The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-31

the value of truth. They wait until
their children swea- before they teach
them the importance OF r'chte"a7 Goa
versatioa. They Wit utnl th"lf
children are oil VITA, up =';'!a "o!t'
before they tell thin 4 q bei'%F "or.0
Too late with your prHy" 90 Ia;e
49,, our discipline Too lat" with
vonr benedictiop. \ u lut all care
npop YOUR children fetweea II aua IS
Wbv do you Dot pni tie chl't care o.
tween and 8? 1t Is TOO late to re.
pair vessel when it has got out Of the
drydocks. Itis too late to save Joash
after the executioners have broken in.
May God arm US all for sbi, work Of
snatohiDg royal souls from death to
coronation.
Can you insgine any sub!imer work
than this soul saving? That was what
flushed Paul's cheek with enthusiasm;
that was what led Munscn to risk his
life amid Borncsisn canuioals; that
was what sent Dr.. Abeel to preach uu-
DER the consuming skies Of China; that
was what gave courage to Phocas IN
the third century. When the military
officers came to pu. him to death for
Christ's sake, he put them to bed that
they might rest, while hc himself went
out ard in MS own gardea dug his
grave and then cams back and said,
II an ready" But they w,re shock
ed at the idea OF takirg the life Of
their host. He said, 1t is the will
of God that | should die, and he
stood OF the msrgiu of his osn grave,
and they beheaded him. You say il
is a mania, foolhardiucss, a farst-
cism. Rather would call it q glorious
self abnegation. the thrill Of eternal
satisfaction the pluckiog of Joash
from death and raising him to corona
ton.
The thiri thought l hand to you is
that the church Of God is a good hid
ing place. When Jehosheba rushes
into the nursery Of the king and picks
up .joash, what shall she 60 with him?
Shall she take him to some room in
the palace? No, for the off,isl des-
persdoes will hunt through every nook
and corner Of that building. Shall she
take him in the residence Of s)me
wealthy cltizen? NJ; that ciuzen
would nc: dare to ha; bor the fugitive.
Bat she has to take him somewhere.
She hears the cry of the mob in the
streets; she hears the shrek Of the dy-
ing Dobility; SO she rushes with Jeash
unto the room Of the temple, into the
house Of ID, and there she puts him
down. She knows that A:haliah and
Der wicked assassins will not bother
the temple great deal, They are not
apt to 60 very much to church, and SO
she sets down Joash in the temple.
There he will be hearing the songs Of
the worshipers year after year; there
he will breathe the ordor Of the golden
censerS; in that sacred spot he will
tarry, secreted until the six years nave
passed aaG he come to cnthrouemelt.
Would God that We were all as wise
as Jehoseba and knew that the church
of God is the best hiding place! Per
haps our parents took US there IL our
csrly days. They sEatched US avay
from the world AID hid US behind the
bap;ismal fonts and amid the Bibles
s9d psalnbooks. 0 glorious enclosure!
We have been breathing the breath Of
the golden censers ali tie time, aad
We hsve seen the Lamb on ,he s;t.r,
and we have handled the vials in which
are the prayers Of eli saints, AID We
have 4 3e:t under Lie Wigs Of the
cheribim. Glorious iaclosurc! When
my fsther and mother died and the
property was settled up, there was
hardly anything lcfo. But they
endowed US with property wcr;h
more than any earthly possession be-
cause they bid usin the temple. Aad
when days of tenptation have come
upon my soul Ihave gone there ?or
shelter, and when assaulted OF sorro1s
| have gone there for comfort, aud
there | mean 10 live. ! want, like
Joash, to stay until coronation.
0 men of the world outside there, be-.
trayed, caricatured and cheated of the
world, why do you not come in through
the broad, wide open door of Christian
communion? Iwish [ could tshe part
Of Jehosheba today and steal you away
from your perils and hide you in the tenn
pie. How few Of US appreciate the fact
that the church OF God is hiding
placel There are maay people who put
the church at so low mark that they
begrudge it everything, even the few
dollars they give to yard it. They make
no sacrifices. They dole little out Of
their suyplusage. They pay their butch
er's bill, and they psy their doctors bill,
and they pay their landlord, and they
pay every body but the Lord, and they
come in at the last 10, pay the Lord in
his church and froRn as they say:
There, Lord, it is. Send me receipt
in full and don't bother me soon again.
There is not more than one man out of
thousand that appreciates what the
church is. Where are the souls that put
aside one. tenth for Christian institu.
tions-one-tenth of their income?
Where are those who, having put aside
that one tenth dra upon it cbeerfully?
Why, it is pull aud drag and hold on
and grab and clutch, and giving is au
atilctlon to most pecpie who it oughtto
be an exhilaration and rapture. o.,
that Gyd would remodel our souls on
this subject and that we might ap
preciate the house Of God as the great
refuge! II your children are to come up
TO lives Of virtue aud happiness, they
will como up under the shadow Of the
church. If the church does rot get them,
the world will
All, when you pass away-and it will
not be long before you do-Bhen you
pass aTay, it will be asatisfsction to see
Your children in Chrislisu society. Nou