The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-06-13

Bible goes Tor rum ano Lle pawn
brokers' shop gets the last decent
dress. Some day, desiring to evoke
the story of her sorrows, you say,
We'll, how are ycu getting along now?
and, rallying her trembling voice and
quieting her quivering lip, she says,
Pretty we'll, | thank you; pretty
WE'LL" She never will tell You. %
the delirium of her last sickness she
may tell al the ether secrets OF heE
lifetime, but she will not tel! that.
Not until the books of eternity are Ire
onencd on the throne of Judgment Will
ever be known what she has suffered.
Oh We who are twisting garisno LOT
the victor, put it on that pale brow;
Wtan She is dead, the neighborS will
beg linen to make her a sbToud, and
che viii DC carried out in plain box.
w;th no silver plate to tell her years,
for she has lived a thousand years Of
trial aud anguish, The gamblers and
swindlers who destroyed her husband
will not come to the funeral. One car
riage will be enough for that funeral
one carriage to carry the orphans and
the two Christian women who pre-
sided over the ohse luies.
But there is fash, and the opening
Of a eelestia! door aud shout, Lift
up your head, ye everlasting gate, aud
let her come i'm And Christ will step
forth and say: Come in. le suffer
ed with me on earth; be gloriied with
me in heaven" What is the highest
throne in Heaven? You say, Throne
of the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb No doubt about 1t. What IS
the next highest throne in heaven?
While speak it seems to me it vii! be
the throne Of the drunkard's wife, If
she with cheerful patience endured all
her earthly torture. Heroes and hero,
ines
| find also in this roll the heroes Of
Christian charity. We all admire the
George Peabodys and the James Len,
oxes Of the earth, who give tens aud
hundreds of thousands Of dollars to
good objects. But am speaking now
Of those who out of their plnched poy-
erty help others-of such men as those
Christian missionaries at the west who
proclaim Christ to the people, one OF
them, writing to the secretary IN New
York, saying: Il thank you for that
s25. Until yesterday we have had no
meat in our house for three months.
We have suffered terribly. My chill.
dren have 10 shoes this winter" )" and
of those people who have only a half
loaf of bread, but give piece of 1t to
others who are hungrier, aud those who
have only a scuttle Of coal, but help
others to fuel, and of those who have
only a dollar in their pocket and give
25 cents to somebody else, and of that
father who wears a shabby coat, and
of that mother who wears faded dress,
that their children may be well ap-
pareled. You cali them paupers or
rsgamufins or emigraDts. | call them
heroes and heroines. You and [ may
rot know where they lived or what
their name is. God knows, and they
have more angels lowering over them
than you and | have, and they will have
higher seat in heaven. They may
have only cup of cold water to give
poor traveller or may have only picked
a splinter from under tie nail OF a
child's finger or have put only two
mites into the treasury, but the Lord
knows them. Considering what they
had. they did more than we have ever
done, aud their faded dress will be-
come white robe, and the small room
will be an eternal mansion, and the old
hat will be exchanged for coronet of
victory, and all the applause Of earth
snd all the shouting of heaven will be
drowned out when God rises up TO give
his reward to those humble workers in
his kingdom and to say to them, ''Well
done, good and faithful servant.
Who are those who were bravest AID
deserved the greatest monument, Lord
Clavcrhoase and his burly soldiers or
John Brown, the Edinburg carrier and
his wife? Mr.. Atkins, the prosecuted
minister Of Jesus Christ, in Scotland
was secreted by John Brown aud his
wife, and Claverhouse rode up one
day with his armed men and shouted
in front Of tie house. John Brown S
little girl cane out. He said to her,
"Nell, miss, Mr.. Atkins here?'
She made no answer, for she could
not betray the minister of the gos-
pei" Hal Clayc--Lcnse said, then
you are chip Of the cid block, are you?
i have something in my pocket for you.
1T is nosegsy. Some people call it a
thumbscrew, but | call it nosegsy."
And he got off his horse and he put it
on the little girls hand and began to
turn it until the bones cracked and she
cried. He said: Don't cry, don't cry.
This ism thumbscrew, this is nose
gay" And they heard the child's cry,
and the father and mother came out,
and Claverhouse said: ''Ha. 1t seems
that,you three have laid your holy heads
together, determined to die like all the
rest of your hypocritical, canting,
sniveling crew Rather than give up
good Mr.. Atkins, pious Mr.. Atkins,
you would die. | have telescope with
me that will improve your vision" and
be pulled out pistol Now, ! he said,
you old praguatic, lest you should
catch cold ID this cold morning Of
Scotland and Tor the honor and safety
the king, to say nothing of the glory
Of God and the good of our souls, |
will proceed simply and in the neatest
and most expeditions style possible to
blow your brains out.
John Brown fell upon his knees and
began to pray. All" said Claver-
house, "look out, if you are going to
pray; steer clear Of the king, the coun-
Gil and Richard Cameron. 20 Lord. }"
said John Brown, ''since it seems to be
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