The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-10
IN NEW sIELDS
Or, Tslmaga Draws LessonS
Frsm Fau:'s ACTIVITY
re POINTS OUT PLACES
OF Usetu ness Nos Yet Fully
Occupied. Need q More
Wofkers. The Church
as a Lifeboat.

In the following sermon DR.. Taimage
points to fields of usefulness that ar
not yet thoroughly cultivated apd sA@'ss
the need Of more activity. The tevt IS
Romans xv, 20. Lest should build
UPON another mans foundation.
In lavins cut the plan Of bis missleo.
arv tour Paul sought cut t0"n5 ana
c;i;es which nad not yet beer preached
to, Ne goes to Coginta, ci5y famous
for splendor and vice, and Jerusalem,
here the priesthood and the ssnaeor:o
wee res6y to leap with both feet uoon
the Christian religion. He feels ne
has espec;al work 70 DO, acc he means
to do i. What was lie result? Ihe
qra05cst lie Of usefulness that a mao
EVER lived We modern Christian work
ers are not apt to imitstc Paul. We
build on other peoples foundations Il
we erect church, We prefer to have Il
filed with families all Of whom have
been pious. Do We gather a Sabbath
scnool class, we want good boys aud
girls, hair combeG, faces washed, man
ners attractive. So church II this
day IS apt to be built out Of other
chrcuhes Some minister spend all
their time in fishing II other peoples
ponds, aud they throw the line into
that church pond, and they jerk out a
Methodist, and throw the line into an
other church pond AID bring out
Presbyterian, or there is religious
row in some neighbor;pg church, and 2
whole school of fish swim of from that
pond, and we take them sli II with one
sweep of the net. What IS gsined!
Absolutely nothing FOR the cause OF
Christ. What strengthens 81 army IS
new recruits. While courteous 10
those coming frcm ether tocks, We
should build our churches Tot out ot
other churches, bu, out Ct the world,
lest we build on another nan S iouDda
tion.
The fact is, this is big world:
When in our scboolboy days, welearned
the diameter and circumference Of this
planet, we did not learn bali. 1t IS
the latitude and longitude and diane
ter and circumference Of want and woe
and sin that no figures can calculate
This cne spiritual continent Of wretched-
ness reaches across ali zones, and II |
were called to give its seoTgrapnlcsi
boundary would say it vas bounded
on the north and south and east and
west BY the great heart Of Gods sym
pathy and love. Oh, 1t is a great wor.o!
Since 6 o'clock this morning 90 500
persons have been born, and all these
multiplied populations are to be reached
By the gospel. In England or IN our
eastern American cities We are belrg
much crowded, and an acre Of ground
is of great value, but in western Ame
RIGA 500 acres is a small farm and 20 900
acres IS no unusual possession. There
is vast field here and everywhere W.
occupied, plenty Of room moe, not
building on another mans foundation.
We need as churches to stop bou-
harding the old ironclad sinners that
have been proof again i 30 years Of
Christian assault. Alas for that church
which lacks the spirit of evangelism,
spending on one chandelier enough &c
light 500 souls to glory, and in one
carved pillar enough to have made
thousand men pillars in the house of
our God forever" and doing less good
than many log cabin meeting house
with tallow candles stuck in wooden
sockets and minister who has never
seen a college and does not know the
difference between Greek aud Choc:aw.
We need as churches to get into sym
pathy with the great outside world snd
let them know that none are so broken
hearted or hardly bestead that they
will not be welcomed. Mo- says
some fastidious Christian. Il don't
like to be crowded in church. Don't
put any one IN my pew.
My brother, what Will ycu doin haav,
en-? When great multitude that no
man can number assemblies, they will
put so in your pew. What are the
select few today assembled IN the
Christian churches compared with the
mightier millions outside of them:
Many of the churches are Ike hospital
that should advertise that It's patients
must have nothing worse than tooth
ache or 'runrounds, but no broken
heads, no crushed ankles, 10 fractured
thighs. Give US for treatment moder
ate sinners, velvet coated sinners and
sinners with gloss on. 1t is as though
man had farm Of 900 acres and
put all his work on one acre. He msY
raise never so large ears Of CORE, never
so big heads Of wheat he would remain
poor.
The church of God has bestowed its
chief care on one acre, and has raised
splendid men and women IN that small
iDclosure, but the field is the world.
That means North and South America,
Europe, Asia and Africa, and al the
islands Of the sea. 1t Is as though
after great battle there were left So,
900 wounded and dying on the field,
and three surgeons gave ali their time
to three patients under their charge.
The major general comes in and ssys &c
the doctors, Come cut here and see
sc, 900 dying for lack of surgical atten
dance" No, say the three doctors,
standing there flaming their patients;
''we have three important cases here,
and We are attending to them, and when
we are not positively busy with their
wounds It takes ali our time TO keep the
flies Of" In this awful battle of sin
and sorrow, where millions have fallen
on millions, do not let US spend ali our
time IN taking care Of feE people,
and when the command comes, Go
into the world, say practically, "No,
l cannot go; I have here few choice
cases. aud | am busy keeping of the