The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-27
TALMAGE's SERMON
In Which Ee introduces aeP5 80 HE
Invalid and Erring ones.

Vi, l9, "W hich hope. .. ,
There is an Atlantic ocean Of delta
and fullress in the verse from which
nv text.is taken, AMI Only Wsce into
the wave st the beach and tske tEo
words. We all have fsvocite words ex
pressive Of delight or s5horreooe, To'di
that easily 6nd their way from BRAIN
to lips, ,.wo1ds1that have IL them moro
ings and midnighss, laughter and SearS,
thuaderbslts and devdrope. IN -
the lezicons and vccabu!s-ies there ST.
few words that.have FOR ne the a:SEse-
tious Of tbs last woE2 OF ny Xxx
Which hope" ~
There hs7e in the course of cur life
bsen msny srSejs OF Cod that haVe
looked ever our shoulders, or met rs on
the road. OF chsnted the dsTkness away,
or lifted the curtains OF the great ~
ture, o. pulled US back from ths presl-
pices, or rolled down upon ls he Tsp
turous music OF the hsa7eas, there Is
one Of these sDgels vhc 1as done so
much for Us that We wish thToushcrS
all time sno ell eternity to csiehlate Il
the angel Of Repe. s. Psrs makes
it the center of group Ct taree, say-2s
Nov abidsth faith. hope, ocaNty:.
And, though he says thst chac1vy IS
The grestest Of the three, re Goes ro1
tske one plume from tne wing, or one
rsy Of luster from the brow, Or one
aurora from the cheek, or one melody
from the voice Of the angel Of ny tex,
(Which hope" -,
That vas greas night for cur world
when II Bethlehem caca7anssrg tAe
Infant Royal was born, and that vii
be great night il the darkness or your
soul when Christian hope IS born;
There will be chanting II the skies a2c
star pointing to the Nativity. / viii
rot bother you with the Eusk Of ce
fnitioa and tel! you what hope is'
When We st down hrpsTy at ts'Ie'
We 60 not want an araIytica! discourse
as to what bresd is. Hand it o3; pass
it round; give US slice Of It. Jepn
speaks Of ho2o ss pure hope" Peter
cslls it lively hope" Pau! styles 1t
''good hope," sure hope, re
joicing hops" All up and down the
Bible it IS spoken Of as an snchcr, SIS
harbor, IS helmet, SIS docT.
When We draw check on bank,
We must have reference to the amount
Of money We have deposited, %! Hope
makes draft on q bank u which toc
her benefit all heaven has been deposit
ed. Hopel Msy It light up every
dungeon, stsod by every sickpeo: ie2o
a helping hand to every orphsnssge'
loosen every chsin, csress every forior1
soul and turn the uopictured room G
the alusbouse into the vastibuIe OF
heaven! How suggestive that N! tho
loey declares that when sll other del
ties fed the earth the goddess Hope re-
maine6!
1t vas hope that r47iyed John Knox
when on shipboard near the coast OF
Scotland he was fesrfully Ill, az he
was requested to lock s6o7eWaro sro
asked If he knew the 7illsge near the
coast, and be answered, 4 know It
we'll, for ! sac the steeple Of that place
where God first opened my mouth ID
public to his glory, and I az faIiy per
suaded how weak that ever | now 81
pear I shall not depart this life till my
tongue shall glorify his holy nsme II
the same place." His hope was re-
warded, and for twenty-five more yes!s
he preached. That is the hope which
sustained Mr.. Morrell ofNorWica when
departing this life at twenty torc years
Of age he declared, i should Ike to
understand the secrets Of eternity be-
fore tomorrow morning" That was
the kind Of hope that the corporal hso
in the battle when, sitter seversl ssart-
ard bearers had fallen, be ssiz ID the
flag and turned to lieutenant colonel
and ssid, "IfI fall, tell my dear HiSe
that die with a good hope IN Christ
and that an glad to give ny Lite for
my county" That vas the good hope
that Dr.. Goodwin had in his last hour
when he said: ''Ah, is this death? How
hs7e 6resded as sn enemy this snll
ing frien6!' -.
Many have full assurance thst all Is
right with the soul. They are 50 sure
Of heaven as if they bsd passed the
pearly Panels Of the gate, s. thcu5h +
they we're already seated in the temple
Of God unrol!ipg the librettc Of the
heavenly chorister. I congratulate all
such. wish I Lad i, too-!ull ssiuC-
snce-but with me it is hope. Which
hope" Sinful, it expects forgiveness;
troubled, it expects relief; bereEt, li
expects reunion; clesr down, it ex
poets wings to lift; shipv-ecked, 1t ez-
poets lfeboat; bankrupt, Il exoects
eternal riches; a rrodigs!, It expects
the wide open door Of the fathers fam
house. It does rot wesr Itself out 81
looking backward; it always looks 1cr-
ward. What is the use Of giving SO
much time to the rehearsal Of the pastf
Your mistakes are nos corrected oy 8
review. Your losses cannot, BY b-oo1-
ing over them, be turned into gains.
It is the future that has the most tor
Us, and hope cheers Us on. We have
ali committed blunders, but does the
calling Of the 1oll efthen make thcn
any the less bluaders? Look ahead II
all matters Of usefulness. However
much sou may have accomplished Tor
Gcd and the worlds betternent, yo1r
greatest usefulness is to o;ne. No,
says some one, my health is gone,
'.No," says some ere, my mocey IS
gone" No" says sone one, the
most of ny yesIs are gone and there
fore ny usefulness" Why, you talk
like an in6del. Do you suppose
that all your capacity to DO
good is fenced in By this life?
Are you going to be . lou2geE
and do nothing after you hs7e GAIT
this world? Il is my business to tel
you that your fsculties ere to be en-
larged and intensified and your qualiE-
cations for usefulness multiplisd ten
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