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


can smile when everything goes
agains, him. And 50 our frs, conc!u-
sion IS this:
9. The man worth while" is the
man who makes best OF the life as II
comes. and lays hold upon present OPP
portuni,ies, and BY the grace OF the
Eternal God suImountS the difficulties
oflite. does his level best: and
He who does the best h!S circuCSta nceS a.
lows.
Acts nob!y. does well:
Angels could Go no more.
81 LIFE Is a SENTENCE.
/. And now in the mex, place we may
remark that life is 4 sentence: some
times simple. sometimes complex and
sometimes compound. We have seen the
simple life. the Christ-lise life, the life
so simple and so Swee. that we were
made 70 think OF the very angels OF God;
and. as rule, these are the evange!s CT
love that bless the world and make II
better by their having lived in it. How
sweet the life tha, is hid with Christ
in Cod Us setting sun must always
cast CLEAN Of light across the horizon
OF our spiritual vision that must bless
and cheer and help Us the longest day
we live. And then we have seen the
complex life Such = life was Peters,
life which is sometimes up and some
times down" And then we have seen
the compound life, the Jykle and Mr..
HYDE sort o; life But whether long
or short lie. simple, complex or COM
pound, they must all come, sooner or
later. 10 the period, 10 the stopping
point, and be brought face 70 face with
God before his judgment to be remem-
bered by what they have do1e, and
Judged according 70 the deeds done IN
the flesh.
,. Again. life is seu'~'cr declara-
tive. /, declares The existel.~t. O! God.
Whenever we consider mans environ
nent, the various expressions OF life 10
the world about us-the budding trees,
the trasran, flowers and climbing vines.
the luscious fruits and ripeninG grains,
al! in rich proiusion about US. We can
but exclaim, Behold what God hath
wrought for buck Of a.! Of this crea-
tion, back OF all Of this lie, mus: be
first cause. and that cause IS God. In
the beginning Cod" Life is q sentence
declarative.
,. Again. life IS sentence iaterrosa-
tive. What is you life?:" Exactly what
YOU make it. And this is the one great
fact that am trying to get before your
minds in this address. Lie is exactly
what you make it. BY the nelp OF God.
How careful that ought we TO live.
with wha, religious fear, who such .
s,ric, account must give from behavior.
tC) LIFE Is y VOYAGE.
l. And then life IS voyage. Happy
the man who takes Jesus for his pilot
and the Bible for his chart. The trou-
b.es of life may be nanp, but he. who
gathered up the waves OF the sea II his
arms ard said. Peace be still. and
stilieG the tempest, can also sti!! the
storms OF life in the troubled heart.
Happy the man who takes Jesus into
the boat Of life with him TO be his pilot
and his guide from the cradle 70 the
grave.
tDl LIFE Is y BOOK.
|. Again life is = book, with its pref
ace, its beginning, its conteot and IT'S
end. We are ali travellers 20 the judS-
ment, and aS we travel we are writing
:. book. The book 0: our lives. Lowell.
has said:
Life i l >hcc; Q. paIe- Whit.
On which each o! u t:Ius: w:!:c
His line $50:
.AcG Then coc9c> ::";at.
the nigh; OF death and The book Is TN
iShed. During life we are making his
tory and writing IL . book. This book
will be flushed q, the hour OF death.
sealed and sent up 10 the judgment: aad
this is the book that shall DC opened
when we are judged, when the secrets
of all hearts shall! be revealed. ard out
OF i, we S!.a!! be judged.
IN-CoNcLUsloN.
So then the final conclusion is simply
this: We shape gu: own de>tineS arc
determine our own feature. We Spea 4
of se!i-made men. Al! men are self
made. Therefore, II we go wrong ;ae
! taul, is ours. We make the history and
We write ], down with our lives.
,. SO now 10 closing VII 10 impress
this fact upon your minds: Your pres
en-, life is an index 20 your future deS-
| ,iuy. .la,: so remem Der the words o!
Shakespeare:
Life i = s;a@r
Ac: wei! vour par:
There u! Tie honor Hes
Bu, more especially remember the
words OF Hcly Writ Quit you ike men,
be stroas in the Lord, and in the powe;
Of his might.
tE} LIFE Is y RACt:
|. Finally, Paul speaks o: life Is !
race And SAYS he, ''ForGettlnG the
,hincs tina, are behind. le. us lay aside
every weight, and the SIN which doth
50 easily beset US, and lc, Us run with
patience. the race that IS set before Us
every looking unto IesuS. the author ant
:iaisher OF our faith. Have you mace
mistakes: Or course, you have. Forge
them. Do better, aud the world viii q.
so forget them. And, # forgiven. Coo
will forget them. Says Bobby Burns:
i. you have :....c.. :. Step :,>!c''
So... mistake e: taken you.
Yc; s:!. keep up : d"cca; pT!Ge,
And ne'cE ser tar GcIcan YOU.
TINE cones with kind ca.!r!o:i~ "hi':c>,
Md daily darH SETS Il.
trd !, 10 more mistakes At" mace.
The word soon .o-Gc;> Il
> Then lei rne exhort YOU. Lay aside
II. weigh: and the sin which has beer
continually 5escttirg YOU, and run VIII
! .!I YOUR might the race that IS Sc. oe:oT'
YOU. |: you have been neG!ect!n5 th'
race and have stopped by the way, It |
indeed necessary that you no" run VII!
al! YOUR might. in order 10 make up.