The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-07-11

les him conc Each man sn ocean
full for himself. Promises for the
young, promises for the old, promises
fer the lowly, promises for the blind,
fer the halt. for the outcast, for the
abandoned. Pardon for all, comfort
FIR all, mercy fer all, heaven Tor s.l
Not erely cupful Of gospel supply,
but l3O gallons. Aye, the tears OF god
ly repentance are all gathered up irto
Gods bottle, and some day. standing
tefore the throne, we will lift our cup
of delight and ask that it be filed with
the wine o: heaven, aud Jesus, from
that bottle Of .tears, will begin to pour
in the cup. aud we will cry: stop,
Jesus! We DO not want to driDk our
own tearsl And Jesus will say,
Know ye not thai the tears Of earth
are the wine cf hea7en?' Sorrow may
endure for a night, bnt joy cometh IN
the morning.
remark, further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys of others with his own
griefs. He might nave sat down IN
that wedding ard said: Il have so
mu h trouble, so much poverty, 80 much
persecution, and the cross IS coming. l
shall not rejoice, and tho gloom Of my
face and of my sorrows shall be cast
over all this group" So said not Jesus
He said to himself: Here are two
persons starting out in married life.
Lit it be joyful occasion. will hide
my own griefs. | sill kiudle their
joy" There are many not SO wise as
that. I know a household where there
are many little children, where for two
years the musical instrument has been
kept shut because there has been
trouble in the house. Alas for the
folly! Parents saying: 1--WE will have
20 Christmas tree this coming holiday
because there has been trouble in the
house. Hush that laughing up stairs!
How can there be any joy when there
has been SO much trouble?' And so
they make everything consistently d bic.
full and send their sons and daughters
to ruin with the gloom they throw
around them.
On, my dcarffienjs, do you no; know
those children will have trouble
enough Of their Own after awhile? Be-
glad they cannot appreciate all yours
Keep back the cup Of bitterness from
your daughters lips. When your head
is down in the grass Of the tomb, poV,
crsy may cone to Ter, betrayal to her,
bereavement TO her. Keep back the
sorrnTs As long as you can. Do you
not know that that son may after awhile
have his heart broken? Stand between
him and all harm. You may not fight
his battles long Fight them while you
may. Throw not the child OF your own
despoadancy over his soul. Rather,
be like Jesus, who came to the wedding
hiding his o*n grief and kirdliog the
Joys Of others. So l have seen the sun
on dsrk day, struggling amidst clouds,
black, ragged aad portentous, tut ST
ter awhile the sun, with golden pry,
hesved back the blacknes5. And the
sun laughed to the lake, and the lake
laughed to the SUP, and from horizon TO
horizon, under the saffron sky, the
water was all turned into wine.
learn from this miracle that Christ
is not Impatient with the luzurles OF
life. It was not necessary that they
should have that wine. Hundreds Of
people have been married without any
W ne. We do not read that any Of the
other provisions fell short. When
Christ made the wine, it vas rot re-
cessity, but positive luxury. do
not believe that he wants US to eat
hard bread and sleep on hard mattresses
unless We Ike them the best. | think,
if circumstances will allow, We have a
right to The lu1u>ies Of dress. tte luxu-
ries OF 0iet and the luxuries Of resi-
dence. There is 70 more religion in an
ola scat than in a new one. We can
serve Goa drawn by golden platform
harness as certainly as when We 80
sfoot. Jesus Christ will Dwell with
| US under 6ne ceiling as well as under
thatched roof.
What is the difference between a
Chinese mud ho7el and an American
home? What is the difference between
the rough bear skins Of the Russian
boor and the outfit Of an American
gentleman? No difference except that
which the 90. pei Ct Christ, directly or
Indirectly, has caused. When Christ
shall have vaEquished all the would, l
suppose every house will be a mansion
and every garment robe and every
horse an arch necked courser and every
carrisge gllttering vehicle and every
man king and every woman a queen
and the whole earth a paradise, the
glories of the natural world harmonic
Ing with the glories Of the material
world until the very bells Of the horses
shall Jingle the praises Ct the Lord.
l learn, further, from this miracle
that Christ has no inpatience with fes-
tai Joy; otherwise he would not have
accepted the invitation to that wed
| ding. He certainly would not have
done that which incrs ased tie hilarity.
There may have been many in that
room who were happy, but there was
not one Of them that did SO much for
the joy Of the wedding party as Christ
himself. He was the caief of tie ban
oueters. When the wine gave out, he
| eunnliej If and so take It. he will