The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-24
FOR YOUNG MEN
O.. Tain ags on the Temp All ms
OF co!|sgs LIE.
PRACTICAL sUooEs sTioN
For Those Who Are R CURED to
Leays Thsir Eones-as'p-
fuIrsss cf Early Chris
tian Teaching
tian 7 eachirg

DR.. Talnage staid IL London to &C.
eupy the famous Wesley pulpit 10 tie
City Road chapel, where he has preach
ed several times before, always recelV-
ing a hearty welcome. Thence he
went to Ireland, preaching IN Belfast
and Dublin. The discourse be bss
sent this week describes the oehav!o
of = ronDs man away from home and
s,,ossts practical lessons for people Of
svsSv are and class The tex: IS Dan-
isIi 5: And the king appointed them
daily provision Of tie kings meat and
of the wire 1hich he drank; 50 Dourlsh.
ing them three yeas, that at the end
thereof they mighs sand eef9re the
king"
Nv text OPENS the door Of college
in Babylon and introduces you to
youpg student II years CT sge, Daniel
By rsue. b. not surprised If II the
college you find many hiliarities. Pat
hundred young men together aod they
sure to have good time. THERE'S DO are
harm in that. Goo does not write cut
the trees and the grass AID the bios,
SONS in dull prose. The old robin does
not sit moping IN the nest because Ct
the chirpinGs and the lively adventures
of the fadgeiiogs that have just begun
to fJ. Dr. not come into So orchard
locking for winter aHp,es on May
morning.
But Daniel Of the text is fac from be-
ing gay. What oppressive thoughts
r,ust hsve come over him as he remens-
bered that he was captive in s'r.nge
land The music that came into MS
study window was rot the soog OF 4 On
but the uod Of fuse, sackbat and
dulciner in the vorship Of the h"a.hec
god. Moreover, be haG no hope ci
ever getting back home again ana III ct
ing those VINO had missed MN long and
missed him bitterly, wondering # ne
were still alive and finding many lux
ury tssteless because they did no; know
but Daniel might be lacking bread:
When you aud | were IN school OF
college snd the vacation approached,
we were full Of bright anticipation, and
we could not study the last dag, and We
eould not study the last night. The
lexicon and the philosophical apparatus
were transparent, so We could see right
through them into the meadows and
tie orchards. Not so with poor Dan.
lei. He did not know that be shoald
ever escape from captivity, or escaping,
he did not kuoa bu5 when ne goS hcme
the loved ones would be dead, and &c
would 90 wandering and weeping
among the sepulchers Of bis fathers.
Besides that the king tried to make him
forget his home a1d forget his country;
for that purpose actually changed his
name. The king wanted him to be
prodigy in personal appearance, sDd so
ke ordered meat and wine sent from
his own table to Daniel, but Daniel re-
fuses all this aud puts himself upon
the hunblest diet, the poorest Of a.
herbs, called pulse, aud plsia. water;
His attendants cry out against this aod
tell him he will perish under sush
diet. NO." he says, ''you try US for
ten days, and if at the ED Of that time
We are not full checked and robust as
any, it will be surprising" Ter days
pass along and the students come up
for examination, and all declare that
none are 50 ruddy aud robust as Dan
lei and his fellow captiyes. The days
of industrious pupitxge and the years
pass by, and the dsy CT graduation has
come, and Darrell gets his diploma,
signed by the king and reading as fol
lows: ''In all matters o. wisdom and
understanding that the king inquired
of them he found them ten times better
than all the magicians and astrologers
that wer, in all his realm" And so
Daniel took the first honor, and here
the story ends, for Daniel the student
hereafter will be Dsnial the prime min
lister.
The first thought suggested to ne b.
this subject is that young men may be
carried into captivity By their enemies
There is captivity m,re calling than
the one 10 whi,h Daniel was transport
cd; it is the captivity Of evil habit.
Men DO not go into that Willingly.
Siyly and imperceptib'y are the chains
forged upon them, aud one day they
wake up to ind them selves away cown
in Babylon. Cyrus afte;ward consent
ed that some Of his captiyes should
rsturn, and $4,000 of them accepted
the opportunity, but tell me what evil
hsbis ever conseotsd to let nan so
Ten plaques made Pharaoh consent to
the departure of Gods people, but tell
me what Pharaoh Of evil habit ever
cheeerfully consented to let an7 Of its
victims 60. Men tslS of evil habits as
though they were light and trivial, bu:
they are scorpion Whips that tear the
flesh; they are spikes more bloody than
the path of Brshnan; they make the
poisonous robe Of Nessus; they are the
sepulchers in which millions are buried
alive.
The young are In more peril be
cause they are uosusE ectiag, The
lions are asleep il their soul, ani theiS
poRer is not suspected. The time wheD
. ships company makes mu:iny is
when the Watchman is Of his guard.
When spider meets ag, 1t does rot
say, Go down with NE to the place
where murder insects. " No; it says,
''Come and take bright morning walk
with me on this suspension bridge Of
glittering gessamer." :" Oh, there is
difference between the sparkle of
serpent's eye and the crush Of It's sliuy
folds. There is difference between
the bears paw toying with kid and
the cracking of the bones IL the ter
rife hug.
Pixies peak looks beautiful in the
distance, but ask the starved travellers