The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-12-18


are going to be q great many people
brought into the church that are going
to be OF no use to it;'' and they are af-
frighted whenever they see q revival
taking hold Of the churches. AS though
ship captain, with FIVE thousand
bushels Of wheat for a cargo, should say
some day, coming upon deck; Throw
over all the cargop 20" says the
captain, 1--WE have a peck of chan that
has got into this FIVE thousand bushels
Of wheat, and the only way to get rid OF
the chaf is to throw all the wheat over
board" Now, that is a great deal wiser
than the talk OF great manv Christians,
who want to throw overheard all the
thousands and tens Of thousands OF souls
who are the subjects Of revivals. Throw
all overheard because they are brought
into the kingdom of God through great
revivals, because there Is peck OF
chaff, quart OF chat, a pint Of chahl l
say, let them stay until the last day.
the Lord Will divide the chaff from the
wheat. Do not be afraid Of great re-
ylyal. o, that such gales from Heaven
might sweep through all our churchesl
o, for such days as Richard Baxter saw
in England, and Robert McCheyne saw
In Dundee! o, for such days as Jona-
than Edwards saw In Northampton /
have often heard my father tell OF the
fact that In the early part OF this country
revival broke out at Somerville, N. j.,
tatdd about II They said: 20, you are
going to bring too ma2y people into the
church at once" and they sent down to
New Brunswick TO get John Livingston
to stop the revival. Well, there was no
better soul In all the world than John
Livingston. He went and looked at the
| revival; they wanted him to stop 1t. He
stood in the pulpit on the Sabbath and
looked over the solemn auditory, and he
said. "This, brethren, is in reality the
work of God; beware how you try to stop
it, And he was an old man, leaning
heavily on his staff--a very old man.
And he lifted that staff, and took hold Of
the small end OF the staff, and began to
let II fall slowly between the finger and
the thumb, and he said: 20, thou inn
penitent, thou art falling now-falling
from life, falling away from peace and
heaven. falling as certainly as that cane
is falling through my hand-falling GER
tainly, though perhaps falling slowlyr'
And the cane kept on falling through
John Livingston's hand. The religious
emotion in the audience was over
powering, and men saw the type OF
their doom, as the cane kept falling
and falling, until the knob Of the cane
strncls Mr., Hyineston's hand and ne
clasped 1t stoutly and said: "Bht the
grace Of God can stop you as stopped
that cane" and then there was gladness
all through the house at the fact Of par
don and peace and salvation. WELL
said the people after the service, II
guess you had better send Livingston
home; he Is making the revival worse.
o, for gales from heaven TO sweep al
the continentsl The danger Of thu
church OF God is not in revivals.
| Again, my subject impressed me will
the fact that Jesus was God and man II
the same being. Here he is In the bacl
part Of the boat. o, how tired he looks
what sad dreams he must havel Lool
at his countenance. He must be think
ing OF the loss TO come. Look at him
he is a man-bone of our bone, flesh Q
our foshs Tired, he falls asleep; he |
man. But thenI find Christ at tn
/ UTOW vi IUO OOdtg utAI AAllh 90 "
"Peace, be still" and see the storr
kneeling at His feet, and the tempest
folding their wings in His presence; III
Is a God. 9r t.f Mtkfl
III have sorrow and trouble and wan
sympathy, go and kneel down at th
back part OF the boat and say: 30, Chris
weary one Of Gennesaret, sympathiz
with all my sorrows, man Of Nazareth
man OF the cross A man, o man. Blu
II want TO conquer my spiritual foe'
II want to get the victory over sir
death and hell, | come TO the front {
the boat, and kneel down, and / say
20, Lord Jesus Christ, thou who dos
hush the tempest, hush all my grie
hush all my temptation, hush all m
sinl" A man, o man; God, a God.
| learn once more from this subioS
that Christ can hush tempest.
1t did seem as II every thing must
TO ruin. Tne disciples had given up th
idea of managing the ship; the Gre
were entirely demoralized, yet Chrii
arises, and he puts His foot on the storm
and 1t crouches at his feet. o, ye
: Christ can hush the tempest. You hay
had trouble. Perhaps 1t was the httl
, child taken away from you-the swee
| est child Of the household, the one VII
asked the most curious questions, an
: stood around you with the greatest fon,
ness, and the spade cut down throug
, your bleeding heart. Perhaps 1t was Q
: only son. and your heart has ever stint
} been like a desolated castle, the owls
I the night hooting among the falle
/ arches and the crumbling stairways. Pc
, haps IL was an aged mother. Yon alwa.
went to her with your troubles. She WI
in your home to welcome your childrt
into life, and when they died she WI
l there TO pity you; that old hand will
!. you no more kindness; that white loS
I OF hair you put away In the casket or
0 the locket didn't look as II usually d
!. when she brushed II away from b
4 wrinkled brow In the home circle or
!. the country church. Or your pro
erty gone, you said: II have
: much bank stock, ] have 80 maj
n government securities, ] have
K many houses, I have so many FARMS
q gone, all gomez" Why, sir, all u
Q storms that ever trampled with the
, thunders, all the shipwrecks, have n
!, been worse than this to you. You ha
y not been completely overthrewn. WI
b Christ says: ~ have that little one
; Ny keeping. can care for him as w
q as you can, better than you can, o,
= reaved mother. flushing the tempel
When your property went away q
= said: "fhere are treasures In Heave
}. in banks that never break" Jes
Q hushing the tempest There Is o
Q storm into which we will |
4 have TO run. The moment when y
d let 20 OF this world and try
r take hold OF the next, we will want
Q the grace possible. Yonder see Chr
J, tian soul rocking on the surgeso Of deaf
}; all the powers OF darlxness seem let Q
n against that soul the swirling wa,
J. the thunder Of the sky, the shrek