The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-25

now. twics Is large, ard tEe1 they
will rot half accommodate the people.
I say 20 the young mca who arc en-
terirg the ministry, We must put on
more force, more energy and %nte our
rel:oious services more vivaci:y If we
want the people to come. You look
into a church court of any oencni-
nation Of Christians. First you will
! find the men OF large common sense
and earnest look. The education of
their minds, the piety Of their
! hearts, the holiness Of their lives,
! qualify them Tor their work. Then
you will find in every church court
Of every denomination a group Of
men who utterly amaze you with the
| fact that such semi-imb becihty can
get any pulpits 90 preach in. Those
are tie lnen who give forlern sta
! t;stics about church deca3once. Frogs
never croa!l in running water; al
wsvs in stagpa2t. But I say to all
! Christian workers, to all Sunday
! school teachers, to all eva2gelists, to
all ministers CT the Gospel, il wo
! want our Sunday schools and our
! PRAYER meetings and our churches
! to gather the people we must fresh
en- up.
Why should We go away to set an
! il!ustration CT the vicarioUs suffering
| OF Jesus Christ when at Bloomfield,
Y. J., two little children were walE-
ing on the rail track and train was
coming; but they We're On bridge
of trestleworls, and the little girl
took her brother and let him down
through the trestlework as gently az
she could toward the water, very
carefully and loviagly and eautioUs-
| II, SO tEat he might act be hurt in
the fall and Eigbt be picked up hy
those who were standing near by;
while doing that the train strHeas
her, and hardly enough Of her hoey
was LETT to gather inte . funeral
casket? What was that? Vicarious
suffering. Like Chrtat. Pang for 9th
ers. Woe for others. Suffering for
others. Bsath for others. What Is
the use of our going away off to hRd
an illustration il past ages when II
Michigan q mail carrier On herse-
back, riding on, pursued By sheEe
faaes which had swept over hun
dred miles, saw aR oie raan by the
roadside, disnouatea, helped the old
man On the horse, saying: "Now,
whip up and get away?" The old
man got away, but the mail carrier
perished. Just like Christ GsneuRt'
ing from the glories of Heaven te
put US On the way Of deh7eraRce,
| then falling back IN the aanes OF
sacrifice for others. Pang for others.
Woe for others. Death for others
vicarious suffering. What is She use
Of our going away of IN ancfezs his
tory to fzd an illustration Of the
fact that it is dangerous to defy eea
when in the Adiroo6ao&s I saw
fash of Lightning and bolt so vivid
said: "That struck something very
pear?" A few hours afterward we
! found that two farmers that Monday
morning had been seated under
tree, the one bosstins how that the
day before-en tie Lords day-he
ha5 got his hay in and so cheatee
the Lord out of that part Of tho time
anyhow, and both of them laughing
over the achievement by which they
had wrongsd the Lerd Of Els holy
day. when the Lightning struck ono
dead instantly, and the other had
been two weeks in bed when we LETT
| the Adire16aelis and has become a2
invalid, I suppose, for life. Ee 6e
not make as nuoh out Of the LORD az
he thought he did. Was it any lesa
! an illustration fer my seul because
met tae clergyman On his way home
from the funeral, and be told ne OF
the facts and said the body OF the
man who had been destroyed was
black with the electricity?
Q Christian workers, we have got
to fresbeo up. What is the use Of
our going back in the Christian elaS'
sics to nnd an illustration Of the vie
tor;ous Christian death5ed when my
personal friend, Alfred Cochran, q
few wears ago went away in as in-
| perial grandeur as did Edward Pay
son? Is II any less an illustration ia
ne and to you because met hin q
few weeks before in frort OF Trinity
church, Broadway, and said:
"Cooknun, you look as If you were
working too hard?" Where in al
tho classics is there such story as
that , Cooliman when, in his last
moment, he cried: Il an sweeping
through the gates washed IN the
blood Of the Lamb?"
Oh. follow Christian workers, what Is
the use et cur being stale and Obsolete
and ancient when all around US ere
these evidences Of Gods grace, Gods
deliverance, Gods mercy ana Geds
| wisdom? We have got to fseshen UP
| in our sermons, fresheo up u our
sopes, tresbeR up in our zeal, fressea
10 in cur corseccatiea, and II we DO It,
| NV brethren and sisters, we will nc
more nave ~ SSS-A DSCS-G ~ SS~S ~
| church than /: you throw corn % the
! ground you have to coax pigeons 70
come and eat 1t, no more than yeu
would have to coax tired hors. te eat
oats you throw il his 1nsnser. Yea,
we must freshen up il cur Sunday
schools and il our prayer 0eettagz
and in our Pu!2its.
It is high time that the church Of
God stopped writing apologies for tbs
church. Let the ssen who are ca the
outside, who despise religion, write the
apologies. If any peep-s DO not want
the church, they aeed not have it. II
is e free country. If any nan dees
not want the Gospel, ke reed ret have
It. It is free country. But yeu so
out, Q people Of God, ana give tAe Ges-
pei to the millions OF America who 90
want it! 1t is high time to stop rldr-
nishing and bring On general engage