The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
GRACE OF PATIENCE
Dr.. TaIraga speaks CT One Ct
the Chisf
CHRISTIAN VIRTUES
Tha Naed Of rs Exercise II The
Affairs cf Daily Llfs.
Final RaWafd OF
Patience.
PaEience.

This discourse Of DR.. Fs!nage is a
full length portrait Of virtue 'hich
all admire, and the lessons taught sra
very helpful, text, Hebrews :, 36, ~
lave need Of patience"
Yes, we are il awfu! need OF L.
Some Of US have little Of 1t, a0o soIe
ofus have none at sll. T5eFe IS less
" " ~. ~ go 800 IN tire world thsr Of al
most spS other. Faith, hope snc chsrI-
~ sre ail abloom IL huncr3cs OF souiS
Tbere you fnd oae specimen OF "a
t;ence, Paul, the author CT ;Ae text, on
s conspicuous occasion lest rs patieuce
with a coworter, and f. n the way ne
urses this virtue upon tie Hebrews,
upon the Corinthians. upon the IhesSs
lonisns, upon the Romans, upon the
Coloss1sns. upon the yeucg theological
student Timothy, l conclude he was
speaking cut Of MS Own need OF more
Of this excellence. Aud opiy won
der that Paul had any nerves left. I'm
prisonmene, fageiiation, Mediterranean
cyclone, arrest for treason and consplr-
acy, the wear and tear OF preaching to
angry mobs, those at the door OF 3 thea
ser sod those on the rocks Of Mars hill,
left him emaciated aud Invalid and
with broken voice and sore eyes ano
nerves a-jaugle. He gives Us sDap
shot of himself rhcn he describes his
appearance and his se1mon!c deliver
by saying, In bodily presence WeaA
and in speech contemptioie, and refers
TO his iLfamed eyelids when speaklsE
of the ardent friendship Of tie Gala
tisns be says, elf itiai Been possible,
ye would have plucsed out your OWE
eyes and have gwen them to me.
We admire most that which We have
least of. Those of US wish uniupres
sive visage most admire beauty; those
Of Us with discordant voice most exioi
musical cadence; those of Us with STAN
mering speech most wonder at elo
queuce: those of Us who get provoked a.
TRIES and are naturally iIascIb!e appre
eiate in others the equ,pcise and the
calm endurance of patience. So Paul,
With hands tremulous with the aglta
tions of lifetime, writes of the Goo
Of patience" and Of ministers Of Goc
in much patience, and Of patience Of
hope" and tells them to follow after
patience" and wants them to run with
patience, - and speaks oftbose strength
ened with al might to all psiience,
apd looks Us aIl tuli in the face as ne
makes the startling charge, "4e have
need of patience.
Some of the people ordinarily most
excellent have deficit in this respect
That man who is the impersonation OF
aniability, his mouth full Of soft words
and his face aspiring morning, # a pass
ing wheel splash the mud across his
broadcloth, see how he co!ors up, s1o
hear him denoance the passing jehu.
The Christian woman, ao arsel CT sus-
witty, uoW that some social slight IS
put upon her CT her fsmi'y, hear how
her utte1ance increases in intensity.
One Of the ablsst and best ministers Of
the gospel in America, stopping at a
hotel in a town where he had an even
ing engagement, was interrupted IN his
afternoon pap by knock at the door
By minister who had come to welcome
him, and after the second and third
knock the sleeper opened the door and
took the invader Of his repose by the
collar and twisted it with force that,
If continued, would have been strang
ulation. Oh, it is easy enough to be
pstient when there is nothing to be
patient about. When the bank &C
count is good and in no danger Of he
ing overdrawn, and the wardrobe is
crowded with apparel appropriate for
the cold, or the heat, or the vet, and
all the family have attesteos their health
By keen sppetites at a loaded table,
and the newspapers, if they mention
US at all, put rjgnt coostguc ioD upon
what We do or say, and We can walk ten
miles without getting tired, and We
sleep eight solid hours without turning
from side to side, the most useless
grace l can think Of is patience. II
has no business snywherein your bouse,
you have no mere need OF it than Of q
life preserver while YOU are waikirg 6
. the pavement Of Guy, no more need
of it than an umbrella under cloud
less sky, no more need Of 1t than Of
Sir Humphry Davy saftey lamp for
miners while you are breathing the
tonic air of an October morning.
Many Of the nations of the esrth
have put their admiration of this virtue
into p,overb or epigram. Oae OF those
eastern proverbs says, With time snd
patience the mulberry leaf becomes
satin" ASpsnish prOverb says, If |
have lost the rings, here are the fingers
still" The Italian proyerb says, The
world is his who has patience. The
English pcoverb declares, when one
door shuts, another opens. Al: these
proverbs only put in another way Paul S
terseness when he says, "Ye have need
Of patience"
First, patience with the faults Of 9th
ers. No one keeps the Ten Command
ments equally we'll. Ole's tempera-
ment decides which Commandments he
shall come nearest to keeping. II We
break some Of the commandments our
selves, why be so hard or those who
break others of the ten? II you and |
run against one verse of the twentieth
chapter of Exodus, Why should We SO
severely excoriate those whorun against
another verse Of the same chapter? In
I'll We are perfect ourselves We ought to
be lenient with our neighbors lmper
3ections. Yet il is often the case that
the man most Vulnerable is the most
hyporc1itical. Perhaps he is profane,
and yet has no tolerance for theft, when
profanity is worse than theft, for while
the latter is robbery Of man, the for
mer is robbery OF God.
Perhaps be is given to defamation