The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-25

80 rrSf 2 Es!'C g n .29 SCtsr SEStsGG.
Ye; / IS a.: he tine oaa2o;rg sad VI;
kteo changing Until the hour Ct lis DE-
45:it:oD. Of ih;s beautiful world, tLis
llsir9us world, this g'or:ous world, i.
ray ty said. 'Ye hava rct passed
fais way before"
What is tie p-sc:ics( use Of th;s sub
iect? Iostead cf putting 80 much
stress upcn human advice and ias1e2d
OF ssk;pg Of the r.at eha: We eight to
Dc. follow the divine lssdrs as the mn
o. j s! ua followed lie golden jiode9
cae=t oi sc.cis, wh:ca wss Ihs symbol
cf he 6;7iae pgesarce. Nos human,
ut c;yius, leaesrIGip. Joshua rot
co. sr:,iug eth his cololsls and lieu,
serspts. be. consrIti1g with Go@-:ae
GcG of ;7di7idusls, tae Goa Is na.lcns,
the Ca3 Of worlds
Tbas three quarters of mile dis
,aros iv,9Ec2 lbs a!k o. ssc:ad boZ sca
he fson5 column Of JozoUs's tvoops
= ishsliy impressls ne. Il vas fores-
=: vay of :cs0hiDg rey&ccrcs Eoc the
Almighty. They psedod 70 iesEn tia
is5son Of reverence, SIS Ge al need to
lssgn Il. Lrrevoreacs hss cursed al
nations, aad none more t5s7 on: oTn'
T-7cve-cnce Il the Uss of Gods name
R;ar you It rot on tie streets snd l:
social groups, sn5 is acs E p2lSaae Werd
scret;ups thought necessary 70 ro:ue
ioecsisy? IzIevererco foc the Scr2-
.cz>s, :Le ph:asco;o:y OF the B;ble oz,
:ea introduced into tho most frivolous
ccn!erfaGion snd raGe m;r:h pIcVQk
icg. I!save.eoce For the oath "A court
room CT custom house or legislative
hall D; he conventional and Geceanl
csl MODE cf its administration. IRE
7elence for tho holy Sabbath BY the
wsy it is broken in plessUrable eZour
sien srd csrausal. I-eVereHce on the
part OF children for their parents,
irsolsnce being aubssisu ed fer obedi'
epce. IErevsraree for the rulsr5, which
Induces vile cartoons and asssasination.
Isreverenoe in church during pray or,
measuring eff song andssrnon by cold,
artistic Or literary crincssn,. snd IN
prayer tine neishsr boWins the head
oor bending the knee no. standing &c
one doss in tie p-eseroe Of eaE.hiy
rule7, thus showing more rsrpect Eor 8
man than 10 the King Of kings. We
ask cot FOR gerudsxions or c.rcunHs1-
ions or pcos.rasions, but when prayer is
efFa-e6 ies us either bow the head or
bend the knee or let Us in soDe WsJ
p.ove thos We are not Indifferent. In
Low many PLACES have presumption and
fcoibssdireas tskec the place Of rever
eocs! That thrse Qusrsers ct nile
between the cheat Of aoscis covered
with gold and r'ounted with Wings
symbol Of the divine prcsanoe-a1d she
marching regiments Of Josbus suggests
{ reverence that is Woosuiy lacking N
soeisl life, in legislative hail sud rellei
GUS sssembiage. A farmer Rens to the
WhsstEe:d, ssking his FOE with him
The chi.d asid: ''These stalks that
staud straight up must have the best
gra:r. Those stake thst bend over can
not be worth anything" Then the
fa%hsr broke Of two Of the tops Of she
stalks srd aaid, Child, that ore that
bends clear ever has the grain" l. is
the go1l that hoHsia deepest reverence
which is tbs b.ss soul.
Bus though Josbua's hoet observed
tbs three quarters Of nile command,
they followed tie ark, and you will co
we'll 20 follow the divine leading, as
the psth ycu tread now has nos yet bsen
trcdde7. "Ya hsve rot passed this
vay before" Many Of you are suffer
ics from just such a22oJ4-css as haVe
rot cccurrsd n all your history. Tier:
have bsen meanress pIacticsd uron you
or you have received sights or you arc
the subject Of misiatsrrrssstions or
you sre n the midst OF Eore disappoiot-
ments or there e-e demands made upon
your strength and time more than you
can meet or some physical silmeDa IL
laying siegs to year cHssle Of hes!sh or
ycu aTa ucdec sNbarrsssmentE thas ycu
canGos msntion even 20 resrest friends.
You say: "Well, I rsvsr saw ANYTHING
like this. never expeossi such.tIest-
Eant Sc tiis. l never thought 1t pos
sib!e to be placed in euch ciroum
etancss." Ard when you esy al tha:
ycu are only trsnsiating tie words Of
NJ tex: n % your oWn shrassa!ogg. If
you i:>3 suffered something like this
before, ycu would have known what TO
DO, on: aere Is : daak movement 70:
TSich yoG aye rot rssdy.
As yc1 have hed no experience Ct
.l,,s kind Ton which 20 drsW fer Wis
acm sad IS you o2anot f1iEy sssss 81
he circumstances to any human esq,
go 20 God and tell him eli abops it. He
knows &irea67, bus il viii relieve you
e2a he?p you if you tell as1g. That IS
what 1e ass been dang ever since ehe
world got into troub:s by oisobce;eat
uahs-;or on the ba2:s Of the Eagbra:es.
r IL tne first ohsptas Ct she Bible re
sze .he gate through which ms woes Of
lie wcslG entered, IN the third CHAP
5cc Of she B.5,e ne sec the opening q
tle eate strouzh which they src 20 be
dz:ven out. Promises By she scorcg
and hundreds and Thousands. Sacr;
fetal lambs fore:eliing the Lamb Of
God. Rock stricken into gushing hooGs,
typical Of she taos that the worlds
shrst is going to be slaked. Pillar Of
fire ho;ssed shove wilderness march.
Sser Of hope ever birthplace in bsrn.
SaplIchers rant open. T1uupets cf ds-
liveEance sour6<d. AL heaven to take
pars in the rescue Of our planet. The
Infinite Ged liste1iRg with 81 esr IL
which a whisper 10000 niiss away IS
as audible IS thunder.
Perhsps it is q Bereavement. Ycu
hsve @e!s so-ow for shose w6o lost oh!ls
6cen or thought you did. but nov tast
she sorIoE hss come 50 your own Eur
sery is is a different thing. You rever
could have imagined the silercas abous
tie heuse noE that shs little feet are
quiet ard the infant voice baS ceased