The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-16

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their sins and sorrows. They pursued
him. They slapped him in the face
They Knocked him. When be groaned,
they groaned. They shook their fists
at him. They spat on him. They
bounded him as though he were a
wild beast. His healing of the SICK,
his sight giving to the blind, his mer-
CIV to the outcast silenced not the re,
venge Of the world His prayers ana
benedictionS We're lost IN that Whlfl.
wind 0: execration: Away with him !
Away with HIM
All il vas not merely the two pieces
Of wood tina. Il. carried 1t was the
lrausgressiouS Of the race. the anguish
of the ages thc wrath OF God. the sor-
rows of he'll. tie stapeadoHs interests
of an uneudirg eternity. No wonoer
his back beat No wonder the blood
started from every pore No wonder
that he crou"hed umder torture that
made the sun faint. and the everiast-
ing bills trcmble. and the dead rush
up in .heir winding sheets as he cried,
II ii be possible. let this cup pass
from me. Bat the cup did not pass.
None 10 comfort
Their he hangs, What has that
hand done that it should be thus
crushed in the palm! 1t has been
healing the lame and wiping away
tears. What has that foot been doing
that it should be so lacerated? 1t has
been going about doing good. OF
what has the victim been guilty ?
Guilty of saving a world. Tell me,
ye heavens and earth, was there ever
such another criminal? Was there
ever such a crime? On that hill Of
carnage, that sunless day, amid those
howling rioters, may not your sins
and mine have perished: | believe It,.
Oh. the ransom has been paid. Those
arms of Jesus were stretched out so
wide that when he brought them to-
gether again they might embrace the
world. Oh, that might, out of the
blossoms of the spring or the flaming
foliage OF the autumn, make one
wreath for my Lord. On, that all the
triumphal arches of the world could
be swung in one gateway, where the
King of Glory might come in. Ch,
that all the harps and trumpets and
organs of earthly music might in one
anthem speak his praise.
But what were earthly flowers to
him who walketh amid the snow of
the white lilies OF heaven? What were
arches of earthly masonry to him who
hath about his throne rainbow spun
out Of everlasting sunshine? What
were all earthly music to him when
the hundred and forty and four thous-
and on one side, and the cherubim
and seraphim and archangels stand
on the other side, and all the space be-
tween is filed with the doxologies Of
eternal iubilee-the hosanna of a re-
deemed earth, the halleluiah of un-
fallen angels, song after song rising
about the throne of God and of the
Lamb: In that pure, high place let
him hear US. Stop, harps of heaven,
that our poor cry may be heard. 0
my Lord Jesus, it will not hurt thee
for one hour to step out from the shin
ing throng. They will make it all up
when thou goest back again. Come
hither, O blessed one, that we may
kiss thy feet. Our hearts, too long
withheld, we now surrender into thy
keeping. When thou goest back, tell
it to all the immortals that the lost
are found and let the Fathers house
ring with the music and the dance
They have some old wine in heaven
not used except in rare festivities. In
this world those who are accustomed
to use wine on great occasions bring
outthe beverage and say: This wine
is 80 years old" Or 40 years old" But
the wine of heaven is more than is
centuries old. 1t was prepared at the
time when Christ trod the wine press
alone. When such grievous sinners
as we come back, methinks the cham
berlain of heaven cries out to the SER
wants: This is unusual JOY. Bring
up from the vaults of heaven that old
wine. Fill all the tankards. Let all
the white robed guests drink to the
immortal health of those newborn
sons and daughters Of the Lord AL
mighty There is joy in heaven
among the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth, and God grant
that that one may be you
Again, to have right heart it must
be a forgiving heart. An old writer
says: ITO return good for evil is God
like. Coed for good is manlike. Evil
for good devil like" Which of these
natures have we? Christ will have
nothing to do with us as long as we
keep any old grudee. We have all
been cheated and lied about. There
are people who dislike US so much that
if We should come down to poverty
and disgrace they would say: Good
for him, Didn't I tell you sol" They
do not understand US. Unsanctifed
human nature says: wait till you
get good crack at him, and when at
last you find him in tight place give
1t to him. Flay him alive. No quar-
ter. Leave not a rag of reputation.
Jump on him with both feet. Pay him
in his own coin-sarcasm for sarcasm,
scorn for scorn, abuse for abuse y
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kind of heart. No man ever did SO
mean thing towards us as we have
done toward God. And if we cannot
forgive others, how can we expect God
to forgive us2 Thousands of men have
been kept out of heaven by an unfor-
giving heart.
Here is some one who says: Il will
forgive that man the wrong he did me
about that house and lot. I will for
give that man who overreached me in
that bargain. I will forgive that man
who sold ice a shoddy overcoat. I
forgive then-all but one That man
1 cannot forgive. The william can
hardly keep my hands off him. If
my going to heaven depends on my
forgiving him, then l will stay out
Wrong feeling. If a man lie to me
once, am not called to trust him
again. If man betray me once, am
not called tO mt confidence in him