The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-02-26

back by the three armies Of the Sara
Gems, and Roland, in almost despair
took up the trumpet and blew three
blasts in one of the mountain passes
and under the power of those three
blasts the Saracens recoiled and fled
in terror. But history says that when
he had blown the third blast Roland's
trumpet broke
Itake this trumpet of the gospel and
blow the first blast, ''Whosoever
will. | blow the second blast,
Seek We the Lord while he may be
found j" blow the third blast, New
is the accepted time" But the trump
ct does not break. 1t was handed
down by our forefathers to US, and we
will hand it down to our children, that
after we are dead they may blow the
trumpet, telling the world that we
have pardoning God, a loving God,
sympathetic God, and that more to
him than the throne on which he sits
is the Joy Of seeing prodigal put his
finger on the latch of his fathers
house.
I invite any one the most infdel,
any one the most atheistic. I invite
him into the kingdom of God with
just as much heartiness as those who
have for so years been under the
teaching Of the gospel and believed it
all. When I was living in Philadel-
phia, gentleman told me Of a scene
in which he was a participant. T.
| Callowhill street, in Philadelphia,
there had been a powerful meeting go
inq on fsvr some time, and many we're
converted, and among others one Of
the prominent members of the worst
clubhouse in that city. The next
night the leader of that clubhouse, the
president of it, resolved that he would
enaeavor to get his comrade away.
He came to the door, and before he
entered he heard Christian song, and
under its power his soul was agitated.
He went in and asked for prayer. Be-
fore he came out he was subject OF
| converting mercy. The next night
another comrade went to reclaim the
two who had been lost to their sinful
circle. He went, and under the pow
| er of the Holy Ghost became changed
| man, and the work went on until they
were all saved and the Infamous club
house disbanded. Oh, it is mighty
gospel. Though you came here a
child OF sin, you can go away a child
of grace. You can 60 away singing:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like me!
lOnce was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now see.
On, give up your sins! Most of your
life is already gone. Your children
are going on the same wrong road.
Why do you not stop2 This day IS
| salvation come to thy house. Why
not this minute look up into the face
of Christ and say:
Just as am without one plea
Buttha thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bld'st ne come to thee
o Lamb Of God, come, leone!
God is going to save you. You are
going to be among the shining ones.
After the tolls of life are over you are
going up to the everlasting rest. You
are going up to join your loved ones,
departed parents and departed cnil.
dren. "Oh, my God," says some
man, chow can I come to thee2 I am
so far Off Who will help me? I am
so weak. 1t seems such a great un-
dertaking." Oh, my brother, it is a
great undertaking! It is so great you
| cannot accomplish it, but Christ can
do the work. He will correct your
heart, and he will correct your life.
ooh" you say, Il will stop profanity"
That will not save you. "Oh," you
say, II will stop Sabbath breaking"
That will not save you. There is only
one door to the kingdom of God, and
that is faith; only one ship that sails
for heaven, and that is faith. Faith
the first step, the second step, the hun
dredth step, the thousandth step, the
last step. By faith we enter the king
dom. By faith we keep in. In faith
we die. Heaven reward of faith.
The earthquake shook down the Phi
lippian dungeon. The jailor said,
What shall I do2 Some of you would
say, Better get out of the place before
the walls crush you" What did the
apostle say believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved"
''Ah," you say, there's the rub"
What is faith2 Suppose you were
thirsty, and I offered you this glass
of water, and you believed I meant to
give it to you, and you came up and
took it. You exercise faith. You be-
lieve mean to keep my promise
Christ offers you the water of everlast-
ing life. You take it. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom of God. En-
ter now. The door of life is set wide
open. I plead with you by the bloody
sweat of Gethsemane and the death
groan of Golgotha, by cross and
crown, by Pilates courtroom and JOS
eph's sepulcher, by harps and chains,
by kingdoms of light and realms Of
darkness, by the trumpet of the arch
angel that shall wake the dead and
by the throne of the Lord God Al
mighty and the Lamb that you attend
now to the things of eternity. Oh,
what sad thing it will be if, having
come so near heaven, we miss it! Oh,
to have come within sight of the shin
ing pinnacles of the city and not have
entered. On, 10 nave Oeen So ue1r We
have seen the migty throng enter, and
we not joining them! Angels of God
fly this way. Good news for you.
Tell the story among the redeemed on
high. If there be one there especially
longing for our salvation, let that one
know it now. We put down our sor-
rows. Glory be to God for such
hope, for such a pardon, for such a
Joy, for such a heaven, for such a
Christ.
The Right Views.
Tom Miller, one Of the negro repre-
sentatives, madea speech in the House
a few days ago in which he gave his
reasons for voting to make the birth
day of General Robert Z. Lee State