The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
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you put your hand in my pocSet
and steal from me- Remember,
the whole day is Gods.
Remember, Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy" I
plead with you in Gods name.
| Would it not be a beautiful thing
to see if there were just one
church in all this county: Or in
all this State that was church
marked by people who observe
the Sabbath Day: Il would be
a great opportunity for you to
thus witness for Christ. And
while thus Witnessing for him, |
promise you: if Gods word be
true, as you regard his day and
strive to keep it holy. that as the
Sabbaths roll by one after anoth
er they will more and more be-
come q delight to your soul. |
will just read this passage in
closing: Isiah 55:13-14 If thou
turn away thy foot from the sab
bath, from doing thy pleasure
on my holy day: and call the
sabbath a delight, the holy OF
the Lord, Honourable, and shalt
bononr him not doing thine own
ways. uor finding thine own
pleasure, nor speaking thine
own words Oh, Christian
friend, Brother: Sister, would it
not be a blessed thing if one
Sabbath afternoon, just one, it
could be true Of you that that
afternoon was given over unto
the Lord. when the Lord had a
chance at you. when you were
still long enough and your
thoughts settled long enough
on him for him to shower his
blessings down into your soul:
What a blessing itwould be! Oh,
count the Sabbath day a delight;
count it holy; count it honorable
and don't do your own ways:
don't find your own pleasure,
don't do that, and this is Gods
promise, Isa. 5S:14: :;Then shalt
thou delight thyself. in the Lord;
and I will cause thee to ride
Upon the high places Of the
earth, and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father: for
the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it." What does that
mean? It means that you shall
learn to delight in the Lord:
that your religion will become
delight unto you. We don't
think about religion that way
enough. The religion Of the
Lord Jesus Christ is intended to
make the soul happy and bright,
and this you can make it by re-
membering his day to keep it
holy. Remember his day to
keep it holy and he will make it
a delightsome thing to you and
he will feed your soul upon the
heritage of Jacob. Oh, the her
itage of Jacob-of Jacob, the
promised land! Jacob, honored
of God; Jacob, in old age gather
ed unto his fathers! The herit-
age of Jacob! It shalt be thine
if thou wilt count his day al
delight.
Now, I am through. Oh, will
you look at this thing just a lit,
tie more seriously than you ever
have before: AS Christian men
and women you are concerned
about Gods kingdom. Let me
tell you, that when Gods day is
gone, Gods kingdom vanishes.
When Gods day is gone the So
called Christian nations are not
Christian; their god is the world,
the flesh and the devil. And
while you don't see the serious
aspect of it in our own town as
we do not have the Sunday ex.
cursions and such: | fear if we
did have them there would be
some members of the Presbyte-
rian church who would go off on
them. Therefore. urge you, in
Gods name, to cultivate a
strength that will stand like
men against them before they
make their encroachment upon
you. Let Gods day, so far as
YOU are concerned. be rcmem-
6ered and kept holy. And so
far as your home is concerned,
see that that day is honored, for
you will never raise a Christian
family if you reverence not that
day in your home. So far as
your community is concerned,
Strive to honor that day il you
want your family reared in a
place where God is honored.
Gods curse will surely follow
the desecration of his day. His
tory is repeating itself over and
over again. Israel prospercd
until they forgot Gods day and
then Gods curse came. France
prospered until she desecrated
the Sabbath day. Spain prospered
until she forgot Gods day and
today Spain is classed among the
weak nations. God will surely
punish the desecration Of the
Sabbath. It is for you to see to
+ that uol11, home is one of the