The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-04
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| G. EInney said to dying Christian:
"Give my love to St. Paul when you
meet him" When you and I meet
| him, as we will, I shall ask him to in
troduce me to those who got him out
Of the Damascene peril.
We 60 into long sermons to ProVs
that we will be able to recognize peo-
pie in Heaven, when there is one rea-
son we fail to present, and that is bet
ter than all-God will introduce US.
We shall have them all pointed out.
You would not be guilty of the impo-
liteness of having friends in your par
lor not introduced, and celestial po-
liteness will demand that we be made
| acquainted with all the Heavenly
household. What rehearsal Of cid
i times and recital of stirring remlnls-
cences! If others fail to give intro
ductior, God will take US through, and
! before our first "a hours in Heaven
if it were calculated by earthly time
| pieces-have passed we shall meet and
talk with more Heavenly celebrities
than in our entire mortal state we met
with earthly celebrities. Many who
made great noise of usefulness will sit
| on the last seat by the front door OF
the Heavenly temple, while right up
within arms reach Of the Heavenly
throne will be many who, though they
| could not reach themselves or do great
exploits for God, nevertheless held the
| rope.
Come, let us go right up and accost
| those on the circle Of Heavenly
thrones. Surely they must have killed
| in battle e million men. Surely they
must have been buried with all the
cathedrals sounding dirge and all
the towers Of all the cities tolling the
national grief. Who art thou, mighty
one of Heaven? 81 lived by choice the
unmarried daughter in a humble home
thai might take care of my parents
in their old age, and endured with
out complaint all their querulousness
| and administered to all their wants
for 20 years" Let us pass on round
| the circle of thrones. Who art thou'
mighty one of Heaven? II was for
80 wears a Christian invalid and suf-
fered all the while, occasionally writ
ing note of sympathy for those
worse off than I, and was general con-
fdant of all those who had trouble,
and once in awhile I was strong
enough to make garment for that
poor family in the back lane" Pass
on to another throne. Who art thou,
mighty one of Heaven? Il was the
mother who raised whole family OF
children for God, and they are out in
the world Christian merchants, Chris
tiau mechanics, Christian wives, and
have had full reward for all my toll
Let US pass on in the circle of thrones.
"I had q Sabbath school class and
they were always on my heart, and
they all entered the kingdom OF
God, and am waiting for their ar
rival" But who art thou, the mighty
one of Heaven on this other throne!
"In time of bitter persecution I owned
g house in Damascus, house on the
wall. A man who preached Christ was
bounded from street to street ana
hid him from the assassins, and when
I found them breaking into my house
and I could no longer keep him safe
ly I advised him to fee for his life,
and a basket was let down over the
wall with the maltreated man IN IT,
and I was one who helped hold the
rope" And I said: "Is that alp
And he answered: "That is all" And
while I was lost in amazement heard
a strong voice that sounded as though
It might once have been hoarse from
mapv exposures, and triumphant as
though It might have belonged to one
Of the martyrs, and It said: MOT
many mighty, not many noble are
called, but God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the
things which are mighty, and base
things Of the world and things which
are despised hath God chosen, yea' and
things which are not to bring to
naught things which are, that no flesh
should glory in His presence" Anc
T looked to see from whence the voice
came, and 10! it was the very one who
had said: Through window in
basket was let down by the wall"
Beuceforth think Of nothing as IN
significant. 4 little thing may decide
YOUR all. A Cunarder put out fron
Eneland for New York. It was wei
equipped, but in putting up stove
in the pilot box nail was driven too
near the compass. You know how
that nail would affect the compass
The ships officers. deceived by thai
distracted compass, put the ship 2o(
miles of her right course, and sudden
ly the man on the lookout cried;
LAND ho," and the ship was halted
within few yards of her demolition
on Nantucket shoals. A si1Penny nal
came near wrechng q CunardeT
Small ropes hold mighty destinies.
A minister seated IN Boston at hi:
table. lacking a word, puts his hane
behiud his head and tits back hi
chair to think, and the ceiling fall:
and crushes the table and would have
crushed him. A minister in Jamaics
at night, by the light Of an insee'
called the candle fly, is kept from step
ping over a precipioe hundred feet
F. ". Robertson, the celebrated Eng
lish clergyman, said that he entered
the ministry from . train of circum
stances started by the barking OF
dog. Had the wind blown one way
on . certain day the Spanish inquisi
ton would have been established II
England. But 1t blew the other way
and that dropped the accursed institu
ton. with IS tons of shipping, to the
bottom of the sea OF flung the spin
tered logs on the rocks.
Nothing unimportant in your life o.
mine. Three aaughts placed On thu
right side of the figure one makes
thousand, and six naughts on thu
right side of the figure enc million
and our nothingness placed on thu
right side may be augmentation illin
liable. All the ages Of time and eterni
ty affected by the basket let down
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