The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-19
Ma;sf3ctors.

Es sSs!:'I 81 ~ >
The famous painsiags \ The !sio;Vre
galleries Of Muaioa seem to have SIG
gesteG the topic os ,A;s &iscoa-s:, > h:c:'
Dr.. Talmase sends 1g,m the q'a;a'
Bavsrisn tow1. bu5 the ;!.e"c w5ic.
inspired tie pajo,cys a*aSSos u the
great preacher thoughts ct the IectmP.
ton Of the human race, ~bio5 was the
supreme design Of that seere Of suffer
ing ard death. The text Is Lake xiii.
30 There they cracifed hja. AID the
ualefactcrs, one on the liSb: hood and
the other on the lei-.
Just outside OF Jerusalem! IS swell
of ground, toward which crowd sic
ascending. for it is the Gag Of execution
What a mighty as5embt>se! Some fer
curiosity to hesr what the maleiactorS
will say and to see how they viii act,
The three persons to he cSccu'ec are
already there Some Of the spscta
tors are vile Of liz AID bloated OF cheek.
Some look up with revenge, hardly able
to keep their hards Of the sufferers
Some tear their own hair in a fcef Is Of
grief. Some stand IN silent horror
Some break out iato Uacootro!!aoie
weeping. Some cap their hands II
delieht that the offenders arc 10 at
punished al lat The so!cl@Es, with
drawn swords, Gc;ve back ;re MOB Fh!ch
presses on SO hard. There is lear that
the proceedings may be interrupted
Let the legion, now stationed s. Jeru-
salem, on horseback dash along the !lne
and force back the su-gjns muiltUde,
Back with you!' is the cry. Have
you never before seen man dis:
Three crosses IN q rowan upIlght
piece, and two transverse pieces
one on the top or wEich tie ;aHds
are nailed, a1G ore al the MD
die, on which the victim SAT. Three
trees just planted, vet bearnlps fruit
the one st the right bearirs poison and
the one st the left bitter aioes, 'he one
in the middle apples of love. Norway
pine and tropical orange AID Lebanon
cedar would rot make SO strsCgc 5 grove
as this orchard Of Calvary. STAND anc
give look at the three crosses.
Just look at tie cross On t2e right:
It's victim dies scofiDg, More awjul
than his physical anguish IS his 5co-n
and hatred Of him Oh the middle c!ess.
This wrecked man turns ha.t around
on the spikes TO hiss at the Oae IL the
middle. II the scooter cou;c set one
hand loose and lie were w::hla Eeaeh,
he would smite the middle sufferer IL
the face. He hates hin with q perfect
hatred. l think he wishes he were
down oo the ground that be might spear
him. He env;es the n.echacic5 who
with their nails h27= nailed lin fast.
Amid the settling dsrSness ard louder
than the c-s>h Of the rocks hear nim
jeer out these words; .Ah, you poor
wretch! | knew you were al lnpostor!
You pretended TO BE- God, aud yet
you let these leglous master You! 1t
was in some such hate that oitaire
in his death hour, because he thought
he saw Christ n lis bedroom got ug on
his elbow and cried out, Crush thst
wretch! What had the MIDDLE cross
done to arouseup this nsht han9 cross!
Nothing. Oh, the enulty o: tAe Ia,
tursi heart against Ch1lst. Ihe RcTic
likes seDtineItaI Christ or a phlian
trcpic Christ, but Christ who comes
to snatch nen away from their s:us-
away with HIM On his right hand
cross today see tyylfed the Qabelief
Of the world. Men say: Back with
him from the heart will not let him
take nay sins. II d. will die, let him
die for himself, nc: for me" There
mas always been a Var between this
right hand cross and the middle cross,
and wherever there Is an unoelleVing
heart there the fight goes on. Oh, II
when that dying malefactoE peIlsheo
the faithlessness OF man hac perlshed,
then that tree which yie!cS poison
would have budded sod bLossomeo with
life for ail the word!
Look up izto that disturbed counte-
nance Of the sufferer and see What
sbastly thing ii is to reject Christ. Be
hold in that awful face. IN tia. r::tilul
leok, in that unb!essed Gca.h hour, the
stings of the siuper's departure. What
plunge into darkness! SiaaGiog high
upon the cross on the top CT the hill, 50
that all the world may look az hin. i.e
says, Here I 90 outof miserable IL
into 8 wretched eternity O4e! Two!
Three! Listen to the crash Of the fall,