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

tian hons in Poland great poverty had
come, and on the week day tho man
was obliged to move out Of the house
with his whole family. That night he
knelt with his family and prayed to
God. While they were kneellng IN
prayer there was tap en- the WINDOW
pane. They opened the window, and
there was raven that the family
had fed and trained, and it had
in its bill q ring all set with pre-
cious stores, which was found cut
to be q ring belonging to the
royal family. 1t was taken up to the
kings residence, and for the honesty
of the man in bringing it back he had
house given to him and a garden and
farm. Who was it that sent the raven
tapping on the window? The same
God that sent the raven to feed Elijah
by the brook Cheri,h. Chiist IL the
hour of extremity!
You nourDed over your sins. You
could 70. find the way out. You sat
down and said: God will Ros be mer.
ciful He has cast ne off. !" But IN
that, the darkest hour Of your history,
light broke from the throne, and Jesus
sid: 'Oh, wanderer, come home, |
have seen al thy soGroWs. ln this,
the hour of thy extremity, | offer thee
pardon and everlasting hfe!
Trouble came. You were almost
torn to pieces by that trouble. You
braced yourself up against it. You
said, Il will be stole and will not
care" But before you had got through
making the resolution it broke down
under you You felt that all your re-
sources were gone. And then Jesu.
came. 80 the fourth watch Of the
night" the Bible says, Jesus came
walking on the sea- Why did he not
come 10 the first watch or in the second
wstch or in the third watch? do not
know He came in the fourth and
gave deliversnce to his disciples. Jesus
in the last extremity
l wonder if it will be so in our very
last extremity. We shall fall sudden
ly sick, and doctors will come, but in
VAN We will try the anodynes aoa
the stjmulants and the bathings, bu
all in vain. Something will say, You
must go" No one to hold US back,
bat the hands Of eternity stretched out
TO pull US o. What then? Jesus will
cone to Us, and as We say, Lord,
Jesus, am afraid of that water; eau
not wade through to the other side,
he will say, Take hold of my arm ,
And We will take hold Of his arm, and
then he will put his foot in the surf Of
the wave, taking US on down, deeper,
deeper; and our souls will cry, al
thy waves and biiloss have gone over
me-" They cover the feet, come to the
knee and pass the girdIe and come to
the head, and our soul cries out,
"Lord Jesus Christ, I canGot hole
thine arm any longer" Then Jesus
will turn around, throw both his arms
about US and set US on the beach far
beyond the tossing CT the pillows.
Jesus ia the last extremity!
The wedding scene is gone now. The
wedding riGg has been lost, the tank
ards have been broken, the house is
down. but Jezus invites US to grarder
Wedding. You knoa the Bible says
that the church is the Lamo wife. aed
the Lord will after awhile come to fetch
her home. There will be cleaning OF
torches in the sky, and TIE trumpets Of
God sill ravish the air with th2ir music,
ard Jesus will stretch his hand, and
the church, robed in white, will put
aside her veil and look up into the face
Of her Lcrd, the King, and the Bride
groom will say 70 the bride: Thou
hast been faithful through al these
yesrs! The mansion is ready! Come
hone. Thou art fair, my love!' And
then he will put upon her brow the
crown of dominion, and the table will
be spread, and it will reach across the
skies, and the mighty oues Of heaven
will come in, garlaDded with beauty aud
striking their cymbals, and the Bride
groom and bride will stand at the head
Of the table, and the barqueters, look
ing up, will wonder aud admire aud say:
THAT is Jesus, the Bridegroom! But
the scar On his brow is covered with
the coronet, and the stab il lis side is
covered With robel' And That is
the bride! The WEAKNESS of her earth
ly woe lost in the flush Of this wedding
triumph
There will be wiae enough at that
wedding; not coming up from the poi
soped vats Of earth, bua the vineyards
Of God will press their ripest clusters,
and the cups ard the tankards will
blush to the brim With the heavenly
vintage, and then all the bsrqueters
will drink standing. Esther, having
come up from the hacchanaian rcvelry
of Abasuerus, where a thousand lords
feas,ed, viii be there. And the queen
of Sheba, from the banquet Of Solomon,
will be there. And the mother of
Jesus, from the wedding 10 Cana, will
be there. And they all will agree that
the earthly fcasting was poor compared
with that. Then, lifting their cha!lces
in that light, they shall cry to the
Lord of the feast, Thou hast kept the
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