The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-18

Denies Repc-:- Ct Et5 D!ss&t!sfscsssE
With His Chcrch.
Dr.. Talrnage. referring % reca-: reports as
to the severance Of his pcese2, !n'>.22'': re-
lions, has authorized Jae to@oM'Hs sj's,e-
ment:
a hare denoaace5i TIE infamous sa:sehooj
concerning M dissatisfaction "!'a ny Wash
i2rton church aud me statement ina; l. n&I
determjre,; not 70 return there Relations
between that cc2S~c ,liun acd myself are
perfectly happy, and the church aas ne; AL
its OBLIGATIONS 10 ;1e. Our attendance was
larger last year han e-er before, c2a0y more
people coming than we could accommodate.
i will De in my regular pulpit the second
Sabbath in September
In the discourse below by Dr.. Talmage.
last Sunday Christ 5 looked at from an un-
usual standpoint. HIS text is Isaiah Z, g,
ssHis name shall be c.lle,i wonderful
The prophet lived in a dark time. For
some 5000 years the world had been getting
worse. Kingdoms had arisen ard persisted.
AS the captain of 3 vessel IN distress sees re
lief coming across the water, SO the prophet,
amid the stormy times in which he lived,
put the telescope OF prophecy TO his eye and
saw 80 years ahead one Jesus advancing I"
thereScue. wantto show that when Isaiah
called Christ the Wonderful he spoke wisely
In most houses there is pictUre OF Christ.
Sometimes it represents him with face et!ei2-
mate, sometimes with face despo:!c. nave
seen Vests grand sketch Of the rejection Q;
Christ: have seen the face Of Christ as Gu;
on an emerald, said 20 be by command ot
Tiberius Cesar, and yet | am convIaced tAat
shall never know how Jesus looked until,
Oh that sweet Sabbath morning, | shall wash
the last sleep from my eyes IN the cool river
of heaven. | take Up this book OF dlylle
photographs, and look at Luke 5 sketch, at
Marks sketch. at Johns sketch aud at
Paurs sketch, and l say, with Isaiah, Won
derful.'
think that you are all interested in the
story of Christ. You feel that he is the only
one who can help you. You have unbound
ed admiration for the commander who helped
his passengers ashore while ne himself per-
ished, but have you no admiration for him
who rescued our souls, himself falling back
into the waters from which he had saved Us:
Christ was wonderful in the magnetism Of
his person.
After the battle Of Antietau1, when gener-
al rode along the lines, although the soldiers
were lying down exhausted, they arose with
great enthusiasm and huZzaed. As Napoleon
returned from his captivity his first step on
the wharf shook all the kingdoms, and 80
900 men joined his standard. 1t took 5000
troops to watch him in his exile. So there
have been men Of wonderful magnetism Of
person, but hear me while tell you Of
poor young man who came up from Nazareth
TO produce thrill such as has never been
excited by any other. Napoleon had around
him the memories of Austerjitz and jena
and Badajos, but here was man who had
fought no battles, who wore no epauletS,
who brandished no sword. He is no titled
man of the schools, for he never went 10
school. He had probably never seen .
prince or shaken hands with a no5leman.
The only extraordinary person We know OF
as being in his company was his own mother,
and she was 50 poor that IN the most delicate
and sclemn hour that ever comes to a wo-
man ; sorl she was obliged to lie down amid
camel drivers grooming the beasts Of burden,
I imagine Christ one day standing in the
streets Of Jerusalem. A man descended
from high lineage is standing beside him,
and says, tNIy father was merchant prince.
He had castle on the beach at Gallee. Who
was your father? Christ answers, "Joseph.
the carpenter" a man from Athens IS
standing there unroiling his parchment Of
graduation, and says 10 Christ, 'Whece did
you 20 to SCHOOL," Christ answers, Il new
er graduated Aha, The idea of such an
unheralded young man attempting to COM
mand the attention Of the world. As well some
1s4tIa Gcb, v,lIooa Island shore q =
tempt to arraign New \ ork. Yet no sooner does
he set foot in the to Rns or cities ofJudaea tran
everything is in commotion. The people
20 out on a picnic, taking only food enough
for the day, yet are SO fascinated with Christ
that at the risk Of starving they follow him
out into the wilderness. y cob!eman falls
down fat before him, and says, My daugh-
ter IS dead" a beggar tries 10 RIB the dim
ness from his eyes, and says, "Lord, that
my eyes may be opened.' a poor, SICK,
painting woman, pressing through the crowd,
says, 81 must touch the hem Of his garment.
Children, who love their mother better than
any one else, struggle to get into his arms,
and to kiss his cheek, and TO run their ting-
ers through mis- hair, and for all time putting
Jesus SO in love with the little ones that
there is hardly 9 nursery in Christendom
from which be does not take one, saying:
"I must have them. will fill heaven with
these, for every cedar that plant in heaven
I will have so white lilies. IN the hour
when was poor man in JudHa they were
not ashamed of me, and now that have
come to 3 throne do not despise them. Hold
it not back, oh, weeping mother. Layit on
my warm heart. Ofsuch is the kingdom OF
heaven"
What is this coming down the road. 4
triumphal procession. He is seated-rot IN
8 chariot, but on an ass, and yet the people
take of their coats and throw them in the
way. Oh, what time Jesus made among
the children, among the beggars, among the
fishermen, among the philosophers. You
may boast of self control, bat you had seen
him you would have put your arms around
his neck and said, Thou art altogether love
ly.'
Jesus was wonderful in the oppositss and
seeming antago2isms Of his nature. You
want things logical and consistent, and you
say, Chow could Christ be God and man at
the same time?:" John says Christ was the
Creator. ''All things were made BY him,
and without him was not snything made. >
Matthew says that he was omnipresent
"Where two or three are met together IN M
name, there am in the midst of them
Christ declares his owa eternity. 81 am
Alpha and Omega" How can he be g lion,
under his foot crushing kingdoms, and yet
lamb, licking the hand that Stays him? Z:
what point do the throne and the manager
touch? If Christ was God, why fee into
Egypt? Why not stand his ground? Why,
instead Of bearing the cross. not lift up his
right ha2d and crush his assassirs? Why
stand and be spat upon? Why sleep on the
mountain, when he owned the palaces OF
eternity? Why catch fish for his breakfast
on the bench IN the chill morning, when all
the promegranates are his, and ali the vine
yards his, and all the cattle his, and al the
partridges his. Why walk when weary, and
his feet stone bruised, when ne might have