not. l will help thee l will
strengthen thee by the right hand of
power"
They gave to the men in the arena,
in the olden time, food to thicken their
blood, so that it would flow slowly.
and that for longer time the people
might gloat over the scene. But our
king has no pleasure in our wounds,
for we are bone of his bone, flesh OF
his flesh, blood of his blood.
In al the anguish of our heaIt
The Man OF Sorrow bore part.
Once, in the ancient amphitheater,
lion with one paw caught the COM
batants sword and with his other paw
caught his shield. The man took his
knife from his girdle and slew the
beast. The king, sitting in the gallery,
said, That was not fair; the lion must
be slain by a sword Other liens
were turned out, and the poor victim
fell. You cry, Shame, shame." at
such meanness. But the king, in tais
case, is our brother, and he will see
that we have fair play. He will for-
bid the rushing out Of more lions than
we can meet. He will not suffer us to
be tempted above that we are able.
Thank God. The kin is in the gal
lery. His eyes are on u.s. His heart
is with US. His hand will deliver u.s..
BLESSED are all they who put their
trust in him.
look again, and I see the angelic
gallery. There they are-the angel
that swung the sword at the gate of
Eden, the same that Ezekiel saw up.
holding the throne of God and from
which I look away, for the splendor
is in sufferable. Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched patriarch
this one protected child; that one
has been pullinga soul out Of tempta-
ton. All these are messengers of
light. Those drove the Spanish ar
msda on the rocks. This turned Sen
nacherib's living hosts into heap OF
1S5, 900 corpses. Those yonder chant-
ed the Christmas carol over Bethale'
hem until the chant awoke the sEep-
herds. These at creation stood in the
balcony of heaven and serenaded the
newborn world wrapped in swaddling
clothes of light. And there, holier
and mightier than all, is Michael, the
archangel. To command an earthly
host gives dignity, but this one is lea:
der of the 10000 chariots of God and
of the ten thousand times ten thous
and angels.
think God gives command to the
archangel, and the archangel to the
seraphim, aud the seraphim to the
cherubim until all the lower orders OF
heaven hear the command and 60 forth
on the high behest.
Now, bring on your lions. Who
can fear? All the spectators in the
angelic gallery are our friends. He
shall give his angels charge over Thee
in all thy ways. They shall bear Thee
up in their hands, lest thou dash thy
foot against stone. Thou shalt tread
upon the lion and adder; the young
lion and the dragon shalt thou tram
pie underfoot. y
Though the arena be crowded with
temptations, we shall, with the angelic
help, strike them down in the name
CT Coz and leap on their fallen car
cases. Oh, bending throng of bright:
angelic faces and swift wings and
lightning foot, hail you today from
the dust and struggle of the arena
I look again, and see the gallery
of the prophets and apostles. Who
are those mighty ones up yonder;
Hosea and jeremiah and Daniel and
Isaiah and Paul and Peter and John
and James. There sits Noah, waiting
for all the world to come into the ark,
and Moses, waiting till the last Red sea
shall divide, and jeremiah, waiting
for the Jews to return, and John OF
the Apocalypse, waiting for the swear.
ing of the angel that time shall be nc
longer. Glorious spirits. Ye we're
howled at; ye were stoned; ye were
spit upon. They have been in the
fight themselves, and they are all with
us. Daniel knows all about lions
Paul fought with beasts at Ephesus.
In the ancient amphitheater, the
people got so excited that they would
Shout from the galleries to the arena
cat it again." Forword!" Onemore
stroke!' Lookout" Fall backn
"Huzza, huzza.." So in that gallery
prophetic and apostolic, they cannot
keep their peace. Daniel cries out,
"Thy God will deliver thee from the
mouth of the lionsm David exclaims,
He will not suffer thy foot to be
moved" Isaiah calls out: Fear moi
I am with theel Be not dismayedr =
Paul exclaim. Victory through. oul
Lord Jesus Christ" That throng Of
prophets and apostles cannot keep
still They make the welkin ring with
shouting and halleluiahs.
Hook again, and see the gallery
of the martyrs. Who is that? Hugh
Latimer, sure enough. He would not
apologize for the truth preached, and
so he died, the night before swinging
from the bedpost in perfect glee at the
thought of emancipation. Who are
that army of 1866? They are the The,
ban legion who died for the faith.
Here is a larger host in magni,
fcent array-SS4, ,0O0-who per.shed
for Chist in the prosecutions of D: :ocle-
tian. Yonder is family group, Fell.
citas of Rome and her children.
While the were dying for the faith she
stood encouraging them. One son was
whipped to death by thorns; another
was flung from a arock; another was
beheaded. At last the mother became
a martyr. There they are, together
family group in heaven: Yonder is
John Bradford, who said, in the fire,
eve shall have a merry supper with
the Lord tonight" Yonder is Henry