The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-30

- wheat, sill be weu.d remain poor.
Use church OF God has bestowed .is
caief care CT one acre ard has raised
sn:e1GiS rlea and women IN that snail
;s.:osure. But the Eeid IS tie world
That means Europe, ASA A:r:ea'
North AID South America and all 'h7
islands OF the sea.
have to remark that the he7TeH!s
saepherd WI, f2c many sheep a'1''o
the DorchurchgoerS. There are con
-,-aoo+io2s Were they are al Chris
tjans. anG they seem 20 De compte'e.E
f,;s5e6. and ,hey remind ore Oh the
s!,s,e+o2 leaves wrict: by che1:ica
,-a,a-a,;on have had ali TIC sreenncss
40 vsrGu-e taken OF thcrn and are
80 cc,d and white and delicate, moth
;nr wa-t!nr but glass case to Pu;
over them. The minister oi Christ has
rcthing TO Go With such Christians but
+, cone once a week and with ostrich
feather dust of the accumulation Of
the last SIX days, lear;3g them bright
ar6 crystalline as beto-e. But the
other kind OF church IS al a-mory.
with pe-petua, sound Of drum and f.te
gathering recruits Cor tie Lord OF
Hosts ard saying 70 every applicant:
DO vou want to be OF Cod $ Size, the
safe side and the happy side? II So
come in TIE arrrorv and get equipped.
Here IS bath n which 10 be c.eansed
Rere are sandals TO put on your feet
Here is helmet for your brow. here
Is breast plate for your heart. heTe
IS q sword for your right arm, anc
yorde- is the battlefield. Quit your
selves like zen"
remark again the Heavenly Saep-
herd IS going 10 hrd great many O.,
his sheep among those who are row re-
ieote-s Of Christianity. Sore OF the
u2;ghtiest advocates 0: tic Gospel were
o1ce sNe2t;cs. Thomas Chalmers oHcS
sl,ept;c. Robert Hall skep;c-
Christmas Evans skepric. Charles y.
Finoev a skep,ic. Paul, the apostle
orce a skept;c. But when occe win
strong hand they .a:5 hold Of the Cos
pc. chariot they rO!iec it on WITH what
momentum, 60 net know how you
cane 70 reject Christianity. Il may
have been through tie infd'e- talk OF
some Young mar n the store or shop or
factory. It nay have been through t2e
trtckery OF some Prefessed CR7'st4aR
man who disgusted yoa with religion.
It ma! be that SO ye&rs ago yos leet
az faith by what happened in an o4l
company which was formed amid the
petroleum excitement. The com
psRy owned 10 lasd. or i they did
there was no sign OF oil produced g:
the president Of the company was
Presbyterian elder arc the Treasures
an Episcopaian vet-ynan, and enc
director was Methodist class leaseS
aa6 the other cncers prominent mem
bers Of Baptist and Congresatiena.
churches. Circulars were got out tell
ing what fsbu.eus prospects opened
before this company. The circular had
al the hues ef earth ard sea a2e SKY
The letters famed with ali the beauty
OF go.6 a2G jasper arc amethyst, 1c-
noce2t men a26 women who hac III
tie money 20 invest, a2o that lite their
al, said: II GO not know anything
about this company. but SO many gooc
mer are at the head 0: it that Il must
be excellent aaG taking stock IN i
must be almost as GOOD as joining the
church. So they bought their stocS;
and perhaps received ore dividend tc
keep them still, But after awhile they
found that the company had reorgar
lied and had a different president, 4
different treasurer and different d.
recto-s. Other engagements or ar
overcoming nodesty ha6 caused the
former officers O: The company. wiz
many regrets. to resign. and al that
tie subscribers fer tie stock had to
show for their investment was beau,
tiiu..!y ornane2teG certificate. ss1e-
hnes that man, locking over his ole
papers comes across tkat certificate.
and it IS 50 suggestive that ne vows &c
wants none OF the religion that tie
president and directors Of that oil coz
paoy p-o:esse6.
Or you may have become skeptica.
from the fsct that yos grew up il a
home where religion was overdone.
Sunday was the most awful ca! in the
week. You had religion driven into
you with trip hammer. You Were
surteited with prayer meetings. You
were stuffed and choked with cate
ehisns. You were often tc.d that you
were the worst boy your parents ever
knew because you liked to ride down
hill better than to read Bunyac's "Pil-
c-;ms Progress Whenever yerr
father and mother talked religion they
drew down the corners Of their nou:.II $
and rolled up their eyes. II any one
thing will send a boy to ruin seoser
thar another. that IS It.
But I co 20. stop cow TO know how
vou came into rejection Of Christian
itv. You frank tell ne tba: you 60
-eiec: il. You 60 aot believe that Chris;
IS Divine being, although you admit
tia: Es was very 5000 mar. You
co 70; believe that the Bible was IN
s2ireG Of God, although YOU think :here
are some very fine th;ass II it. You
believe that the Scr!p;ursi ec>crip,ion
OF Eden was only IN s.!egory. There
are SO things that believe that you
Go Tot believe, and yet you are L ac-
connoca;i1g nan. Everybody that
knows you says that OF you. l: :Ishou.d
ask you to Go Kindness for ne OF il
anyone else should ask of you kind
ness, you would Go it. If, when you
are III, I should come to you with a
vial Of medicine and say: This kind
OF medicine cured SO people who were
Jus; as badly OF as you are; take IT,"
and you replied: - co rot want to
take It; l have 20 eonfdence in it," I
would say: Take ito ob.ige re, and
you would say: Wei, If It will aecorl-
a.oGate you / VII! take L." Now you
have found that this word IS Insult