The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-11-27

Of Heaven will not be carried by those
who rode in high places, and gave
sumptuous entertainments; but pauper
children will sing 1t, beggars will siIg
1t, redeemed hod carriers will sing IT,
those who were once the offscouring Of
earth will sing it. The hallelujah will
be all the grander for earth's weeping 4
eyes, and aching heads, and exhausted
hands,, and scourged backs, and mar
tyred agonies. ,r s,,l.,s.i3 Yss.ll
Again: The thought Of my text Is
true when applied to the enjoyment Of
the righteous in Heaven. think we
have but little idea Of the number OF
righteous In Heaven. Inhdels say:
"Your heaven will be very small place
compared with the world Of the lost;
for, according to your teaching, the ma
iority Of men will be destroyed" ! deny
the charge. 4 suppose that the multi
tude of the finally lost, as compared with
the multitude OF the finally saved, will
be handful. l suppose that q few sick
people In the hospitals OF our great
cities, as compared with the hundreds of
thousands Of we'll people, would not be
smaller than the number OF those VINO
shall be cast out in suffering, compared
with those who shall have upon them
the health Of Heaven For We are
TO remember that We are living "a only
the beginning Of the Christian dispensar
ton, and that this whole world Is to be
populated and redeemed, and that ages
Of hight and love are to flow on. II this
be so, the multitudes OF the saved will
be in vast majority. Take all the con-
gregations that have assembled for,wo
ship throughout Christendom. Put them
together, and they would make but o
small audience compared with the.th
sands and tens Of thousands, and ten
thousand times ten thousand, and the
hundred and forty-four thousand that
shall stand around the throne. Those
| flashed up TO Heaven In martyr fires;
| those tossed for many years upon the in
valid couch; those fought In the armies
OF liberty, and rose as they fell; those
tumbled from high scaffoldings, or
slipped from the mast, OF were washed
of Into the sea. They came up from
Corinth, from Laodicea, from the Red
| Sea bank and from Gennesarets wave,
from Egyptian brickyards and Gideon's
| threshing floor. Those thousands Of years
ago slept the last sleep, and these are
| this moment having their eyes closed,
and their limbs stretched out for
the sepulcher. A General expecting
an attack from the enemy stands on q
hill and looks through field glass and
sees in the great distance multitudes
approaching. He says: II can not tell
any thing about them. l merely know
that there are great number" And
so John, without attempting TO count,
says: "a great multitude that no man
can number" We are told that Heaven
is a place OF happiness. but what do we
know about happiness? Happiness In
this world Is only half-hedged thing; q
fiowery path, with n serpent kissing
across It; broken pitcher, from which
the water has dropped before we could
drink It; thrill ofexhiliration, followed
by disastrous reactions. To help us un-
derstand the Joy Of Heaven, the Bible
takes US TO q river. We stand on the
grassy bank We see the waters now on
with ceaseless wave. But the filth Of
the city is emptied into 1t, and the
banks are torn, and unhealthy exhaia,
tions spring up from 1t, and we fail TO gel
an idea OF the River Of Life In Heaven.
We get very imperfect ideas OF the
reunions Of heaven. We think OF some
festal day on earth, when father, and
mother were yet living, and the chill
dren came home. A good time, that
hButlt had this drawback--all were no
lthere. That brother went of 10 sea, an{
\ never was heard from. That sister-dit
we not lay her away In the freshness q
her young life, never more In this work
TO look upon her? Ahl there was
( skeleton at the feast; and tears mingles
with our laughter on that Christina
day. Not so with Heavens reunions.a /
will be an uninterrupted gladness
Many Christian parent will lool
around aud find all his children there
"Ah!' he says, "can 1t be possible tina
| we are all here life's perils over? thl
Jordan passed and not one wanting
Why, even the prodigal Is here. a.
II most gave himiup, How long be do
spised my counselal but grace hat
4 tfiumphed. z All herei all herel Tel
the mighty Joy through the city. LIE
the bells ring, and the angels mentioi
It in their song. Wave it,tom the to
Il of the walls. All herew ,aa.1 is@.'''i''
No more breaking Of heartstrings, bu
face TO face. The orphans. that wer
left poor, and In o merciless world
kicked and cufied Of many hhrdsbips
Ishall Join their parents o1er who's
| graves they 20 long wept, and gaze INT
: their glorifed countenances, face :
face. We may come up from difieren
parts of the world, one from the Ian
and another from the depthAo Of the. ses
a from lives afiiuent and prosperous, Q
from ,scenes-of ragged distressi but "
shall all meet in rapture and jubiles
q ~
II Many. OF our friends have entere
upon that Joy. A few days ago they sa
with us studying these gospel themes
but they only saw dimly-now revelatio
hath come. Your time will also comi
God will not leave you founderin
In the darkness. You stand wondel
struck and amazed. You feel as
!. all the loveliness Of life were dashe
out. You stand gazing into th
/, open chasm Of the grave. Walt
little. In the presence OF your d.
: parted, and Of Him who carries thel
In His bosom, you shall soon stand fac
: TO face. Obi that our last hour ma
/. kindle up with this promised joyl Ma
we be able TO say, like the Christian nj
long ago, departing: Though pilgrii
; walking through the valley, the moui
/; tain tops are cleaning from peak
! peakr or, like my dear friend an
: brother, Alfred Cookmah, who took b
flight TO the throne OF God, saying
his last moment that which has alread
, gone into Christian classics: 81 a
sweeping through the pearly gat
washed In the blood OF the Lamblp
D aH Local Popular Sentiment.
: Local popular sentiment may be righ
: II is so in some instances. But loc
| popular sentiment is more likely TO
, wrong than to be right, especially q
questions Of morals and manliness.