The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-16
ANNUAL SERMON TO THE
MANNING GUARDS.

ue 1OOuS SOAo1CAS W -
Higher Battle That is
Not Won by Shot
and Shell.
THE GLORY OF YOUNG MAN.
HOOD.
Text: Proverbs 20, 29. The glory OF
young men is their strength
It is wonderfully strange to me that this
the wisest of the ancient writer's should
turn SO suddenly from the supreme subject
Of grace to the consideration OF another
subject entirely foreign. The thought OF
young manhood seems to have suddenly
bursted through the sublimest vision, ana
be must needs put that thought upon I'M
pesishable record ere it passes from the
halls of memory Hence he penned the
words of the text, which so ftly apply to
the subject under consideration,
THE GLORY OF YOUNG MANHOOD.
Solomon would cast no reflection upon
old age. He says, "the beauty Of old men
| IS the grey head" The memory OF the
aged IS blest. Their lives remain as a
source Of inspiration to the young and by
their wise counsel, foresight, and e1peri-
ence the young are better able to rise 10
the heights Of true greatness. But the asea
have served their age and generation. NOW
the evening shades are falling across life's
pathway as they journey on toward slo'
rious sunset. And the glory that gathers
around them, and that tells Of blessed
past is the grey head. So with ali honor
to the aged we turn with the text to the
T. POSSIBILITIES OF TIE YOUNG.
It seems to me as look out upon the
world, that all eyes are turned with mute
admiration to the young men OF our coun
try. There are overshadcwing our youne
men great responsibilities and possibilities
All the positions of trust and honor vii
soon be handed down to them. The desti
nv Of our State and nation, and even tn
triumphs Of Gods kingdom in the worle
will ere long be entrusted to them.
It is said that in the midst Of the darSes
: days of our nation, when the black flag o
, war hung in dark folds all over our coun
try with no ray Of light tracable on II
, when hero was demanded, the God OF tn
nation brought George Washington upol
the scene Of action who should at the helm
guide her destiny through noble conflict
AS we read the story OF the past and re
, member the restlessness and dissatlsfsctiol
which have preceded mighty upheavals' VI
believe that the next century will be one II
which strong men are needed. Some on
bas said, God. give us men; tn
age in which We live demands them.
There is agitation, there is restlessness
there is dissatisfaction, there is strife in al
the walks of human life. May God give u
some one who amid the chaos and confus
ion win keep the camp-hres burning Oh
. the heights for better day.
, The day is breaking in the East, OF whlc
the prophets told,
! Aad brightens up the sky Of time, tn
Young mans age Of gold;
Old might to right is yielding, battle blad
to clerky pen,
: Earth's monarchs are her peoples and he
r serfs stand up as men,.
II. GLIAPsEs OF THE FUTURE.
Solomon said, ''The glory Of young me-
i, their strength" John, in writing upo
the same subject, said, II write unto yor
Young men, because you are strong, an
tie were 1sezs6fGooaa 81 God ahidsth- in~5eesa,aasa yea, asa-J
have overcome the wicked one" Davie
looking far down the centuries saw
glimpse of the future, even the confli'
. waged by young men, Of which John spos
: and asked the question, How shall
: Young man cleanse his way" or overcom
Y in the greatest of all battles? Here DaTl
: ONLY pictures the mutterings OF the OF
g coming battle, with tue weapons wit
(which they were to fight while John, aft;
|, the lapse of centuries, looks over the bait
plains where the battle was fought and r
. cords the victory. ''Ye are strong, ye ha'
l, overcome.
The words that John applied to Il
l. Young men of his day may in some
spects apply to US. We are IN the mid
of tremendous conflict, not conflict
J. sword and musket and bayonets, but a co
fict of right against wrong OF heaV
J. against hell In tn is conflict who Will
:. tbe hero? It lies within the reach
ar rs Ill. But let US notice
III. TIE ELEMENTS OF GLORIOUS
~ MANHOOD.
49, PHYSICAL STRENGTH.
- r. NAV be that God has endowedyou~ltl