The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-09

srrcsrs Of si0, when fast clippers eve
lsCen wah opium ard s!ro09 drink,
when tie night sir OF cur cit;ss is pol
Iuted witb the }&uEnter that 6ra&ks u
en- tie 10, ,QC0 saloons Of di=sjpaji<n
erd abandonment, vben ihe fires Of
..ae second des.h already are kjud,ed
u tae checks II some who, ouly t'E-
.e bile sgn, @ers i0corru I: On,
cSver sigca the curse fell UD1o the
5arab Aas there teeo tine when i
vas such &n uEwise. Suca g cruei,
such sG avful thing for the c2rrca 10
sl.ep! She Great auoieDcss are ret
gathered IN Ccr.stian caurcaeS. ihe
great aaGie ceS are gathered n
templesof siL-.ears o' ulutieraote
woe their hartisan, tte blood OF crJsl-
ed he2rts the awful vine O. tEelr sac,
rane1t, blasphsmieS their h'any &aG
the eroans of the los: wcrld lae Grgan
dirge of their worship.
Again, ifYcu wantto De q1Siitied to
meet the Gu!ies which this age Ce-
nsnGs Of ecu. you mus: on the oae
nanG avoid reckless icoocc.sll ano on
The OTTER nand not SICK 100 mach 10
hines because they Sre cd. Gha az
IS full Of new p!3rs, new pfcJecis,
rev theories Of government, new the
o,osiez, anG l an aElsz:d 10 see ho%
50 mspy Christians want only novelty
u or5er 10 rtcommead a thing 10
t.eir confidence, ana SC they vscllia:e
:. d swing 10 aGa fro, snd they axe
0seIess, SD they sra very ua.
2appy. New pla1s-secular, et2i.
cal, philosophical, reli 2ious. cisatlan-
&c, tranS.&tl=atic-loGg enough 20
make s lire reaching ircm the Ser
nan universities to Great Salt Lake
city. Ah, ICY brother, 90 E:t take
hold OF g thing mereiy because II Is
new. Try it by TIE realities or the
judgment day. But, on the other
asId, % not adhsre{o anything n.ere-
y Sccause it is old.
There is not single enterprise Of
Ire church or the world bu; has some
time been scof9d at. There was .
lime when meg derided even Bible
societies. and when few young m9n
net n M2ssacbuse:!s aud organized
che first missionary society ever or
san;zed IN this country there went
laughter and riGicUle all arouad tee
Christian church. Taey said the
undertaking was p-epos.erous. And
SO also the work CT Jesus Christ was
assaile8. People cried OFT: 'W no
ever heard ct such theories OF eI5lcS
aud goverr ment! Who ever noticed
such E style Of preacairg as Jesus
hasp Ezekiel had talked Of Lnysterl
Gus wings a1d wheels. Here came s
man from Capern&un and Genes2ret,
ard he drew his illustrations (-om the
lakes, from the sand, from the noun,
tain, from the lilies; from tie corn
stalks. How the Pn&rasses scofad !.
How Her0d derided! Ard this Jesus
sney p!ucked by the beard, and they
spat in his face, and they called him
this fellow" All the great enter
prises in and cut OF the church have
at times been scoffed at, and there
have 6een q great multitude who have
thought that the chariot Of Goes
truth would fall to pieces If II once
got cut Of the old rus. Ind SO thera
are those who have no patience with
anything ike improvementin church
architecture, or with anything like
coca, hearty, earnest church singing,
and they oeride aDy form Of religious
discussion which goes down walking
among eyery0ay men rather than thaE
which makes "a excursion on rhetori
cal stills. o., that the church OF God
would wake up TO an adaptaoillty OF
work. We must sdmit the simp!e
fact that the churches of Jesus Chris5
in this day DO not reach the greet
masses. There are $1,000 people IN
Edinburgh who never hesr the gos-
oeI. The-e are LOCO COO people IN
London VINO never hear the gospel.
The great maj rity OF the inhabitants
OF this capital come not un6er the lm
mediate minis!ratiors OF Christ's
truth, and me church o God, in this
Say ins'ead of being plscs full Of
living epis.les, known and read Of all
men, is more like q dead letter pos.of-
6ce.
"Bat," say the people, "t1e world
is going to b converted; you must be
patient; the Kingdoms OF this world
are to become the KINGDOMS OF Christ "
Never, unless the cAurcn OF JESUS
Chris. puts on more speed and ener
gy. Instead Of the church convert
ing the world. the world is converting
the church. Here is q great fortress.
How shall il oe takenl An army
comes and sits around about i, cuts
of the supplies and says, Now we
Will just wait until from exhaustion
ana starvation tney will have to give
up" Weeks and months and perhaps
3 year pass along and finally the fort
rtss surrenders through that star
vation and exhaustion. But, my
friends, the fortresses Of sin are
never to be taken in that way. II
they are taken for God, il will be by
storm; you will bave to bring up the
great Siege guns OF the gospel 10 the
very wall snd wheel the flying arti,
lery into line, and when the armed IL,
fantry OF heaven shall confront the
oattlements you will have TO give the
quick command, Forward! Charge
An, my friends, there is work for
you to DO and for me TO d. IL order 10
this grand accomplishment. have a
pulpit. l preach il it. Your pulpit
is the bank. Your pulpit is the store.
Your pulpit is the editorial chair.
Your pulpit is the anvil. Your pal
Pit is The mechanics shop. l may
stand in ny place and, through COW
ardice or through self seeking, may
keep back the word l ought to utter.
while you, with sleeve rolled up eld
brow besReaIei with toll, may utter
the word that will jar the foundations
of heaven with the shout OF g great
victory. On, that We might ali feel
that tie LORD Almighty is putting
upon US the hands of ordin&aor! I
tell you, every ore, go forth and
pcsach this gospel. You have as much
right 70 preach as have or any man
living.