The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-14

school or IN the church. We ministers
need more fresh air ald sansbiDe in our
lungs AID our heart aud our head. d.
you wonder that the world is so far from
being converted when you fod SO little
vivaoity in the pulpit and in the pew?
Ne want, like the Lord, to plant in our
sermons ard exhcr;ations more lilies
Of the fel3. We want fewer rhetorical
elaborations and fewer sesQaipendalisn
words, and when We talk about shadows
ne do not want tosay ad1mbration, and
when we mesn qleerness We 60 not
want to talk about idiosynorasises, or II
q stitch in the back We do not want to
tax sbcut lumbsgo; but, in the plain
v=rDacular Of the great masses, preach
that gospel which proposes to make all
uen happy, honest, victorious and free.
La orther words, We want mora CHINA
mon snd less grist!e. Let this be so in
ali the different departments Of work to
which the Lords calls US. Let Us be
plan. Let US be earnest. Let US be
common sensical. When We talk to the
p p;opIe il 7ernacular they can under
stand, they will be very glad to come
and recsive the truth We present.
Would to God that Q leen Balkis Would
drive her spice laden dronedsrles into
all cur sermons and prayer meeting ex-
hortat!onsl -
More thsn that, We want more life
and spice in our Christian work. Toe
Door do not vant so much to be groaned
over as sung to. With the bread and
medicines and garments you give then
let thera be "a accompaniment Of smiles
aod brisk encouragement. d. Tot stand
soa :slk to than about the Rretche d less
Of their abode, and tie hunger Of their
looks. acd the hardness Of their lot. All,
they know it better than you can tell
them. Show them the bright side of the
thing, if there be any bright side: Tell
them good times will come. Tell them
that for the children Of God there Is
immortal rescue. Wake them up cut
Of their stoli6ity by an inspiring laugh,
while you send in help. like the Queen
Of Saeoa, also send in the spices There
are two ways Of meeting the poor. One
is to cone into their house with nose
elevated in disgust, as much as to say
II don't see how you live here in this
neighborhood. It actually makes me-
sick. There is that bundle. Take it,
you poor, miserable wretch, and make
the most OF it." Another way is to 60
into the abode Of the poor in manner
which seems to say: 'The blessed LORD
sent ne. He was poor himself. It is
not more for the good I am going to try
to do you than it is for the good that
scu can DO me-" Coming in that spirit.
the gift will be as aromatic as the spike
nard on the feet of Christ, and all the
novels on that alley will be fragrant
with the spice.
We nseh more spice and enlivenment
in our church music. Churches cit dis
cussing whether they shall have choir;
OF precentors or organs or bass viols o.
cornets. I say take that which vii
bring out the most inspiring music. L
We lad half as much zeal and spirit
ia our churches as We have in the songs
Of our Sunday schools, it would not b
long bsfore the whole earth woule
quske with the coming God. Why
nine.tenths Of the people in church d.
not sing, or they sing sofsebly that the
people at their elbows do not know they
are singing. People mouth and humble
the praises Of God, but there is moi
more than one out of a hundred whc
makes 8 joyful noise unto the Rock ol
Our Salvation. Sometimes, when the
congregation sorsets itself aud is al
absorbed in the goodness Of Gsd or the
glories Of hesven, get sS iutima.ior
Of what church music will be hundred
gears from Row, when the coming gen
Grafton shall wake up to its duty.
Why did you look SO ssd this morn
ing when you came in2 Alas, for the
loneliness AID the heartbresk and the
Iosd that is never lifted from your soul
Some Of you go ABOUT feeling like
Macaulsy when he wrote, "f l had
another month Of such days as l have
been spending, I would be impatient IS
get down Into ny little, narroW crib il
the gcound, like weary factory child. u
Ana there have been times in your life
when you wished you could get out oi
this life. You have said, "O1, how
sweet to ny lips would be the dust OF
the valley!" and wished you could pull
over you in your last slumber the cover,
let Of green grass and daisies. Y9u
have said: ''Oh, how beautifully quiet
it must be in tbs tomb! I wish l was
there.
I see ail around about me widoRhood
ard orphsnsge and childlessness; sad:
ness, disappointment, parplexity. If
could ask ail those in and sudience who
have felt no SORROW any bean buffsted
by no dissppointnent-If I could ask
ali such to rise, how many would rise!
Not one.
4 widowed mother, With her Ettl o
child, went west, hoping to get better
wages there, and she was taken sick and
died. The overSeer Of the poor got her
body srd put it in box snd put in a
wagon and started down the street to
ward the cemetery at full trot. The lit
tie ohild-the only chi!d-ran after it
through the streets barehealed, crying:
Bring ne back my mother! Bring me
back my mother" And it was said that
IS the people looked on sad SAN her cry
irg after that which lay in the box in
the wsgon, all she loved on earth-it is
said the whole village vas in tears. And
that is whist 5 great many Of you are
doing chasing the dead. Dear Lord,
is there no appessement for all this sor-
row that I see about me2 Yes; the
thought Of resurrection and reunion far
beyond this scene Ct struggle and tears.
They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more, neither shall the sun
light on them ror any heat. for the
Lamb which is in the midst Of the