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

~, very e.siIy inagino thai the 40
Nm ~ sr3 the children Of the EcSs
5onsebo'd @ uiebl have been Derv Us
nSnpt goirg on that b2a., afraid tat
the osrsmaa CT the hs!msnan mlSht
yivo cut and tia: the b9at might be
! d.shed CT the rccks, as sometimes
boats were dashed in the Jortan, sDd
then l could have imagined the boa;
starting ard rocking, and they c-:lnS
out: "O1, We a-e going to be Lost
We arc going down. Not so; Inc
king ass ou board the ols,, AID tho5c
women ani children aud al the house
hold CT the kicg knew that evtry care
gaa tskan to hAve the &igs-'he heaa
# the en-: ire-p.ss in safety.
Now wait to break UP deiuslon
II your mind, and that is this: When
our friends 90 GU. fgs this world, We
feel so,ry for them becauee they ha7.
to 90 al5ne; and parents held on to the
hands CT their children who are dying
and hold on to something of the i'm
PRESTON that the moment they let sc
the little one will be in the darkness
and in the boat all alone. o. the
parent says, IF could only go with
ny ctilj, would be willing 10 die
nslf doz,n times. an afraid she
will be lost in the woods or in the DARK
ness; | am afraid she will be very much
frightened in the boat sll alone.
break up the delusion, When as>ui
goss to heaven, it Goes Dot go alone;
the King is on 5oarl the boat. Wa
Paul alone IN the iSs: ex;reaity? H@ar
the shout os tie sacred missionary sS
he cries out, Il sm roe ready to be of,
fered, and the time Of ms departure IS
At hand" Vas John Wesley stone IN
The last ex rem;ty? No Haar Lin
ssy. Best of all God is with us. "
Was Sir William FORBES alone in the
last extremity? No. Hear him ssy
20 his friends. Tell all the people who
ara coniRg down to tho bed Of des' b
from ny experience it has nc tetrors
,.Oa," say a great mauy people, that
does very veil for distinguished Christ
ians, bu. for me, common man, for
ne, q coumon woman, we cant ez
psct thss guidsnce and help" If |
should give you passage Of Scripture
,bat would promise to you positively
Rben you are crossing the river to she
mex. world the king would be IN she
bos:, 9culd you believe the promise
Oa yes. ou ,a-, Il would. Here is
The promise. 'When thou passest
throush the wsters, l will be with thee,
aud through the rivers, they shall NOS
overH w tnee." Christ ss the sick Pill
low to take the soul out of the body;
Christ to help the soul doTn the bark
into the boat; Christ niissresm; Chris
On the other side 70 help the Sou up
the besoh. Be couf5rsed a5oas your
Departed friends. Be comfo-tod about
your own demise when the tins shsli
come. Tell it to all the peop:e under
the SUI that no Cbrissian ever dies
alone; the King is in the boat.
Again. my text suggests that lea7
ing this world for hea7en is only cross
ing f4rry. Dr.. Shaw estimates the
average width Of the jordan to be about
80 yards. Whist, 50 narrow? Yes.
There went over ferryboat to carry
the kings household" Yes, going to
heaven is only short tlip-only fer
~. 1t may be 50 miles-that is 50
yes-s-before We get to the We: bank
On the other Size, but the crossing Is
short. l will tell yos the Whole secret.
L is not Eve minutes scrcss, ncr thres,
nor orc minute. L is az iastsa:ansou'
transportation. People talk IS though
!eavi5s this life, tie Christian wcat
f>urde-ing AID winning, to crawl u
exhausted on tie oSher shore, AID 20 be
pulls6 out of the pe'sipg SUI! as BY :
Rausga1e lifeboat NJ such thing l.
IL only ferry. 1t is SO narrow that ne
can hail each other from bank to bsck
1t is only fouc arms lengths access.
The arm Of earthly farewell pus cu,
from this side TIE arm Of heavenly vel
come put out from tie ctser xide.
while the ding Christiae, sanding
n;dstream, stretched out his two arns
the one to take the farewell o. esTth,
and other to take greeting Of heavsn
That makes four arms lengths across
the river.
Blessed De God, that when We lcsvs
this go,l6 We are not to have a great
aud periIous enterprise Of getting into
heaven. No: dangerous Franklin ex-
petition to fnd the norshs scst passage
among icebergs O2ly ferry. Thas
accounts for something you have never
bsen able to understand. You Dever
supposed that very nervous and tin!d
Christian people could be so ucex,ited
and placid Ia the last hour. The fast
is, they wero clear down On the bsnk,
and they saw there was nothing TO be
frightened about. Such g short dis.
ta1ce-ouly q ferry. Wish oce ea,
they heard the funeral psalm in their
memory, and with the other ear shey
hesrd the soDg Of heavenly ss!u:a:ion.
The willows on this side of Jordan and
the Lebanon cedars on the osher almost
interlocked their branches. Only a
ferry.
Ny ssb3sot also suggests the fact
fact that when We cross over at the
last We shall fnd solid landing. The
ferryboat as spoken Of in my tex
means place to stars from and place
to land. David aud his psops did not
find the eastern shore of the Jordan
any more solid than the western shore
where be landed, and yet to grea;
many heaven is not 3 real place. To
you heaven is a fog bank in the dis.
tsnee. Now, ny heaven is a solid
heaven. After the resurrection has
come you will have resurrsc'ed foot
and something to tread on aud q res
directed eye snd c0lors to see with it
resurrected esr and music TO regale
it. Smart men in this day are n,.klus
great deal of fun sbont St. John s
oe