The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-03-11

glory OF God by one man sin en-
tered into the world, and death bv sin,
aud 50 death passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned. The soul that
sinneth. it shall die. When SevaSto-
pol was being bombsrded. two Russian
frigates burned all night in the har.
Dor, throwlnga a glare upon the trembl-
ing fortress, and some Cf YOU. from
what you have told me yourselves,
some of you are standing In the night
Of your souls trouble, the cannonade.
and the conhagration, and the multi
plication, and the multitude of your
sorrows and troubles, think, must
make the wigs of Gods hoverlng an
gels shiver to the tip.
But the last part Of my text opens a
door wide enough to let all ont and to
let all heaven in. Sound it on the Or
gan with all the stops out. Thrum u
on the harps with all the estrings atuue.
With all the melody possible let the
heavens sound it to the earth and let
the earth tell 1t to the heavens. The
Lord hath laid on him the iniouity of
us all" am glad that the prophet
did not stop to explain whom he meant
by him" Him OF the manager, him
of the blood sweat, him of the resurrec-
ton throne, him of the cruci6xion
agony. 'On him the Lord hath laid
the iniquity of US ALL" oh" says
some man, s'that isn't generous, that
isn't fair; let every man carry his own
burden and pay his own debts" That
sounds reasonable. If have an OBJ,
legation, and I havethe means to meet
it, and I come to you and ask you to
settle that obligation. you rightly says,
Pay your own debts. If you and |
are walking down the street, both
hale, hearty and well, and ask you to
carry me, you say rightly, walk on
your own feet" Butsuppose you and
Iwere in a regiment, and was wound
ed in the battle sssaL9ell unconscious
feet with a guishot fractures
and dislocations, what would you do3
You would call to your ;ades, say
ing: Come and help. This man is
helpless. Bring the ambulance. Let
US take him to the hospital" And l
be dead lift in your arms, and you
would lift me from the ground where
1 had fallen and put me in the ambul::
ance and take me to the hospital and
have all kindness shown me. Would
there bemeaning in my accepting that
kindness Oh, no. You would be
mean not to do it. That is what
Christ does. If we could pay our
debts, then it would be better to 60 up
and pay them, saying, Here, Lord,
here is my obligation; here are the
means with which I mean to settle
that obligation. Now give me receipt.
Cross it all out" The debt is paid.
But the fact is we have fallen in the
battle; we have gone down under the
hot fire of our transgressions; we have
been wounded by the sabers of sin
ne are helpless we are undone. Christ
comes. The loud clang heard in the
sky on that Christmas night was only
the bell, the resounding bell of the
ambulance. Clear the way for the
Son of God. He comes down to bind
up the wounds and to scatter the dark
ness and TO save the lost, Clear the
way for the Son of God. Christ comes
down to US, and we are a dead lift.
He does not lift US with the tips Of his
fingers. He does not lift US with one
arm. He comes down upon his knee,
and then with dead lift he raises US
to honor and glory and Immortality.
ssThe Lord hath laid on him the I'M.
ouity of US ALL" Why, then, will a
man carry his sins2 You cannot car
ry successfully the smallest sin you
ever committed. You might as well
put the Apennies on one shoulder and
the Alps on the other. How much
less can you carry all the sins of your
lifetime? Christ comes and looks
down in your face and says: II have
come through all the decorations of
these days and through all the tenn
pests of these nights; have come to
bear your burdens and to pardon your
sins and to pay your debts. Put them
on my shoulder, put them on my
hesrt." ''On him the Lord hath
laid the iniquity of US ALL" Sin
has almost pestered the life out Of
some of you. At times it has made
you cross and unreasonable, and it
has spoiled the brightness of your days
and the peace of your nights. There
are men who have been riddled of sin.
The world gives them no solace. Cos
samery and volatile the world, while
eternity, as they look forward to it, is
black as midnight. They writhe un-
der the stings of a conscience which
proposes to give no rest here and no
rest hereafter, and yet they do not re-
pent; they do not pray; they do not
weep They do not realize that just
the position they occupy is the posi-
ton occupied by scores, hundreds and
thousands of men who never found
any hope,
If this meeting should be thrown
open; and the people who are here
could give their testimony, what
thrilling experiences we should hear
on all sides. There is a man who
would say: II had brilliant surround
ings, l had the best education that one
of the best collegiate institutions of
this country could give. and I observ-
ed all the moralities Of life, and I was
self righteous, and I thought I was all
right before God as I am all right be
fore man, but the Holy Spirit came to
me one day and said, You are sim
ner. The Holy Spirit persuaded me
of the fact. While ! had escaped the
sins against the law of the land had
really committed the worst sin man
ever committs-the driving back Of
the Son of God from my hearts atfec-
tions-and 7 saw that my hands were
red with the blood of the Son of God,
and I began to pray, and peace came
to my heart, and know by expert
ence that what you say is true" 'On
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity OF
US allm Yonder is man who would
say: II was the worst drunkard in the
city; went from bad to worst; de-
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