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

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. neal; Hic That manner always 6is-
! gust. always drives meu amay from
/ the 8iUgdom ct Jesus Christ Instead
Of bsiug:rg t5em IN.
When / was q lad. / was one d8y IL
! a village store apa there was q large
group OF young msr there full Ct Tol
licking ard fGn, at,G Christian man
came ID, very COED Christian man,
ard without ary introduction Ct the
subi5c:. and while they were n graa:
hilarity SaiG TO one CT then, George,
what il the frs. sep OF VISION
George locked up anG said, "Every
nan e mind his own business Wel;,
il w8s a very rousn answer, but il vas
| p9ovosed Religion ha1 been hUTIed
/ in the-e IS though It were g bomb.
shell We must bs natural IL the
presentatioa ni religion TO the world.
f! Dc EcU $uHrose that ALary IL her cor
! verSasion with Christ les: her sim
rl;city. Or that P&al, laundering iron?
liars Hill, took the pulpit tone: Why
sit pscp2e Garnet talk as na u ally in
prayer meetings End on religious s0b.
jets IS they do in worldly circles
Fer nc one svar succeeds n a2y kind
of Christian work unless he s7or1S
naturally. We want to initiate the
! Lord JeSust Christ, who plucE33 2
poem from the grass Of the field We
!! al want tc initiate him who talked
18th farmers about the man who went
forth 10 SOW, and talked with the fish
ermen about the drawn net t5at
brought ia FISH Of all Sorts, and ial:-
ed with the vine dresser about the
;d;er IL tie vineyard, and talked with
those newly atEaaced about the mar
riage supper, and talked with he man
cranped IN money matters aSou. the
two debtors, and !alsed WITH the wo
man abou. the yeast that leavered ths
whole lump, and talked with the
| shepherd about the lost sheSp
o., We might gather even the stars
! OF the SKY and twist them like forget,
meno;s II the garland of Jesus! We
must bring everything TO him-the
Wyaitd Ct language, the tenderness c;
sentiment, the deiicacy OF morui2s
! dew, the saf:oa Of tloating cloud, the
tsnGle3 surf O. the tossing sea, tie
bursting tnunder ga2s OF tce storms
62mbardment, Yes, every star must
point down 10 him, every heiio!rope
nus. breathe his praise, every drop II
the summer pust fash his elnry, all
| t!.s tree brsnches Of the forest mus;
thrum their music in the grand
.. march which shall celebrate q wcrld
redeemed.
Now, all :hls being 50, what is the
COMMON sense thing fer you aGG for
nee to do2 What we co tai0k viii
depend upon .hree fac:s-three great
; f&ots:
TIE frst iact, thatsio has ruined US.
| Il has blasted body, mind end soul.
We want no Bible 10 prove that we
| are sinners. Any man who is 20;
willing to acknowledge himself an im,
perfect and q sinful being issimply 8
fool ard not to be argued with We
al feel that siu has disorgan;zad Cur
entire nature. That is one fact. An.
other fact is that Christ came to re.
construct, to restore, to revise, 10 cor
! rect, to redeem. That is second fact
The tair6 fact is thstt Q only tine We
are sure Christ will pardon is the pres
ent, Now, what is the common sense
thing f3r US to do in view Of these
three facts You will all agree with
me-to quit sin, take Christ, and take
him now.
Suppose some business man in
whose skill you had perfect confidence
should tell you that tomorrow, Nor
dsy morning, between II and u
o'clock, you could by a certain fnan-
cial transaction make $4,000, but that
on Tuesday perhaps you might make
it, but there would not be any positive
ness about it, and on Wednesday
there would not be SO much, and
Thursday less, Friday less, and so On
less and lsss-when would you attend
to the matterl Why, your common
sense would dictate: Immediately l
will attend TO that matter, between II
and - o'clock tomorrow, Monday
| morning, for then can surely accom-
! plish il, but on Tuesday I may not,
and on Wednesday there is less pros
pect and less and less. I will attend
to it tomorrow" Now, le. US bring
our common sense il this matter OF
religion. Here are the hopes of the
gospel. We may get them now. To
morrow we may get them, ard VIC
may not. Mex: day we nay ani we
may no., the prcspec: less aad less ar q
less and less, the only sure tiEs-
now. I would not talk 10 you in tbs
way II I did not kcow that Christ was
able to save all the people. l would
rot so into hospital and tear off the
bandages from the wounds il had no
balm to appiy. l would not have the
face TO tell man ne IS a sinner unless
l had ST the same time the authority
for saying he may be saved.
Suppose IN Venice there is 3 Raph-
ae], { faded picture, great il It's Eine,
bearing some marks OF its greatness
History describes that picture. .;s
nearly faded away, "Chc, what s.
pity that SO wonderful picture by
Raphael shoGld be nearly detacec!1
After awn!le a man Genes up, very
onskjllful II art, and ne proposes to
retouch It. You gay: Stand off.
would rather hav9 il j!stssitis. You
will Only make il worse" Af:er
awhile there comes an artist who is the
equal OF Raphzsl Re says, I sill re,
.cuch that picture and bring opt ali its
original power" You have full cou
ideDce in MS ability. He touches It
here ard there. Feature after feature
GENES to.!a, sid wren be is GcQe
Win the picture /: IS complies n al
It's original power.
Nov, God ilnpress2s his in5sga on
our race. but tie image mas bean d..
tacsd for buaGrad and for thousands
o. years, geIti1g faiclsr sud faiGt.c
Here comes Up divine -J~6fGel. |
shall cal; I'm ..--Ge,-=777rG Rsahsel lie
s&ys:(T can yfs'c"s .ast picture. He
-7as III powe-i il heaven sn6 on ea)th
ae : jaa eq4ai CT tne ore Who made