The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17


s airs. which are vet ar dec2gei with filth.
apj al the bottom you fud the poor victims
! on the aoor cold, sick three ioUrthS dead,
mixing into 4 sill daraer corner und the
! cleam OF iihe lantern OF the ;ollce. Inere has
not been q breath OF fresh air in that room
for Sc years literally. There they are
men. women children; blacks whites; Mary
! Mag&alene without her repentance and Laz-
arus without his God. These are the dives
into watch the picsoockctS and the thieves
O.. as well as a great many who would like
a different life. but cannot get it. These
places are the sores Of the ci;y which bleed
perpetual corruption Thcv are the under
| living vo caao that threatens Us with 4 Cara
cas- earthquake / rolls and roars and sur
ces and hc:.yeS ard rocks and blaspaemes
ana dies And there are only two outlets
for H. the police court aud the potter IL d,
la other words, they must either 90 10 pri>-
on or TO hell. Oh, you never saw ii. yon
say. You ever viii until on the day whel
these staggering wretches sha!! come up IL
the lisA; OF the Judgment throne and while
all hearts are being revealed Goa vii ask
you VIVA; you did to help them.
There IS another layer OF poY rty AID des-
titu;iou-uo; so >Qu4lid. bur Al most as help
! less You hear their ince-sert waI!lnG Tor
bread aud clothes aud fire. Their eyes are
! suuke2. Their cheekhoneS stand oat. Their
| hands are damp with slow consumption.
Their aesh Is pulled up with dropsies. Their
breath IS ike tha, OF 4 chacael house They
hear tae roar OF the wheels OF fashion over
! head and the gay laughter OF men aud mai
deGs and wonder why God gave . otaers 50
much and to them so little; soaie of them
thrust into Al iuide;ity Ike that OF the poor
German girl VINO, when told Ia the midst OF
! her wretchedueSs that God was good. she
said: No; no goo1 God Just look at re.
No good Cod"
In these American cities, whose cry Of
want interpret, there are hundreds and
| thousands of honest poor who are depend
ent upon individual, city and state charities.
Il al their voices could come up at once, it
would bea groan that would shake the
| foundations OF the city and bring all earth
and heaven 10 the rescue. Bat for tie most
part, it suffers unexpressel. 1t sits in sil,
| ence, guashing its teeth and SUI king the
blood of its own arteries, waiting for the
| judgment day. Oh, should not wonder if
on that day it would be found out that some
Of Us had some things that belonged to them
| some extra garment which might have made
them comfortable on cold days; some bread
thrust into the ash barrel that might have
appeased their hunger for g little while;
some wasted candle or gas Jet that might
| have kindled up their darkness; some freSco
| on the ceiling that would have given them
| roof some jewel which, brought to that
| orphan girl in time, might have kept her
f! from being crowded of the preclpices OF an
uncleau life; some New Testament that
| would have told them of him who came to
seek aud 10 save that which was lost" Oh,
this wave of vagraucy and hunger and Ms
keduess that dashes against our front door
step | wonder if you hear 1t as much as
, hear 1t and see it. have been almost fren-
ziej with the perpetual cry for help from all
| classes and from all natiors, knocking,
knocking, ringing ringing. II the roofs Of
all the houses OF destltution could be lifted
so we could look down into them just as
God looks, whose nerves would be strong
enough 10 stand ii? Aud yet there they
are.
The sewing women some Of them in hun
| ger and cold, working night after night, un-
til sometimes the blood Spurts from nostril
and lip-how well their grief was voiced by
| that despairiug woman who stood by her in
| valid husband and invalid child and said to
| the ci Y missionary: Il am downhearted
ErerythingS against us, and then there are
other things " What other things said
| the city missionary. ''Oh," she replied,
my sin What do you mean by that"
Well she said, Il never hear or see any
| thing good. It's work from Monday morn
ing TO Saturday night, and then when San
day comes cant 90 out, and walk the
floor, and it makes me treiD6le to think that
have got to meet God. Oh. sir its so hard
for US. We have to work So andthen We have
| so much trouble. and then We are getting
| along so poorly, apo see this wee little thing
| growing weaker and weaker, and then TO
| think We are getting no nearer to God, but
| floating away from him-oh, sir, l 60 wish
was ready to die
l should not wonder if they had good
ceal better time than we in the future to
make up for the fact that they had such a
bad time here 1t would be just like Jesus
to say: Come 10 and take the highest seats.
You suffered with me on earth. Now be glo-
riied with me iu heaven" 0 thou weepin 2
One OF Bethany. 0 thou dying One Of the
| cross. Have mercy on the starving, freezing
homeless poor OF these great cities.
want you to know who are the uproo;ing
classes of society. want you 20 be more
discriminating IN your charities. l want
your hearts 0 pen with generosity and your
hands open vita charity. l waot you 10 be
So oN 49, -,
zation, AMI all newsboys lodiug houses, aud
| all children aid societies. Aye, want you
to send toe D0rcas society all tie cast of
clothing, that under the skillful manipula-
tioa OF the wives aud mothers and sisters
and daughters these garments may be fitted
on the cold, bare feet and on the Shivering
limbs Of the destitute should not wond T
il that hat that you give should come back
je1e;ed coronet, or that gaamant that you
this week hand out. from your wardrobe
should mysterioUSly be ~hi.eued and some
how wrought into the SavioUrs own robe.
so ID the last day he would run his hand
over il and say | vas naked and ye clothed
ne. That would be putting your garments
10 glorious uses.
Besides all this want you to appreciate
in the contrast how very kindly God has
dealt with you in your comfortable homes, al
your well filed tables and at the warm reg
listers, and 10 have you look at the round
faces of yoar children and then at the re-
view OF Gods goodness to you 60 to your
room and lock the door and kueei down and
say: 20 Lord, have been az migrate: Make
me thy child q Lord, there are so many
hungry and unclad and unshe,tered today,
thank thee that al my life thou hast taken
such good care OF me- Lord, there ere
many sick and crippled children today,
thank thee mine are well, some Of them on
earth, some Of them in heaven: Thy good
ness, 0 Lord, breaks me down. Take me
once and forever. Spr;akled as I was many
years ago at The altar, While uy mother
held NE, now consecrats my soul to thee
in holier baptism OF re2enting tears.
For sinners, Lord, thou cam s. 10 bleed,
And n sinner vile indeed.
Lord. believe thy grace IS free.
On, ma snify that grace in NE.