The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-23

acres and YOU find thousands OF bands
milling on thousands of wheels and
shuttles flying and the whole scene be-
wilderins with activities, driven by
water or steam or electric power, You
conclude that the factory was put up to
do a great work and on a vast scale
Now. look at you, and if should find
that you had only one faculty Of body,
only one muscle, only one nerve, if you
could see but not hear, or could hear
and not see, if You had the use Of only
one foot or one hand, and. as to our
higher nature, if YOU had only one
mental faculty and You had memory
but no Judgment, or judgment but no
will, and if you had soul with on y
one capacity, l would say not much is
expected Of You. But stand up, on,
man, and let NE look you squarely IN
the face. Eyes capable seeing every
thing. Ears capable of hearing every
thing. Hands capable Of grasplng
everything. Minds with more wheels
than any factory ever turned, more
bower than any Corliss engine ever
moved. \ soul that will outlive all
the universe except heaven, and would
outlive all heaven if the life of the
other immortals were moment short
Of the eternal. Now, what has the
world a right to expect of you? What
has God a right to demand of you?
God is the greatest Of economists in the
universe, and he makes nothing use
lessly, and for what purpose did he
build your body, mind and soul as they
are built? There are only two beings
in the universe who can answer that
question. The angels do not know.
The schools do not know. Your kin
dred cannot certainly know. God
knows, and you ought to know: A
factory running at an expense of $780,
900 year and turning out goods worth
20 cents year would not be such an
incongruity as you, 0 man, with such
semi-inGnite equipment doing nothing,
or next to nothing, in the way OF use
fulness. What shall I do?" you ask.
My brethren: my sisters, do not ask me.
Ask God. There's some path Of Chris
tian usefulness open. 1t may be a
rough path or it may be smooth path,
a long path or short path. 1t may be
on mount of conspicuity or in a valley
unobserved, but it is path on which
you can start with such faith and such
satisfaction and such certainty that
you can cry out in the face of earth and
hell and heaven, ''To this end was |
born.
Do not wait for extraordinary quail.
fcations. Philip the conqueror gained
his greatest victories seated on a mule
and if you wait for some caparlsoned
Buceshaius to ride into the conflict you
will never getinto the worldwide fight
at all. Samson slew the Lords enc
mics with the jawbone Of the stupidest
beast created. Shamgar slew 600 Of
the Lords enemies with an OK goao.
Under God spittle cured the blind mans
eyes in the New Testament story. Take
all the faculty you have and say: "Oh
Lord. here is what I have! Show me
the field and back me up by omnipo-
tent power. Anywhere, anyhow, any
time for God" Two men riding on
horseback came to a trough to water
the horses. While the horses were
drinking one of the men said to the
other few words about the value Of the
soul, then they rode away and in oppo.
site directions. But the words uttered
were the salvation Of the one to whom
they were uttered, and he became the
Rev Mr.. Champion, one Of the most
distinguished missionaries in heather
lands, for years wondering who did for
him the Christian kindness, and not
finding out until in bundle of books
sent him to Africa he found the biogra-
ply of Brainerd Taylor and picture
of him and the missionary recognized
the face in the book as the man who at
the watering trough for horses had said
the thing that saved his SOUL. What
opportunities you have had in the past!
What opportunities you have now!
What opportunities you will have in
the days to come! Put on your hat, y
woman, this afternoon and go and com
fort that young mother who lost her
babe last summer. Put on your hat, 0
man, and go over and see that merchant
who was compelled yesterday to make
an assignment and tell him Of the ever
lasting riches remaining for all those
who serve the Lord. Can you sing?
Go and sing for that man who cannot
get well, and you will help him into
heaven. Letit be your brain, your
tongue, your eyes, your ears, your heart
your lungs, your hand, your feet, your
body, your mind, your soul, your life,
your time, your eternity for God, feel
ing in your soul. ITO this end was |
born.
And now I come to the climacteric
consideration. AS near as can tell.
you were built for happy eternity, all
the disaster which have happened to
your nature to be overcome by the
blood Of the Lamb, if you will heartily
accept that Christly arrangements. We
are all rejoiced at the increase in hu-
man longevity People live, as near
as can observe, about ten years longer
than they used to. The modern doctors
do not bleed their patients on all occa-
sions as did the former doctors In
those times if man had fever they
bled him; if he had consumption they
bled him; if he had rheumatism they
bled him! and if they could not make
out exactly what was the matter they
bled him. Olden time phlebotomy was
deaths coadjutor. All this has chang
ed. From the way I see people skip
ping about at 50 years Of age ! conclude
that the life insurance companies will
have to change their table Of risks and
charge a man no more premium at 40