The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-10

1t Is Su!i under lilc vi t'iI '"'N' Nit' -
rcycr for = half second takes his hand
off Of it. or it would soon hc L ship
wrecked. world. defunc, world. an ob-
solctc world. IN abandoned world, 4
dead world. Let there be light, was
said at the beginning. and Christ stands
under the wintry skies and says, Let
there be SnowtiaScS to enrich the earth.
and under the clouds of spring and
says. Come. We blossoms, and make red
olent the orchards and in September
dips the branches in the Vat Of beautiful
colors and swings them into the hazy
air. Nowhim Of mine is this. With
out him WAS not anthing made that WAS
madc?" Christ writing on the ground.
If You could see his hand IN all the
passing seasons. how it woNld lllumne
the world! Al vcrdwc and foliage
would be allcgoric. and again We would
hear him say. a~ Of old Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow IN"
we would no; hear in the whistle OF Il
ouail or the cawin- OF 4 raven "rthe
reundclav Of 4 brown thrashcr without
saving: Behold the fowls of the air.
They gather not IN barns. Yet Your
Heavenly Fathor fccGcth them, and
Dominic hen Of the barn yard could not
cIucl for her brood but we would hear
Christ saving. as OF old, How often
would have gathered thy children to-
ecthcr. even rs hen gathercth her
chickens under her wings. and
through the redolent hedges we would
hear Christ saying. Il am the rose OF
Sharon. We could not dip the season
ins from the salt-ceilar without think
ing Of the divine suggestion. le are
the salt Of the earth, but If the salt
hath lost its savor 1t is fit for nothing
bat to be cast out and trodden under
foot of men.
Let us wake from our stupidity and
take the whole world as L parable.
Then. if with gun and pack of hounds
We start off before dawn and sec the
morning coming down off the hills to
meet us We would cry out with the
evangelist, The day spring from on
high hath visited US, or, caught IN 4
snowstorm while struggling home, eye
brows, and beard apparel all covered
with the whirling fakes, we would cry
out with David, Wash me, and shall
be whiter than snow. In picture
gallery Of Europe there is on the ceiling
an exquisite fresco, but the people
having to look straight up, it wearled
and dizzied them and bent their necks
almost beyond endurance. soa great
looking glass was put near the floor.
and now visitors only need to look casl-
" down into this mirror, and they see
the frcsco at their feet. And so, much
of the high heaven of God truth is re-
fected in this world as in a mirror, and
things that are above are copied by
things around US.
What right have we to throw away
one of Gods Bibles-aye, the first Bi-
bic he ever gave the race? We talk
about the Old Testament, and the
New Testament but the oldest
testament contains the lessons Of
the natural world. Some people like
the New Testament so well they c!s-
card the Old Testament. Shall &c
like the New Testament and the Old
Testament sowell as to depreciate the
oldest-namely, that which was written
before Moses was put aioat on the boat
of leaves which was calked with asphal-
tum-or reject the Genesis that was
written centuries before Adam lost a
rib and gained wife? No. no. When
Dei.y stoops down and writes on the
ground, let US read it.
Yes, | think that one word written
on the ground that day by the finger Of
Christ was the awful word hypocrisy.
What pretensionS TO sanctity are the
part Of those hypocritical Pharasies
When the fox begins to pray, look
out for your chickens. One of the
cruel magnates Of olden times was 60
ing to excommunicate one of the mar
tyrs, and he began in the usual form
In the name ofGod. Amen. Stop.
says the martyr, Don't say in the
name of Godr" Yet how many out
RACES arc practiced under the garb Of
religion and sanctity. When in synods
and conferences ministers Of the gospel
about to say something unbrotherly and
unkind about member, they almost
always begin by being ostcntatiously
pious, the venom Of their assault cor
responding to the heavenly favor Of the
prelude About to devoura reputation.
they say grace before meal.
But | am sure that there was another
word in that dust From her entire
manner am sure that arraigned woman
was repentant. She made no apology,
and Christ in nowise belittled her sin.
But her supplicatory behavior and her
tears moved him, and when he stopped
down to write on the ground he wrote
that mighty, thatimperialword forgive
ness.
When on Sinai God wrote the law, he
wrote it with finger of lightning on ia
bles of stone, each word cut as By 4
chisel into the hard granite surface.
But when he writes the otfensc Of this
woman he writes it in the dust so that
it can be easily rubbed out, and when
she repents Of it, oh, he was merciful
Christ. | was reading OF legend
that is told in the far east about him.
He was walking through the streets Of
city, and he saw a crowd around 4
dead dog. And one man said, 'What
a loathsome object is that dog! es,
said another, his ears are mauled and
bleeding. YES. said another: even
his hide would not be of any use to the
tanner. Yes. said another; the
odor Of his carcass is dreadful : Then
Christ. standing there. said, But
pearls cannot equal the whiteness Of
his teeth. Then the people, moved
by the idea that any one could find
anything pleasant concerning the dead
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