The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-19

Of the bo>t to tic shore there were
III ussa3s Of pope wAo ga'h,r2d
around them to ex?r2Ss a sa' !sfac,lo2
that WAS bcyond description. And so
you sad | will nc nct q: the landing.
Oar arrival will not be like stepping
ashore st antwcrp OF Constantinople
among crcwd Of Strangers. It will be
among friends, gocd friends, those 1h1
are warm hearted friends and ell their
S7ieG3s. We k.os people whom VI
have never seen By hearing somebody
tslk s5cut them very much; We kno"
them ALMOST as well as If We hal seer
them. Aad d. you Tot suppose thst GU?
parents and brothers AID sisters am
chilGren in hesyea have b@e7 talking
about Us al these years, ard tiAng to
their fricrGs? So that, tsuppose, "oea
we cross the river at the last wc s5ali
not ouly be met by all those Cnrlsilan
friends whom we knew oo eaTih, cut
bv Al! their fr:ecd=. They Will come
down to the lsnding 70 meet Us. Your
departed friends love you noF more
than thew ever did You Will be sur
nrised ct the last to fad how they
kcoT about all The affairs OF your lie
Why, they are only scEoss the terry;
and the boat is coming this VA, aud
the boat is going that way. 90 not
knog bat they have already asked tie
L,rd the cay, the hour, lho moment
when you are coming across a1o thas
they k>ow now, hu | co know ,ha: you
will be MT at the lacI!Cg. The poet
Sau,hey said re thought he should
know Bishosp Heber in heaven BY tile
porsrsi,s he hsd seen of him II London,
| aad Dr.. Randolph said he thought ne
would know William Cowper, the poet:
| in heaven from the pictures he had
seen Of MIN in England; but wo will
knoT our departed kindred By the por
traits hung in the throneEoom Of our
hears.
Oa starlight nights you lock ku2-and
l suppose it is 50 with any enc VINO
has friends in heaven-on starlight
nights you look up, and you caDno
helo but thisk of those who have gone,
sad suppose they loak down aao eau
nos help tu: think of Us. Bat they
have ths advantage OF Us: We k1o@
rot lust where their world o'joy Is;
they know where We are.
There vss ronsnoe IS veil ss Cdris
tisp beauty il the life Of Dr.. AdonirsD
Judson, the Baptist missionary, when
he concluded 10 :rt from his wife, she
20 come 10 Amsrica to restore here
health, he to g back to Burma to
pres,h the gospel They had started
from Burns for tbs United States to
ge.hsr; but, getting near ST. Helena,
Mts. Jldson was go mucl better she
said: well, nov I can get home very
easily. You 60 back to Burma and
preach the gospel to those poor people.
I an almost we'll I shall soon De we'll,
and then I will return to you" After
she had made that resolution, terrific
in its grief, willing to give up her has
baud for Cbrists sake, she sat down
in her room aud with trembling hand
Frote some eight or ten T:rses, four Of
which | will roT give you:
We part On this green Is'et, love
Thou for the estern main;
for tbe setting sun love;
Oa, when 10 meet again!
When vs kne't to see our Henry die
.nc hearl his las, faint nosn,
Each wiped away the other. tears;
Now each Iust weep alone.
And who can paint our mutra' JOY
When, a.! our wandering Ger,
We beth shall asp our lnsaots ;hrea
81 home N Burinas snore?
Bit higher shall our raptures glow
On yon celestial rlain
When :evei sud p.itec here below
Meet ne er to part again.
She f,idel thaensnu5c-!ps, Te!apse
Of her G;S a.e csos GA, aad she died.
Dr. Jadson sa5s b. pus her sssy for
he resurreouon on tie Isle OF 81. Hc.ena
They h4i thoastt TO p>rs for Year or
TWO. Nov they pared forever, so faE
as this world is concerned. AMI he says
ne hastened On board after the funeral
elth his little chlldrea TO s:srt for
Burma, fer the vessel had already llttec
her So s. Aad be says, L sat dom
for some time il my cabin my liEtle
children around NE Crying, Mother,
mother! And | abandoned myself 10
heartbresking grief. Bat one Gay the
thought came across me as my faith
stretched her Wig that We should NEE:
sgsia in heaven, AID l was confor.ed.
Mas it, ny friends. all delusiol?
When be died, cid shs meet hlm a;
he lanoing2 When she died, did the
scores Of sools whom she had brought
TO Christ and who had precetad h,r to
heaven mses her as the landing? De.
!ieve il; know it. Oh, glorious con-
ISOLATION, that when our poor work On
ssrth i. done and We cross the river We
s1al be met at the landing!
BIT there is thoug b. that comes
over me ,ks al electric shock. d. | be
long to the Klrgs household? Mark
you, tie text says, Aud there went
ov. ferry boat to carry over the klog
household" and none but the kings
household Thee ask, DO bsloDg
10 the householc? Do your If you co
not come today and be adopted into
tdst household. "Oa, says some soul
here, Il 90 Dot know whether the Riag
wants nsr' He does; he does. Hear tee
volse from the throne, Il Will be
fslher to them, and they shall be my
SONS aad daughters, saith the LORD
Almighty Him that eoneth unto
me-" Christ says, II will 10 no@iss
cast cut. Come into the Kings house,
hold. Sit down at the Kings table.
Gene in and sake youT appafsi from the
K,us's wardrobe, even the wedding sav-
mcnt Of Chrlst's righteousness. Come
10 and inheris the King wealth. Come
IN and cross in the Kings ferry boat.