The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-01

Calk,DE--Rsppire e.s Comes Through Saf-
fering.
The awkward and Irritating mode
OF trying to comfort reople IN trcuole
is here St: forth by DR.. Ta!msge, ana
he.ter way Of Gealng WIN oroAen
hearss is recommended; text, JOB XVI,
9 Miserable conforters are ye ali.
Ths man o; Cz had great many
trials-the loss OF ais FAM ;, the loss
of MS property, the loss OF MS health,
but the most sxasperatlng thing mat
came upon him was lhe tantallzing
talk of those who ought to have sym
psth;zad with HIN. And looking
around uponthem, and weighing what
they had saio, he uIlerS the words OF
my text.
Why did God let sin come into the
worlda II is a lestion I often hear
discussed, but never satisfactorily an
swered. God made the world fair and
reautiful s! the start. IF our first va
rents had not sinne6 in Eden, they
might have gone cut Of tnat garden
ana found so paradlses all around the
earth-Erope, Asia, Africa, North
and South Amelica-so many flower
gardens or orchards of irult, reoolent
and luscious. | suppose that when
God poured Gu; the Glhon anG the
Hi66ekei he poured out at the same
time the Aucson and the SusqueEan-
ns. The whole earth was very 1alc
and besutiful to look upon. Why did
il not stsy soa God had the power to
keeo back sin and woe. Why did be
not keep them backs Why not every
c,oud roseate, and every step JOY,
and every sound music, and all The
sees a long jubilee o! slnless men and
sinless women2 God can make rose
as easily SIS he can make morn.
Why, lhen, the sGom:nsnce Of
thorns2 He can make gooo, fair, ripe
fruit as we'll IS guarled and sour fruit.
Why so much, then, that Is gnarleo
snd sour. He can make men robust
in health. Why, then, are there so
many lnvalds2 Why not have Tor
our whole race perpetual leisure In
stead of this tug and toll and tusSle
for q li7elIhcod2 I Will tell you why
God let sin come into toe world
when ! get on the other side OF the
river Of death. That Is the plsce
where such questions will be answer
ed ano sucn mysteries solved. be
who this sloe that river attempts TO
answer the QUESTION only illustrates
his own ignorance and .ncompetency.
Ali know is one great fact, and That
is. that s. herd of woes mas come IN
upon US, tranpling down every thing
fair and beautiful. a sWoro ST Inc
gate OF Eden aid 8 sword st every
gate.
More peopie under the ground than
on it. The graVeyards IN vasE major
itv. The 5000 winters nave made
more scars than the 5000 summers
can cover up. Trouble has taken the
tender heart Of this world IN us Two
rough hands and plncned Il until the
nations wall with the agony. Ii ali
the MOUNDS OF grayeyards mat have
been raised were put side by side, you
might step on them and nothing else,
eoine alI around The worlo. and
Sround again, and around again.
These are the tsc;s. And now nave
to saw that IN worlo like this the
sranoest occupalion Is that OF giving
coincidence. rne holy cleuce OF I'm.
parting comfort to the troubled we
ought all OF US to study. There are
many of you who coulo LOOK around
UPON some of your very best friends,
who wish you well ano are very IN
tellisent, and yet be aole Irutntully
to saw to them In Jour days OF trouble
Miserable comforsers &re ye all ="
remark, in the first place, that
yery volusole people are incompetent
for the work or giving comfort. Bill
dad sno Euphsz mad the git OF lar
suaee, ard with their words almost
Sotner JOBS life CUT. Alas for these
yoluble people tnat go among the
houses of the afflicted and talk and
talk and tslk and talk. Tuey renearse
their own sozrows, and then they tell
the Door sufferers that they ieel badly
now, but lney will feel worse after
awhile. Silence! Do you expect with
thin courl plaster Of words 70 hesl a
wound deep as the soul? Step very
gently around about broken hearL.
talk very softly around those whom
God has oereft. Then go your Wsy.
Deep sympathy has not much to say.
a flm erssp OF the hand, 8 conpas
slonale Iook. just one word that means
IS much IS u whole dictionary, ana
you have given perhaps al the com
tort that sol needs. A man has
tsrrible wound in his ann. The sur
seon comes and binds it up. Now,
ne says, carry that arm II s sling
and bs very careful OF it. Let no One
touch it. But the neignbors nave heard
of the accident, ana they come IN, ana
they say, Let US see IT." and the
baadage Is pulled off, and this one
and that one must feel 1t ano see now
much it is swollen and there are rrl,
talon and inhams,ion and exaspera-
ton where there ought to be healing
and cooling. The surgeon comes IL
and says: What does all this mean!
Ycu have no business TO touch those
bandages. That wound will never
heal unless you let it alone. SO there
are souls broken down II sorrow.
What they most want IS rest or very
careful and gentle treatment, ous the
neien bors have heard OF the bereave-
ment or Of the loss, and they come In
to sympathize, and they say: SHOW
US now The wound. WHAT were his
last wordsa Rshearse now lhe whole
scene. bow did you teel whsn you
found yeu were an orphans' Tearing
off the bandsges here and pulling
them off there, leaving gnaslly
wound that .he balm of GODS grace
mad already begun TO heal. On, let
no loqusclous people with ever rat
Ting tongues, so into the homes OF
the distressed.
Again, I rensrk that all those per.
sons are reincompeten. to give any kind
Of comfort who &C! merely as worldly
philosophers. They come IN and Say: