The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-08

came up to the arch OF his feet, came
I'D 10 his knee, dosted to his waist,
rose TO his chin, swspt to his temples,
vet none to help. Ten thousand times
ten thousand angels in the sky ready
st command to plunge into the bloody
ARRAY and Strike back tbs hosts Of
darkness, yet none to help, none tc
help,
On, this dove of tie text in its last
moment clutched not with argry tai
ons. It plunged 90. a savage beak
It was a dove-help!ess, deienseless.
None 10 help, none to help.
As after severe storm in the morn
icg you 90 out and dad birds dead on
the snow, so this dsad bird Of the tex
makes me think Of that awful storm
that swept the earth on crueh1loo
day, when the wrath OF God, aro me
malice of man, and the fury OF devils
Wrestled beneath the three CROSSES. As
we sang jast now:
Well might the SUD in darkness hide
And shut his glories in
When Christ, the mighty Maker, Oeo
E0r man, LUe CIeSsOAO Q . otA1'
But come now to speak OF this sec
ond bird of the text We must not let
that Hy away until We have examined
it. TIE priest took the second blro,
tied i. to the hyssop branch and then
plunged it in the blood Of the ursi
oird. All, that is my soul, plunged
for cleasing in the Saviour's bloed.
There is not enough water IN the At
lsntic and Pacific oceans to WISH
sway our smallest sin. Sin is such an
outrage on Gods universe that moth
ing but blood can atone for it 9ou
know the life Is in the slood, and as
the life has been forfeited, nothing
could buy it back but blood. What
was 1t that was sprinkled on the door
posts when the destroying angel went
through The lands Blood What vas
it that went streaming from the altar
of ancient sacr 10 Blood. WHAT was
it that the priest carried into the holy
OF holes, making iosercsss'on Ter sno
psopleP Blood. What was it that
Jesus sweat in the garden cf Geihse-
nsnes Great drops Of blood. What
does the wine in the sacramental cup
signify. Blood. What makes the
rooas of the righteous in heaven SO
fair! They are washed IN the o4ooo
Of the Lamb. What is it that ciesnses
all our pollutiona The blood Of Jesus
Christ, that clesnseth from Ai sin.
I hear somebody saying, - do not
like such q sanguinary religion as
that" Do you thiuk 1t Is very wise
for the patient to tsll tbs DOCTOR, !
don's Ike the medicine you have Civ
en- mea' Il he wants to bs curso, ne
had better take the medicine. Ny
Lord God has offered us = baln, and
it is very FOOLISH for Us 20 say, II don's
like that balm" We had Dester take
it and be saved. But you do not op
pose the shedding OF blood IN other
direcaons and for Other enos Ii
100000 men 60 out 70 battle for their
country and have to lay down their
lives for free institutions, is there any
thing ignoble about Ihal9 No, you
say, "glorious sacr .6cs ratner. And
is thsre anything lsnoble Ia the Ices
that the Loro Jesus Christ, BY the
shedding Of MS blood, delivered not
only one land Du. all lands and all
ages from bondage, introducing men
by millions ana millions into the no
erty OF the SOILS of Goat Is tnsre any
thing ignoble about tna.i
As this second bird OF the text wss
plunged IN the blood OF the first bird.
50 We must be Wssned in the olooo -
Christ or 90 polluted forever.
Let the water and the blood,
From thy side healing aood,
Be Of ain the double cure,
Save from earth and make me pure.
! notice now that as soon IS this
second bird was dipped in the blond
C The first bird the priest unloosened
it and it was fcee-fres OF wing and
free of foot. Is could anet its osak
on any tree branch it chose It could
peck the grapes Of any vineyard IL
chose. It was frse; type of our souls
sfser We hSys washed in the blood OF
the Lamb. We can go where ~s will
We can do what 10 will. You say,
Had you not oetter qualify thstF'
No; for I remen Der that In CONVEX
sion the will is changed, and the man
will not will that which is wrong.
There is no straiijssket in our reli
gion. A state Of sin is q state OF
slavery. & state Of pardon is stste
of emancipation. The hammer Of
Gods grace knocks the hopples from
the feet, knocks the handouts from
the wrist opsps the door into 8 Lard
scapa all sshinms3 with souatains
and ablooR with gardenA. Is IL free
dom.
If a man has become q Christian, he
is no more afraid of Sinai. The thun-
ders Of Sinai DO not frighten him
You have on some August day seen
two thunder showers nest. One cloud
from this mountain ard another cloud
from that mountain, coming nearer
and neaaer together and responding
to each other. crash to crash. thuBder
to thunder, boom, boomI And then
the clouds break and the torrents
pour, and they ere euptied perhaps
into the very same stresm that comes
down so red at your feet that it seeGs
as Il all the carnage Ct the storn Dat
tie has been enptled into it So in
this Bible Iaee two orms gather,
one above Sinai, the ether above Cal
vary, and they respond one to the
osher-dash to fash, thunder to thu1
der, boom, boom Sinai thunders,
THE soul that sinneth, 1t shall die. !"
Calvary responds, "Save them from
going down to the pit, for J. have
found a ransome." Sinai says, "Wos!
woe" Calvary ans wers, ''Hercy !
mercy!" And then the clouds burst
and empty their treasures into one
torrent, and it comes fowisg to Gu
feet, ,rsd with the carnage of our L ri,
Ia which, If thy soul bo plunged, like
the bird in the text, 1t shall 60 forth
free-freal
Gen. Fish said that he oncs stood at