The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17

shoGGy. every %Iher,. Md ;Tet tte clergy
have seen Ill this crow ..p III absolute
Indifference. N;,ay hundreds Of ser
mons have | heard in t,n.laud on the
divine mission Of the clergy, on bishops
aai on Justification. and the theory OF
good works. and ycrbai nsgiration, ;tne
the efficacy OF the >acramcnt>. but dur
ing I'll these 80 wonderful Years never
one that c;,l :ccol!ect on common
! honesty.
DR.. Livingstone the famous explorer.
was descended from the highlandcrs.
and he said that one Of his ancestors.
one of the highlandcrs. one day called
llis family around him. The highlander
was dying He had his children
around his dcathbcG He said: Now
my lads, | have looked all through our
history rs far back as can find it. and
| have never found i dishonest man in
Ill the line, and want You to under
stand YOU inherit good blood. on
have no excuse for doing wrong. My
lads. be honest.
am clad some one has set tomuSlc
that scene in August, 1881. when =
young girl saved from death i whole
rail train Of passengers. Some OF YOU
remember that out west in that Year ON
4 stormy night hurricane blew down
part of railroad bridge. y freight
train came along. and it crashed into
the ruin. and the engineer and c0nduc-
tor perishcd. There was girl living
in her fathers cabin, near the disaster
and she heard the crash of the light
train, and the knew that in a few mo-
mcntS an ncxprcSS was due She lighted
:, lantern and clambercd up on the one
beam Of the wrecked bridge on to the
main bridge, which was treStlcwork,
and started to cross amid the thunder
and the lightning Of the tempest and
the raging Of thetorrcnt beneath. One
nnsstep and it would have been death.
Amid nj that horror the lantern went
out. Crawling sometime and sometimes
walking over the slippery rails and over
the trestlework. she came to the other
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the telegraph station where the express
train did not stop, so that the danger
might be telegraphed to the station
where the train did stop. The train
was due in a few minutes. She was
one mile off from the telegraph station,
but fortunately the train was late. With
cut and bruised feet she few like the
wind. Coming up to the telegraph sta
ton painting with almost deadly ex-
haustion. she had only strength to
shout, The bridge is down. when she
dropped unconscious and could hardly
by resuscitated The message was sent
from that station to the next station.
and the train halted, and that night
that brave girl saved the lives Of hun
drcds Of passengers and saved many
homes from desolation. But every
street is track, and every style of busi-
ness is a track, and every dayis 4 track.
and multitudes under the power OF
temptation come sweeping on and
sweeping down toward pcrils raging and
terrific. God helpus to go out and stop
the train! Let US throw some signal.
Let US give some warning. BY the
throne of God letus fash some influence
TO stop the downward progress. Be-
ware, Beware! The bridge is down.
the chasm is deep, and the lightnings of
God set all the night Of sin on fire with
this warning: He that, being often
reproved, hardeneth his neck shall sud
denly be destroyed. and that without
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