The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-03


and what more appropriate, for the
Holy Ghost isa tongue of fire." anC
the electricity that flies along the wires
is a tongue of fire? And that reminds
me of what I might do now. From
tie place where | stand on this plat
form there are invisible wires or lines
Of influence stretching to every heart
III all the seats on the main floor and
up into the boxes and galleries. and
there are other innumerable wires OF
lines of influence reaching out from
| thi, place into the vase beyond, and
across continents. and under tie seas.
for III my recent journey around the
world | did not find a country where
| had not been preaching this gospel
for many Years through the printing
press. SO as telegraph operator sits
or stands alta given point and sends
messages in all directions, and YOU
Only hear the click. click, click of the
electric apparatus, but the telegramS
90 on their err~nd. God help me now
to touch theriG Ght key and send theright
massage along jhe right wires 20 the
right places. Who shall l first call up:
To whom shall | send the message: [
guess l Will send the first to all the
tired, wherever they are, for there are
50 many tired souls. Here
gees the Christlymessage, Come
unto me, all We who are weary, and |
viii give you rest" Who next shall
/ call up? l guess the next message
will be to the fatherless
and widows, here goes Gods
message, Leave thy fatherless
children, I will preserve them alive
and let thy widows trust in me-"
Who next shall | call up! l guess my
next message will be to those who
have buried members Of their own
families and here it goes, The trum-
pet shall sound and the dead shallrise. "
Who next shall cali up? I guess the
next message will 60 to those who
think themselves too bad to be saved
Here it goes. Let the wicked forsake
his way and the uGrighteous man his
thoughts and let him return unto the
Lord, who Will have mercy, and unto
our God, who will abundantly pardon
Who next shall | call up: | guess it
will be those who may think I have
not yet touched their case. Here it
goes, "Whosoever, whosoever whose
ever will, let him come"
And now may God turn on all the
electric power into this gospel battery
for the last tremendous message. so
that it may thrill through this assem-
blage and through all the earth. Just
six words will compose the message,
and touch the key Of this gospel bat
terry just six times and the message
has gone. Away Away it flies. And
the message is, Have ye received the
Holy Ghost!n-that is, do you feel his
power, Has he enabled YOU to sorrow
over wasted life, and take full pardon
from the crucifed Christ, and turned
your face toward the wide open gates
of a welcoming heaven?
Weappeal to thee, 0 Holy Ghost,
who didst turn the Philippian jailer,
and Saul Of Tarsus, and Lydia of Thy
atira, and helped John Bunyan out of
darkness, when, as he describes it,
Down fell as a bird shot from the
top of the tree into fearful despair, but
was relieved by the comfortable word,
The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all sin, "and helped John Newton
when standing at the helm of the ship
in midnight hurricane and mightier
than the waves that swept the decks
came over him the memory of his bias
phemous and licentious life, and he
carried out, My mothers God have
mercy on me-" and help one nearer
home, even me, De Witt Talmage, at
about is years of age, that Sunday
night in the lovely village of Blawen-
burg, N. j., when I could not sleep be-
cause the questions of eternal destiny
seized hold of me, and has helped me
ever since to use as most expressive of
my own feeling:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like me.
Ionce was lost but now am found;
Was blind, but now l see.
Through many dangers, tolls and snares
have already come.
TiS grace has brought me safe thus far,
Aud grace will lead me home.