The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-24

everywhere dominant and recognized.
| Then the world will get tired of the repub-
lican form of government, and 1t will have
an anarchy, which is no government at all.
And then all Nations, finding out that man
is not capable Of righteously governing
man, will cry out again for a theocracy and
say. "Let God come back and conduct the
affairs of the world" Every step-mon-
archy, limited monarchy, republicanism,
anarchy--only different steps between the
| first theocracy and the last theocracy, or
segments of the great circle Of the
earth on which God sits But do
not become inpatient because you can
not see the curve of events, and therefore
conclude that Gods government is going
to break down. History tells us that in
the making of the Pyramids it took two
thousand men two years to drag one great
stone from the quarry and put 1t into the
Pyramids Well, now, if men, short-lived,
can afford to work as slowly as that, can
not God, in the building of the eternities,
afford to waltz What, though, God should
take ten thousand years to draw a circleY
Shall we take our little watch, which we
have to wind up every night lest it run
down, and hold 1t up beside the clock Of
eternal ages? If, according to the Bible, q
thousand years are in Gods sight as one
day, then according to that calculation the
six thousand years of the worlds existence
| has been only to God as from Monday to
| Saturday. But it Is often the case that the
rebound is quicker and the circle sooner
completed
You resolve that you viii do what good
you can. In one week you put word Of
counsel in the heart of n Sabbath school
child. During that same week you give a
letter of introduction to a young man
struggling in business. During the same
week you make an exhortation in q
prayer-meeting. 1t is all gone. You will
never hear Of it, perhaps, you think. A
few years after man comes up to you
and says; "You don't know me, do you"
You say: "No; don't remember ever to
have seen you" why" he says, 81
was in the Sabbath school class over
which you were the teacher; one Sunday
you invited me to Christ; accepted the
offer; you see that church with two towers
yonderW "Yes," you say. He says:
" That is where preach" Or: "Do you
see that Governors house? That is where
l live" One day man comes to you and
says: "Good morning." You look at
him and say: "Why, you have the ad-
vantage of me. l cannot place you." He
says; Don't you remember thirty years
ago giving a letter of introduction to a
young mana letter of introduction 10
Moses II. Grinnelly" "Yes, yes, do"
He says: al am the man; that was my
first step toward fortune, but have re-
tired from business now, and am giving
my time TO philanthropies and public in
terests; come up n my country seat and
see me-" Or a man comes to you and
says: "I want to introduce myself to
you. went into q prayer-meeting some
years ago; sat back by the door; you
arose TO make an exhortntion; that talk
changed the course of my life, and, il
ever get to Heaven, under God | will owe
my salvation TO you" In only ten,
twenty or thirty years the circle swept
out and swept back again to your own
|
wider circle and does not return for
great while. / saw bill OF expenses for
burning Latimer and Ridley. The bill of
expenses says: ..
One load Of Arc.fngots. ots...................3s. Id.
Carriage for four loads OF wood..........2s
Item, post Is. W.
ltem two S......................... 0s. "a.
| Item two staples S....................... I'd.
item, iOur luOOIcTs.... ''s-s' eu'
That was q cheap FIRE, considering all the
circumstances; but IL kindled n light
which shone all around the world and
aroused the martyr spirit, and out from
that burning Of Latmer and Ridley rolled
the circle wider and wider, starting other
circles, convoluting, overruning, cir
cumscribing, overarching oil Heaven-a
circle.
But what is true Of the good is just as
true Of the bad. You utter slander
against your neighbor. II has gone forth
from your teeth; it will never come back,
you think; you have done the man all the
mischief you can; you rejoice to see him
vince; you say; "Didn't give It TO HIM"
That word has gone out, that slanderous
word, onits poisonous and blasted way;
you think IL will never do you any harm.
But am watching that word. ! see II be-
ginning 10 curve; IL curves around and il
is aiming at your heart. You had better
dodge It. You can not dodge IT. II rolls
into your bosom, and after 1t rolls in word
of an old book which says: "With what
measure We meet IL shall be measured TO
you again"
You maltreat an aged parent. You be-
grudge him tho room in your house. You
are impatient Of his whimsicalities and
garrulity. II makes you mad TO hear him
tell the same story twice. You give him
food he can not masticate. You wish he
were away. You wonder II he Is going to
live forever. He will be gone very soon.
His steps are shorter and shorter. He is
going to stop. But God has an account TO
settle with you on that subject. After
awhile your eye will be dim and your gait
will halt and the sound OF the grinding
will be low, and you will tell the same
story twice, and your children will Won
der II you are going 10 live forever, and
wonder II you will never he taken away.
They called you "father" once; now they
call you the "old man" If you live n few
years longer they will call you the "old
chap" What are those rough words with