The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-23

SISSEIHS ~N
glory aad power!"
The bigot ascends With Just enough
grace 70 save him. AS he comes up
20 the shining gate ne sees standing
inside of !. some whom he used TO
meet every Sunday morning OF the
street going to some other church OF
some other denomination. and he
cries ont: Are you there" never
expected 20 see you il such s,orl0us
place. You were a.! wrons IN your
-e]io;or, theories OF earth and IN
vou- form Of church government.
How 6:d YOU get in?" Saved by
Grace" IS The Heavenly -eTly. "Scsed
bv grace" The bisot IS embarrassed
and feels for his creed and his cate
cb;s1r7. ard. 20, they were left on the
banks of the River Jordan as he
passed through. and he cries cut:
7 think viii have 70 enter on the
same terms Saved by grace. Saved
By grace"
Again. the penUrious Christian will
not have an abundant entrance. Per
haps he was not converted until al MS
habits Of tisht-fsteGness were hXec
beyond recovery. The peop.e who arc
generous were taught to be generous
in childhood. You can tell from the
way the boy divides the apple what his
characteristics fer generosity or mean
ness WI. be for me next 50 years, II ne
lives so ,org. If be eat i a. himse.:
while others look wist;u..y or, re VII
be q sav!ock; If he give half OF 1t to
some ore who has IL apple, ne Will be
an ordinarily generous nan; II he give
thcee-;ourtks OF it 20 another lie VIII
be Ba-oc Eirsch or George Pea
BODY.
For 80 years this man has been prac-
ticing an economy which prided itself
on never passing pin without pickio 9
it up. ar6 i he responded at aA IN
church would put on The collection
plate SO Insignificant coin that ne
held his hand over it so that DO one
could discover the smallDess Of the
denomination. Somewhere in the III
ties or sixties OF his life, during re,
vival of religion, he became a Chris
tisn. BE is very much changed IN
most respects. but his ALA osorbios ac-
cuisitiveness still influences him. &c
extract from him gift for an orphan
sge or a church or a poor woman who
has just been burned out IS an ach!e7e-
nert. You and know very good EeR,
their Christian character beyond dis
pute, and yet they are pronounced by
al as penur;ous. and they know It
themselves and pray against It. we
all have our bad habits, and yet expect
to get to Heaven, and this skinaint has
his mighty temptation. The passion
Of evarice well illustrated its strength
when in one Of the houses OF exhur:oo
Ponpeii was found the skeleton OF a
man who was trying 10 escape with 50
eoirs and silver saucepan. For thos-
vaiuab.es he dared the ashes anc
scoria Of vesuvius which overwhelmed
hin, and many good nan has been
held nightly by avarice.
Bu. that brings ne TO the other
thought OF my text. that there are
those who will, when they leave this
life. bound into Heaven amid sa.u,a-
tioas infinite. For so an entrance
shall be administered unto Sou abun-
6antly." Such exu.rant admission vii!
await those who enter Heaven after
OF earth living life tor others aao
without reference to co0SpicCi:v. On
the banks OF the Ohio or the Tuscsioosa
or the Androscoggin is large family.
all Of whom have been carefully emo
religiousiv reared. II the earlier
stages OF that family there We're many
privations The mother OF the house
hold never had any amusenlents. Per
haps once in year poor theatrical
play was enacted IN the ne!ghboring g
schooIhouse or q squawkiag concert in
tie town hall. and that was al the d.
version afforded for the winter season.
7 asked the manager OF an insane asy-
Iun il Kentucky: From what class OF
persons do you get most Of your pa
tients?" and he said: From farmers
wives" I asked the same question OF
the manager OF an insane asylum in
Pennsylvania, and the same question
OF the manager Of az insane asylum in
Massachusetts,, and got the same reply:
'sWe have or our rolls for treatment
more farmers wives than persons
coming from any other class" That
answer will bs surprise to some; it
was no surprise to ne. The simple rea-
son Is. farmers wives as general
thing have no diversion. It IS break
fast, dinner and supper, sewing, scour-
ing, scrubbing, knitting. nen6ing,
year in and year ont. That mother IS
the nillioe1, the nantua maker, the
nurse. the doctor. the accountant Of
the whole family. She plans the ward
robe OF spring, OF summer, Of autumn,
Of winter, cutting, Stticg, comPlettng g
garments. out Of which the children
soon grow and mast have something
else. The newspaper does not come, OF,
If coming, there is no time to read it..
No selection Of good books. The gh-
bors calling in are full Of the same
grinding routine. No wonder SO many
OF them 60 into denentia!
Now, the mother OF whom speak as
living on the banks Of that river in
Ohio or Alabama or Maine has gone
through ell the drudgery mentioned,
and her children have turned out well,
good and useful men and women, orna-
nents Of society, pillars in the house
Of God, and that whole family. after
the years have passed By and their
work is done. will meet n the Heaven
ly country. From such family some
will certainly have preceded her. ana
the time Of her expected arrival will be
announced to al the members Of that
family already glorihed and to the old
earthly neighbors who pu; down their
tolls . little sooner than she did, and
she will have the wsrnest kind OF home
coming.