The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-27
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try and in all countries orphans by,
the tens Of thousands. Go to one Of the;
asylums or institutions where friend.
less children are cared for and select
some little one with an honest eye and
good disposition and take him to your:
home. Putaround him all the elevatiaS
and happy influences you can provide.
In two years he will become part OF
your life, and his company to you VIII
be indispensable. It will make you 20
years younger. he viii be an illnnina-
ton to the evening of your life, and he
will speak your praise long after you.
have departed from this world, and II
heavenly places you will have been re-
warded by the great friend Of children,
the Lord Jesus.
My text suggests that Heaven is an
eternal youth. A cycle OF years win
not leave any mark upon the immortal
nature. Eternity will not work upon:
the soul in Heaven any change, unless
It be more radiance and more wisdom
and more rapture. A rolling on from
glory to glory! In anticipation OF that
some o. the happiest people On earth
are a. Christians. The mightieSs
testim- .es have been given by the vet.
Grams in the Gospel army. While some.
OF the aged have allowed themselves to
become norose and cynical and impa-
tient with youth and pesslrnistic about
the world, and have become possessed
with the spirit of scold and fault Ana-
ing, and ere fearful Of being crowded
out Of their sphere, many Of the aged
have been glad to step aside that ota-
ers may have chance and are hopeful
about the world, expecting its redemp.
ton instead of its demolition, and they
are inspiration and comfort asd help-
fulness to the household and to the
neiehborhood and to the church. The
children hail the good o.d man as hs.
comes down the road. His smile, AS
words, his manner, his whole lie, mako
the world think better Of religion.
I congratulate all good Christians
that the molting season win soon boss
over and you will. mount higher than;
eagle ever ascended. What good.
thing that you~sre soon to get nd:
of winters cold and summers heat,
and drenching rain and lowering
clouds and live in superbess climate;
of the universe, whether It be this
world made over as to atmosphere
and contour or in some star which
mighty telescope halls from the OBJ
servatory or in some center around;
which ell worlds wheel. It Is all
ready and, has been ready. as neaSi
as 7 can calculate, since 1,a71 years
ago, when Christ went up after ssy-
ing: II go to prepare place 3or
you" What "a good thing to gas
rid Of this worlds viciszitudeS and
enter upon glorious certainties, and
to have no surprises except those
that are eIhiiarant - when Milton
may ring a new canto or ChrysosSu1
may speak with q new eloquence or
Haadel may render new symphony,
for I do not suppose. that those who
were mighty on earth are going to
be idlers in Heaven.
I congratulate all Christians who
are in the eventide. Good cheer to
al Of you. You. are yet to hear the
best songs, see the grahdest sights.
take the most delightful journeys.
form the most ele7ating friendships.
and after 10000 years Of transport
you viii bs<no nearer the last rap.
ture than when you were thrilled
with the first. t
In Heaven you viii have whs* most
pleases you. Archbishop Leighson's
desire for Heaven was longing for
Christ and purity and love, and he
has found there what he wanted.
John Foster rejoiced at the thought
OF Heaven because. there he could
study the secrets Of the universe
without. restraint, and he has been
regaling himself in that research.
Southey thought Of Heaven % .
place where he would meet with the
learned and the great-Chauce- and
Dante and Shakespeare. He no doubt
has found that style Of communion.
The great and good Dr.. Dick wss
fond Of mathematics, and he said he
thought much Of the time in Heaven
would be given to that study, and ]
have no doubt that since ascension
he has made advancement in that
science. The "12 manner OF fruits"
spoken Of in Revelation means al
kinds Of enjoyment in Heaven, for
10 manner Of fruits includes all the
chief fruits that are grown on trees.
I suppose there win be as many:
Nnds Of enjoyment in Heaven as
there will be inhabitants.
You win have in Heaven just whas
you want. Are you tired? Then
Heaven will be rest. Are you pas
sionately fond Of sweet sounds:
Then 1t will be music. Are you stirred
By pictures? There will be all the.
colors on the new heavens and: on
the Jasper sea and the walls imbed-
ded with what splendors! Are You
fond of great architecture? There
you viii find the temple Of God and
the Lamb and the uplifted thrones.
Are you longing to get back to
your loved ones who have sscended?
Then it will be reunion. Are you q
home body? Then it will be home.
Here and there in this world you win
find some one who now lives where
he was born, and three or four gen.
erations may have dwelt in the same
house, but most people have had sew
erel homes-the home Of childhood,
the home they built or rented for
their early manhood, the home OF
ripper and more prosperous years.
But all homes put together, precious
as they are in remembrance or from
present occupancy, cannot equal the
heavenly home in the house Of many.
mansions. No sickness will ever
como there, for it is promised "there
shall be no more pain" No parting
at the front door, no last look at.
faces never to be seen again, bus
home with God, home with each