The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-04
Purity Of Heart.

Purity Of Heart.
BLESSED are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God"
By nature all are children of
wrath. We are deceitful in heart
and altogether unit for the king
dom Of God, but thank the good
Lord we are not left to perish in
this condition: our pure and holy
Saviour and one who does not
delight in the death of the
wicked, has said in MS blessed
word, ':Come unto me: all yc
that labor and are heavy laden
and will give you rest" The
blood of Jesus was shed on Cal
vary to take away all sin. Sal
vation is free for you and me and
now is the accepted time; let Us
not put off serving the Lord one
day, for tomorrow's sun may
never rise, and there is danger
in death and delay, and every
Christian man and woman will
pray for the salvation of the SIN
ner and for the reform of the
drunkard. "God so loved the
world that he gave his only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever be-
lieveth in Him should not per
ish but have everlasting life. "
How grand and how glorious!
The rich and poor, the high and
low, the young and old, the
learned and ignorant, the whose
ever will, no matter how guilty
a man may be: no matter how
far he may have gone in SINS
dark path, he can by repentance
towards God and faith in Jesus
Christ, obtain salvation. God
will create in him clean heart
and renew a right spirit within
him; old things will pass away
and all things will become new,
and the raging sinner can sit
calmly at Jesus feet.
Oh, what a sweet thought!
Clothed and in his right mind
his heart is fixed, made pure and
by faith he can see God. The
pure in heart shall see God
that is they shall enjoy God.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord
is good; blessed is the man that
trusteth in Him, for he can go
on his way rejoicing. Have you
been to Jesus? Has He cleansed
your soul? Are you washed in
the blood of the Lamb? If not,
come at once to the fountain Of
Gods redeeming blood and I as
sure you He will save you from
your sins. The pure shall see
God in heaven. Heaven is a
very desirable place, heaven is a
very desirable place, heaven is
the home of the soul-the place
where God and angels dwell.
Shall you, shall I be there:
How blessed it will be to see God
and to enjoy Him forever in the
land of the blest, the saints de-
LIGHT. no sin, no sorrow, no pain;
the life above, there'll be no sor-
row there. Oh, what glorious
things are prepared for the pure
in heart.
Each one has something to do
for Jesus, if it is ever so small.
You know we must begin at lit
tie things and go up higher and
higher, for you know the least
you can do for Jesus will be pre-
cious in His sight. We cannot
all cross the ocean and the
hea5hen land explore, but we
can help the heather nearer, we
can help them at cur door, and
let US not forget there is work
to do for Jesus-work for every
one to do; perhaps you can take
some flowers and a little nour-
ishment to some destitute home
and speak some kind words. Let
us spread the heavenly sunshine
wherever we may go; God
counts the very smallest things
that are done for Him. Oh,
righteous Father, help US to say,
'.I'll go where you want me to
60, dear Lord-over mountain
or plain or sea, I'll say what you
want me to say, dear Lord, and
I'll be what you want me to be. "
Help us to be resigned to Thy
will, Oh, Lord, and serve Thee
all of our years Of tine and we
will be sure to get our reward
and let US wait, meekly wait, and
murmur not.
Purer in heart, oh, God, help me to be,
Nav devote nv life wholly to Thee.