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

is your life" And first we are to con-
sider-
I.-"wRAT Is MAN
| !. We conte,npiatc life or human
existence in this world with amaze
.ment. Here before US is a man. the
icreateSt tricnotony 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
beer able to duplicate, to counterfeit
or to make one Just like 1t. 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 ut fabulous prices to our wealthy
Partisan merchants. who have dress
ed them in the most beautiful and
| richest costumes. aud placed them n
their show windows to please and to
catch the eye OF the passerSby. And
! thess figures have possessed the most
beautiful contour OF person; they
have had the rosy lips and dimpled
cheeks, but the best OF them, even the
most perfect tones-those representing
the greatest kill and ingenuity-have
| been but poor attempts at anything
like Il successful imitation They have
ewes and see not, ears and hea- not.
| lips that never moves. and the
breath Of life" could not be breathed
into their postrils. Their bodies could
never throb and puISate with life.
The human body cannot be counter
| feited.
,. Indeed, the human body is a
! miracle OF invention and only Di-
,initv could have designed and made
| it. Two hundred and fifty bones. a
| thousand liSaments, wonderful sys-
| tenn Of arteries ard veins. and q per-
feet telegraphic 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 view OF the
i outside world; ears with the most per
feet acoustic properties; and voice
! capable Of thousand musical varia-
tions. The human body is indeed Il
wonderful piece Of machinery.
$. And Dr. Hills in his splendid ad-
dress on Ruskin calls attention to the
fact that all other inventions are only
!. limitations Of the human body. The
idea OF the pump, 70. Instance. came
from the human heart with its valves
and its action by W 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 q church steeple
from the natura! position Of the hands
in PRAYER. And so on with every 9th
er so-called invention in life-,nan is
only q copy:st, or an imitatov OF Sod,
the Supreme Artictect and Designer
OF all things. No idea is original with
man: they are all conceived in the
infinite mind OF God.
(. And still more wonderful than
the human body-s,ill more wonder
ful than the machine itself-it is spir-
it, or the life, by whick it is actuased:
that apparitional self that makes the
machine live and move. Over all this
machinery and pervudinS its whole
constructor is the spirit, that ,nys-
terious something which we call life,
that mobile something which the
i chemist has never been able TO har-
ness and which the scientist has never
been able to locate 1t detiies the laws
OF human elucidation-
). And then folded up somewhere
in this robe OF flesh 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 t-icbotemy Of the
Universe-body, soul and spirit. a
trinity in unity; the last and the no.
blest work Of God.
i. Or. Munsey, that wie.d divine Of
the Old Holston Conference. in speak
ing OF Man has thus summed up the
whole situation in 4 very beautiful
metaphor: The human being is Il
great metropolitan municipalities
little kingdom in itself O! which the
head is the capitol. And in the pal
ace Of the brain are domicIled the Of
ficers and war6enS of the kingdom. In
charge Of the records OF state Is =
great MISUNDERSTANDING never
forSetS. And adornips the parlors
and the corridors o: the palace are
, the superb paintings OF that master
artist-lmasinat!oD, who Is daily
hanging pictures on memories wall
which can never be erased. And then
in the great h&llS OF state. each in It's
own particular sphere. IS Reason.
Judgment and Conscience; Con
science being the chief justice OF the
. municipality and before whom we ar.
raisned thousand times Il day and
; made 70 give al account for our
thoughts, our words and our deeds.
, And there also in the great throne
room Of the brain. ermiued and dla.
de,ned 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 t&ke a retrospect
Of man and consider his most lnIracu'
lous and divine conception; his most
: wonderful construction. the vile dust
, OF the earth becoming ilesh and bone
when We consider his great capacities
and almost unlimited possibilities; h!s
achievements and. furthermore, hi:
most mysterious passage through thi:
life, we can but eNcln!m with The
: prophc, Of God. in this hir master
piece, Behold What God Hath
E Wrought" Here in man Is God :