The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-13
RELIGION a SOLACE
Or. Tainage Speaks Comfor1ins
Words for the Righteous.
piAoou-ao for Those Whose Lives
Have Nary Arxieties-Aili IL " GA
fer the Believer - TFuat
Thoroughly tn God
tcs,v7,rhs- 1901. By Louis R.opsch. n Y.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8.

Tcs,v1trhc 1901, by Louis R.opsca- n Z.
Washington, Feb. 3.
-he-e IS grea. solace II this dis.
course Of Or. Talmase for those whose
lives lave many anxieties; text
Isaiah $40: Say ye to the right.
eous tba: i sL&il be well with him
Here IS pronis. for people who
are all right, bu: who will coGle arc
get ii? Ecw many, or, rather, ho"
few, people 90 you know who are a!
right? Il 4 were asked OF any Assem-
by that those WHO were slnle>S >h','''
rise Up, noce woQI6 rise except 'iE"'
Giles and religious cranks. A AZ
c,Seot banpe2e6 aea- 50 centuries agT
that started the human race N '"e
w7ong way. ard we hsve not GOV 0,e:
Ct. We know q great many sP.e2o-c
men and splendid women. but they
will tel vou that they have not a.
wsy. done the right thing or thought
&he right thought. Il il were any o.
your business. they could give you ar
inventory o. trailctes a26 mistakes and
snseIicities that would be astonishing
Eere, then. you say, IS q Bible prom
ise that goes a-begging: Say ye &c
the righteous tha: It shall be vel
with him"
It IS nv delightful work to-day &c
show you that all the sons and dsush,
re7s o: Adam and Eve may aPp-opri-
ate tle beaedictio1 OF my text 4
they will first 90 the right thing. Over
here ii the next street was man
who IL great misfortune lost ali he
had and was positively beggsred, but
letter comes from some European
city where the land records are kept
announcing TO him that great for
su1e Is his. Now he IS as opG.ect as
he was 9auper;zed Ee dofs lis rags
and puts o. Respectable attire and
moves into hons appropriate for q
man o. vas. estate. His worldly cir
cunsta1ces were a., wrong last year;
shey are ali right this year. On the
next street is man who was from
pertec: health P-estrate6. and re
seened to be sick unto death, but
ski!lful physician took correct dag.
nosis Of his disease and by prompt
and vigorous treatment restored him
60 his former vigor. AS 70 his health
he was al wrong before; cow he is
ell right, In these two ways I Illus
trate ny theme.
Ey ain we have all been morally
Sankrupted. Christ the Lord from
His infinite riches pays eur debts and
enparadiseS Us II Eis mercy. From
Eis richest wardrobe He puts OF Us
che clean sose Q: Els righteousness
end gives Us q palace 81 the heavena
VIXEN We are ready TO Sc Up arc .ake
r. Now, as &c our soir:tval eata+a. Te
are a.! right. We were morally dis
essed, but ChTisc tie physician. by
bath n tie touataia Q: grace, cures
as Now, as to our spiritual health,
We are all right. That IS the way we
come 10 the righteousness spoken Of
sn the text. 1t Is contributed right
ecusress, a nade-over Righteousness.
"a imputed righteousness. The mo-
neot you get into right relations with
Christ the Lord that moment you can
appreciate the magnificent comfort of
Ehe text, and Il defy you. in all this
great book, from the first verse Of
the 6rst chapter Of Genesis to the
last verse Of the last chapter Of Rev
e!atiol, to ind ne passage with
higher and deeper and broader and
longer comfort than that Of the text,
which IS as deep as the Atlantic ocean
AaI3 way between the continents and
nigh as the sun when the clock is
striking 1e at 1oon- But I shall be
swamped with the oceanic tidea OF
this subject unless the Lord help NE
70 keep foothoid. Sag to the right
eocs that :: shall be well with him"
Bear in mind that but few people
can stand worldly success. Water IS
e good thing, but TOO much CT It will
drown. Fire IS good thing, but too
much Of It viii destroy. Lightning is
o good thing, but too much OF it daz-
gles and blinds. Success IS g good
thing. but too much OF it has over
whelned many for this world and the
next II it we're best for Us, we would
ali be n;llionaires, live fn palaces like
the Alhanbra and oe as personally at
Eractive as Cleopatra appeared to An
eony. But most Of folks could aot
endure such superabundarce, and Il
Is absolutely necessary in order 70
keep them right that nine hundred
and ninety-nine rnen out o. one thou
aan6 should ind life struggle. Il
keeps them eut OF mischief. After
Adam was elected froa the premises
where by ten minutes OF employment
. day he could keep the garden and
Dress it the best thing that could hap
pen 70 him was conpulsion to wer.;
and fight. The ground that blooneo
with Spontaneous flowers and rustled
with barvests that owed nothing TO
plow OF hoe became hostile, and BRAN
51e was substituted for rose, and the
panther growled where before he
2awned. and horn and fang and hoof
beeano belEge7snt. That Edenic eject
uent shows US as nothing else ever
could that idlepess or only few min
utes Of employment day are doom
and overthrow. Put it down ano2g F.!
your blessings instead Of your mis-
fortunes that you have to work hard
with brain or hand or foot or al three
o1 them.
How many men 60 you know worth |
G25o,ooo who are devout AID conse- !
Grated end hunb!s and generous and
employing their means for the worlds
You could count them
up On the fingers o1 your TWO hands, |
e7en Il By accident or war you had |
Rest one o- TIVE Of your fingers. AS !!
80 the realm Of personal attractive
ReEs, how many women radiant Of !
ecuntenaoce sad graceful Of fern 90 |
sou know who are unaffected and oat- :