The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-20

ness s4lsH aSsAHes EAeA! ~ 6S,s ~"
O. bis knees in the midnightaad cries,
: G i help MI He bites his lip. He
sriais his teeth, Es clinokes MS fist
n s determination to keep to his pur-
pose. Hs dare rot look at the bottles
in tie windoR Of wine store. L is
oae lorg, bitter, exhaustive, hand to
haad fyae with o6smed, tsusaliz:ng,
psSsiIvss hsbit. Waea lie thinks he
is eatigaly free, the Old lle'icasi9n
pouacss u,oa him i;ke pscS Of h2onds
all their mczzles tearing aTsy at the
fa9ks o. ove poor Teico5er.
II Paris thars is sou!p5ursd rspre'
se.tsy;or of Baceh1s, the god Of reVelry
r. is r;a:rg OF panther at full leap.
o.. ho1 ssqges>i7a! L3t every oae
Eko il sole5ing OF bad ways undel
sad Ae is not riding & )o!ie and we'll
5;oEen stced, bat that hs IS riding 8
loas1s- w;.d znd bioodthirssy aad 90
iuy g. dea1h Lap
| lava s s, 70 ssy II s. man wsnts to
return fcom evi! prseices society re.
,u;s.s hin. The prodigsi, wishing 20
rv,.-n, tries TO eska so.aa professor Of
: 'isloa y tAe hand. Ths professor OF
rsl;s;oa loos5 q. rim, ?oos5 2t the faosd
x.2sr3l soa tie marks OF dissipation.
sl5 irsa24d Ct giving him finn grip o.
t:;s asna cf:rs hicl zao ZIP ond of the
longer S1sers Of the lett hard. Waica
- fo,sI 20 ss1ikIrS 3 nsn N the face.
O., soS feS Cor;s5isn pcopls under
ca, { h99 m1oa so:pel Ghera is in 5
zoos, honeas AslGsaskicg! S,astlm 5
4h.r you bav, felt sAs reea c. ca
c4-:ssemans s1d s2ue Christian mao
ass t@kea ycu heartily oy sae hsod,
ba:e you roa fa.t sariiiisg through
every icer o. pour body, mind aDi sAu!
a. encou:ag ment thai vas jlst wis.,
you Eeaceo?
Inc Prlaigsl, wishing to set iata
2ocd scc.s ty, enters prayer nesting.
Syus cd uaa Without much sense
sree hioa b. saying: Way, aro y"u
5vre? Ycu arc &oou. the last pessca
s4=v / cSp25:eo 20 ZEE N a prayer nlaaE-
inz Well, the dylng shisf VS. ezve3,
s,d .her7 is hope or you" You CO
qos kuo. anything ahoui this unI:sS
you ha?e lsarn3;E stat whea msn sr!es
t. -stu:a from evil courSss Of concuo
Be r1n5 SSsiass rspu S o0s ln4u0efS-
bic.
We say Of som, nan. ''Hs livss $
block Of sRo from the church, OF half a
asss Eron tie chucea." II al our great
cities saere are men who are 5 600 miles
fsc.u chu7ch-7,ss dese1ts OF inoiffer
eacs be;weeo them aud the house Of
CO.. TIE fict /. 1s must keep our re-
spacta5ilisy shough thousands perish.
Chriss sas Rish p1olics1s and sieneri,
but if she.e come to the house Of Coz 3
msp with marks Of dissipation upon his
peop!s are almost surs to pu. up thelr
h.nd. il horcor. as much as to say, lis
is cos shccklns?"
Roa these dainty, fsstidicus Chris
sia2s in all our chuzc es are gol2g to
gss into hesvan I do not know, unless
shey have ar especial train of csrS
cushioned snd upholstered, each oas q
car to himsalf. They cannot 90 With
sae great herd Of publicsns AID sinners.
o., ys who curl Jour lip Of scoru on
she isilerl l tell you plainly that if
you had beer surrounded By the same
Influence instead Of sitting todsy among
the cultured, and the refined, aod the
Christisn you might hsve been crouch
ing wretch in stable or ditch covered
With fjsh and abomina:ion. Il is not
because ve are aasurslIy any batS=r,
bus because the merry OF God has pro-
teotsd us. Those that ere brought up
in Christian circles scd @asched By
Christign psTentags should not be go
tarG oD the fallen.
think, also, that men are often hin
dersd EIon returning by the fact that
chusonas are anxious about their mem
ccrship, too anxious aoous their &c
nom nation, and thsy rush out when
taey see naa about to give up sin
and return TO Gad sad ssk him hos he
il going 20 be bapsizsd-Hhether By
sp:iak!irg OF immeraion-a1d whst
kiad Of cnuIca he is going to j,ia.
Il IS pocr time TO talk about Pccso5-
tc-ian catochi.m and Episcopal l:tur:
s;es aud Meehc5isa Iowa {sasts aad
Baptist dimensions when q man Is
sbout to cone out Of the darkness Of
sin into the glorious light Of the gos.
pei.
Some Of you, ike myself, were born
IN the coaptry. And what glorious
news might thess young men send
kons to their pararts that this after
noon they had surrendered themselves
to Cod and started neW lie! ! know
nov It IS in the country. The night
s3nes 90. The csttie 6tsnd uadet ths
rack, Though gA!ca burSt the crusses
o. hsy. T0e horses have jass fci5ked up
from tie MEADOW brook 8. the uigts-fsl!
ana sta. kGae dsep n sha bright straw
tasv iavises leen to lie down snd ,res..
Tbs perch Ct me bo7el IS full OF fowl,
tG&ir fzst wsrm under tasir feathers.
Ma=a the Lights ses cJla, the L iIes
c.zo iheir hsnd3 aloVe the gresu bscz
ics sad SHAKE ihe shallow Of the group
up aod doaa tae ss.l. Father aud
mother sis there Tor 1a:f an nout say
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