The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26

Of 13 of the greatest battles OF the
world Napoleon hal lost 5n5 ore before
Waterloo. Pride acd dss'ru ten cf.ca
ride in the same saddle
But notice once mor., and mote than
ALL in my text, that 9 ID l'>o ned and
loving that whenit Is necessary for bin
to cut he mas to go tn Others fOr he
sharp edged wea"oa I'm the same
dsv SHALL tbe LORI sf.,va w'th p r:z r
thss is hired" Goi is icvc. CD is
pity. God is help. God is shelter. Gcd
is rescue Taere are no sharp edges
about him, no thrusting loiats, no IL
s,ruuents Of laceration. Itycu want
balm FOX wounds, he has that. Il yoa
Wsut Gicioe save fvr cy' s:s:;, ne hs7
that. Bat if there IS sharp and cut Ing
work to do, which rtgHlics razor, tEat
he hires. God has nothlag ahont h,m
that hurts, save when d!re ncces;l , de
mands, and then be has TO 60 clear OF
to some one else to gstthe instrument.
This divine clemenoy will be 30 novel
Il to those who have poadered tae Cal
yarean massacre, where God Submerged
himself in hu nan teas and crimsonec
himself from pucctured arteries and let
the terrestrial aud internal worlds maui
hin until the chsnda!iers Of the SKY
had to be turoed out, because the ual-
verse could not endure the outrage.
iilastrieus for love he m1st have been
to take al that as ouc sub tlfu:e, pay.
Jog cut of his own heart the pr!ce OF
our admission al the gates Of ataven
Kiog Henry II Of Eoglani cryWaaG
bis son as king :a9 Oh the day Of Zero
nation put on servants ear3 aud
waited, he, the king, at the soas table,
to the astouishmeui Of all tho rjiaces.
But ws kuow OF more wenjrcus Sceue
the King Of heaven snl earth otter
ing to put on you, his child, tie cro*n
OF life aud in the form CT a servant wait
ing on you with blessing ES:ol that
love, all p4iuting, all soul ture al
music, all architecture, all wor>hl,'!
In Dresdeniau gallery let Raphael ho:d
him up as ehl!l, AID N An.wcrp ca
thadral let Ryoens hand him down
t1om the cross as a nar0r, ana hSoGei
make ali his oratorlo v.b a.e aroun1
that one chord: He wsS wouDGcd for
our ,rangresslcns, bruised for ccuc ii qnl-
ties" Bat not uu;ij al the reteeaed
get home, and from the couatensnces
in all the galleries ot the Ian@omcd
shall be revealed The wonders ofrcde:np
,ioa, shall either msa Or seraph or
arch angel koos the height acd depth
aod length ani breadth Of ;hc love of
God
4. our national capital monument
in houor of him who did more thaa any
one to achieve our American iodepent-
epce was for scores OF years in building,
aud most of US were discouraged AMI
said it never would be completed. And
how glad we al were whsn il the pres
ence Of the highest officials OF the pa.
ton the work was done! But will the
nunent to him who died fo- the eter-
Dal liberation OF the human race ever
be comoicted? For ages the work has
been going up. E5angelists and apostles
and mar.yrs have been adding to the
heavenly pile, and every 5ae OF the
millions Of redeemed going up from
earth has made to it contribution Of
slainess, and weight Of glory is swung
to the top Of other weight of glory,
b CHER aud higher as the centuries 60
by, higher ana higher as the whole mil
lenaiums roll, ssppuire on the top OF
Jasper, sardonyt on the top chslcecouy
and chrysopr above topaz,
until ia. beneath shall be the wall,
and towers anc dones of cur earthly
capital, a monument f9rever aud tor
ever rising ard yet never doae, Unto
him who hath loved up aud washed us
from our sius il his osn blood and
made Us kings and priests forever.
Aileluia, amen.