The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-06

lines are out, and orr worlds re-
! lease is certain. The coed influences
! OF the cousecrate3 people in our
world will be csatupIed by the help
from tie heavenly world, and the Di-
/ vine power will overcome the de-
J mon;ac. 0 man, woman, expand
! YOUR idea and know the magnitude
specially interested. From all the
! seven worlds which my text calls the
3leiades there come 30 such powerful
| influences as from the two worlds
that I am now mentioning. My only
! hope for this world IS in the reen-
forcement that is to come from an
other world. But that is promised,
and so I feel as sure of the r2tifca-
tion Of all evil as though looking cut
of nv window to-day saw the parks
and the gardens Towering into anoth-
er paradise and the apocaiyptic angel
| fvinr through the midst Of Heaven
with the news that the Kingdoms of
this world have become the kingdoms
of our Lord.
Nv text called JOB ard calls US to
consider the sweet Influences" We
put too much emphasis upon the acid
tiles of life, upon the ir-itations Of
! life, upon the disappointments of
! life Ammiauus MarceIlinuS said that
Chsldca was in olGcn times overrun
with lions, but many Of them lost
their power because the great swamps
produced many gnats that would get
| into the eyes Of the lions, and the
| lions to free themselves of the gnats
would claw their own eyes out and
/ then starre. And in our time many a
lion has been overcome by gnat.
The little singing annoyances OF Efs
keep US from appreciating the sweet
influences. And how many Of these
last there are! Sweet influences of
! home, however plain it may be! That
Is the harbor into which we sail.
That is the goal for which we run.
That is the place where we rest.
There abide all confidence and afec-
tions. There we lay our plans. There
we extend our sympa thies. There
we talk over our successes. There
we unload our griefs. It's four walls
shut out pryirg ani inquisitive
world. Thank God for the home IN
which we were born, the home in
which we now live, the home in which
we expect to die!
Not sufficiently do we recognize the
sweet influences of the wife. We men
are of rougher n ol6, and our voice is
loud, and our manners need to be
tanned, and ge1t.eness is not as much
of a characteristic as i: ought to be,
and we often say things we ought to
take back. 1t is to change this that the
good wife comes in. The interests Of
the twain are Identical. That which
| from outsiders would be considered
criticism and to be resented becomes
kindly suggestion, sweet influences
that make US better mea than we 9TH
erwise would have been or could have
| been.
The sweet influences Of the heavenly
world, which many wise men thought
for long while was Alcyone, the CEN
ter of the constellation of the Plel-
ades, world Of our future residence,
as we hope; world of chorus and IL
Elimination, world of reunion, world
where we shall be everIastingly COM
pIete, world where our old faculties
will be intensified and 9ickened and
new faculties implanted, world Of high
association with Christ, through
whose grace we got there at all, and
apostles and poets-Ha '>akkuk and St.
John, Of Patmos, and Edward Young,
his Might Thoughts" turned into
eternal day; and Boratius Bonar, OF
modern hynnology; and Hannah More,
and Mrs. Hemans and Mrs. Sigourney,
who struck their harps till nations lis
tened; and David, the victor over Co.
Hath with what seemed insufficient
weapons; and Joshua, Of the pro-
longed Gay in GIDEON; and Eave!ock'
the evangelist hero, and those thou
sands OF men of the sword who fought
on the right side. What company to
move in. What guests to entertain!
What pe7sonages to visit! What
choirs to chant! What banquets with
lifted chalices filed with "the new
wine Of the kingdon!" What victories
to celebrate!
The stories of that world and its
holy hilarities come in upon our soul
sometimes in song, sometimes in SER
mon, sometimes in hours Of solitary
reflection, and they are, to use the
words of ny text, sweet influences.
But there is one star that affects Ua
more with its sweet influence than tie
center star, the Alcyone of the Plei-
ades, and that is what one Bible au-
thor calls the Star Of Jacob and anoth-
er Bible author calls the Morning
Star.
Sweet influences of the Holy Ghost,
with all His Transforming and com
fortingan6 emancipatiDg power. When
that power is fully felt, there will be
no more sins to pardon and 40 more
wrongs to correct and no more SGT.
rows to comfort and 20 more bondage
to break. But as the olGtime ship
captains watched the rising Of the
Ple:a6es for safe navigation and set
sail in Mediterranean waters, but
were sure to get back into port before
the constellation Orion came into
sight, the season OF cyclone and hu7ri'
cane, SO there is time 10 sail for HeaV-
en-. and that is while the sweet in.
fuences are upon Us and before the
storms overtake the delay. Open al.
your soul to the light and warmth and
comfort and inspiration Of that Cos
pei which has already peopled Heaven
with millions Of the ransomed and is
helping millions to that glorious desti'
nation. Do not postpone the things
Of God and eternity till the storms Of
life swoop and the agitations Of g
great future are upon us. Do not dare
wait urtil Orion takes the place Of the
P.eiades. Weigh anchor now and with