The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-16

Chbio hSurlsblhI, unu nc hlEV HrSJ uhNluB
been Outrage susly dlsslpatsd. The other
Eve families that regarded the Sabbath
wers all prospercd Eight or ten OF the
children arc consi,tont mombers OF the
church Some Of Thon became officers In
the church; one Is a IniniSter Of the Gospel;
one Is Il mlsslonaryto China No poverty
among any OF them. The homestead isnow
In the hands Of the thirt generation. Those
who have Gicl hayc dici In the peace Of the
Gospel. o, Il there nothing In a household
that remembw' Gods holy dayl Can II be
possible that those who disregard this holy
commandment cll be prospered for this life
or have any good hope OF the life that Is to
comet
Again, we tught TO have in the Sabbath
tic JOY Of Christian nssemblage. Where
are all those people going on the Sabbath
You sec them moving up and down the
street. Is 1t festa dayl people might ask.
Has there been some public edict command
ing the people to cons, forthl No, they are
only worshipcrs Of God who are going TO
their places OF religious service. In what
delicate scale shall weigh the Joy OF
Christian convocationl IL gives brightness
TO the eye, and a flush to the check; and
pressure TO the hand, and thrill 10 the
heart You sec tho aged man tottering
along on his staff through the aisle. You
see the little child led by the hand OF It's
mother. You look around and rejoice that
this is Gods day, and this the communion
OF saints zone Lord, one faith, one bap-
tism." Some familiar tune sets all the
soul a-quiver and a-quake with rapture.
We plunge into some old hymn, and all our
cares and anxietles are bathed off. The
glorious Gospel transports u.s. the Spirit
descends, Jesus appears, and we feel the
bounding, spreading, electric Joy OF Chris
tian convocation. / look upon the Church Of
God as one vast hosanna. Joy dripping
from the boptisma font, Joy glowing in the
sacramental cup, JOY warbling in the
anthem, Joy beating against the gate OF
Heaven with haeujah like the voice OF
mighty thunderings. Beautiful for situa-
tiou The Joy OF the whole earth is Mourt
Zion. 1t is the day and the place where
Christ reviews his tro ops, bringing ihom
out In companies and regiments and bat
talions, riding along the line, examining tho
battle-torn flags Of past combat and cheer.
ing them on TO future vic tories. o, the
JOY Of Christian assemblagel
/ remark. also, we are to have In this day
the Joy Of eternal Sabbatism. do not be,
lieye II possible for any Christian 10 spend
the Lords day here without thinking OF
Heaven. There Is something in the gather,
ing ef people In church on earth TO make
one think OF the rapt assemblage OF thd
skies. There Is something In the song OF
the Christian church TO make one think OF
the song Of the elders before the throne,
the harplsts and the trumpeters OF God nc.
companying the harmony. The light Of
better Sabbath gilds the top Of this, and
earth and He aven come within speaking
distance OF each other, the song OF triumph
waving backward and forward. now tosse
up by the church Of earth, now sent back
by the church OF Heaven.
DAY Of all the week the best
Emblem Of eternal rest"
The Christian man stands radiant In its
light. His bereft heart rejoices at tho
thought OF q country where there Is neither
a coffin nor graves; and his weary body
glows at the idea OF Ia nd where there are
no burdens TO carry, and no exhaustive
journeys 10 take. He eats the grapes o,
Eshcol. He stands upon the mountain tor
and looks of upon The promised land. He
hears the call Of the eternal towers, and
the tramp Of the numberless multitude with
sins forgiven. This is the day which th3
Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad
In II. o, ye who have b cen hunting for Sun.
day pleasures In the streets, and on the river
bank, and In tho houses OF sin, commend
to you this holy service, do not invite you
TO swallow a great bitteyness or 10 carry a
heavy yoke, but invite you 10 feel In body,
mind and soul the thrill OF Joy which God
has handed down In the chalices OF the gold
en- Sabbath.
With what revulsion and with what pity
we must look OFT on that large class OF per
sons In our day who would throw discredil
upon the Lords day. There are two things
which Christian people ought never 10 give
up; the one is the Bible and thu other is tho
Sabbath. Take away one and you take both.
Take either and farewell TO Christianity In
this country; farewell 10 our civil and re
lRious liberties.
When they go, ali 60 He who hns evei
spent Sunday in Paris. or Antwerp, OF
Rome, II he DO an intelligent Christian, will
pray God that the day will never come when
the Sabbath Of continental Europe shall put
its foot upon our shores. had friend in
Syracuse who lived 10 be one hundred years
Of age. He said 10 me In bis ninety.ninth
year: II went across the mountains In tho
early history Of this country Sabbath
morning came. We were beyond tho reach
OF civilization. Ny comrades were all going
out for an excursion. said: NO, won't
20; II Is Sunday Why, they laughed. They
said: we haven't any Sunday here %,
yes.' said, you have. l brought II with
me over the mountains."
There are two or three ways In which we
can war against Sabbath. breaking usages IN
this day; and the first thing is 10 get our
children upon this subject, and teach them
that the Sabbath day is the holest OF all
tho days, and the best and the gladdest.
Unless you teach your child under the
paternal roof TO keep the Lords day, there
are nine hundred and ninety chances out OF
thousand II will never learn 10 keep the
Sabbath You may think N shrk response
blity In the matter and send your child 10
Sabbath-school and the House OF God; that
will not relieve you. want 10 tell you In
the nams Of Christ, my Maker and my
Judge, that your example will be more po-
tenlial than any instruction they get else
where, and II you disregard the Lords day
yourself, or In anywise throw contempt
upon II, you arc blasting your children
with an infinite curse. II isa rough truth
know, told in rough way. but II Is Gods
truth, nevertheless Your child may 90 on
10 seventy or eighty years Of age, but that
child will never get over the awful disad
vantage OF having had a Sabbath-breakine
father or q Sabbath-brealxipg mother. II Is
the Joy OF many Of US that we can look
back 10 an carly home where God was
honored, and when the Sabbath came Il was
a day Of great tconsecration and Joy We
remember the old faces around the table