The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-12

this planet l3 tendency to borrow
trouble. But there are times when
approaching sorrow is so evident that
we need to be making special prepara-
ton for It's coming.
One OF your Children has lately be-
come favorite. The cry OF that child
strikes deeper into the heart than the
cry Of all the others. You think more
about it. You give it more attention,
not because it is any more of treas
ure than the others, but because it is
becoming frail. There is something in
the cheek, in the eye and IN
walk that makes you quite sure
that the leaves of the flower are going
to be scattered. The utmost nursing
and medical attendance are Intellectual.
The pulse becomes feeble, the complex
ion lighter. tbs step weaker, the laugh
| fainter No more ronping for that
one through hall and parlor. The
nursery is darkened by an approach
ing calamity. The heart feels with
uournful anticipation that the sun is
going down. Night speeds on. It is
toward evening.
You have long rejoiced in the care
OF Z mother. You have done every
thing TO make her last days happy.
You have run with quick feet to wait
upon her every want. Her presence
has been perpetual blessing in the
household But the fruit gatherers are
looking wistfully at that tree. Her
soul is ripe for heaven. The gates
are ready to flash open for her entrance
But your soul sinks at the thought Of
I separation. You cannot bear to
think that soon you will be called 10
take the last look at that face which
from the first hour has looked upon
you with affection Interchangeable. But
you see that life is ebbing and the
grave will soon hide her from your
sight. You sit quiet. You feel heavy
hearted. The light is fading from the
sky. The air is chill. 1t is toward
evening.
You had considerable estate and
felt independent. In FIVE minutes on
one fair balance sheet you could see
just how you stood in the world. But
there came complications. Something
that you imagined impossible hap
pened. The best friend you had
proved traitor to your interests. a
sudden crash of national misfortunes
prostrated your credit. You may to.
day be going on in business, but you
feel anxious about where you are staEd.
ing and fear that the next turning of
the wheel will bring you PROSTATE.
You foresee what you consider certain
defalcation. You think of the anguish
OF telling your friends you are not
worth dollar. You know not how
you will ever bring your children
home from school. You wonder how
you will stand the selling of your lib
rary or the moving into palmer
house. The misfortunes of life have
accumulated. You wonder what
makes the sky so dark. 1t is toward
evening.
Trouble is an apothecary that mixes
a great many drafts, bitter and sour
and nauseous, and you must drink
some one of them. Trouble puts up q
great many packs, and you must car
ry some one of them. There is no
sandalso thick and well adjusted but
some thorn will strike through it.
There is no sound so sweet but the un.
| dertaker's screwdriver CRATES through
it. In this swift shuttle of the human
heart some of the threads must break.
The journey from Jerusalem to En-.
maus will soon be ended. Our Bible,
our common sense, our observation,
reiterate in tones that we cannot mis-
take and ought not to disregard. 1t is
| toward evening.
| Oh, then, for Jesus to abide with US
| He sweetens the cup. He extracts the
thorn. lie wipes the tear. He bushes
the tempest. He soothes the soul thai
flies to him forshelter. Let the night
swoop and the euroclydon cross the
sea. Let the thunders roar. Soon
all will be well. Christ in the ship to
soothe his friends. Christ on the
sea to stop its tumult. Christ in the
grave to scatter. thee darkness. Chris
| in the heavens to lead the way
! Blessed all such. His arms will in
close them, his grace comfort them
| his light cheer them, his sacrifice
free them, his glory enchant them. L
earthly estate takes wings, he will be
an incorruptible treasure. If friends
die, he will be their resurrection
| Star ding with us in the morning o
our 10y and in the monday of ou1
prosperit7, he will not forsake US Wher
the luster has faded and it is toward
evening.
Listen to Paul's battle shout with
misfortune. Hark to the mounting
Latimer's fire son. Look at the g glory
that has reft the dungeon and fine
filed the earth and heavens with the
crash of the falling manacles of despot
ism. And then look at those who
have tried to cure themselves by hu
man prescriptions, attempting to heao
ganerene with a patch Of court plaste,
and to stop the plague of dying EN-
pires with the quackery of earthly wis
dom. Nothing can speak peace tc
the soul, nothing can unstrap oIi
crushing burdens, nothing can over
come our spiritual foes, nothing car
open our eyes to see the surrounding
horses and chariots of the salvation
that fill all the mountains, but voice
and command of him who stopped ont
night at Emuaus.
The words OF the text ere pertinen
to US all. from the fact that we ar<
. nearing the evening of death. [ have
heard it said that we ought tc
live though each momen
were to be our last. do no
believe that theory. AS far as prepara
ton is concerned we ought always t.
be ready, but we cannot always b'
thinking of death, for we have dutie!
in life that demand our attention
When a man is selling goods, it is hi!
business to think of the bargain he i
making. When man is pleading il
the courts, it is his duty to think O
the interests of his clients. When s
clerk is adding up his accounts, il i