The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-11
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You build a houSe, sad you put lnto
il rotten besm \ mechanic stard
;rc by saws: 1T VIII rever do to put
that 6ear in. II " llluin your whole
bui1di9e.n But you put it III. The
! house is C. mpIettd Soon it beeirs to
rex You cali il mechanic ard ask:
What is the matter With this door2
What is tie matter with this wsll2
Evsrythir Q seems 10 be giving out
Saws the mechanic, Gu put rotten
besm mo lhst structure. ard the
whole thing hSs aot to come down ;"
| Here is an estate that seems 10 be ell
ri.ht oow l. has bses building q
ersat n1snv years Bat IS years sgo
the,e was s diss cnsst transaction in
tbat 2mmeIcl2i house. That one dis
hcrest transaction Will keep on work
ipg ruin in the whole structure, until
dow the estate will come in wreck
ard ruin abcul ire possessors ears
ore dishonts. dollar IN the estate de
molishing sll his possessions. I have
sen 1t again ard ega:n, and so have
you
Here is you. money safe. The manu-
fscu! ard yoUrse only know how
it csn be opcLsd. You hSve the key.
You touch the lcck, and the ponder
Gus ooor swings hack. But let me
Il ycu that, however frnly barred
ard bclted your money safe may be,
you carnot keep God out. He will
coae some d&y into your counting
rocm. aud be ~iii d. m&nG 'Where
old that note Of band come frou2
How Go you account !or this security I:
Where cd y IA get that mortgage
fSan,? WEst doss this meanf" II it
is al! rgh!, God viii say: We'll
dole, good aud faithful servau! Be
prospeyed IN Ills world Be happy
IN tie world to cone" II it IS ali
wrong, bo viii say: Depart, ye
cursed b miserable for your mi
ou.,i-s IL this lie, snd then 90 down
s1d spend your eter0ity with thieves
aod horse jcczeysand Picspcckets y
You have ar old photograph Of the
signs On your street. Why have those
signs nessiy q! changed within the
Isst 20 yaars2 Does tie passing away
oi q generation accoua: for ltl On,
30. D-cs lie 'acs tSat thers ara huG
3,eGs o h3aes. men who 60 dom
c7ery yesc &cecuu: fcr III Ol, no.
T!.;S is tie secret: The Lord God has
beeL 2een waking through TIE c2m-
n &c = streets of our great cities, and
ass ceeo &6jistinE things accord
ing to g pIiac!Il5s Of eternal rectl-
tEce.
TIE iime WI conoe when, through
The r=yo' IGonsIy power OF this gos.
gel. sa!Sehcc1 instead Of being
call;d cSaggaY&.iCn, tquiY2cstion or
evasion, VIII &c branded lie, aod
s:eali: gs that noT somsliGss go un-
der ;ke hsaG O. peSceataGes and com.
missions ard boCus23 will be put into
the ca;2lcg2e o. state prison cH4nses!
SJciety viii ba turred inside cut and
ucs;de down sid ransscked of Gods
truth until business dishonest;es shall
ccn1e to 81 eG3, ard all double deal
icC, and Geo will overturn and over
tura acd oTertIrn. and commercial
men in al cities will throw up their
haGds. crying cut, These tta. have
,urned the word UPSIDE dcwo are
cou.e hither"
TIE religion OF Jesus Christ will
proo1c3 revolution IN cur churches.
Ice ncrcommi.:a!, do nothing policy
Of the church OF God will give way 10
a spirit OF bravest conquest. Piety
in this day te=ms to ne 10 be salted
down just so as 10 keep. l! seems as
i the CHURCH were chiefly anxious to
lake care of itself, and if We hear OF
want ard squSlor and heathenism
outside we say, "Wbat pity and
We put cur hands in our pockets, and
we feel arCuDd for 2 cent piece, snd
with great flourish we put it upon
tha plate and are amsZed that the
world is not converted n six weeks.
Suppose there were crest war, and
there were 800 900 soldiers, bu. all OF
those 800, ,000 soldiers, excepting ten
men, were n their tents or securing
their musksts or cooking rations. You
would say, 90 course defeat must
come in that case" It is worse than
that in The church. Millions Of the
professed soldiers OF JESUS Cbristare
cooking rations or asleepin their tents,
while onIy one nan here and there
goes out to do battle fer the Lord.
But" says some one, I'VE ale
establishing great many missions,
and think they will save the masses. "
No; they will rot. Five hundred
thousand Of them will not do it They
are doing a magnificent work, but
every mission chapel is confession
of the disease and weakness OF the
caurca. l. is making a cividlng
lire tetwcea tie classes Il is
saying to tae Iich and to TIE sell
conditioned. If you can psy your
psw rents, coms to the main auti=nce
room" It is saying to the poor man:
Your cost is TOO bad and your shoes
are not good e.. .ou2h. II ycu want to
get to heaven, you will have to go by
the way OF the mission chapel The
mission chap=l has become the kitchen,
where the church does It's sloppy
work. Tnere sra hundreds and
thousands churches IN this country
gorge0usly bli!t and s9pported-that
even on bright sLd sunshlny days sro
10. haif full OF worshipers, and yet
they build mission chapels, because
by some expressed Or Implied regula
tion the great masses Of the people are
K pt ont OF the maiu audience room.
hsgrt and mine. Sin must 60 down,
our pride must go down, our worldli
ness must go domu, that Christ may
come up. Revolution! Except
man be bor3e agsi2, be canro.see the
kingdom o. 600 :" Way no! now let
the revolution a9gio2 Nj mex! Sab
bath. bGs now. Not tonorrow, when