The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-05
UNFAILTNG FRIENDS
A SERMON -yLL OF EHE 67E&TH OF
TIE FIELDS
Showing Row the Attachments Of 60aA -er
Ruth Was Fol, Of Undy:pg Iate7sSt ("
the Church OF God In al Ages.

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WASuIyGyoS April 2j,-The serm22 ., X
Talmage which we sent ont today coS'-.' ~,
have been prepared by any one Hot ''E., .,,a -,
the country l. Is full Of the orea,h - -
fields. The text IS t'atA II, .; - -.
went and came aud CLEANED IN lAe !ae',' s,.,,
the reaperS, and her nap was 10
part of the field belonging unto p''@' y
was of the kindred OF El!ne.eeH'
The time that Ruth and Naomi @.t'' az
Bethlehem IS harvest time. II WAS 'i'T US
tom when 4 sheaIt tell from .oa0 II 'ne nary
est field for the resperS to refuse % s'''heE l.
Up. That was 10 be lett Tor 'He poor "IG
might happen 10 come along tAa' way
there were haa"l~'S " - ho..aS, bsT
across the fe.H ''eI Ine .:l'.A: ,<,,s
been reaped, lnsteaa Oh raAln H. a. ,-,
do now, 1t was oy 'he custom VI 't 49,, 49,
IN It's place. 50 .na' .Hc Soot 7h,,,,I
that way might stean It anu gel 'ne'T oSS"l''
But you say. What IS the use o. o. a.. S1e:e
harvest fields to Ruth anu Naomi. -Ni9lt -
too old and feeble TO 50 out ana 'o1' III 'i'e
sun, and can you expect that Ruth, the young
and the beautiful. should tan her cheeks anu
blister her hand. in the harvest field:
Boaz owns large farm, ard he goes out 10
see the reapers gather in the scaia. coming
there right behind the swarthy, sun Drowned
reapers, he beholdS beautiful woman s,eaN-
ing-a woman more fit 10 bend TO ha'2 OF
sit upon throne than 10 stooP aWoI7 'E'
sheaves. Ah, that was al evcnt!al Gay
1t was love st first sight. boaz ioci's an
attachment for the woman!y Sleaher--1H AZ
tacbment full Of uuoylng interest % .ne
church of GOD in all ages, while hutH: WIN
an ephah, or nearly h1shel OF oarteE' goes
home to Naomi to tel her The successes ana
adventures of the day. That Ruth who Leit
her native land of Moab il darkness ana
travelled. through an undylag ahect:on Iot
her mother-in-law, Is II the harvest HeAS u. u
Boaz. is affarced to che otthe best 1aHllleS
in Judah and becomes N aitert!ne .ne ''n-
ces.ress Of Jesus Christ, the LORD OF s!ory'
Out of so dark night did there ever o2"n
so bright morning:
learn, in the first place, from TINS SUP
iecs how trouble develops character II was
bereavement, poverty and exile that devei-
oped, illustrated and announced 10 al ages
the suohnlty Oh ha'n 'l4 4s'Gse. .~.,LIa
very unfortunate man who has no 'rouo;e.
1t was sorrow that maze joan DUHS"H 'Ie
better dreamer, and Dr.. Young the oe.'eT
poet, and O'Connel the better orator; al"
Bishop Hall the better preacher, ana nave
lock the better soldier, and h!ito the better
encyclope6ist, and Ruth the better daugh-
ter-;n-law.
once asked an aged man in regard to his
pastor, who was very brilliant man, why
is It that your pastor, so very oci'Il2H''
seems to have so little heart and tenderness
in his sermons" well, ne repled tine
reason is that our pastor has never Ea1 any
trouble. When misfortune comes upon mn, nt;4,
his style Will be dlferent. itt'eF . -.I.s
the Lord took child out Of that pastor 5
house, and, though the preacher vas just
as brilliant as ne was before, Oh, the warmth,
the tenderness Of his discourse Inc lac'
is that trouble IS . great educator. on see
sometimes musician sit down at an lnstru.
ment, and his execution IS cold and formaI
and unfeeling. The reason IS that all MS
life he has been prospered. But let fAiSi0T,
tune or bereavement come to that man, ana
he sits down at the instrument, and you DIS
cover the pathos in the first sweep OF 'he
keys.
Misfortune and trials are great educators.
Ayoung doctor comes into a sicAcoom "aeIe .
there is dying child. Perhaps ne Is FeEy
rough in his prescription, ana very .oost. -
IN his manner, ana rocso III 'ne tse.tn y,
the pulse, and rouSh IN MS "e4 ~ w ..-I
mothers ANXIOUS question. pG' e. wa
on, and there mas oeen one oe"t - no y" =
house, and now ne comes in.o Nv ~ 80 -.
and with fearful eye ne io0As az 'ne .ias
child, and ne says, .Oa' no" ms iet.i'.S'
me Of my Charlie. irooote, 'ne sRs1' sSo ep
ucator. Sorrow see Us toUcN - To .Le
sweetest song; I feel its power in the might
lest argument
Grecian mythology said that the fountain
of Hippocrene was struck out oy 'Ae 100. ..
noticed in life that the brightest and most
beautiful fountains of Christian comfort and
spiritual life have been struck out by the
IRON shod boof of disaster and calamity.
7 soc Daniels courage best by the fash OF
Nebncbadnezzar's furnace. I see Paul
nrowess hest when l find him On the
fonn6erinc shin under the glare Of
+be l;cbt1;no in the breakers of Melita.
Cod crowns his children smid the bowling
of Wild beasts and the chopping Of blood
sn,ssbe5 cnilltine and the cracking fires
of martvrdom. It took the prosecutions OF
Marcus Aurelius to develop Polycarp and
Justin Martyr. 1t took ali the hostilities
ocainst the Scotch Convenanters and the fury
of Lord Claverhouse to develop James Rem
w;ct and Andrew Melville and Hugh Nc
Eo;I +ba rIor;ons martyrs on Scotch history.
= tool the stormy sea. and the December
1Iost on5 +ba deSoIate New England coast,
80 3bs W.-7sboon ~ savacas to show forth
Srv mst ~ %-.TV +Ss n;Ic~;r, " {stbers