The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-16

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God has endowed you with physical
strength, let me beg you to lay that power
on the altar of sacrifice and go where Goa
leads you, even though it be the carryln |
Of the gospel into the slums Of heathan
world.
". NoRAL CHARACTER.
This is one Of the strongest elements OF
q Glorious manhood. Lord Bacon once
said, "If you would foretell the character
of YOUR nation twenty years to come you
must read the character Of your youn9 men
of to-day" Another has said, "Of all
earthly possessions. character alone is eter-
nal" The mind, our thinking faculty, IS
given to u.s. but our character we build.
Each day that we live, we are gradually,
moment by moment, building that struc-
ture called character, by the small acts and
deeds that come into our lives. The
strongest and bravest men, who under God
have been the means of shaping and
changing the thought of the world, have
been men of the strongest moral principle.
The martyrs who have gone to the stake
amid glory born not Of earth, have been
men of moral character who dared to stano
bv principle even in the face Of death"
How our hearts turn with mingled
feeling of JOY and pity to that affecting
| scene, when under the stern command q
! King Nebuchadnezzar all the subjects OF
his kingdom should fall down and worship
the golden image set up by himself. But
hold moment, 0, thou great king, we
have moral principal at stake in this
matter, therefore We cannot comply WITH
your request cried the Heroic Three.
But death must follow unless this golden
image is worshipped. So as the thunder
peals OF music burst forth from that grand
orchestra and rolled along the plain, down
PROSTATE on the earth falls the great throne
save the three Hebrew children. These
three stand erect with flush Of triumph
upon their brows, heaven in their eyes
Christ in their hearts, and the whole worlo
beneath their feet. I stand here, to-day
young men, and point you to that heroic
element of moral character. and say unit!
you that if you would be victorious in life'
stern conflict and have the banner OF
glorious manhood wave proudly over you
YOU must possess that same element. You
character is all you have and when that i
gone nothing but wreck and ruin must fol
low. But still another element is
Y, STRONG COURAGE.
Some one has said that the most inspir
ing word in the English language is cour
age. That which shows itself in glorlou
deeds. The battle of the ages is the battl
of young men, and he who is victorious Il
life's conflict must be courageous. Let m
BY way of illustration point you to tha
element Of victory which bursted throug
she opposing forces and made Stamina
, the hero of the hour. Here the lsraelite
are disorganized, weak and scattered. Will
the hosts Of the Ph hstlne
are strong and insulting. 1t ha
been the custom of the 1sraelites
SOW the seed, and then the Philistines rus
down upon them aud reap the har7es
One day little band of Israelites move
out into the field to reap a small patch
sentils. when behold to their surprise tn
Philistines came rushing down upon then
and off in rapid haste rushed the lsraellte!
That had been the order of the day. Bu
as they turned in the distance to vieT tn
oncoming Philistines, behold they ha
ceased to move, This man, Shammah, /
, the midst of that dark and shameful day
, looked upon the rushing foe, and with
mighty CRY to God in his own heart, stoo
in the midst of the plot of sentils and d.
Tended it. think lin imaglnatlon), ca
) hear him say, I'm tired of this galne 20
are playing. We SOW aud you reap, and
Gods great name to-day stand death
victory" Shammah plus the Lord Go
meant tremble ye gates of hell. 1.-The Lor
, wrought great victory"
Oh! that that element OF victory woul
, rise in the heart Of some young man TODD
who would stand in the midst Of the wrec
, human hope and the spiritual life OF on
churches and say in Gods name stand.
; In the late war, while the battle was rae
ing, history tells US that victory or detet
depended on one single spot OF groun
then held by the federal troops. The ger
eral asked his captain, "Will you hold yor
point?" "Ill try" came the ready answe
will you hold yonr point?' The captal
stepping in front Of his army while b
, sword cleaned in the sunlight said, "del
I stand death or victory" Young mel
out yopEffeet lup0n-Gll tire elements of
!, glorious manhood aad say, "Here stan
6 death or victory.
= But last of ali, point you to the Gre
u csntain Y5u cannot b victorious Wit
out WILL 14IL1 WV N''N
g feat. I leave this parting message WI
e you. Live right and it matters not ho
', YOU die. It matters but little how iu'
dies so tar as physical death is oncerne
J. Paul was the embodiment OF gor;o
h manhood aud yet the dogs very like
= licked his blood. The martyrs have lack
= burial when the flames have done the
e worst Those who loved them best ha
E tried to gather from the ashes some pc
"a remains over which to weep. But after
what did it matter? The flames OF t
martyrs were but chariot OF fire IN VIII
!e their souls mounted heavenward, 50
e does not matter how man dies. IL n
st be in the suddenness Of the railway COLI
- ion. 1t may be in the struggle OF the ga
u uipht OF sea, when the great waves d'
D. high upon storm beaten vessel, or 1t N
IN be in far off land where 10 loving h&
,e can brush the death sweat from your ort
=, or on the battle plains in death-ll
ot struggle. If you Lave Christ you are
torious and the gate of death "l!l De u Gl
The entrance into life sternal. while abe
the gate OF death you can read the story
life.