The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-01

w nat olo dying hannah AoTe say Io
get to heaven, thiak what thst il! To
90 to Christ, who die that might live
Oh, glorious grsvs! Oh, what a
glorious thing it is to die! Oh. the
love of Christ, the love Of Ctrisip
What did MIR. Tcplady, the great hymn
maker, say in his last bou,? Who can
measure the depth Of the third heaven?
Oh, the sunshine that FL S my soul! [
.hsll soon be gone, for ely no ore
can I've here after such glories as God
has manifested to my soul"
What did the dying JaneWay say Il
csn as easily die as close my eyes or
turn my head in sleep. Bafore a few
hours have pa-ssi shall stand en-
NJ, uet Zion with the one hundred and
forty and four thousand ard with the
just men made perfect, aDd We shall
ascIibe riches and horror and glory and
msjesty ard domiuion unto CID aud
the Lamb" Dr.. Ts5 lor, condemned to
burn at the stalk, On MS way thither
broke away from the guaIdsnen and
went bounding ard leaping and jump
ing toward the fire, glad to 60 to Jesus
and to die for him. Sir Charles Hare
in his last moment had such rapturous
vision that he cried, "UpHsrd, upward,
upward
And so great vas the peace Of one Of
Christ's disciples that he puthis fingers
upon the pu Sc in his wrist aud couose d
it and observed its hating beats uotii
his life hal endtd here to begin in
heaven. But graader than that Was
tie testim ,Dy of the WORKOUT first mis-
sionsry, when in the Mamartiue dun
geon he cried: 81 sm now ready to be
offered, and the time Of my departure is
at hand. I have fought the good fight, I
hsve finished my cousye, I have kept
the faith. Henceforth there is laid up
fer me crown Of righteousness, which
the Lord, The righteous Judge. will
give me in that day, and not to me only
But to all them that love his appear
ipgp d. you not see that Christ is
abtve sllia dying a'levistions?
Toward the last hour Of our earthly
residence ne are speeding. When I
see the spring blossoms scattered, lsay,
"Anosh,r season gone forever" When
close the Bible on Sabbath night, |
say, 'Ano,her Sabbath departed"
When I bury friend, I say, Another
earthly attraction gons forever" What
nimble feet the years have! The roe
bucks and the lightnings run not 80
fast. From decade to decsde, from sky
to SKY, they 60 at a bound. There is
place for US, whether marked or not,
where you AMI I will sleep the last sleep
and the men are nov living who will
with solemn tread, carry US to our rest
ing place. Brighter than q baEquetiDg
hall through which the light feet Of
the dancers so up and down to the sound
Of trumpsteIs will be the sepulcher
through whose riffs the holy light OF
heaven stresmett. God will watch you.
Hs will sesd his angels to guard your
slumbering ground until, at Christ's be-
hest, they shall roll away the stone.
So also Christ is above allin heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is
the. chief theme Of the celestial sscrip
tion, all the thrones facing his throne.
all the palms waved before his face, all
the crowns down at his feet. Cherubin
to oherubim ssraphin 10 seraphlm, re:
! deemed spirit TO r, deemed spirit shall
reoite the Saviours s earthly sacrifice.
Sand on scme high hill Of heaven,
and in all the radiant sweep the mcs'
glorious object will be Jesus. Myriads
eaziog on tae scars Of his suffering, iu
Silence first after#ard breaking forth
into acclauatiou: The mart, rs, ell the
| purer for the fame through which they
passed, will say, This is Jesus, fol-
whom ne died" The apostles, all tht
happier for the shipWreck srd the
scourgiog through which thsy went, vii
say, ''Thisis the Jesus whom We preach
ed at Cosinth and in Cappsdccia auo u
Antioch and at Jerusalem" Little
children clad in white will say, This
is the Jesus who took US in his arms and
blessed US and when the storms Of the
world we're too cold and loud brought u:
into this beautifal place" The multi
tsdes Of the bereft will say, This if
the Jesus who coueorsed US when oul
heart troke." Many who had wander.
ed clear cf from Gcd and plunged into
vsgabondism, but were saved by grace.
will say: ''This is the Jesus WAC par.
do2ed Us. We were lost on the noun
tains, snd he brought Us h9ma. We
were guilty, aad he made US white as
snow. Mercy bouDdless grace un
paralleled. And then, after each one
has recited his peculiar de!iVerance:
and peculiar mersies, reci'ed them as
by solo, all the voices will come t.:
gether in great chorus which shall
make the arches reecho with the eternal
reverberation Of gladness and peace and
triumph.
Edward I was SO anxious to 90 to the
Holy L L.nd thst when he was about to
expire he bequesthed $50, 900 to have
his heart after his deoease taken and
deposited in the Holy Land, aud his re-
quest was complied with. But there
sra hundreds today whose hearts are al
ready in the holy land Of heaven. Where
your treasur;s are, there are your hearts
also. John Bunyan, Of whom I spoke
st the opening Of the dis purse, caught
glimpse of that place, and IN his
quaint way he ssid, and I heard in my
dream, and 10, the bells of the city rang
again fer joy, and as they opened the
gates to letin the men Hooked in after
| them, and 10, the city shone like the sun
and there were streets Of gold, and men
walked on them, hsrps in their hands
to sing praises with al, and after that
they shut up the gates, which when [
had seen l wished myself among then!'
Had to Go.
The board of public instruction Of
Pensacols, Fla :, has demanded the
resignation Of G. q. Dye, principal Of
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