The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-29
SHINING LIKE STARS,
REV DR. TAlMAeE CFFEss SUBLIME
HOPEFoR CHRIS WORKERS

HOPE FOR CHRlS7lAN WORKERS
AGood Ezample- Righteousness by Prsyer
and by Chris;isn Admonition-The Over,
vhelm,ng Though OF the T. 1t Shining
Through Eternity and R.isuirg Forever
This discourse flashes bright light into
the life of Christian workers and offers 4
sublime hope for ell those who are d'Scour
sge6 in their attempts 10 do good Or. Lax
mage's text last Sunday was Daniel XII >,
ssThey that turn many 10 righteousness SHal1
shine as the stars forever auG ever.
Every man has 4 thousand roots ana i
thousand branches. Eis roots fcac2 dowa
through all the earth. HIS branches spread
throuch all the heavens. He speaks with
voice, With eve, with hand. with foot Ei>
silence often is loud as thunder ami his lie
is dirge or doxo'osy. There is no such
thing as negative int!aence. We are all posi-
tive in the place We occupy, making tac
world better or making it worse. on the
Lords side or on the devils, aking up
reasons for our blessedness or barish2cnt,
and We have already done work il pco?l!ng
heaven or hell. | hear people tell OF what
they are going 10 do. \ man who has burned
down city might as well talk Of some eT'!
that he expects 10 do or man who has saved
an empire might as well talk of some good
he expects to do. By the force Of your evil
influence you have already consumed lniin-
ite values, or you have by the power Of
right influence won whole kingdoms for God.
1t would be absurd for me. by eIaooTa.e
argument, to prove that the wor.0
is off the track. You might
as well stand at the foot Of an em3anHneHt,
amid the wreck OF caps.zed rail- tram,
proving by elaborate argument that some
thing is out oforder. Adam tunole1 over
the embankmeut 80 centuries ago and the
whole race IN one long train has gone on
tunbling in the same direction. CRASH,
crash! The only question nov Is. BY Wn&t
leverage can the crushed thing be lifted: BY
what hammer may the fragments be recon
structe6? want TO show you how We may
turn many to righteousness, and what Will
be YOUR future pay for so doing
First We may turn them by the charm OF
a right exsmple. A child coming from
filthy home was taught at school to wash It's
face. 1t vent home so much improved IN
appearance that its mother washed her face
And when the father of the household came
home and saw the improvement IN domestic
appearance he washed his face. The neigh
bors, happening il, saw the change and
tried the same experiment, until al the
street was purified, and the next street cop
led its example, and the whole city felt the
result of one schoolboy washing his face.
That is fable by which we set forth that
the best way to get the world washed OF It's
sins and pollution is to have our own heart
and life cIeansed and purified. 4 man with
grace in his heart and Christian cheerfnlness
in his face and holy Consistency IN his be-
havior is perpetual sermon. and the ser
mon differs from others in that 1t has but one
head, and the longer It runs the better.
There are honest men who walk down
Wall street, making the teeth Of lnlQwty
chatter. There happy men who go into
sickroom and by look help the broken
bone to knit and the excited nerves drop to
calm beating. There are pure men whose
presence silences the tongue of uncleauness.
The mightiest agent Of good on earth IS a
consistent Christian. like the Bible folded
between lids of cloth, of calfskin or morocco,
but like it better when, in the shape ola
man, it goes out into the world-a Bible IL
Illustrated. Courage is beautiful TO read
about, but rather would I see man with all
the world against him confident as though
all the world were for him. Patience IS
beautiful to read about, but rather would l
see bufetteG soul calmly waiting for the
time of deiverance. Faith is beautiful TO
read about, but rather would l find 8 man
in the midnight walking straight on as
though he saw everything Oh, how many
souls have been turned to God by the charm
Of g bright example,
When in the Mexican war the troops were
wavering, general rose in his stirrups and
dashed into the enemy's lines, shouting,
sMen, follow me-" They, seeing his courage
and disposition, dashed on after him and
gained the victory. What men want to rally
them for God is an example to lead them.
All your commands TO others to advance
amount to nothing as long as you stay be-
hind. To affect them Alright you need to
start for heaven yourself, looking back only
to give the stirring cry Of ssMen, follow
Again, we may turn many to righteousness
by prayer. There is no such detective as
prayer, for no one can hide away fromit. 1t
puts it hands upon the shoulder Of man TO-
600 miles off. 1t alights on ship midatlantlc.
The little child cannot understands the Law
ofelectricity or how the telegraph operator
by touching the instrument may dart mes
sage under the sea to another continent
Nor can we, with our small intellect, under
stand how the touch Of q Christian prayer
shall instantly strike soul on the other side
Of the earth. You take ship and 60 TO some
other country and get there at II o'clock N
the morning. You telegraph 10 America
and the message gets here at clock the
same morning. In other words, II seems
to arrive here five hours before 1t started.
Like that is prsyer. God says, Before
they call will hear To oyertase loved
one on the road you may spur up lathered
steed until he shall OUTRAGE the one that
brought the news to Ghent, hut o prayer
shall catch it at one gallop. y boy running
away from home may take the midnight
train from the country village and reach the
seaport in time to gain the ship that sails on
the morrow, but mothers prayer will be
on the deck to meet him, and n the ham
mock before he swings into it, and at tie
capstan before he winds the rope around,
and on the sea against the sky as the vessel
plows on toward It, There is q misht!ress
in prayer. George Muller prayed a com,
pany Of poor boys together, and then he
prayed up an asylum in which they might
be sheltered He turned his face toward
Edinburgh and prayed, and there came 81,
600 He turned his face toward London and
prayed, and there came Gl,Qo0. He turned
his face toward Dublin and prayed, aud there
came $1,000. The breath OF Elijah prayer
blew all the clouds OF the sky, and II was
dry weather. The breath OF Elijah prayer
blew all the clouds together, and 1t was wet
weather. Prayer in Daniels time walked
the cave as a lion tanner. ltrcached UP and
took the sun by its golden Bit and stopped IL
and the moon by its silver bit and stopped
it.
We have all yet to try the full power Of
prayer. The time will come when the
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