The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-13

20 Iris country WSle Yeas cl sp-"e"
p-omise. From the earliest days O:
bis arrival his trecd ha d been tc reli-
g:on.
Ny path il life is chosen" be
said, with smile that showed every
a, ,sminy tooth in his head Il will
Se 3 worker IL the vineyard" To the
Theological seminary he went, again
gra6us t!rg with the highest honors.
His way was ear. For West A A'r!ca
ss sailed, and On the coast for twenty
years be labored, winning converts
eyery where ard becoming famous for
+ i eicquel CO and power, until his re
turn to Dayto
And when be married woman OF
his own race and settled down into
licis.7y # tne hcme CD. IL ssen
e6 that the main work, u his lie was
complete. But the split b.5wssn the
Radical ard Conservative factions II
5ae United Brethren drove him nrst
20 one side AID then to TIE oSher sau
s.a last back to Wss5 Africa.
Aud now these wno Know ms sko1s
cite two peculiar Circumstances aincs-
uano' icad at the 5ime, bat mo" recsli
81 ic ayivid memory.
Taere was in bis whole atsl:uce
crouch. an animal s1eata that seat a
G uider through these VITO "aec1eo
aim.
It nay be that il the storm CT COD.
sen5,cn between the two factions CT
the ceu:ch he first sense OF REBELLION
ayairst his sd)pt3d fsith--he rebel
ii that had lorg lain snould Iii 6 10
nis hear.-aross s-rong ana Clear with
IL bin.
Yet he bravelg went ia,k TO bis
duty. The remembrance cf the gcoo
nar-Dow SO lcl E in bis graVe-"no
aad taken him by the ha, d, teld him
fast. But tie devoted heart that lac
bsen part OF h;ns SELF, that lad given
;elvor and force to bis work. was
gone. Yet to those &ho watched G'm
c:osely MOVIE was seemingly the
same gsatle prots coor Of the poor ano
the str cssn that be had ever been
His mission scncoi grew larg7r anc
ls5gs5: his church grew more anc
more powerful: his Influence the W:d
Or. His ,nver5s to G ,riStisnlty Wers
t, und by the thousand aiccg TIE whole
line Ct the West African coast. His
art as q preacher hsd ntliowei and
ripsne6 with tue years.
Il Was on the night Ct q Sunsa
three years ago that Re returned to
his cottage looking very tired and Old.
Tae services OF that Gay had beer
n re than >usily exhaustiog n n,
they said at erward, had he preacher
so veil. He had take 'S>ncs rl5y" fof
nis text. l. was SO address to be re
nem oeIed f4r ali uins. Bat 1t was
recalled ataerward that right IN tbs
oeart CT his sermon he had come to g
sudden dsaS stop, his haad upifse'
As Though to besteak sileEc his eyes
fixed on vacancy, his whole e1p:es lon
as ore who listens t->n afar- Then,
as If with great Il It be rect veSeo
his thoughts, sighed peep.y and re
:umed bis discourse.
II an very Wesrg," be SAID to h1s
servants. Tonight while 1as speak
ing, I heard tee und OF chs prayer
song that T remember in my youth.
The song seemed to be born Ia upoo
me from che ~ depths OF the forest
7 heard the yJicss OF my brethren
raised as tacuSh TO cali ne.
Whsn they eutere1 the rocm IN thr
morning bis bed was empty. Y=S they
did not Sescch tor him, tu5 after the
manner OF their race, qu;sslg sat Go ~
ct their doors az vailed.
And at last there came dark time
when, they say, for twenty one lnns
days be vanished tx % the kea Ct al
who had known him.
Dawned bright aad besut ful the
morning Of the twsoty-S c'Hd day
and before the eyes OF bis i G d ser
wants hs Sso)i-ihe sam TT d
formed. For the fist ti.-e il T. TT,
years he was hinse.f.
Withi1 q week the chu ca IN WAC
be had preached " empty AID the
scao3lhouSs a oismaatied ruin. TIE
edifcs Of two generations was destroy
ed.
Little It recked to him that tbs
council of the cEuIch IN far away
Am erica bad soie5,nly expelled hio
TOR ir f ieiiJy to the Brotherhood. FoI
the icst time in bis life he breathed
the air OF freedom.
And now from out the recessss OF
the African forests, ten miles away
from the coast, came CHASTITY stories
Ct the sacrifices ff3red up By the
tribes OF the imperial IN return for the
restoration Of taetr chief; Of death
feasts in which the fl ;sh u children
aod women was eaten.
Sp es and Scouts, creeping through
a the u sand paths, c me- upon them,
and told Il the chief OF the Imoerrl
seated wish bis wives On q pile OF
rocks around him, his men dancing
tne daLce Of death )Iei corpse.
And in wild medley CT justice and
revenge, police snd soldiers alike we're
on the trail OF the former missionary
20 hunt him, BY day and night, until.
n his own camp, surrounded by his
neo, he was caught aud forced to sur
render, and led, e captive, to Sierra
Leone. York American.
Attempted Scicide.
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