The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-04

snow where Lewas burisG ard Goo one
night there interfere with his treasure.
} men OF the world who want 10 take
sour money with you, better have
.hrea coffns
Again, remark ycu ought 10 make
he very best OF your 5ersavemeais.
TIE whole tendency is 10 brood over
separations, ard to give rnucA tine 10
The hardlirg g Of meue2tGs OF the &c.
parted, and 10 nsbe Icpg visitat.oGs TO
The cemetery, and 10 ssy: "Oh, can
never look up aeaiG! Ny hope IS
gore. My courage IS coDe. Ny re-
ligion is gone. Ny faith n GId IS
gone. On, the wear end tear sn0 ex'
haustion Of this Loneliness! Iae
most fre quent bereavement IS the !cSS
OF children. Ii your Gepsrted child
hsd lived as long as you have IVed,
do vcu net suppose tEat ne Wo1Ia
have lad shout the ssme aHtuat OF
trcub!e and trial that you have had.
# vou could MAKE 8 choice for your
child between 70 years OF annoyance,
loss. vsxation, sxss2eration ano be-
reavemerts SID 20 years IN heaven,
would you take the respor sibility OF
choosing tie former2 Would you
snatch away the cup OF eternal bliss
and put INTO that child'S hands the
cup Of many bereavements? 1rsteac
of the complete safely into which that
child has been lifted, would you ike
to hold it down to tie risks OF this
mcrtal STATE Woula ycu Ike 20 Keep
it out on 8 sea IN which thsse have
been more shipwrecks than ssfe Toy-
ae es? Is i not comfort to you TO
know that that child, instead OF bsine
bssoiled auG fung into Ire rolre q
sin, is swung clear inlo the skies: Are
not these children to be congratulated
1l,t the poin! OF celestial bliss which
ycu expect to reach by q pilgramage
OF so or so or 70 years they 1esche6 81
s fash? r the last II. coo children
who had entered heaven had gene
through the average Of human life ca
esrth. sre you sule 81 those 10000
children would have finally reacasa
the blissful tsrminus2 Besides that,
my friends, yo1 are TO lcok a! this
mstser as q self denial Oh your part
for their benefit. Il you1 children
Wsnt 10 go Of IL May day party, Il
your children want TO 20 on t0Wefy
and musical excursion, you consent.
You might prefer 70 have them win
you, but their jubilant abse2ce salts
fes YOU Well. your departed chi
Gran have only gone Cut IN Aay Gay
p2rIy, amid fcwefy aad musical ec-
Ie-ta. unent, AMID joys ana EilGr!ties
forever. Ira. cUgnt 10 Q1eli scme oi
your griej, re though: Of their giee:
So 1t oueh. to be tk2t you could
make the bsst Of al beTSava@eGts.
The feet that you have so many
friends IN heaven will make your
own departure very chas.ful. Wien
you are going on s voyage, every
thing depends upon where ycut
friends are-it they sre on the wharf
that you leave or on the wharf TO
ward which youare going TO sail. In
other words, the more feiends you
have in heaven the easier it viii be to
get away from this world. The mcro
friends you haye here the more
bitter goodbys. The Goce friends
there the more glorious welcomes.
Some Of you have so many brothers,
sisters, children, friends, in heaven
that do not know hardly how you
are goicg to crowd through. When
the vessel came from forsign LANDS
and brcught prince &c our harbor,
the ships were covered with bunting,
snd you remeul Der how tie men Of
war Numbered brosdsiGes, but there
was no joy there pared with tie
ioy which shall be demonstrated wheo
you sal, up the broad bay ot heavenly
salutation. The more friends you
have their the easier your own transit.
What is dea:h to mother whose chill
Gren sre in heaven? There is no more
grief in it than th3re is in her going
into g nursery amid the romp snd
laughter OF her household. Though
all around may be daIk, see you not
the bright light in The clouds, that
light the irradiated faces o. your glo.
rlGed klnGreol
So also, my friends, l would hsve
you make the best OF your sickuesses.
When you see one move ct with
elastic step and in full physical vigor,
sometimes you became patient with
your lame foot. When 8 man de-
scribes AZ object mile off and you can
not see it at all, you become inpatient
Of your dim eye. Whsn you hesr OF s
well man making great achievement
you become very impatient with
your depressed nervous system Or
your dilapidated health. I will tell
you how you can make the worst OF It.
Brood over it-brood over all these
ilInesses-and your nerves will become
more twitchy, and your dyspepsia
more sggravated, and your weakness
more appalling. But that is the
devils work to tell you how TO make
the worst oft. 1t ismy work TO show
you a bright light in the clouds.
Which OF the Bible men most at
trsct your attention? You say Moss,
Job, David, jeremiah, Paul. Why,
what strange thing If is that you
have chosen those who were physical.
ly disordered! Moses-I know he was
nervous from the clip he gave the
J1b-his blo1d was vltiat
ed and diseased and his skin distress
fully eruptive. David-he had rua,
ming sore, which he speaks 0 whe1
he says, my sore ran in the night
AID ceased not" Jeremish had en-
largement CT ths spleen. VINO can
doubt it who reads Jamentation4
had lifetime sickness whic2
the commentators have been guessing
shout for years, not knowing exactly
what the apos!le meant by "a taorn
in the flesh" I do not krow elther,
but it was something that stuck
him. Igashsr from all this that ply
seal order may be the means 0: grace
70 the soul. You say you have SO
many temptations rom bodily all
ments, and if you we're only well you
think you could be a good Christian,
From ny observation, I judge TIA!