The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-22
REV. DR. MANAGE.
THE NOTED DIVINE, SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subjects can Heaven Looking on"

The subject 81 DR.. TnlmHge'H opening afr- i
mon IN Washington wasi can Heaven /
Looking On. o." tho text selected being tho /
famous passage from Hebrews Kill. /, "See- |
Ing wo also arc compasas1 about with 80 /
great n cloud Of wilnessos"
In this my opening sermon On the National .
Capital give you heariic.t Christian salutn-
ton. bethink myself OF the privilege OF
sanding boz lh.E historic church SO long pre-
sided over by ono OF tho most remarkable
men OF the century. There ars plenty ~
good ministers beside Dc. Sunderland. but +
d0nOt know ofnuy man except himself with
enough brain 70 have stood successfully md /
trlumphantly f0rtv-three wears in this e0n-
spcuous pulpit LONG distant be the wear
when that g0snel chieI.nin shalt nut down
tho silver trumpet with which hn
/ has marshale1 the hosts OF Israel or
| sheathe the sword with which be has
| struck such mighty blows for Col and
/ rIghieonsness. come 30 YOU with the same
/ gospel that h0 has preached and 10 Join you
/ in all kinds OF work Tor making the world
/ better. and hope 30 500 you an In your own
homes and have you all come aud see me,
/ bat don't an eomeat once. And without any
I preliminary discOurse3 as 60 what / PROPOSE
/ 10 do / begin here and now 10 cheer Won with
/ the thourht that all heaven is sympathetic
eally looking on. "seeing we also are COM
passed about with so great a cloud Of Wit
nesses"
Crossing the AlDs by the Mont Gents pass,
or through the Mont Gents tunnel. you arc
I'm n few hours set down at Verona, Italy,
. and In a few minutes begin examining one
/ Of the grandest ruins in the World-the
amphiiheater. The whole building sweeps
around YOU In a circle. You stand in
the arena where the combat was once
fought or the race run. and on all sides the
] seats rise tier above tieruntil Won count forty
elevations or galeries-as 7 shall sec 1T
10 call lhem-in which sat the senators,
the kings and the $4,000 excited specta-
tors AT the sides OF the arena and under
the galleries are tho cages In which the lions
and tigers are kept without food until.
frenzied with hunger and thirst. they are let
out uDon some poor victim, who. with his
sword and alone. Is condemned to meet
them. I think that Paul himself once stood
IN such a place. and that It was not only
hguratiyelY. but literally. that he had
"iought with beasts at Ephesus"
The gala day has come From all the
world the people are pouring into
Verona Men, women and children.
orators and senators, great men and
small, thousands upon thousands come,
until the first gallery Is full, and the
second, the third. the fourth. the fifth
all the way mp 10 the twentieth, all the
way up to the thirtieth, all the way up
TO tho fortieth. Every place Is filled.
Immensely Of audience sweeping the
great circle Silencel The time for the
contest has come A Roman official leads
forth the victim into the arena. Let him get
his sword, with firm grip, into his right
hand. The 5000 sit breathessly watching.
! hear the door at the side Of the arena
creak open. Out plunges the half starved
lion, his tongue athirst for blood, and with
a roar that brings all the galleries to their
feet he rushes against the sword OF the COM
Blatant. DO you know how strong a stroke
a man will strike when his life depends
upon the first thrust OF his blade? The
wild beast, lame and bleeding. sinks back
toward the side OF the arena. Then. rally
ing his wasting strength he comes up with
fiercer eye and more terrible roar than ever,
only to be driven back with fatal wound,
while the combatant comes in with. stroke
after stroke. until the monster is dead ut his
feet, and the q, 900 people clap their hands
and utter q shout that makes the city trem-
BILE.
Sometimes the audience came to see a
race, sometimes to see gladiators fight each
other. until the people, compassionate for
Z the fallen. turned their thumbs up as an APP
peal that the vauuuished he spared and
sometimes the combat was with wild beasts
To an amphitheatrcal audience Paul re-
fers when he says. eve are comprised about
with so great cloud Of witnesses"
Z The fact is. that every Christian man has
7 lion to fight. Yours is a bad temper
The gates OF the arena have been opened
and this tiger has come out to destroy you
soul. II has lacerated You with many
wound. You have been thrown by it time
= and again, but in the strength Of God you
have arisen TO drive it back, I verify be
Q lieve You will conquer I think that tht
I temptation Is getting weaker and weaker
You have given it so many wounds that the
Q prospect Is that it will die. and you shall b.
q, victor, through Christ. Courage, brother
5 Do not let the sands Of the arena drink tn
!. blood Of your SOUL
Your lion is the passion for strong drink
You may have contended against it twent!
years, but Il il strong Of body and thirsty 0
tongue You have tried TO fight it bar:
3 with broken bottle or empty wine flask
Nay, that is not the weapon! With one hor
rible roar he will seize thee by the throa
@ and rend thee limb from limb. Take this
weapon, sharp and keen-reach up and ge
> It from Gods armory. The sword Of tn
4 Spirit. With that thou mayest drive hin
back and conquerl
b But why specify when every man and wo
4 man has a lion to fight? II there be on
here who has no besetting sin, let him speal
= out, for him have oh 3nded. IL you hav
>. not fought the lion, 1t is because you hav
let the lion eat you up. This very momen
II tho contest goes on. The Trajan celebration
- where 10000 cladIators fought and 11.G0
" wild beasts were qlain was not SO terrific
s struggle as thu itch at this moment goe
on in many a sou That combat was for tn
& life Of the body; this is for tho life Of tn
# soul. That was with wild beasts from tn
Jungle; this is with the roaring lion Of hell
a. Men think when they contend agains
- m evil habit. that they have to fight ii al
alone. Mol They stand in the center Of a
3 immense circle ofsympathy. Paul had bee
! reciting the names OF Abel. Enoch. NoaI
% Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Joseph, Gideon an
W Earak AMI then says, "Belng compasse
about with so great cloud OF witnesses"
70 before get through will show you tina
It you flghtin an arena around which circle, /
galleries above each other, all the kindlin
ID nunn ND I'LL the unnnnfheiio hnnrts of I'll