The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30

YOU Will be sure to ADMIRE" Come
with me into associations that are
cheerful and good and inspiring"
Come with me into JOY such as you
never before experienced"
With tha. wosd which has done SO
much Tor others approach you to.
day. Are YOU right with COO: No.
YOU sav,"I think not; All sometimes
alarmed when l think OF Him; lear
| WI, not De reaGy 20 neei LIN ID
the last day; my heart is not right "ish
COD" Come, sben. and have II made
rioL,. Through the Christ who died
- save YOU. come! What is the use
IN waiting? Ine longer you wait the
farther OF you are and the deeper you
are down. Strike out for Heaven. You
remember that a few years ago
steamer called the Princess Alice, with
= crowd Of eXcursioaists aboard, sank
in the Thames, and there was an awful
sacrifice Of life. \ boatman from the
shore put out for the rescue, and he
had a big boat, and he got 1t so full II
he laid hold Of the oars TO pull for the
shore. leaving hundreds helpless ana
drowning. he cried out: "Oh. that
had bigger boat" Thank God .thatl
an not thus limited and that l can
promise room FOR all in this Gospel
boat. Get in; get in! And yet there
IS room. Room in the heart o1 par
6oning Goo. Room in Heaven.
also apply the word Of my text to
those who would like practical com
fort. If any ever escape the struggle
of life. I have not found them. They
are not certainly among the prosper
Gus classes. In most cases it was
struggle al the way up till they
reached the prosperity, and since they
have reached these heights there have
been psrpieXities, anXieties and crises
which were almost enough to shatter
the nerves and turn the brain. ltvouIo
be hard to tell which have the biggest
fight in this world, tie prosperltles or
the adversities, the coDspicui1ies or
the obScur:ties. Just as soon as you
have enough success 10 attract the at
tention Of others the enries and Jeal-
ousies are let loose from their keDrel.
The greatest crime that you can com
nit in the estimation Of Others IS to
get on better than they DO. They think
YOUR addition. is their subtraction.
Five hundred persons start for goal
Of success; one reaches it, and the 9TH
er four hundred aZ6 ninety-nlne are
mad. II would take volumes 20 hold
the story of their wrongs, outrages
and defamations that have come upon
YOU as a result Of your success. The
warm sun of prosperity brings into
life swamp full Of annoying insects.
On tas other hand, the unfortunate
classes have their struggles for main
tenance. To achieve livelihood by
one who had nothing to start with, and
after awhile for family as well, ana
carry this on until children are reared
and educated and fairly started IN the
world, and to DO this amid all the rival
ries of business apd the uncertainty
Of crops and the Gck-eness OF tarlT
legislation, with an occasional labor
strike and here and there a panic
thrown in, is mighty thing to do, and
there are hundreds and thousands OF
such heroes and heroines who live IN
sung and die unhoaored.
What we all need, whether up or
down in life or half way between, is
the infinite solsce Of the Christian re.i-
gisn. And so we employ tho word
"Cene-" 1t will take al eternity to
ind out the number Of business men
who have been strengthened by the
promises Of God, and the people who
have been fed by the ravens whea other
resources gave cut, and the men and
women who, going into this battle
armed only with the needle or saw or
ak or yardstick or pen or type or shove
or shoe last, have gained victory that
made the heavens resound. With all
the resources OF God promised for
every eSigeocy, no one need be LETT II
the lurch.
But the word Come" applied to
those who need solace will amount to
nothing unless it ba uttered by some
one who has experienced that solace.
That spreads the esponsibility OF Civ
ing this Gospel call among a great
many. Those who have lost property
and have been console6 by religion in
.la ..;.l AVA +ha ooac 70 invite tboca
who have failed in business. Those
who have lost their health and been
consoled by religion are the ones to
invite those who are in poor health.
Those who have had bsreavenents and
been corsolea II those bereavemeDts
are the ones to synpathize with those
who have lost father or mother or
conpa MON or child or friend. What
nultituoes of US are alive to-day and
in good health and bueyant in this
Journey OF life who would have beer
broken down or dead long ago but for
the sustaining and cheering help of our
holy religion! So We say, Come"
The well is rot dry. The buckets are
not empty. The supply is not exhaust
ed. There is just SIS much mercy and
coincidence and soothing power in God
as before the first grave was dug, or
the first tear started, or the Arst heart
broken, or the first accident happened,
or the first fortune vanished. Those
of Us who have felt the consolatory
power Of religion have rightto speak
out of our own experiences and say:
"Cone!"
What dismal work OF coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to con-
dole. The plaster they spread does
not stick. The broken bones under
their ban6age DO not knit. A farmer
was lost in a srowstorn on prairie
of the far west. Night vas coming on,
and after he was aImos. frantic from
not knowing which way TO go his
sleigh struck the rut of another sleigh.
and he said: II will follow this Tut,
and it will take Sc out TO safety" He