The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-08

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t;ons: the first from the fourth verse
of the eighth Psalm, aud the second
from the fourteenth verse OF the
fourth chapter Of James. They are
as follows: What is man What
is your lite:" And first we are to con-
Isider-
I.-"wHAT IS NAN
l. We contemplate life or human
existence in this world with amaze
ueut. Here before US is man. the
greatest tricnotomy in the universe.
with body. soul. and spirit: he is in
deed the greatest invention Of the
ages. And first we notice his body
a most wonderfully devised piece O:
mechanism which the ingenuity Of
man with all of its cunning has never
been able to duplicate. to counterfeit
or to make one just like it. Artificial
hands and feet, and to degree use
full devices, have been made and plac-
ed on living stumps, but they have
been but poor limitations OF real
hands and feet. And beautiful wax
figures. and other limitations Of the
human body, have been made and
sold at fabulous prices to our wealthy
! Partisan merchants. who have dress
ed them in the most beautiful and
richest costumes, and placed them in
their show windows to please and to
catch the eye Of the passe rSby. And
thess figures have possessed the most
! beautiful contour OF person; they
have had the rosy lips and dimpled
cheeks, hut the best OF them, even the
most perfect ones-thcse representing
the greatest skill nd dinSenuity-have
been but poor attempts at anything
Hike = successful imitation They have
ewes and see not, ears and hear not.
lips that never moves. and 'the
breath OF life" could not be breathed
into their nostrils. Their bodies could
never throb and pulsate with lie.
The human body cannot be counter
! feited.
,. Indeed, the human body is
miracle o. invention and only Dl-
vinitv could have designed and made
it. Two hundred and fifty bones,
thousand ligaments, a wonderful sys-
TEN OF arteries and veins. and q per-
! feet teleSraphic system OF nerves: the
most wonderful and complicated ma
chinery in the universe: and all work
ing in perfect accord The most won
derful building in all the world is the
| house in which we live" with its win
dows, the eyes through which the
| spirits in prison get a view OF the
outside world; ears with the most per-
feet accnstic properties: and a voice
capable OF thousand musical varia-
tions. The human body is indeed Il
wonderful piece OF machinery.
8. And DR.. Hills in his splendid ad
dress on Ruskin calls attention 20 the
fact that all other inventions are only
limitations OF the human body. The
idea Of the pump. for instance. came
from the human heart with its valves
and its action by which blood is fore
ed through all the human system.
The idea Of the hinge came from the
the human elbow. The idea Of the
drum and violin which are used in
music came from the human ear. The
idear Of the lense which is used in the
| telescope and in the camera came
from the mechanism OF the human
eye The idea OF church steeple
from the natural position OF the hands
in PRAYER. And so en- with every 9th
er so.called invention in life-man is
only copyist, or an imitator OF God,
the Supreme Artictect and Designer
OF all things. No idea is original with
man; they are all conceived in the
infinite mind OF God.
t. And still more wonderful than
the human body-still more wonder
| tul than the machine itself-it is spir-
it. or the life. by which it is actuated:
that apparitiona. self that makes the
machine live and move. Over all this
machinery and pervndinS its whole
construction is the spirit, that mys-
terious something which we call life.
that mobile something which the
chemist has never been able to har-
ness and which the scientist has never
been able to locate. it detiieS the laws
Of human elucidation.
). Aud then folded up somewhere
in this robe Of 1esh is the soul-the
psyche, the divine part OF this most
wonderful trinity, the part that came
from the bosom Of God, and which
will return unto Him when this
house OF this earthly tabernacle Is
dissolved And 1t is in obedience to
the behests of this deviner self that
the hands move, the feet walk and the
lips speak. And thus we see what man
! is, that God should be mindful OF him.
He is the greatest tricboteny OF the
Universe-body, soul and spirit.
trinity in unity; the last and the no
blest work Of God.
6. DR.. Munsev, that wierd divine OF
the old Holston Conference. in speak
| ing Of Man has th1s summed up the
whole situation in 4 very beautiful
metaphor: The human being is
great metropolitan lnunicipal!ty-a
little Kingdom in itseif-of which the
/ head is the capitol. And in the pal
ace Of the brain are doniciled the Of
ticers and wardens Of the kingdom. In
charge Of the records OF state is Il
great historian-Memory-who never
forSets And adorninS the parlors
and the corridors OF the palace are
the superb paintings Of that master
artist-lmaSinat!op, who Is daily
hanging pictures on memories wall
which can never be erased. And then
in the great halls OF state. each in its
own particular sphere, is Reason.
Judgment and Conscience; Coz
SCIciCc Oc.iS lut Siiiei JootiSo ~ 'tAS
municipality and before whom we ar
raiSned a Thousand times day and
made 20 give an account for our
thoughts, our words and ou: deeds.
And there also in the great throne
room OF the brain. ermiued and dia-
DENIED in royal authority, is the Will.
the real power behind the throne
at whose command the whole king
dom moves; and thus is Gods master
piece seen in motion. Wonderful in
deed is man.
:. And now as we take a retrospect
OF man and consider his most lniracu-
lous and divine conception; his most
wonderful construction, the vile dust
Of the earth becoming flesh and bone;
when we consider his great capac' les
and almost unlimited possibilities; his