The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-26

Inc Sec0nu witness l call IN this
case is conscience. Wno are thou, O
conscience? WHAT is.yopr basiness2
Where were you bocn2 Wna. are you
doing here2 "Ol," says conscieace,
81 wEs bo-n 10 heaven. | cam, down
to befriend this man. I have lived
with him. | have iustructe him. l
have warned him I sho we'd him the
right and the wrong. advising him to
take the one aud eschew the other. /
have kin3led great light in his so1l-
With whip of scorpions | have
scourgej his wickeinesS, ani | nave
tried to cheer him wIeu doing right,
and vet an c)mo4lIel to testify on
thu stand tolay that he has 50 netimes
rejected my mission. Ga, how many
cups of life have | pressed to his lips
that he dlshal d>yu, and hoT often
has he stoo with his hard heel on the
bleeding heart OF the S)n OF Goa. 1t
pains m4 very m1:h that have to tes.
tify aga'nft this Christian NJ Ii AMI yet
| must in behalfof hin wao will IN no
wise clear the guilty say that this
Christina mln has d)ne wong. H.
has bsan worldly. II. has BEEN ne
glecsfui. IIe has dole Thousand
things he ouyhtnot TO have done, an Il
left uudone thousand things he
ought to have done" Tuat will do,
conscience. You eau sit DIVA
The third witness call iu the case is
an angel OF G u. Bright and shining
one, what doest thou here2 What
hast thoa to say against this man on
trial2 "Ol," says the angel, Il have
been messenger to him. | have
guarded him. | have watched
him. With this wing have
defended him, AMI oftentimeS, when
he knew it not, lei him into gree
pastures and beside the still waters. |
snatched from him the pois onej caa
Ices. When bad spirits came upon
him to destroy him, [ fought them
back with infinite fierceness, and yet |
have to testify today that he has re-
iected my mission. Hs has not done
as he ought to have dona. Though |
came from the sky, he drove ms back.
Though with this wing | defended him
and though with this voice wooed
him. l have to announce his multi
Piled imperfections. [ dare not keep
back the testimony, for then should
not dare to appear again among the
sinless ones before the great white
throne"
There is only one more witness tc
be called on behalf of tie posecution
and that is the great, the holy. the
august, the omnipotent Spirit OF God
We bow down before him. Holy
Spirit, knowest thou this man2 "Oh,
yes" says the Holy One, ''Iknow him
| I have striven with him ten thousand
times, and though sometimes he die
seem to repent he fell back again a:
often from his first estate
Ten thousand times ten thous
and has he grieved me, al
though the Bible warned him, say
ing. sGrieve not the Holy Ghost
Quench not the Spirit Yes, he ha:
driven me back. Though I am the
Third Person OF the Trinity, he ha:
trampled on my mission, and the
blood of the atonement that l brough
with which to cleanse his soul he
sometimes despised. came from the
throne of God to convert and comfort
and sanctify, and yet look at that mar
and see wha; he is compared with
| what, unresisted, would have made
him"
The evidence on the part OF the pro
secution has closed. Now let the de
fense bring on the rebuttal testimony
What have you, o Christian soul, t
bring in reply to this evidence Of th'
world, of the conscience, of the ange
and Of the Holy Ghost2 No evidence
Are all these things true2 Eyes. Un
clean" says every Christian soll
What2 Do you not begin to trembl'
at the thought of condemnation
We have come now to the most in
teresting part of this great trial. Th'
evidence all in, the advocates speak.
The profession of an advocate is full
of responsibility. In England and thu
United States there have arisen mer
who in this calling have been honoret
by their race and thrown contemp
upon those who in the profession hav,
been guilty Of q great many mean
nesses. That profession will be honor
able as long as it has attached to
such names as Mansfield and Marshal
and Story and Kent andSouthard ant
William Writ. The courtroom ha
sometimes been the scene of very
marvellous and thrilling things. Som'
of you remember the famous Girart
will case, where one of our advocate
pleaded the cause OF the Bible ant
Christianity in mastery Anglo-Saxon
every paragraph thunderbolt.
Some of you have read Of the fam
Gus trial in Westminster hall of War
rem Hastings, the despoiler of India b,
splendid talents, by courage, by brides
by gigantic dishonesty. The who'll
world had rung, with applause Of con
demnation. Gathered in Westminste
hall, a placein which 80 kings ha,
been inaugurated, was one OF the mos
famous audiences ever gathered
Foreign ministers and princes sa
there. Peers marched in, clad i!
ermine and gold. Mighty men am
women from all lands looked dow
upon the scene. Amid all that POM
and splendor, and amid an excitemen
such as has seldom been seen in an,
courtroom, Edmund Burke advance
in speech which will last as long q
the English language, concluding
with this burning charge, which mad
Warren Hastings cringe and cover
81 impeach him in the name of tn
commons house OF parliament, who's
trust ne has betrayed. l impeach hin
in the name of the English nation
whose ancient honor he has sulied.
impeach him in the name Of the peopl
of India, whose rights he hes trample'
on and whose country he has turne.
into a desert. And lastly, in tn
name of human nature, in the nam
of both sexes, in the name of ever.
age and rank, impeach him as tn