The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-24
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! S-icT< h:S G9h% ftGS 0SNt|s: TI!E3
; :;.,.s. God, ny jqdge roa, h1srsc1e
i i e Sc Beitaahs3zar, whica means
s,thc treasurer CT the god 3 l." Now
You Exp c! to see him overthrowu
enid ell these changed cir,um stances
On, re Daniel started right, and be
keeps on right. When I ind what
Daniel Isl Jelu :alem, am not sur
prised to fod what heis in Babylon,
| wish ] could write upoo ell parents
hearts the fact th.t early Impressions
are well nigh irefacaable. W9en J. !
see Joseph, pious lad in the house OF
bis father Jacob an not surprised t0
see him acting SO molly down IN sypS.
Whes. l Sud SAMUEL, pioos LAD, 10 me
house Of MS mother HANNAH: | an nos
snrnrisei that be gives terrible sm!tlng
- ;3nlarrv as soon as he comes to naa
booS David planned the temple a.
Jr.usalegn s1d gathered the materials
e. i building, bu: Solomon, the son,
came ard put up the structure, and
,tae goes in all ages. The father plans
the Character Of the child and its de-
st;Dy for time and eternity, then the
son completes the structure. You
might as we'll put down a foundation
ten feet By FIVE and expect to rear on 1t
a great cathedral as to put down con-
,racted character in child's soul and
yet rear upon it something extensively
grand aad extensively useful.
LIT ne say tothose Christian par5nts
WHO ara doing their best in the educa-
ton Of their children: Take good
heart; your sons this morning may be
fsr away from you sndin distant city,
but God, to whom you dedicated them,
Will leok sitter them The God Of Dan
iol viii take csre Of them far away ia
Babylon Train up child in the
way he should 60, ard when he is old
he will ret depart from it." H. may
wander sway for awhile and fall iato
sin sud break your heart, but before he
is done With this life, you having com
nende6 him to Gcd, he Will come back
again, for | pat the emphasis n the
right place and oG the ", ri old when
repest that passsge and ssy, Tram
~ = child in the way he shaulc 60: and
when he IS cd lie will rot depart from
it" May you all have The glorious
satisfaction of seeing your children
gslk il paths Of rig:eou 'ness and peac2
0 &c witt then on ear:h, may YOU be
ore with them in hssveu
Bat learn also from this suhj q:
tie beauty Of Ca7istisE sobriety Ibs
meat spd tie wiue shas were to come
10 D .a;cls sable we-e ~ come fcon
sae kioss taole. W5l?, Dsuie! had Nd
right to take that food. The king Vas
a heather a2d, Ike al The :leathen
vas Accustomed to ask 3 blessing be-
fc-e he par,oos Of food. aud in shat
Blessing they al says dedicated the
food 10 the gods So ths. if Daniel
rad taken this food he would have
| broken tie isw which forbade the taking
Of food dedicated to idols. He chose
pulse. It was 8 miracle that he did
n9t dvinjle away. There IS nothing
in pulse, such poor herb, to aake q
man ru3dy and health'u Some reo
pie talk as thoueh that were kind Of
diet which would make man swa:t5y
aad competent to do the duties Of this
life. That IS not the lesson at all b.
| for positive miracle Daniel w3u!a
have dwir d cd away. and When God for
his self denial puts upon him this oene,
dicuoa be puts a benedic:ion upon al
Christian so5rietv. | would not have
ECU class your preacher among those
aho would put unnecessary restraints
upon lawful appetitss, There are
those in this day who dispu the grant
which God gave to m'n for animal
food, and they make religion Of their
buosar as the Ph.r;sees expected heav-
en for their f.sting Daniel did nos
| always lie oa pulse. He was not
Grakamite; he WAS rot vegetarian,
He went through that sell denial be-
cause tie focd offered him was idola-
,rous food. When see God filing
the earth With all varieties of food, l
have not much confidence in the teach
ing Of those who would put US on severe
regimen There are parents who, with
a wrorg theory in this respect, deny
their children all harmless luyur.eS and
without sufficient inqairy send them
oot 70 boarding schools where their 10
teliects are cultured to the disadvantage
Of tbeir ssar;ed bodies, so that from
mauy boarding school class Of 20
aill graduate, IS Of :hcn ghosts. Now
when | see the three argels eating the
calf whi5h Abr .kam slew and when |
fad Christ eating b-oiled 6sh even a.
ter his resurrection | come to the con
cluson that the theories Of the vege-
tartan sre not from religious stand
point well founded
But, oh, how mapy temptations to
dissipation! With 50 many things to
tempt the appetite, how many tempa-
tions to gluttory! With SO many
sparkling beverages, hos much tempa-
tons to drunkenness! Could | b,ing
before this morning the mothers ADD
wives and sisters Nho have wept at the
graves OF the inebriste. your soul would
be overpowered with the spectacle.
Could | show you the maoly forms
robbed Of their beauty, the eye { f.sh-
ines ouecched IN the vine cup, the
rnddy cheek from which run has
worme6 the rose, your souls would re
coil with horrnr. aud you would rise
Up and cry, 'Bagone, thoa dream Of
bel!
Are you fond Of pictures? Here is
one drawn by Solomon: Who hath
woe? Who hath sorrow? Wac hath
con.eptions? Who hath babblirg?
Who hath wouods without cause?
They that tarry long at the vine; they
that 60 to seek mixed wine. Look