The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-09

VINO EaE2 StNli eu L0enSeIVeS WIth the
strong meat OF the word and all gospel
vi&nd5 on Sabbath focenoons want to
! cone up 10 a second service and stuff
themselves again2 These old garman-
diz9rs at the gospel feast need to get
into outdoor work with the outdoor
gospel that was preached on the banks
OF the Jordan, and oa the fishing
smacks Of Like Galiiae, and IN the
| bleak air Of Assyrian mountains, am
told that throughout all our American
cities the second SABBATH service IN the
majority OF churches IS soacseIy, yea,
disgracefulIy attended. and is t1e dis
tress Of the consecrated and eloquent
pastors who bring their learning and
piety before pews gdastly for their IN.
occupancy. What is the proyidentlaI
meaning? The greatest OF all evange-
lists since Bible times recently sug-
gested that the evening services IL all
The churches be turned into the most
popular style Of evangeiiStic n eetin2s
for outsiders. SIrely that IS az eXpar.
imcnt worth making. Il that does no.
succ eed, thea i does seem to me- all
the churches which clnE0t secure sui.
ficient evening audiences ought to
shut up their bulldogs ~ nigat and
90 where tho people are and invite
them to come TO the gospel banquet.
Let the christian souls, bountifully
fed iu the morning, 60 forth IN the af
ternoon and evening to feed the null
titudes OF outsiders starving for the
bread OF which if a man eat he shall
never again hunger. Among those
clear dowa the gospel would make
more rapid conques: than among those
who know So much and have so much
that God cannot teach Or help them.
In those lower depths are splendid fell
lows in the rough, like the shoebiack
that reporter saw near New York
city hall He asked a boy to black his
boots. The boy came up to his work
provokingly slow and had just begun
when 3 large boy showed him aside
and began the work, and the reporter
reproved him as being a bully, and
the boy replied: "Oh, that's all right.
1 am going to d. it for i'm. You see
he's been sick in the hospital more q a
month, SO US boys turn in and give
i'm lift Do all the boys help him."
asked the reporter. Yes. sir. Wnen
they amt got no JOB themselves and
jim gets one they turn in and help
i'm, for he amt strong you see" "
How much percentage does he give
yol2" said the reporter. The boy re-
piled: Il don't keep none OF it. amt
no sach sneak as that. All the boys
give up what they git on his JOB. l
would like to catch any feller sneak
ing on sick boy, I would" The re.
porter gave him 25 cent piece and
said, "Yoa keep 10 cents for yourself
and give the res to jim. " Cant do
it, sir. It's his customer. Hera Jim. y
Such big souls as that s!rew all the
lower depths Of the cities, and, get
them converted to God this would be
the last full century Of the worlds sin
and but little work Of evaugelization
would be left for the next century.
Before this century expires let there
be a combined effort to save the great
cities o. America and Great Britain
and Of all Caris.endom. What al
awful thing it would be for you.
0 dying century, to bequeath to
the coming century, as ye. innocent
and unscarred with single sin or
burdened with a single sorrow, the
blaspbemy, the lawlessness, the athe
ism, the profigacy and the woes OF
great cities still unevangelized. What
we ought to see, O dying century, is
revival OF religion that would wrap
the continents in confagrations Of re
ligious awakening, and that would
make legislation and merchandise and
all styles OF worldly business wait
awhile at the telegraph and telephone
offices because thev are occupied with
telling the story OF cities and nations
! tbefniin born ina day. Nearly all the centn-
ries close with something tremendous.
Why may not this century close in
the salvation Of America I do not
know whether our theological friends,
who have studied the subjsc! more
than I have, are right or wrong when
they say Christ will come in person to
set up mis- kingdom in this world; but
though we would be overwhelmed
with our unworthiness I would like to
see Christ descend from heaven in one
of the clouds Of this morning, and
planting his feet On this earth, which
he came centuries ago to save, declare
his reign of love and mercy and saliva
ton on earth begun. And what more
appropriate place. say it itreverential,
ly-for such divine landing than
| the capital of a continentnever cursed
by the tyrannies and superstitions OF
the old world2
What has this dying nineteenth
century to tell US before he goes? W.
all love to hear septuagenarians, octo
genarians, nonagenafians and cente
narians talk. We gather around the
armchair and listen till tits far on in
to the night and never weary Of hear
| iug their experiences. Bat Lord
Lyndhurst, at SS years OF age, pour
ing into the ears of the house OF lords
in four hours address the experienc,
es of lifetime and Apollonius, at 10C
years of age, recounting his travels to
thrilled listeners and Charles Macklin,
at 1O7 pears of age, absorbing the at
tention of his hearers, and Ralph
Farnham of our country at 107 years,
telling the Prince of Wales the story OF
Bunker Hill, can create no such inter
est as this dying centenarian if he will
only speak.
Tell US, Onineteenth century, before
you go in score OF sentences some OF
the things you have heard and seen.
TIE veteran turns around aud says
IT saw Thomas Jefferson riding in
unattended from Monticello, only
few steps from where you stand, dis
mount from his horse and hitch the
bride to a post and on yonder hill
take the oatn cf the presidential office.
l saw yonder capitol ablaze with wars
incendiarism. | saw the puff of the