The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-09


LIT 22e h&ve the poor thing" H
cscae&. up and lays his arms around
TEE sheep and i IS Immediately quiet
VVao IS the last maa that cones? It
IS ,ca Shecherd Ah, my friends, b.
&c: &fr&id of the shepherds crook! II
is never Ese0 on you save II mercy,
20 pull yuu back. The hard, colo
&c {, rg Of srounle will met in the
arm gulf stream Of divine sympa-
thv.
Tiers is one passage 7 think you
miSiutrraret The bruised reed he
MI &c: break" Do you know that
The shepherd IN o!den times played
uoco these reed =? They were very
easily bruised, buc when they were
brused cr brok-n tbay wer
14rver uercrG & T.. shepherd coulc
s. sasii ma - aGptI e one, he "ould
<nao the c. d uue und tnro i away
ald get smother. The Bible SAYS 1t IS
aos 50 VITA oar Sheyh-rd When the
rtusic IS soae out OF n1an 5 soul,
G Il does not s0ap him in twsln auo
Throw aiul sway He msnds ana
restores. '.Eh- bruised reed he will
noJ break.
When N the oerhanging heavens Of fate
The threatning clouds ot darkness dwell,
Then let Us hum1ly watch and wait.
Ii shall oe well, 1t shall be well.
Aud when he storm has passed away
And sunshine smiles on flood aud fell
How sweet 10 think, how sweet to say,
1t has been well It has been well.
Nx. I speak of the shepherds dogs.
Trey wsich the s!rsyipg sheep and
drive them back again. Every shep
berd has his dog-fron the ntmands
of the B Die tim-s down t. the Scotch
herdsm4n watching his docks on the
Gcsmpiaa hills. Our Shepherd en-
ploys tae criticisms and prosecutions
OF the world as his dogs. There sre
those, you know, whose 8hole work
it is 10 watch the inconsistencies OF
Caris.isns aud bark 81 tnem If one
of G I6's sheep gets sstray, the world
howls. With more avidity than q
shepherds dog ever caught q stray
sheep By the h.nks Or lugged it by
ire ears worldllnes seizs the Christian
astray. It ought to do US good to know
that we are thus watched II ought
to put US on our guard They cannot
cite Us, il We stay near the Saepherd.
The sharp knife OF worldly assault
will only trim the vines until they
produce better grapes. Tae more you
pound msrjoran and rosemary, the
sweater they smell. The more dogs
take after you, the quicker you will
gel to the gate. You have noticed
that different f Ieks OF sheep have diff
ierent marks upon them; sometimes
red mark, sometimes blue mark,
sometimes q Straight mark and some.
limes g crooked mark. The Lord our
Shepherd has q mark for MS sheep. It
IS red ma-k-the mark of the cross
Blessed are they that are persecuted
for righteousness sake, for theirs IS
the kingdom OF heaven" Further,
mere, consider the shepherds pasture
grounds. TIE old shepherds used to
take the sheep upon the mountains IN
the summer and dwell in the valleys
in the winter. The sheep bsiog cut OF
doors perpetually, their wool was bet
ter than if they had been keot in the
bot atmosphere OF the shaep cot
Wells we're dug for thesheep and GOV
cred with large stones, in order that
the hot weather might not spoil the
water. And then the shepherd led
his flock wherever ne would; nobody
d;sputed his right. So the Lord our
Soepaeri has lar=e pasture ground
Es takes us. in the sumner to the
mountains and in the winter to the
valleys Warm days of prosperity
cums and we stano On sun silt Sab
baths, and on hills OF sransfguratlon,
apd we are SO high up we can catch a
glimpse OF the pinuscleS OF the heaven.
ly c.;y. Then cold, wintry days OF
trouble come, and We go down into
the valley OF sickness, waot and
bereavementand gessy, "Istbere any
sorrow like unto my sorrow~ But,
blessed be God, theLosd's sheep caa fod
pasture anywhere Between two rocks
cf trube tuft OF succulent promises 5;
green pastures beside still waters
long, sweet grass oatTesn 3 tier
graves. You have noticed the struc,
ture OF the sheep's mouth2 It is so
sharp that ii can take up blade OF
grass or clover top from the very mar
rowest spot. AID so Gods sheep can
pick up comfor. where others can
gather none. The secret of the LORD
IS with them that fear him" Rich
pasture, fountsin fed pasture, fell all
the flock Of the Good Shepherd
The hill of Zion yields
4 thousand sacred sweet.
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Lastly consider the shepherds fold.
The time OF sheep shearing was very
glad time. The reighbors gathered
together, and they poured wine and
danced for Joy. The sheep were put
in place incIosed by wall, where it
was easy to count them and know
whether any of them had been taken
Dy the jacksls or dogs The inclosure
was called the sheepfold. Good news
I have to tell you, in that our Lord
the SlSQISfU A2S sHeepiOiu, &uO
those who sro gathered in it shall new
er be struck by the storm, shall never
be touched by the J scksls Of tempta-
ton and trouble. Il has high wall
so higu that no troubles can get in,
50 high thst the joys cannot get out.
How glad the old sheep will be to find
TIE lambs that left them good many
years ago, Millions Of children in
k-a7en, O6, What 8 merry heaven it
will make. Not many long meter
psalms there! They will be in the
N ,rity and @ill run away with our
Soog, carrying It up to still higher
point OF ecsta-y. On, there will be
shouting. If children on earth clap
pei their hands and danced for y,
wnat vii rhey do when to the glad
NESS OF childhood or esrth is added