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

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sions Of 80 -. SO, 20 yesrs ecne-no
more In the scui than the malaria tbst
haated In the atm sphere thousand
wears ago, for when my Lard Jesus
psrdons man be psrGons him, ard
there is no hallway work shout it
Here I see beesar goiag along the
turnpike rosd. he is worn ou: with
| disease. He Is stiff in the joints he
is ulcered all over Hs has rheum in
his eyes. He is sick and wasted he
is in rsgs Every time h. puts down
! his swollen fees !e cries, ''Ol the
pain H secs a fountain by the
roadside under tree, and be crswls
up to that founiain and says: Il
must wash. Here / may cool my ul'
Gers. Here l ny get rest" He
! stoops down and scoops I'D in the palm
OF his hands enough water to slake his
F.! thirst, and thar is all gone. Then ne
stoops down and begins TO wash bis
eyes, and the rh, u u is all gone. Then
ne puts in his swollen feet, snd the
swelling is gone Then willing 70
longer to b. only half cured he plum.
ges in, and his whole body is laved IN
The stream, and he gets upon the osnS
well. Meantime the ownsr OF thr
mansion up yonder comes down,
walking through the ravlne with his
only SOD, and he sees the bundle OF
! rags aud asks, ''Wnose rags ate these3
a voice from the fountain says,
Those are my rags" Then says The
master to his son, Go up TO the house
and get the best new suit you can find
ana bringit down" And ne brings
down the clothes, and the beggar Is
clothed in them, AID be looks around
and says: Il was filthy, out now I
| am ciean. was ragged, but now an
robed- wsa blina, but now sec.
GLORY be to the owner OF that man
sion, and glory be to that son who
! brought me that new suit Of clothes,
and glory be to this fountain, where l
have washed, and waere all who will
may wash and be cleah" Where Sill
abounded, grace doth much more
abound. The bird has been dipped ;
no II let it 6J away
The next thing notics about this
bird when it was loosened (and this is
the rain ldea) is that it d7W away.
Which way did it gos When you let
bird loose from your grasp, which
way does it fyG Up. WHAT are wings
for2 To 1y With. Is there anything
in the suggestion Of the direction
taken by tnat bird to indicate which
way We ought TO go2
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace.
Rise from the trsnsitory things
To heaven, thy native pace,
We should BE- going heayenward
Thai is the suggestion But know
tnat We nave great many ra~oacks.
You mad them this morning perhaps
You had them yesterday, or ihs day
o-fore, and although you want to be
going heaven ward, you are constant
~ discouraged. Bat suppose when
tnat blru went out of the priests hands
it went By ind ,c.ions-sometimes
STOPPING. a bird does not shoot dl-
recSiy up, bat lhis is the motion OF 8
bird. 50 the soul scars toward God,
rising upin love and sone!lmes de-
pressed py trial. I! dos not always
60 IN the direction it would like TO go,
but the main course Is rlgh! Enere
Is one pAssage IN The S.ole which |
quoIe oftener to myself than any
otner, He knoW-tn our frame, and
be remem oereth LhaI We are ousL.
There Is u legend Ia Iceland which
says LnsI when Jesus Was ooy play
Ing with his Comrades one Saooatn
day h9 made Dlrds Of clay, snd as
shrse Dlrus o. clay were standing upo0
The ground an o.d5aducee Came alung,
aid ne waS disguised at the sport aud
dashed The birds to pieces, Dut the
legend says that Jesus waved nls nsnd
ab0V the orOkea ulrds, AID taking wing
hsy went singing heavenwaro. NoW
tnaL Is liable among Lno lcelAnoerS,
built Is LOT fable LnaL Fe are duss
And tnat, The naud OF divine grace
waved over US once, We 20 Staging 70
Rard me skies.
l 6lsn, my friends, that We could
i've IN nigh atmosphere Ii a
man Whole lie uol 2ct Is 70 Make
dollars, lie Rll De r0uulng agalusL
those VINO are maSlns doiisrs. l.; II Is
his whole life OBJ 1ct 70 get applause,
be Will run against snuso VINO are
seeking applause. Bat If he rises
higher than That Ne WuI mol oe Inter
rup,ed IL mis- fight neavenward.
Why ooes that e -ck of birds, f Ja!lng
up against toe oluo SKY 50 high That
you can hardly see snem, not cnange
lts course lor splrs or tower. They
are above ali ops s.ructions So Nc
would not have 81 ot.sR TO change oui
Chriaslan course il We lived IA nlgnsc
atmosphere NEARER Cnrlss, nearer Ia
throne oil God.
On, ye who have oeen washed La
the bluod of Cnrist-ye WIN nave
been loossd from The hyssop orancn--
slsrt heaven asrd II msy Do 10 some
0 you = long fight. Temptations
may dispute your way, storms OF oe
resvenent and trouble may lrlke your
soul, but God will see you through.
Bulid nut on The EARN. Set your af
lectious or things 10 heaven, not on
snlngs on esrtn rn,s Is y prrlsnlng
word is flowers fade Ii t.uu
tsins dry up. lis promises CHEAT. 80.
your affections upon CHRIST and
heaven. I rsjolcs, my dear brethren
and sisters in Christ, tnaI The light
will after while be ended. Not al
ways beaten OF the stJrm. Not Al
ing On weary wings. There Is a
warm dovecor of eternal rest wnero
ne shall find place Of comtors, to
the everlasting joy OF our soul Ga,
they are going up all the time-golng
up from this church--golng up from
all the families and from all tins
tae churches OF the land, the weary
doves seeking rest In dovecot.
On, that In that good land We may
all meet ~nen our trials are over!
we cannot get into the glorious pres
enc Of our departed ones unless We
have been cieansed IN the same blood
that washed their sins away. know