The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
A WORD OF NIGHT.
Great Meaning Contained IN Text
of Dr.. Talnage's Sermon.
=, comoo.ed Of But Four Letters Se'
Ia the Queen Of orcs-so;&ee
Of Christian Eaith-I"e
Things 20 Believe.
1zonvrIcht. 1851. by Lov!s k:opsch. n l.
Washington. Oct. ~.

Washington Oct ~.
In this discourse DR.. Talmage calls
ell people to glaGness and opens ell
the doors Of expectancy; texts, Gen
esis Vi. IS, Come" Revelations XN4l.,
II, Come"
Imperial, tender and ali persuasive
is the word Come" Six hundred ana
seventy-eight times it IS foINc ii 'Io
Scriptures. 1t stands ~ tie 1roa'
gate of the Bible as il my drst oeA''
inviting aoteGi!uvians into Noa" a.->'
and it stands st the other gSs'e y.
Bible as IN my second tex 1I''1't1-9
the postGjIuvians OF al later S'ee0
into the ark OF q Saviour hist
Come" IS only word Of TOUR ic0-
ters, but i is the queen OF woCcs'
and nearly the entire nation OF Eas
elisb vocab abulary bows TO Its sceP1er'
1t is an ocean into which emptles w.
600 rivers Of meaning. Other WORDS
drive, but this 0eckouS. AL moocs Oh
feeling hath that word Tome.
Sometimes it weeps and sometimes Il
laughs. Sometimes 1t PTays, some
times it tenpts, and sometimes 1t &c.
stroys. It sounds from the door OF
the church and from the seragNos OF
sin, from the gates OF Heaven and
the gates OF hell. 1t is cocAuent and
scerescent Of all power. 1t IS the heir
ess OF most Of the past and the al
noner Ct nost Of the future. Come.
You may pronounce it so that all the
heavens will be heard in its cadences
or pronounce it so that all the woes
OF time and eternity shall reverberate
in its one syllable. It is on the Up
of saint and profigate. 1t IS the
1pightiest OF al sol;citants either. for
good or bad.
To-day I weigh anchor and haul IN
the plarks and set sail on that great
word, although I an sure I will not
ba able to reach the farther shore.
7 will let down the fathoning line
into this sea and try to measure its
depths, and, though 7 tie together all
the cables and cordsge 7 have on
board, I viii not be able to touch bot
ton. AL the power Of the Christian
religion IS in that word, Como" The
6ictatorial and com0eGdatory in re-
EgieR are Of no avail. The inpera-
tive mood is not the appropriate
mood when we would have people saw
ingly impressed. They may be
coa1ed, but they cannot be driven.
Our hearts are Ike our homes; ct
2 friendly knock the door will be
opened. but 81 attempt to force open
our doors would land the rsssilant
IN prison. Our theological seninaries,
which keep young men three years II
their curriculum before launching
them into the ministry, will do well
If in SO short time they can teach
the candidates for the holy Office how
to say with right emphasis and into
nation and power that one word,
"Cone!" That man who has such
efficiency in Christian work and that
woman who has such power to per
suade people to quit the wrong and
begin the right went through series
Of losses, bereaveuents, prosecutions
and the trials Of 80 or 50 years be-
fo-e they could make it . triumph Of
grace every time they uttered the
word Come"
You must remember that in many
cases our Come" has migbtisr
"Cone" to conquer before it has any
effect at all. Just. give me the sccu-
rate census, the statistics Of how
many are down in fraud, in drunken
ness, in gambling, in inpuriIy or in
vice Of any sort, and 7 will give you
the accurate census or statistics OF
how many have been slain by the
word Come" Come and click wine
glasses with me at this ivory bar"
"Cone and ses what we can win at
this gaming table" Come enter
with me this doubtful sPeculation!"
"Cons with me and read thoss in
edel tracts on Christianity" Come
with me- 90 3 place Of bad anuse-
nent." Come with me in q say bout
through the underground life Of the
city" If IN this city there are 10000
who are down in moral character,
then 10000 fell under the power Of
the word Come" I was reading OF
wife whose husband had been over
thrown by strong drink, and she went
to the saloon where he was ruined,
and she said: give me back my
husband" And the bartender, point
ing to 8 naudlin and battered man
browsing in the corner Of the bar
room, said: There he is. Jim, wake
up; here's your wife come for you"
And the wouan said: DO you call
that my husband? What have you
been doing with him? IS that the
manly brow, Is that the clear eye,
Is that the poble heart, that 7 mar
ried? What vile drug have you given
him that has turned him into iend?
Take your tiger claws of Of him.
Uncol those serpent folds OF evil
aahas that are crushing him. Give ne
back my husband, the one with whom
7 stood ct the altar ten years ago.
Give him back to me-" Victim was
he, as many millions Of others have
been, OF the word "Come!"
Now we want al the world over
80 harness this word for good as
others have harlesse6 it for evil, and
it will draw the Eve continents and
the seas between then-yea, it will
draw the whole earth back to God
from whom it has wandered. It is
that wooing and persuasive word that
will lead men to give up their sins.
Was skepticisn ever brought into
love OF the truth by an ebullitien OF
hot words against infdelty? Was
ever the blasphener stepped in his
oaths by denunoiation Of blaspheny?
Was ever the drunkard weaned from
ais cups by the temperance lecturers
uainicry of staggering step and bic-
cough? No. 1t was: "Cons with
She Raised the MOney.