The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-22

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oAvsical strength d. rot se1ye Christ!
Tnev are Ike 3 snip full maCreG AID
nj ri-ged, Caraale OF v&st tcr8sce,
s6.s - endure alI stress Of we&. her,
yets1iDc;gg IDLY a, the decks, when
these men ought 70 De crossing and
reer2ssing the craatG2eaa G. hUmaG
suffering SD S;a With God ; supplies
81 1aarcv. How often i is that physi-
c&l strength IS used doing positive dam.
sga or ia luxurious ease when, Nth
S!eev $ rolled up &.d bso2;z bosom,
,e&-less OF tbs shafts of oppc ition, !,
o&g &c be laying hold with al is
might aud tagging &way 70 iii up
his SUnken wreck of a world.
Il is& most shameless fac. al Tcc2 !
+ tie business OF tha cGu-ch a2c o.!
The world must be done b those COM
par&tively invalid. Rc>ard B3xt :,
~ reason OF is diseases, al his days
SG.;ug IN the door OF Lh9 tono, yet
7ritiDc more tn&n sBuadrsd volumes
and sending cuI 2n influence fer Go
,rat VII! endureaS long asthe SAINTS
Everlasting Ress.' Eiw&rd P&CscG,
never kao wing p well day, yet how
ac r,rs&casd, and how &c wrote, h&ip
re tbcass2Gs cfdyiGg souls Ike hira
self % ..srir3 II : Sea Of glory" Ara
Robert Ei,G,asyns. : Walking skeleton,
IL -,ou kncn mh2: he Gid Dnudee,
lyd how he slGck Scotland with ga.
scr G2G. P.&ig Do&dEi3gs, advised
D Ms frie1ds, &ecsUseo his llna S.,
nc. 10 enter The ministry, vet you
;oow what he did for the trisa &n3
oras9sss. Of religion IL The church
and il he wo:l5.
}S!itsrforca w&s told by his doctors
hat &c could no5 i've fortnight, Jet
a! that very tine en:esiag upon phil
.nthrj pic enterprises that demanded
heg-@2tesl endurance and persistence.
Robert Hall, suffering excFuclatlonS,
. tnac o:len "a MS pulpit while
reaching he wopld step Snd lie down
~ a sofa, tAea getting Up sgaln t.
oreacn about heaven, until the g!o:!es
If the celestia, city dropped on the
multitude. Go.og more wor 1 perhaps
aan almos5 any we'll mar IN MS daV.
Oh, how. often !. S that men with
grsat physical endurance ara 30! so
yrea: n moral an spiritual stature
While there are achievements 10.
those who are bent all their days with
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of patience,
achievements Of C5-:&lian endurance
i csll upon men CT heslth today,
ra0 OF muscle, men Ct nerve men Ct
5hyS;cal power, 10 dsyo.9 themselves
70 the L2ri. Giants in body, you
,ugh: to be gisrts II soul.
Behold slso IL the story CT my text
illustration OF tAe damage thai
Ste5 9Th can DO il il ba nlisa uided. Ii
=eems 10 rae that this man spent q
great deal Of bis time in doing evil,
his Samson Of ny text. To pay 3
cet which ne had lost. oy guessing OF
rs riddle he robS and kills 80 people
lie was rot only gigantic ia strength,
out g: :eantic IN mischief and type OF
hose men in eli ages Of the world
who, powerful II body or ciCd Or any
:aculty of social position or wealth,
have used their strength for iaiql:ous
purposes.
Its not the small, weak men OF the
day who do the damage. These small
men who go swearing and loa6ng
about your stores and shops and
banking houses assailiDg Christ
snd the Bible and the church.
They do not 90 the damGge They
have 10 influence. They are YER
min that you crush with your foot.
Bu: it is the giants OF the day, the
misguided giants, giants in physical
power, or giants IN mental acQuen, or
giants il social position, or giAnts in
wealth, who 90 the danage. The
men with sharp pens thatstab religion
and throw their poison all through
our literature; the men who use the
power Of wealth TO sanction iniouity,
and bribe Justice, and make truth and
bonor bow to their golden scep;er
Misguided giants. Look out for them.
In the middle and latter part OF the
last century no doubtthere were thou
sands OF men in Paris and Edinburgh
and London who hated God and bias
Dhemed the name of the Almighty,
but they cid bu! little mischief. They
were small 1aen, Insignificant men.
Yet there were giants in those days.
Who can calculate the soul havoc
of q Rousseau, going on with very
enthusiasm Of iriquity, with fiery
inaination se;z:Dg upon all the implu
sive natures OF his day, Or David
Hume, who moloyed his life SIS a spi
der employs It's summer in spinning
out ailken webs to trap the unwary, or
Foltaire, the most learned man OF hi<
day, marshaling great host Of skep,
ties, ard leading them out in the dark
Land of inf3elity, or Gibbon, who
showed an uncomfortable grudge
against religion IN his history OF Que
Of the most fascinating periods OF the
worlds ex;stence-the Decline and
Fall Of The Roman Empire, " q book N
which with all the splen3ors OF his
genius, he magni6e3 tie errors Of
CnriStian disciples, while gith
CT notice that never can be
forgiven ne treated OF the Christian
heroes OF whom the world was lot
woctky2
On, men ofstoUt physical health,
zen OF great mental ststure, mea Of
nigh social position, men OF great
power OF any sort, I want you 10 IN
5e1stsrd your power, and I want you
10 Know that that power devoted 70
God wi Be q crown On esrth, 70 you
typical Of 5 crown IN heaven, but mis-
? uided, badrae2led IN sin. administre
tive Of evil, Cod will thuGder asairst
you with bis condemnation il the cay
when millionaire ard pauler master
AID Stare, king and su5jsct, shall
,tand side 6y side n the jUdgm ii,
and morey bags &ud ju4iciat sr.4iae
and royal ro5e shall be riyen with tie
EPEtniogs.
Bsao,d a'So how giant may be
sl&n! De!iIah startsd the train uf
czS thai pulled down the
:, mp.e oi Dagon Apoul Sanson's ears.
And tens Of lH0us res of giants have
: one dom 10 dea.a g { heIl through
he S9g?a ,.n;l;-e fasciu2:;Ocs. T.