The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-11

about you. You do rot need the gos
pei half ss much as DO some who
never come here. Rather than be
pridipe myself on church in front
Of which there sbsll hslt so splendid
equipaees on the Sabbath day / would
hayea church up 10 whose gates there
should come lorg procession CT the
suffering, ard the stricken, aud the
dying, begging for admittsrce. Hcu
do not need the gospel 50 much IS
they. You Rave good tb!cgS II THIS
life. Whatever may be your IA ere
Destiny. you hsd pleasant tine
here. But those dying populations
of which I speak, bs reason OF their
want and suffering, whs'e7er nay De
their future destiny, are II perc!llon
now, and If there be ary confoft IN
Chrls,'s gospel for Gods sake give It
to them!
Revolution The pride ofthe church
must come down. TIE exclUSlvenssS
of the church must come oowr The
fnsncial bosstincs OF the church must
come down. II monetary success
were the chief idea Of the church, tnen
I say that the present mode Of conduc-
ing finances IS Ihe best If il is ID
see how mary dollars you can gain,
then the present mcda is the best.
But if it is tie saving Of souls from
sin and death and bringing G the mighty
populations Of our citiss TO the know!
edge OF God, then cry revelation Il
is comisg fast. Iteel it in tie ali. l
hear the rum bling of an earthquake
that shall shake down in one terrific
crash the arrogance of our modern
Christianity.
The sea is co-ered with wrecks, ar d
nultitudes are drowning. We come
cut with the church li'eboat, and the
people begin to Chamber II, and We
Shout: Stop! stop! You must think
it costs nothing 10 keep g ifeooat
Those seats st the Prov 81 spice, these
in the middle so cents a2d these sea's
in stern 2 shilIings. P;ease 20 pay up
else founder on little longer ill th=
mission bost whose work is tc sa"e
you Ienniless wretches shall core
along snd p:cs ycu up. We ssva
only FIRST class sinners IN this :. al.
The talk is whether PratestaC:
churches or Roman Catholic churches
are coming out ahead. tell you Pro
testarts, this truth plainly-thst until
your churches are as free SIS tee Ro
man Catholic cathe6rsls they VIII
beat you. In their cathedrals the
nillionaire and the beegsr k2eel SIDE
by side. And until that time comes
in our churches re cannot expect tie
favor of God or p2rmarent spiritual
prosperity.
Revolution It may >e that beiore
the church learns its duty TO the mass.
es God will scouree it and come with
the whip Of onnipctent Indignation
and drive cut the money changers.
It may be that there is TO be great
day OF upsetting before that Tine shall
come. II it must come, 0 Lord God
let it come now!
In that future day OF the reconstruct
ed church of Christ the church build
ing will be the most cheerful Of al
Instead OF the light OF the
sun strained through painted glass uu
til an intelligent auditory looks green
and blue and yellow and copper color
ed, We will have no such things. TIE
pure atmosphere OF heaven Will sweep
out the fetid atmosphere that has been
kept in many OF our churches boxed
up from Sunday to Sunday.
The day of which I speak will be 9
day OF great revivals. There will be
such time as there was in the parish
Of Shots, where 500 souls were born
to God in one day-such times SIS were
seen in this country when Edwards
gave the alarm, when TenneDt preach
I'd, and Whitfield thundered, and
Edward Psyson prayed; such times as
some of you remem Der IN 1857, when
the voice of prayer and praise was
heard in theater and warehouse aud
black smith shop and factory and ea-
CINE house, and the auctioneer's cry
Of "a half, and s. half, and half, "
was drowned out by the adjoining
prayer meeting, in which the people
cried out, Men and brethren, what
shall We dos''
In those days of which I am speak
ing the services OF the church OF God
will be more spirited. The ministers
Of Christ, instead OF being anxious
about whether they are going TO lose
their place in their notes, will get on
fire with the theme and pour the liv.
Ing truth of God upon an aroused
auditory, crying out TO the righteous,
1T shall be well with you" and to
the WICKED: ''Woe! l! shall be Ill
with you" In those days hesinging
will be very different from what it is
now. The music will weep aud wall
and chant and triumph. People then
will not be afraid to open their mouths
when they sing. The man with
cracked voice will risk it on ''Winu
ham" and "Ortonville" and ''O!d
Hundred" Grandfather will find tie
plgce for his erandchild in the hymn
book, or the little child will be specta
cles for the grandfather. Hosanra
will meet hosanna and together GO
climbing TO the throne, aad the angels
will hear, and God will listen. and the
gates of heaven will hoist, and it viii
be as when two seas meet-the wave
Of earthly song ningling with the
anthems OF the free.
Oh, my God, let ne live to see that
dsyl Let there be no power in disease
or accident or wave of the sea to dis
appoint my expectstions. Let all
other sight fail my eyes rather than
that I should miss that vision. Let
all other sounds fail ny cars rather
than that I should fail 10 hear that
sound. I want to stand on the noun
lain top to catch the first rag OF the
dawn AID with flying feet brig TIE
news. And, Oh, wien we hear the
hoofs that bring on the
Kings chsriot may we all be ready,
with arches sprung snd with band or
the rope Of the bell that IS 10 sound
the victory, and with w-ea;hS al
twisted for the way, and when JESUS
dismouuts let it be amid the tuzza,
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