The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-04-05
CHRIST,SLAST HOUR.
DR.. Talmage Finds Lessons OF
Comfort in a Sad Scene.
HEAVENS BRIGHT CROWNS
The Great Divine Says Shall
Adorn the Brows of Those Who
Bear Lies Burdens With
Christian Fortitude.

last h0ur OF SuIltt4uS ~ "
this sermon draws lessons Of comfort
for people in trouble; text, John KIN
30 when Jesus therefore had receiS-
ed the vinegar.
The brigands Of Jerusalem had dcne
their work. II was almost su%down,
and Jesus was dying Persons in cru
cifxion often fingered Oh from day to
day, crying, begging, curslns, but
Christ had been exhausted oy years o.
maltreatment. Pillowiess, poorly ted,
sogged. as bent over and tied 10 !ow
post his bare back wa, iHtt&uied with
the scourges intersliceG with pieces "1
lead and bone. and Row for whoie hours
the weight Ct his body hnnE Oh GEL,
cate tendonS. and, according to custom;
violent stroke under The arlpp!tS ''"0
been given by the eNccuuoH-r bizZE.
nsusea.ed. feveri>h. q woYld OF agony
is compresSed in the TWO wcrG> !
thirst! Oh, skies Of Judea, let a
drop Of rain strike on his burning
tongue, On, world. with rolling rivers
and spcrkling lakes aud spraying fonn,
taips, give Jesus something to drink.
If there be any pity in earth or heaven
or hell, let it now be demonstrated IN
behalf of this royal sufferer
The wealthy women Of Jerusalem
used TO have fund Of money with
which they provided wine for those peo-
pie who died in cruciixion-a power
full opiate to deaden the pain-out
Christ would not take it. He wanted
to die sober, AID so he refused the wine.
But afterward they go TO a cup of vim
egar and soak a sponge in it aud put 1t
on stick of hyssop and then press It
against the hot lips of Christ. \ GU say
the wine was an auastheJic and intend
ed to relieve or deaden tie pain. But
the vinegar was an insult.
In some lives to sacchariue seems 10
predominate. Life is sunshine on Il
bank of flowers. \ thousand hands to
clap approval. In December or in Jan
uary, looking across their table, they
see all their family present. Health
rubicund, skies famboyant, days re-
silent. But in great many cases
there are not so many sugars as acids.
The annoyances, and the vexatlons,
and the disappointments Of life over
power the successes. There is gravel
in almost every shoe An Arabian
legend says that there was worm IN
Solomon's staff knawing its strength
away, and there is weak spot in every
earthly support that man leans on.
King George Of England forgot all the
grandeurs of bis throne because one day
in an interview Beau Brummel called
Kim by his first name and addressed
him as servant, crying, George,
ring the bell" Miss Langdon, honor
ed all the world over for her poetic ge-
MUS, is so worried over the evil reports
set afoatregarding her that she is found
dead with an empty bottle Of prussic
acid in her hand. Goldsmith said that
his life was wretched being, and that
al that want and contempt could
bring to it had been brought. and cries
out, What, then, is there formidable
in a jail?, Correegios fine painting is
hung up for tavern sign. Hogarth
cannot sell his best painting except
through rattle. Andre del Sarto
makes the great fresco in the Church Of
the Annunciata at Florence and gets
for pay sack Of corn, and there are
annoyances and vexatlons IN high
places as well as in low places, show
ing that in a great many lives are the
sours greater than the sweets. when
Jesus therefore had received the vine
gar.
is absurd to suppose that man
who has always been well can sympa-
thize with those who are sick, or that
one who has always been honored can
appreciate the sorrow Of those who are
despiseG, or that one who has been
born to great fortune can understand
the distress and the straits Of those who
are destitute. TIE fact that Christ
himself took the vinegar makes him
able to sympathize today and f"rever
with all those whose cup is filled with
the sharp acids Of this life. lie took the
vinegar.
In the first place, there was the soar
ness of betrayal. The treachery Of
Judas hurt Christs feelings more than
all the friendship of his disciples did
him good. You have had many friends,
but there was one friend upon whom
you put especial stress. You feasteG
him. You loanded him money. You
befriended him N the dark passes OF
lite, when he especially needed
friend. AtterwacG, lie turned upon
you, and he took advantage of Your past
timacles. He wrote against you. Helm
talked against you. He uiiccoscopizcd
your faults. He flung contemptat YOU,
when you ought to nave received moth
ing but gratitude vt first You could
not sleep at night. Then you went
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