The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-08

"L64- O1ic S-'fS
settle ard lbs cradle! Through Ehst
deep sno7s they drew the logs or crt
their vay to he fo6dering Of the csttle
WIS; drcughss, What frsscets, Whist in
Sectile invasions, they remember! To
c,othe snd feed and educate the house
hold they went through tolls and se!f
sacrifices that the world kDev but little
aecus. Rest, aged man! Let the boy;
DO the shayeiipg snd th7asalns ano
cutting ard sRezting. You have ru;
the harness cf, AID DC rot rs to put Il
on again.
TEess zre Cd mechanics ina: osn no
ne stov5 the pls1e or pound With
the hannrr or bore with the bit OF run
% be ladder to the scafoloipg. Mss
ter nechau;cs they wece CT subordIn
a,es who wrought faithfully in the woCk
cf hcuss or barn or ship building, You
have 3 right tc quit. You have finished
your sssk. Be- thsnkiu! shst your WoEs
IS dc1s.
Then thare axe aged physicians. What
tragedies Of ps;1 AID aco:dsnt they
have Witnessed! How Euch suE rig
they rave assuagcdl HoE nany fevers
tiay ccoleo! How nscy broken bones
hey sa.! How many psr1xysns they
asiste6l How many anxious days they
cas&eS When tbs? knsW that hunsa
hv~s depended upon sbe;. skill aud
d>iity! They drove back d an from
mary crsdle.
And there are ,la old ministers.
Onoe they Hers foremost in general as
sen5liss ani conferences and sssocia
tions. They have prssched in Pante-
ce.ts. They have stood hy Chr:a:ia0
Gesthbsds sa6 seer E;ij>hs 50 up IN
hsming chsricts of glory. The gospel
trey preached for fifty OF sixty years
illunines their every feature. They
have stopped preaching, for thaEE
breath is short, OF their nerves are
8 jsrsle, or they lose their thread ot
discourse OF suffer from confusion OF
ideas. Cheer up, aged dcninies sud
;os.ors. The Bible says God fcryets
our sins when We repent Of them, but
ae neyer forgets faithful services ren:
dered. He remembers tnat revival
1hers ycu stood watching the souls
thss came ''as clouds ano as doves TO
the windows" He hss indicated By
ycur physical or msntal condition that
II is t,ns for you tc stop. Be content
to sscp. Your helmet oesrs the mark
cf msn3 batslesz; your sword IS benz
from many holy struggle; your shield
is 6en;ed win the thrust Ct many a
spear. Now hang up the sCmc. with
slsdness.
Do oot boast Of your moral strength.
Oas Of the most brilliant men Of the
c;neteerth century, hsv!ng temporarily
reformed from iRebriacy, stood on the
platform Of Broadway tabernacle, New
York, an5 said, Were this CREST globe
one c-ystsliise and were offsrsd tee
possession Of it il l would drink one
glsss Of brandy I would refuse with
ecorn, anu I want no religion to help
me-" But that same msn died at
Poughkeepsie drunken pauper. Bet
ter undeErase than oveEa:e ourselves.
My subj set is also refutstion Of the
famous sentiment that Gtd is on the
side Of the heaviest srtil!ery. From all
| csn resd about this struggle Banhsdsd
sroke the truth when he said, The
gods do 30 unto NE and more also il the
Gust Of Sanaris shall suffice for hand
fu!s for 81! the people that follow me. "
He vas So coriient that with his su
pericr numbers ha could defeat the
king Of Israel and capture Ssnsris that
be left the work for short afternoon.
Bs is at noon in Wasssil with his
royal associates. The battle Of Wa,
terloo vas not opened until twenty I've
minutes Of u o'cloos at noon, bus thas
vas hecsu5s the ground was tco wet to
NOV, the artillery. Bsnaadsd waits
until sfsernoon because he is ovsrcon-
6dens. Gc6 is rot on the side Of the
most s5o.ds CT the nost war chsciots
0. the noss cannon if they be IN the
the wrong, but on the side Of the right.
How such 3 preposterous sentiment
ss hs7s mentioned should have gained
sEsy know not when sll history pco-
claims the opposite. Describing the
very next battle in which Banhadsd
fought snd vas m;ssrably defeated, the
Bible eays, The children of Israel
pitched before them like two little dccks
Of kids, but the syrisns filed the couo-
try" How insignificant Rere the IN
armed Isrselites, half starved and un-
crganizsd, compared with Phacaoh's
host or foot, on horseback snd chsriot-
60! But the waves OF the Red Sea
tcok part in the cocf.os, parting to let
the pursued pass, but coming together
to destroy tho puySusrs. The Mldisn-
ties and Analekites were like grass
hoppers for multitudes, but 800 men
uader Gideon came down, their only
weapons pitchers alo lamps and trun-
pats, srd IS they held up the lamps snd
thres down the pitchers snd bieg the
truuyets the fash <: the lights and ths
bisre OF the instruments and the crash
OF the crockery made their enemy fail
back in wild terror.
No.ice also that ny text takes il for
granted that you mus: put on the hsr.
ness, else how can you take it Of?
Life is battles thirty yesrs, forty
years or sixty years var. Helmet
you must have, for the battleazes Of
skepticisn and agnosticism are aimed
st your head. Every possible e&arS will
be made to make you think wrong
The young man who gets his head
flied with wrong notions about God,
about Christ, shout the soul, about the
s.eat Deyond, is already captured. Put
On the hslmet: the lsschst we'll adjusted
under the chin. Think right, and you
will set right. Yes, breastp'ase for the
heart. That is the most important part
TO he defended. That decides Whist you
love and Whist you hate, what you hope
f,r snG what you despis,. Thst de,
cides earthly happiness snd eternal des