The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-05-05

bho VOL BoV ior bne inortiuoht Ot ehTuu bha
1ell; but God forbid that We should evei
come to the fulAliment Of the prophecy
against the rejectors Of the truth: ~ will
laugh at your calamity" But, my frie nds
all of US who reject Christ and the pardon
Of the Gospel must come under that tre.
mendous bombardment. God wants us ~
to repent. He counsels, He soaxss. n,
importunes, and he dies for W. He romei
down out Of Heaven. He puts ah tbs
worlds sin on one shoulder, He pats ell the
worlds sorrow on the other shoulder, and
then with that Alp on one side and that
Hlmalaya on the other, he starts up bhs
hill back Of Jerusalem To achieve our sal.
walton. He puts the palm Of his rigbt feot
on one long spike, and he puts the palsu Of
his left foot on another long spike, and
then. with hands spotted with his swn
blood, he gesticulates, saying: "Leoki
look and live; with the crimson veil OF my
sacrifice will cover up all your sims; With
my dying groan viii swallow up all yoar
groans. Look, iveW But some Of
you this morning turn yoar back
on that, and tAen this voice
Of invitation turns 70 . tone di.
yinely ominous that sobs like a simeon
through the FIRST chapter Of Proverbs: BE-
cause I have called and ys refused ! have
stretched cut ny hand, and no man re-
garded; but We have set at naught eli my
counsel and would none q ny rsproof; I
also viii laugh at your calamity" Oh,
what laugh that Isl Q deep laugh; .
long rsverberating laugh; an svsrwheim.
ing laugh. God grant We may never hear
itI but In this day Of meretful visitation
yield your heart 70 Christ that you nay
spend all your Me % earth wader HE
smile and escaps fsrsvsr the thunder II
the laugh of Gods indiKnatloa.
The other laushtss nsntisusd n ne
Bible, the snly enc I sAan sps&k Of 10
heavens laughter % Ne szprcssioa et
sternal triumpb. Christ SD ts his dis-
eiplss: "Bisssed sys 70 Inst weep now,
for ye shah laugh" TkAt makes ne know
positively that We are not - spend our
days IN heaven dnKing Ion I. meter psalms.
The formalistic aAd stif notions Of heaven
that some people have would AAks nc
miserable. am glad 70 know that ths
heaven Of the Bible b not only place Of
holy worship but Of magnihcest ssoiasu-
ity. "whst," say you, "wiil TIE rin stag
laugh 70 around The circles Of Ne savsd~
! say yes; pure laughter, cheering laugh
ter; holy laughter. II win b laugh of
congratulation. When we meet . friend
who has suddenly come 10 q fortuns q
who has got over some dire sickness, do
we not shake handsido vs not laugh Win
himY And when we get 70 heaven and
see our friends there, some of the.n HAVING
come up out of great tribulations, way,
we win say TO one Of them: .Ths,as time
/ saw you, you had been suffering for six
weeks under q low, intermitsent fever;n
or, to another we will saw: "You for ten
years were limping with the rkeuna-
tism, and you were fuil Of complaints
when we saw you last. / sensratuiAis
you on this eternal recovery" We shall
laugh-yes, we shall eongratmsss All those
who have come up out Of great RnaH-
cial embarrassment in this world be-
cause they have become nlllioaairss In
heaven.
Ye shall laugh. II shah be = laugh Of
reassociation. 1t is iust a. natural for
us TO laugh when we meet a friend we
have not seen for ten wears as any thing
is possible to bs natural. wheu We noel
our friends from whom we have bssr
parted ten, twenty or thirty years, viii Il
not be with infinite congratuistion, oui
perception quickened, our knowledge i.a.
proved, we will know each other q q
aash. We will have 70 talk over ~ Mai
has happened since we have been sepsr.
ated, the one ths has been ten years ia
heaven telling us all that has happened in