The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-04-19

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aeaIh l"f Oifl>' S"Ne' iA.s "a "IlS Lls,r.
De hHri'o over tue '%'Ns, aI.S aDU '' w n~
they were hurried r'et 'ht f"'NS, , ~ traa,i
Ger 20 make Their arSltl 'he "'oic u'e"o
ful in anticipation, they were luV III
b<>ksts aud swunE to ana lfo over 'he
precipice that tAey misht zee no"
many hunHreo 1eet my "'uiH ~ ha'c ~ ~
be oS.''cd a""n' snd Sh'ie 'ass WERE ,,
swinging IN '&e>v "NSN''' wa '1
ROCKS t"e> sans:
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TIN they were dashed Gcwu to
ae,.h Oh how much others have en-
.,nr.J for Christ and how little we en
5,,ro fnr Chris, We want 70 ride to
heaven in . ppllmaa sleeping car, our
s..cr On soft plush, the bed made up
earIv, 50 we can Sleep all the way, the
bIack porter Of death to wake Us up
only ia ,i,:e 10 eu..r the golden c:ty.
" vorf aIl ;he Surgeons 70 tx our
h.n3 u, Ley them bring on all the
I;..r o,5 all the ha1Ggccs and all the
ssty., cor orr hand is hart, while Flea
[ar does rot know his haui is hurt.
LIS sand clave unto the sword.
* ! look AZ Eleazers hand come
70 the coaclcsion that he has done a
srea, deal Of hard hitting. am net
surprised rhsn I see that these four
r,en-Eleazsr and his thee companions
drove lack the army Of Philistines-
that E.eazar's sword clave to his hand,
for every time he struck en- enemy With
one END Of the sword the other end Of
,ht sword wounded him When he
tonk hold Of tie sword, the sword took
Aol9 of hin.
Oh. We have found an enemy who
cannot be conquered by rosewater and
soft speeches. 1t must be sharp stroke
and s,raish; thrust. There Is lptem-
;,crance. and there IS fraud, ana there
zrc ten ;hoasand bat:alions OF iniqrity,
arlueG P!:lis;ire iniqu;ty. How are
they to be captured ard overthrown??
Soft seruCaS n morocco cases lait
ao"n IL traot OF an exquisite audience
vi! Oot Go IT, o1 nave got 20 cali
things oy Their rlsh' name.
he whole 'eueency IS 10 renTe Oh
CHRISTIAN WoVk. we Keep on rehu4"s
on 1t until we send apologetlc "oros 10
iuiquity We are about to capture 1t.
Aud We must so with sword, silver
chased and presented by the ladies and
we must ride on white palfrey under
embroidered housing. putting the spurs
in only inst enough 10 make the charger
dance gracefully, and then we must
send a mi>>ive, delicate as wedding
card, to ask the old block giant Of SIN
if he will not surrender. Woman saved
by the grace Of God and on glorious
mission sent, detained from Sabbath
classes because their new hat is not
done. Churches that shook our cities
with crea, revivals serding around TO
ask some demonstrating worsh1pcr if he
will not please to say amen" and
',halleluiah' little softer. 1t seems
as if in our churches we wanted bap-
,i>m of cologne and balm of thousand
flowers when we actually need bap-
tisnl of fire from the Lnrd God of Peu-
tecost. But we are so afraid somebody
will cri,icise our sermons or criticise
our pray els or critici>e cur religious
work that our anxiety for the world
redemption is lost in the fear We will
get our hand burt. while Eleazar went
into the conflict, and his hand clave
unto the sword.
But see in the next place what
hard tliug it was for Eeazar to get his
hand and his sword parted. The mus
cles and the sinews had been so long
crashed around the sword he could not
drop it when he proposed to drop it, and
his three comrades, | suppose, came up
and tried TO help him, and they bathed
@he back part of the hand, boping the
sinewS and muscles would relax. But
no. His hand claye untothe sword.
Then they tried to pull open the fin
gers and to pull back the thumb, but no
sooner were they pulled back than they
closed again. "and his hand clave unto
the sword" But after awhile they
were successful. and then they noticed
that the curve in the palm of the hand
corresponded exactly With the curve Of
rne hiIt. His hand clave unto the
sword.
| had in my parish in Philadelphia a
very aged man who in his early life had
been the coYpanion and adviser Of the
early presidents. Madison and Monroe
He mad welded vast iufueuce, but |
only kuew him as very aged man.
Iae NEST remarkable thing about him
was his ariCr fer Christ. When he
coQl3 nct sand up in the meetings
without proppi,g he would throw his
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