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

~laGoN or sessco on the Tsp SsZ!1S lESe
ihe Face Of the mother.
ItWss child in Nasmsn's kitchen
that so!d the crest Syrian Vsa7ior where
he might 90 ard get cured Of the lepro-
81, which at bis seveoth plunge in the
Jordac Was lett at the bottom Of the
river. Il YVES so the crsdle Of les7oa IL
v3ica child va; laid, rocked ny sas
N;ie, that Gsd called the attention Of
history. lives sick child that e7ok-
ID Chr;st's cursti7e s7npsthies. It
was child that Christ set in the midst
Of The sousbb!icg disciples to tesch the
!sssoY o. huuiiity. : child decided
Waterloo, shoRing the army Of Bluoh.
Ct how tl:sy could tske short cut
through tie fields when if shs cd road
aa6 oee2 followed tie Prussisn general
would have come up TOO late to ssVe the
dsssiries Of Europe. L vas 9 child
tha. decided Gettysburg, he having
overheard Two Confederate generals Il
conversation in which they we're 70
-aa-ch fer Gettysburg instead OF Ha!ris-
burg. srd, this reported to Governor
Curtin, tie Fecersl forces started to
meet their opponents at Gettgsbarg,
SAD to-day tie child is to decide sll the
crest bsttlcs, MIKE 81! the laws. settle
ail the 6esGoies md ushs-in the world s
ss!7z:ion or destruction. Men, women,
nations, ell earth and all c2aven, be-
So'd TIE oa:lc
Notice siso that in this Bible night
scene God honore6 scienoe. Who sre
the three wise nen kneel;ng before
the Divine Infsnt? Not boo-, not ig.
no-snuses, but Caspsr, Bal:hsssr and
Melchoiv, non who knew al that vas
TO be known. They we're the Isaac
NsRtons and Rsrsohels and Faraosys
Of their lime. Their alchemV Eas the
:orerunner Of our sublime chemistry,
their astrclogy the notLer Of cur mag
niSeent astronomy. And when | see
these scientists boving before the Seac
SifUl bsbe Isee the prophecy Of tie tine
zhen sil tie telescopes AID microscopes
and sll the L2yden jars aud al the cleo
tric batteries and all the obssrvsto-ies
a2d al tbs universities shsll bow to
Jesus. f is much thst Wsy already.
Where is the college that does not hs7e
morning prayers, thus bo.ing st the
msnger? Who have been the greatest
paysioisns? Onitting the names Of the
living lest We should be ipvidious. have
ae net had among them Christian man
ike James Y. Simpson and Rush and
Valentine Mott and Abs1crenhie snd
Abernetby? Who have been our gr;at-
est scientists? Joseph Harry, Whc
lived snd cle& IN the faith cf the gos
pela, and Aggsssiz, who, standing with
bis students among the hills, took cf
his hst md said, Young gentlemen,
before We study these ro,ks let US pray
for wisdom to the Goo who msde the
rocks" All geology will yet boW bafose
the Rock Of Ages. AL botany will
yet worship the Rose Of Sharon. Al!
astronomy Fill yet recognize the Star
Of Bethlehem.
Behold also ia that fist Christmas
night that God honorsd tie fields.
CSue in, shepherd boys, to Bethlehem
and see the child. "No,' they say;
''Ee ere not dressed good enough to
ccne in Eyes, ycu are. Come in"
Sure enough ths sto:ms snd the night
dew and the brsnblss have made rough
work with their apparel, but none has 8
better right to come in. They we're the
first to hear the music Of that Christmas
night. The first announcement Of 8
Ss7iour'5 birth vas made to those man
in the i,lds. There we're Wiseac7es
that night in Bathlahen and Jerusalem
Snoring il dep sleep, and thera were
sslaried officers Of government who,
hesrirg Of it sftervard, may have
thought thst they ought to have had the
Grst 1eTs Of such G great event, some
one diamounting from swift camel at
their door and kneeling till at some
sansiael's question, who comes
there?" the great oles Of the palace
might have been told Of the celestial
arrival. No; the shepherds heard the
first two bars Of the music, ths first N
the najor key and the last in the sub
dued minor, 'G.ory to God in the high
est aud on earth peace: good will to
men," Al, yes, the islds were hon
ored.
The old shepherds, With plaid and
crook, hsve for the most part vanished,
Gu. wa have gazing On our Z 2ited States
pasture field: and prairie about 4, O00,-
zoo zAaep, and all their keepers ought
&c io:Iow the shepherds CT my text ard
ali hose 1ho toll IN the 6elds-all vine
dressers, sll orchardists, sll husband
men. Not only that Christmas night,
but all up and down the worlds history,
Gcd has been honoring the feds.
Nearly all the messishs Of reform and
Literature and elcq lencs and law and
berevoleoce have cone from the fields.
Washington from the fields. Jefferson
from the fields. The presidential mar
trrs, Gsrfsld, Lincoln and aoKinley,
from the fields. Henry Clay from the
fields. Daniel Webster from the fields.
Bsfo-e this world is right tho overflow
ing populstions Of our crowded cities
will have to take to tie fields. Instead
Of ten merchants in rivalry IS to who
shall sell tbs. one apple Wo want at
least eight Of them to 60 out and raise
apples. Instead Of 80 merchants de-
sir;rg to sell that one bushsl Of Whest
We wait st least eight Of taan to 60 out
snd raise wheat. The world wants noW
more hard hsnds, more bIo.zsd cheeks,
more muscular arms. To the field!
God honored them Ther he woke up
tie shepherds by the midnight anthem,
and lie Will while the world lasts coz
tirue TO honor the 6elds. When the
shepherds creek was that fsmous night
stood against the vail Ct the Bethlehem
khan, it was a prophecy Of the time
eke1 thrssaer's faii and farmers pioE
and voodnac's az and oz's yoke sad
cheat binders rake shall surrender 20
the God who made the country ss MN