The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-26

Moral DsETssssc- HrS ~" 80
aa,dworkad o=e,.2 a;,d U.ses KS ser.
ers 10 Take care - II.
DR., Talmage,s sermon of SoG.:ay has more
10 do win this life than The lie 70 c1rue anu
will be 9. warning against a}l forms q ',:S5l-
patton Text, Proverbs W, =, LIN Z" o.'''
strike through his liver .,....,
Solomon's anatomical and p3ysiolosIea.
discoveries were SO very great tAat ne was
nearly 5000 years ahead Of the scientists
of his day. He, more than 1860 ears ot'-
fore Christ, seemed 70 know &3oRt me cisIu-
la,ion of the blood which Harvey discovered
l6lq wears after Christ. Tor when Solomon,
in Ecclesiastes describing the human 2o0y,
speaks Of the pitcher at The fountain, he cH!-
IDENTIFY means the three canals leading from
the heart that receive the blood like pitchers.
When he speaks in Ecc!esiastes Of the silver
cord OF life, he evidently means the spinal
marrow, about which, il our day, Drs. Mayo,
and Carpenter and Dalton aud Flint ana
Brown-Sequard have experimental. And
Solomon recorded in the Bible, thous-
ands of years before scientists discovered II,
that in his time the spinal cord relaxed IL
OIO aye, pIONuSLIS tAS 'ANAt-NA7 Va -- '
head, .:or the silver cord be loosed.
In the text he reveals the fact tha; he had
studied tha, largest gland Of the human Sys'
tenn, the liver, not by the electric iighto the
modern dissecting room, but by the clm t'ght
ola comparatively dark age. and get had seen
its important functions in the God built castle
of the human body, its selecting anu secret.
ing power, It's curious cells, It's sgongaiea
branching tubes, divine workmanship IL
central and right and left lobe. snd the he
patio artery through which How the crimson
tides. Oh, this vital organ IS like the eye OF
God in that it never sleeps:
Solomon knew of it. ard had noticed eth
er in viviSection or post moriem wat a"lUi
attacks sin and dissipation make upon 1t, IN
til the fat Of Almighty God bids the body
and soul separate, and tn. one II comments
to the grave and the other ii sends toJUdS-
ment. 4 iaveEn ofretr;hUtion, not g!anclng
of or making q Slight wound. but piercing
it from side TO side ''tilla dart strike through
his liver" ,Galen and Hippocra,es ascribe
to the liver the most Of the world moral de-
preston, and the word melancholy means
black bile.
Ipreach to you the gospel OF health. Ia
taking agnosiS of diseases oftae soul You
must also take diagnosis CT diseases Of the
body. AS if to recognize this, Que who.e
book of the New Testament was written oy a
physician. Luke was medical doctor. and
he discourses much of the physical conditions
and he tells Of the gooi Samaritan mediea-
Gon of the wounds Dy pouring in oil ana
wine, and recognizes hunger as hlndra2ce
TO hearing the gospel. SO that the 1900 were
fed. He also records The sparse diet OF the
prodigal away from home, and tie e&tla-
guished eyesighv Of the hegcar by the waj-
side, and lets US know OF ths he.u"Trnage OF
the wounds of the dying Christ and tae M
racuious post morten re>ascIta;l0n. Any
estimate of the spiritual condition that does
not include aso the physical coDdltlou IS IL
complete.
When the doorkeeper of,ou9ress Ic,l deac
from excessive Joy because Burgoyne had
surrendered at Saratoga, and nh'io Y OF
Spain dropped dead at the news OF his ccr2-
try's defeat in battle and Cardinal Nolsey
faded away as the resul, OF Henry Wis an
athena. it was demonstrated that the body
and soul are Siamese twins, and when yoa
thrill the one with Joy or sorrow you thrill
the other We nay as well rec guize the tre-
luCAOONS 4HlG l4AcLN NAiS WV ~
tresses IN the human body, the heart and the
liver; the heart, the fortress OF the grac5s;
the liver, the fortress Of the furies- You
may have the head fl!ed with all intellectu-
alities, and the ear with all musical appre-
citation, and the mouth with all eloqueace,
and the hand with all industries, and the
heart with all generositieS, and yet "a dart
strike through the liver"
First, let Christian people avoid the mis-
take that they are all wrong with God be-
cause they suffer from depression OF spirits.
: Many consecrated man has found his spir-
itual sky beSogged and his hope Of heaven
blotted out and himself plunged chin deep IN
the slough of despoud, and has said: My
heart is not right with God. and think
must have made a mistake, and instead Of
being child Of light an child Of dark
ness No one can feel as gloomy as feel
and be q Christian And he has gone 20
his minister for consolation, and he has col
lected Flavel's books, and Cecil;s books, and
Baxter's books, and read and read and
read, and prayed and prayed and prayed,
and wept and wept and wept, and groaned
and groaned and groaned. My brother,
your trouble is not with the heart. 1t IS q
gastric disorder or q rebellion Of the liver.
You need a physician more than you do q
clergyman. Its not sin that blots out your
hope of heaven, but bile. 1t not only yallows
your eyehalls, and furs your tongue, aud
makes your head ache, but swoops upon
your soul in dejections and forebodings. The
devil is after you. He has failed to dispoil
your character, and he does the next best
thing for hin-he rufles your peace Of mind.
When he says that you are not forgiven
soul, when he says you are not right with
God, when he says that you will never get
to heaven, he lies. Ifyou are in Christ, you
are just as sure of heaven as though you
were there already. But satan, finding that
he cannot keep you out Of the promised land
of Canaan, he determined that the spies shall
not bring you any Of the Eschol grapes before
hand and that you shall have nothing but
prickly pear and crabapple. You are just
as much Christian now under the cloud as
you were when you were accustomed 10 rise
in the morning at ) o'clock to pray and sing
sHalleluiah, It's done"
My friend Rev. Dr.. Joseph F. Jones CT
Pailadelph:a, translated spirit now, wrote
q book entitled sMan, Moral and Physical" :"
in which be shows how different the same
things may appear 10 0lferent people he
says: 'After the great battle on the Mincio
in 1859 between the French and the Sardin-
ians on the one side and the Austrians on
the other, so disastrous to the latter, the de-
feated army retreated, followed by the VIC
tors. A description Of the march Of each
army is given by two correspondents OF the
London Times, one o. whom travelled with
the successful host, the ether with the de-
feated. The difference in views and state
ments Of the same place, scenes and events
IS remarkable. The former are said 10 be
marching through a beautiful and lUxuriant
country during the day AID at nigh; ercamp-
ing where they are supplied witha2 abun-
dance Of the best provisions ana all sorts Q:
rural dainties. There IS uo!ising Of w4r
about the preceding except is Stimulus and
excitement. On the siie 0: the poor Aus