The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15


nn1 mUt?2 Increased. but do not deSpiSp
the minute of increasing ligAt each
Gay rf this January. and d" not de-
sui>, ;Ne fact That more light is cnn!-
Ing tnr the church and the world.
thuug;l- it come slowly. As We are
nnw in this season gradually going to-
ward the longest day of next summer.
SC Our world is moving forward toward
the long day OF emancipation ana
ChriStly dominion. II may now III
the state and the church ana tn" world
he January cold. but wcare on the way
to July harrcSts and September Or
chards.
DO no, read Your almanac backward.
Do not 90 ont and ask the trees hung
with icicles by JANUARY storm whether
they will ever again BLOSSOM III May
uladncss will resume its flow. the GRO
Gus will come up at the edge OF the
Snowbank. the morning star will open
the door for the day, and the armies 0t
tie world will ground arms ii!
around the world. The January Of
frost will be abolished. and the balm
and radiance of d divine atmosphere
will fill the nations. If You do not
see it and hear II for yourself. | think
at The utmost your grandchildren Will
see and hear it. The heavens will
take part in the conflict between
Righteousness and sin. and that will
settle it. and settle it Alright. and set
tie it forever.
In this very month Of January. l6+3.
two months after a great battle had
been fought between the army OF the
king and the army OF parliament.
shepherds and travellers between y
and ! o'clock at night heard the battle
repeated in the skies-the sound of
drums. the clash Of arms. the groanS
OF dying men and then the withdraw
al OF the scene into complete silence.
These shepherds and travellers repeat
ed il the neighAor!ng tOwnS what they
heard. and large numbers OF people,
expecting that all was q deception.
went. out on Ills following night, ana
they heard the same upf0aE and
tumult in the heavenS-the twoarmiaS
in battle. The king, hearing Of this
seeming combat in the heavens, sent
ambassadors to inquire into the myS-
terry. In the. night bhey also heard
the conflict and came back to the king
and took solemn oath Us to this myS-
teriOuS occurrence.
Whether these shepherds and traV-
elers and ambassadors OF the king
were in deluSion cannot say, but this
I know-that the forces Of God and
the forces Of Satan are now in combat,
the heavens as well as the earth in
struggle as to who shall win this world
for blesSedneSS or woe, and, as tbs
armies of God are mightier thar the
armies diabolic, We know who will tri-
umph, and we have right to shout the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The King of Kings, the Lord Of Hosts,
the Cod Of Joshua and Havelock. leads
in the conflict. 1 have no fear about
the tremendous issue. My only fear
is that we will not be found in the
ranks and fully armed to do our part
in this campaign Of the eternitieS.
Again, remark that the month OF
January has seen many Of the most
stupendous events in the worlds his
tory and a rocking Of cradles and the
digging Of graves that have affected
nations. In this month American in
dependence was declared, followed By
Lexington and Bunker Hill and Mon
mouth and Valley Forge and York
town. January saw the proclamation
that abolished American slavery.
Though at the time there were tive
mighty opinions and they were exact
" opposed-th0Se who liked the d0cu-
mlent and those who diSliked it-there
is but one opinion now, and if it were
put to vote in all the states Of the
south. Shall slavery be reinStated?"
there would be an overwhelming vote
of Mo- The pen with which the
document was signed and the inkStand
that contained the ink are relics as Sa-
cred and valuable as the original Dec
,aration of Independence, with al its
erasures and interineations. The in.
stitution which for seventy or eighty
years kept the nation in angry contro-
yerSy has disappeared, and nothing is
left to fight about. The north and
the south today are in as complete ac-
cord as ever were flute and cornet in
the same orchestra. The north has
built it's factories on the banks Of the
Chattahoochee and the Roanoke, and
the south has sent many Of its ablest
attorneys into our northern court
houses, it's most skillful physicians
into cur sickroomS, it's wiSeSt bankers
into our exchanges. its most consecra-
ted ministers into our pulpits- this
the result Of the proclamation OF Jan.
l. 1863.
But January. like all the other
moths of the year, has had it's sadness
es and its disasters. During this
month died Linnseus, the botanist Of
Sweden and the world, who called the
roll Of the flowers and shrubs and
trees, putting them into companies
and calling them by their names, his
beautiful statue standing in park Of
Stockholm, rose held in his right
hand. During this month expired
Francis Bacon, and Garrick, and
Louis VI. and William Pitt. and
Francis Jeffrey Of the immortal pen,
and Disraeli the first. and Edward Ev-
erett. and Bruce, and Catiline. In
this month died Peter the Great, the
man Of whom it was written: He
gave a polish to his people and was
himself a savage. He taught them the
art of warfare, Of which he himself
was ignorant. From the sight Of a
small boat on the river Moskwa he
erected a powerful fleet, making him
self an expert and active shipWright,
sailor. pilot and commander. He
cha praS tho manners cOctO0nS and