The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-18

have preached or the side Of 0Iivet 30
years aci never got az audience. The
35f,oserltrs snccrcd al his m'nisir2tlon,
and s.ii. This VIII never DC. Tue
lawyyr, c.7ieanired, b,.t the common
,s,.~.s bcer; ban s'Sd:y. Suppose you
atrlaera were any. >.eeNy people IN his az
.liances. SeEeo-e you ;ha' &ag woman who
evs-lr Ike t-.eael= was ignorant Of what lie
.a.e..ar waeu ~ compared fae Kingdom ci
heaven With leGveH or yes. Suppose Yea
.aatt1e -u41u".e,s fishermen. with the fish
sgs.'es Up0G their hands, 'rere !ist!e-S w2en
g.. smoke q the kingdom CT heaven as . Ecl:
Fe spend three years II college studying
aac!enr mythology and 'h7ec years II The
theological seminary learning how to make =
sermon, and ;leu We 60 oUt to s'yc the
work.. and If VIC cannot 10 -ta2aord!aE 10
Claude "Sarmonizinc. or Bar ''.rae;o-
ric or Eames Criticism. we VIII let tae
world cc-,a reTdi5ion. Ii We Sarc nothing
else. We viii save Claude an', BLAIR We see
:. wreck IN SIGHT We must 90 out and save
the cycw=anlt passengers We wax nnisi We
ceI on cur tiae cap and coat, &nd ind oar
shining cars. and then We push cGt met4od-
icaiv ani scientifically wUiie some pam
Shoresaan IN rough fishing smack anu Win
broken osrlack GOES Ont and gets The crew
and passengers and brings them ashore II
safety. We tlrow down cur delicate oars
and say: =..Naat :; ,icgioas thing 10 save
men iQ taa. way Yon ougtt: 10 have lone
il sc;enG6 6ca}ig and beautifully. ~.
saws the shoyesman, If those Sufferers had
waited unt;t you 60, out your fine boat they
woul have gone 10 the bottom.
TIE work OF religious teacher is 10 save
men, and though every la@ OF grammar
shout; 5e snapped il The undertaking. and
there 6e aotIjrc bu! lwkwartlness and b:Un-
,tr:rg n the l9&e. al hail TO the man who
saves s soul.
Christ. in his preaching. was plain. earn
est and wonderfully sympathetic. We can
not DRAGON men into heaven. We cannot
drive them in with the butt end Of q cite-
cbism. We waste our time in trying to each
flies with acids instead of the sweet money
con5 OF the gospel. We Try TO make crab
apples do the work Of pomegranates.
Again, Jesus was wonderful in his Sor
rows. The san smoie him and the cold
chilled him, the rain pelted him, thirst
parched him and hunger exhausted him.
Shall compare his sorrow TO the sea? No,
for that IS sometimes hushed into calm.
Shall compare it with the night: No, for
that sometimes CLEANS with Orion, or kin
dies with Aurora. Ii one thorn should be
thrust through your temple. You would
faint, but here IS q whole crown made from
the rham2uS. or Spina Christi-smaI, sharp
singing thorns. The mob makes a cross.
They put down the long beam, and on II
they fasten shorter beam. Got him at last
Those hands, tina: have been doing kindness
es and wiPing away tears-aear the hammer
driving the spikes through them. Those
feet. that have been going about on ministra-
lions Of fmercg-battered against the cross.
Then they LIT ;tup Look, look, look: Who
viii help him now? Come, men Of Jcrusa-
lem, ye whose dead are brought to life, ye
whose sick he healed, who will help him,
who will seize the weapons OF the soldiers?
None to help, Having carried such cross
for Us, shall we refuse TO take our cross for
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