The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-02
The SPIRIT OF AMLTY
Dr.. Talmage Comnends Good Feel
ing Among Mankind.
Montioau Illustrious Examples In AiS
Sermon-The Grace OF Forgive
oess - Kindness - Mag
niGcent Word.
rcooyright, 1901, by Louis k!opsch, n u
HaAhingtoC, Sept. =.

rcooyrlght, 1901, by Louis kIopsch, \. y
Warrington. Sept. =.
In this discourse DE-. Talnage com
uends the spirit Of srnity and good
feeling and mentions illussrbous exam
pies Of that spirit; text, Acts, at:2,
"The barbarous people showed Us no
little kindness"
Here we are on the island oS NaIta.
another name for MeEta. This 1s!ano'
which has always been an lm2orNan'
commercial center, belonging 90 GIL
ferent times to Phoep.c!a, 20 greece
to Rome, to Ara bia. to Spain, 20 France,
now belongs to England. 1he area o.
the islands is 100 square miles. II IS
in the Mediterranean sea and OF such
clarity of atmosphere that Mount
Aetna, $50 miles away, can be DISTINCT
" seen. The island is gloriously mem
orable because the knights OF Malta
for long while ruled there, but most
famous because OF the apostohc snip
wreck. The bestorme6 vessel on which
Paul sailed had Laid to" on the star
board tack, and the wind was blowing
east-northeast, and, the vessel drifting
probably milo and half an hour.
She struck at what is Dow called st.
Paul's bay. Practical sailors have tax
en- up the Bible account and decided be-
yon6 controversy the place OF the ship
wreck. But the island, which has so
rough a coast, is for the most part
garden. Richest fruits and pro1u-
sion Of honey characterized 1t in st.
Paul's time as well as now. The finest
oranges, figs and olives grew there.
When Paul and his co2rades crawled
up the beach,. saturated and hungry
from long abstinence from food and
chilled to the bone, the islanders,
though called barbarians because they
could not speak Greek, oPeaed their
doors to the shiPwreoked Ucfortun-
ates. Everything had gone to the bot
tom Of the deep, and tie barefootso,
bareheaded apostle and ships crew
were in condition to appreciate hos
oitaity. About Is suoh Ren few
wears ago found il the Efe station
near East Hampton, Long A-snd.
They had got ashocs IN tho night from
the sea, and not 8 hat er shee had
they left. They found cut, rs Paul and
his fellow voysgers found cut, that she
sea is the reuShest OK al robbers. MY
text Gnds the sS;S's crew ashore Oh
Malta and agound let are drying
themselves and VISA the best provision
the islanders can eGer them. And
they go into government GusrseSs for
three days to reouperete, PubGus, tho
ruler, inviting them, although he had
severe sickness in the heuse st the
time, his father down with dangerous
nness. Yea, for three 0aaths they
stayed on the island, watching for
ship and putting tho Inequalities Of
the islanders to severe teSt. But 1t
endured the test satisfactorily, and 1t
d recorded for all the ages Of time and
seernity to read and hear in regard to
the inhabitants Of Malta: "Ths bar
barous people showed US no little kind
aess."
Kindness! What great word that
Is! It would take q reed as long as
that which the apocalypse angel used
to measure Heaven to tell the length,
the breadth, the height Of that munif-
cent word. It il 8 favorite Bible word,
and It is early launched IN ths~book Of
Genesis, caught W n the book OF
Joshua, embraced IN the book Of Ruth.
sworn by in the bosk of Samuel,
crowned in the book Of Psalms and en-
Ehroned in May places il the New
Testament. Kindness! A word 40
more gentle than mighty. IeS2ect it
VIII vrestle nae aewa before get
through with It. + IS st-eag enough
to throw an arehaagel. But It will be
we'll So7 Us to stand around is and
warm ourselves BY les glow as Paul
and his fellow veyaSers steod around
the a-e Oh tAe Island Of Malta, where
the Maltese made the2gelves iRDor-
tai in my text BY the way they treated
their vicslRs Of the ses. the bar
sarous people showed US no htsls kind
less."
Kindness! All definitions o. that
nultipotent word break down half
way. You say IL Is cleReoey, benign
Ety, generosity: it Is made up Of good
wishes; it Is ao expression Of beoes-
,ence; it 1s contribution to the hap
piness OF others. Bone o2e else says:
"Why, 7 esa give you deGaition OF
iEinG6ess: it n suashias Of the soul; it
Is affection parental; It is climatic
grace; It IS eAe co0bi2aeion Of all
graces; Il IS eoGpassioa; it IS the per
fection oS gentle nasGaess and woD-
lnliness." Are you all through? You
have made dad failure in your def
cition. It cannot be defined. but we
al know what it is, fer we have all
Felt its power. Some OF you may have
felt it as Paul felt it, % so1as ceast OF
rock as the ship went to pieces, but
more Of Us have again and again in
some awful stress OF life had either
from earth OF EeaveR hands stretched
out which showed US no little kind
cess."
There is kindness Of disposition,
kindness Of word, kindness of act, and
there is Jesus Christ, the impsrsona-
ton Of al Of them. Kindness! You
cannot affect it. You cannot playit as
part. You cannot enact it. You can
not dranatiEe it. By the grace Of God
sou must have it inside OF you, an ever
lasting sunDez. OF, rather, conbina-
ton OF June and October, the gsniaity
of the one AID the tonic Of the other.
It cannot dwell with arrogance or
spite or revenge Or malevolence. At
Its Srst appearance in the soul all
these ADalslites and Gersishites and
EiStites and Jehusites nuss quit, and
quit 5orsver. Kindness wishes every
body weA-eve-y man well every
woman well, every oaild well. every
bird wei, every horse we'll, every dog
well, every cat well. Give this spirit
full swing, and you would have ne
The Pistol Law.