The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-24

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n0 away the stone, but we did not remark
upon the sublime fact that he sat upon II
Whyi Certainly not b cause he was tired
The angels arc fatigupless race, and that
one could have shoulders every rock around
hat tomb and carried II away and not been
besweated. He sat upon it, think, to show
| You and TO show me that we may make every
earthly obst lcle throne OF triumph. The
| young men who get their education easy ell
| dom amount to much. Those who had "a
struggle for II come out atop There is no
end Of the story OF studying by pine knot
ghtsand reading while the mules Of the tow
path were resting and Of going hungry and
patched and barefoot, and submitting 10
all kinds OF privat N TO get scholastic ad-
vantages. But ,he day Of graduation came
and they took the dipomas with a hand
nervous from night study and pale fIom
lack OF food and put their &C demic degrees
In the p cSet Of a threadbare coat Then
starting for another career Of hardship they
enterel profession or business where
they found plenty Of disheartenment and no
help. Yet siying: II will succeed; God
help me, for no one else will, !" they went on
and up until the world was compelled 10 &c
h"o"icukO uuu duuilIb JucHl.
The fact was that the obstacle between
their discouraSing start and their complete
success was q rock Of fifty tons, but by
resolution, nerved and muscularlzed
and REINFORCED by Almighty God, they
threw their arms around the obstacle
and with the strength Of supernat-
ural wrestler rolled back tho stone,
and, having become m re than con-
querors, they sat upon IT, Men and women
are good and great and useful just In pro-
portion as they had 10 overcome obstacles.
You can count upon the II gers Of your one
hand all the great singers, great orators,
great poets, great patriots aud great Chris
tians who never had O struggle. That angel
that made throne Of the bowlder at
Chl1sts tomb went back to Heaven and
warrant that, having been born in Heaven
and always had an easy time, he nOw
speaks OF that wrestle with the rock as
the most interesting chapter In all
his angelic lifetime. men and women
with obstacles In the way, tell you that
those obstacles arc only thrones that you
may after while sit on. Is the obstacle In
your way sickness Conquer It by accom-
plishing more for God during you invalid
ism than many accomplish who have nrver
known an ailment Are you persecutedi
BY your up-ightness and COURAGE compel tie
world TO acknowledge your moral heroism.
Is II poyertyi Conquer II by being happy
In the companionship OF your Lord and Mas
ter, who In all his life owned but sixty-two
cents, and that he got from hsh's mouth,
and Immediately paid IL all out In taxes 10
the Roman assessor, and who would have
been buried in potter's field had not Joseph,
Of Arimathea, contributed o place for He
who had not where 10 lay His head
during His life had q borrowed pill
low for the last slumber. There is
no throne that you are sure 70 keep
except that which you make out Of van
pushed obstacles. An ungrateful republic
at the ballot box denied Horace Greeley the
highest place at the national capital but
could not keep him from rising from the
steps Of New York printing offloe on which
he sat one chilly morning waiting for the
boss printer 10 come that he might get Q
Job, until he mounted the highest throne Of
American journalism. he rolled back the
stone and sat upon IL, A poor orphan boy.
picking up chips at Richmond, Va, accosted
by . passing sea captain and invited him 70
come on board his vessel, drops the chips
and starts right away and is tossed about
from port TO port and. homeless and friend
less wanders one day along fremont street,
Boston, and secs Park Street Church open
and, speaking Of II afterward on great oc-
caslon and using sailors vernacular, as was
usual with him he says, VI put In, up
helm, unfurled sail and made for the gal
lery and scud under bare poles 10 tho corner
pew Then hove 10 and come 10 anchor.
"The old man. DIR. Grimm, was Just nam
ing bis text. Pretty soon he unfurled the
mainsail, raised the topsail, ran up the pen
nants 10 free breeze and tell you the old
gospel ship never sailed more prosperously.
Tue salt spray few In every direction, but
moro especially did II run down my cheeks.
Satan had to strike sail his guns were dis
mounted or spiked, his various crafts by
which he led sinners captive were
oil beached, and the captain Of the
Lords hosts rode forth conquering
and 10 conquer" Before that sailor
boy was poverty, but he conquered II;
and orphanage but he conquered IL; aud
ignorance, but he conquered II; and the
scof Of the world, but he conquered IL; and
he rose till every sailors bethel In the
world blessed him, and great anniversary
platforms invited him, and Daniel Webster
and Charles Dickens and Frederika Rremer
and poets and orators and Senators sat
electrified nj his feet, and his gospelizing
influence will go on until the last jack tar is
converted and the sea shall give up Its dead.
All the obstacles OF his life seemed gathered
into one great bowldor, but Edward T.
Taylor, the world renowned sailors preacher,
rolled back the stone mdsat upon II.
Yetdo not make the mistake that many
do Of sitting on II before Il IL rolled away.
1t Is bound TO 10 II 20 only tug away at IL.
II not before, then think about twelve
o'clock noon Of resurrection day you win
soc som, thing worth seeing. The general
impression Is that the resurrection will take
place in the morning The ascent TO the
skies will hardly o'cur Immediately It viii
take some hours to form the procession sky
ward, and we will oil want 10 take look at
this world before We lenve II forever and
sec the surroundings Of the couch where
our bodies have long been sleeping. On
that Easter morning the marble, whether
II lay fiat upon yonr grave or stood
up In monument will have 10, be jostled
and shaken and rolled aside by the
angel OF resurrection, and while waiting
for your kindred 70 gather and the process
sion 10 form your resurrcct body may sit
In holy triumph upon that chiseled stone
which marked the place OF your protractod
slumber On that day what q fragile thing
win be Aberdeen granite and column Of
basalt and the mortar which VIM rattle out
Of the wall OF vaults that have been sealed
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