The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-15

saul ss th"7 ; ala T'>e N Ire matter o.
dollars and GEMS
tbs doc:r:4e o. God's soverei8n;y,
hoI il is m;squa.ed and suoAen CT IS
ig,3aa II were ~ jro2 chain which
hourG Us baGG aud foot for tiMe 2rG
for eternity, VIXEN, so fer from tba-,
n every 6ber Of ycUH bcdy, in every
facuIty ofycur mirG, in every passion
OF rcU~ soul, yoG are s free 1nsn-a
tree mau-and i will no more tc.
noirow be S matter o. choice whether
you shall 90 to busiGess through
Pennsylvania !avellue ~ scr2e ether
Stree, ii wil be no mora & n1stts7 OF
choice with yo27 tnmorI1w whether
vou shall 90 to P@i.a&eiphia q Nav
Nork. OF stay al nome. than i IS YOU
q matter Of free choice Whether YOU
viii accept Chris: or eiacs h5G1.
L SlI the &rc2y c. Banners there IS
o. ane couscr!2t Men sra nc. 70 ta
&racocaed i3to heaven. Amon& sII
* ters cj .Aou.&udS Ct the LORD $
s3lGieYy GGsr" IS cot one man hut VI!
tell gcu, I c&ase Chris; l wan!e@
him: I desired 10 Be in his service; |
anl not = conScript-I an vc!uEteer
o.. that Dceu had the s2me cUmmon
sense IN the matters o: religion thst
tnsv have u tie 2atjeIs oE taS worit
the s$re concentration, the same
push. the sane enthusiasm Ia tire
enc case, 2 secular enthusiasm; N
t2e ether, g cCrsecra ed enthusiasm.
Again, I yensrk we want more
common sense IN the Building up and
enlsrgire % Gu: Christian cher&c}er.
Thera are men who have for 80 years
5een running The Christian rsce, and
taey Rave not ru2 Querter o. g mlle.
Nc business nan would be willing 10
have his investments unaccumulatire.
Il you inves: dollar, you expect that
dollar 10 cone home bringing another
dollar OF lis back. What would you
taiak Of man VINO shoaiG invest SO.
600 IN q moneter? institution, then go
eff Tor five years and make no inquiry
IL regard 10 the investment, Thea
come back, step up TO the cashier OF
the Institution and say, Have you
kept that SO 900 safely that lodged
With ycu:' bUt ssking no question
shout interest Or aboct dlVjdenaE
Why. you say, That IS not common
serse Neither IS il, bGt that IS the
way We set II matters OF the SOUL.
We make far more .impoltsnt invest
ment than SO, Geo. We invest our
soul. Is if 2ccurUlat!ve2 Are We
growing iG Grece2 Are we getting
better? Are we se.!iuG worse? Geo
declares many dividends, bit we do
net collect them. We cot ask about
tnen. We do not want them. o..
that ia this matter os accumulation
We wece as wi3e IN the matters Of the
soul as we are n the mst:erS OF the
wor.G
How little common sense il the
residing CT The Scripture. We get
any other book and we open il, &nd
we say: Now what does this book
mo2a to teach me? Itjss book on
astronomy. It will teach ne astrcno.
ny. I! is book on political econo-
my. 1t sill teach rue political econo-
my" Taking up this Bible, do we
ask ourselves what It means to teach?
It means to DO just one thing. Get
the world converted and get Us all to
heaven. That is what it PROPOSES 10
do. But instead OF that we go into
TIE Bible as botanists to pick flowers,
or we 60 as pugilists 70 get something
10 fight other Christians With, or we
90 as los;cians trying to sharpen our
mentai faculties for better argument
and we do not like this about the
Bible, and we do not ike that, and
we do not ike the other thing. What
would ycu you think Of msr lost On
the mountains2 Night has corlu oown.
He cannot find his way home ard he
sees q light IN s mountain cabin. lie
goes TO it, he 2nccks st the door The
mountaireer comes out finds the trav,
eler aud saTs: well, here I have
lantern. You can take it, ard It will
guide you on the way home" And
suppose that traveller should say: =
don't ike that lantern. I don't like
the handle OF It. There are 10 Or Is
things about it I don't like. If you
CSA S4fC Lie SS-IS1 -Si~sSL - SA@SsA
that, ! won't have any: =
Now, Go6 says this Bible is to be 3
lamp 10 cur feet and q lantern TO our
path, to guide Us through the mid
night Of this world TO the gates of tie
celestial city. We stop AID say we
DO not Ike this about il, and we do
not Ike that. acd we do not Ike the
other thing. On, nov much wiser we
would be il by its holy light We found
our Wsy to cur everlasting home.
Then, We 90 20. resd tie Bible as we
read other books. We read It perhaps
four or five minutes just befo:e we re-
tie 81 night. We are weary and slee
py, so somro!eut We hardly know
which end Of th9 book IS up. We
drop cur eye perhaps on the story OF
Samson and the foxes Or upon some
genealogical table, important in is
elace, but stirring no more religious
emotion thsn the announcement that
somebody begat somebody else and
&c begat somebody else, instead OF
opening the book a2d saying ''Now l
must read for mY immorta! life; ny
eternity is involved IL this book >
How little We use common sense n
prayer. We say, 80 Lcrd, give ne
This, a2G 0 L2Ed, give m9 that" and
o Lord, give me something else,
and we 90 not expect ID get It, or, GET
ting il, We do nct know we nave il
We have no sp1ie:y a5out;t. We
DO rot watch and wait for its coming.
As s merchant you telegraph CT you
write 20 some other city foT bill Of
gGcGs You sAy, Send ne by sach
express Or by such 6 steamer Or by
such rail train The dsy strives F.!
Ecu send ycUr wagon to the Depot or
20 ne WHAT. The goods Do net conc. |
You Immediately telegraph: ''Wh2t
IS the matter With these goods: We
haven't recslved them. Se2d them
siSht away. Ne want t2e21 now CT
We GO rot want them ~ al. Ara !
you Keep Triting &a3 YOU keep ~ =;
graphing and keep Sl~1---r- -olr vs.