The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-18

have s dim remembrance, # ary re
mem brapce st all, of ycur great grand
father, but God sees those who were
on their knees in 1888 SIS we'll IS these
on their knees IN 1898, and the bless
inss ne promised tee former snd tEe;r
descendants have arrived or viii ar
rive. While piety is nas hereditary It
is grand thin2 10 hsve had pious
ancestry. So God in this chapter csis
uo the pedigree Of tie peo@le wEcm
Moses was to deliver, sid Moses Is Or
dered to ssy to to4m. ".Hh4 Lcrd esd
OF your fathers, TIE Gcd Ct AHrstAn, :,
the Gcd Of Isasc ed tAs God o. Jac"o
hath sent lne un,o You. Il tha.
thought be divinely accurate, jeI re
ask, what are We doing by pray er anu
by holy lie fer 'ha redemption O.
the next AGO years3 Oar work Is hct
only with tie people OF the latter part
Of the nineteenth century, but with
those in the closing OF the twentieth
century, and the closing OF The t"en-
" first century, TIE clo&i6g CT The
twenty second century, and lne CLOS
iae of the twenty-.bird century. For
4O0 yesrs, if the world continues to
swing until that time cr if u crors,
then Notwithstanding the Influence
will go Oh in other latituoes and long
itudes OF Gods universe.
No one realizes how great he IS for
good or for evil. There are branc1
irgs oGt and rebounds ard reverba.a'
tons and claboratiors Of Influence
that cannot De estimated. The SO or
100 years Of our earthly STAY is only .
small part Of cur sphere. Che tap q
the wing OF tae destroying angel shai
snots the Egyptian oppressors, the
wash of the R:d see over the heads OF
the drowned Egyptians, we're all fut
6llnents OF promises four cect1rleS
old. And things occur in your life
and in mire that We canuot account
icr. They nsy be the echoes OF "Est
was promised IN the sixteenth or sew
enteenth century o., the p-oionga-
ton OF the divine memory
Notice also that Moses was so years
of age when be got this call to become
Israelitish daliverer. Forty years ne
had lived in palaces as a prince.
Another 40 years ne had lived IN the
wilderness Of Arabia. I should not
wonder if he had said: Take q
younger man for this work. Eighty
winters have exposed my health.
Eighty summers have poured their
heats upon my head. There are 40
years that Ispent among the enervas
ing luxuries of a pslsce, and thar
follow the 20 years OF wilderness hard
ship, am too old. Lit me of.
Better call man in the f5rties or
ffties and not one VINO has entered
upon the eighties" Nevertheless ne
undertook toe work, SLd II we want
to know whether he succeeded ask the
abandoned brick kjlns Of Egyptian
tssknssters, and the spl :ntered cnarjo:
wheels strewn on the beach OF the Red
sea, and the ;inbrels which Miriam
clapped for the Israelites passed over
and The Egyptians gone under.
Do not retire too early. Like Moses
you may have your chief work to DO
after so. It may no. be in the high
places of the field. It may not be
where q strong arm and an athletic
foot and clear vision are required.
oat there is something for you yet to
do. Perhaps it may be to round CT
the work you have already done, to
demonstrate the patience you have
oeen recon intending ali your lifetime.
Perhaps to stand a lighthouse st the
mouth Of the by 10 light oLnerS into
harbor. Perhaps to show how g-or;-
Gus a sunset may come after stormy
day.
II aged men do not feel stro1g
enough for anything else, let them sit
around in cur churches and pray, and
perhaps in that way they mag acccn
plish more coed than they ever cid
in the meridian OF their life. It makes
US feel strong to see aged men and
women all up and down the pews,
their faces showing they have been on
The mountain of TRANSPORTATION. We
want in all our churches more men
Ike Moses, men who have been
through the deeps ard climbed up the
shelled beach on the other side, We
want aged Jacobs, who have seen
ladders which let down heaven into
their dreams. We want aged Peter7,
who have been at Pentecosts, and aged
Pauls, who have msde Felix tremble.
There are here and there those who
feel like the woman of 80 years who
said to Fentenelle, who was SIS years
Of age, Death appears to have for.
gotten u.s." ''Eush." said Foutenelle
the wiz, putting his finger to his lip.
No, my friend, hou have not been
forgotten. You will be called st the
right time. Meantime he holly &C.
cupied.
Let the aged remember tina! by il
creased longevity Of the race men are
not as old st so as they used to be ST
so, not as old at 20 as they used to be
so. not as old at 50 as they used to be
at 10. Sanitary precaution better IN.
6erstood; medical science further ad-
vance6; laws Of health more thorouga
II adopted; dentistry continuing Tor
longer time successful masticatioD;
homes and churches and court rooms
AID places Of business better ventilated
all these have prolonged life, ana
men and women in the close of this
century ought not to retire until st
least Is years later than IN the open
ing Of tie century. Do not put the
harness off until you have fought
few more battles. Think Of Moses
starting out for his chief work an oc-
togenarisn; 40 years OF wilderness life
after 40 years OF palace life, yet Just
beginning.
There lies dying at Hawarden, Eng
land, one OF the most wonderful msn
that ever lived since the ages of time
began their roll. He is the chief citi-
z=n Of the whole world, Three times
has he practically been king OF Great
Britain. Again and again coming
from the house of commons, which be
had thrilled and overa wed by bis
eloquence, on Saturday, on Sunday