The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-16

divine help. Faith is the gift Of God.
You say: "That throws the RESPONSE
bility off my shoulders" No. Faith is
the gift of God, but comes in answer to
prayer.
All over glorious is my Ibrd,
He must be loved and vet adored;
His worth II all the nations knew,
Sure that tho whole earth would love Him, TOO.
Iremark again, that we must look to
Jesus as an example. Now, mere
copyist, you know, is always a failure.
II painter go to portfolio or a gal
lery of art, however exquisite, to get
his idea OF the natural world from these
pictures, he will not succeed as well as the
artist who starts out and dashes the dew
from the grass and sees the morning
Just as God built 1t in the clouds, or
poured it upon the mountain, or kim
died 1t upon the sea. People wondered
why Turner, the famous English paint
er, succeeded so we'll in sketching q
storm upon the ocean. 1t remained q
wonder until it was found out that sew
eral times he had been lashed to the deck
in the midst OF tempest and then
looked out upon the wrath OF the sea,
and coming home to his studio, he pict-
who succeeds, but the man who. .confronts
the natural world. So If q man
in literary composition resolves that
he will initiate the smoothness OF Addi-
son, or the rugged vigor OF Carlyle, or
the wierdness Of Spenser, or the cpl
grammatic style Of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son, he will not succeed as well as that
man who cultures his own natural style.
What is true in this respect Is true in
respect to character. There were men
who we're fascinated with Lord Byron.
He was lame and wore very large col
lar. Then there were tens Of thousands
Of men who resolved that they would be
Just like Lord Byron, and they limped
and wore large collars, but they did not
have any OF his genius. You can not
successfully copy a man whether he Is
bad or good. You may take the very
/ best man that ever lived and try and
live like him, and you will make fail
ure. There never was better man than
Edward Payson. Many have read his
biography, not understanding that he
! was sick man, and they thought they
/ were growing in grace because they were
! growing like him in depression Of spirit.
There were men to copy Cowper, the
! poet, glorious man, but sometimes af-
flicted with melancholy almost to in
sanity. The copyists got Cowper's faults,
but none of his virtues.
| There never was but one being Mt to
copy. A few centuries ago he came out
through humble surroundings, and with
a gait and manner and behavior differ
ent from any thing the world had seen.
Among all classes OF people he was a
perfect model. Among fishermen he
showed how fishermen should act
Among tax-gatherers he showed how
tax-gatherers should act. Among lawyers
he showed, how lawyers should act.
| Among farmers he showed how farmers
should act. Among rulers he showed
how rulers should act. Critics tried TO
find in his conversation or sermons
something unwise or unkind or inaccur-
ate; but they never found 1t. They
watched him, o how they watched himl
He never went into house but they
knew II, and they knew how long he stay
ed and when he came out, and whether he
had wine for dinner. Slander twisted
her whips and wagged her poisoned
tongue and set her traps, but could not
catch him. Little children rushed out
to get from him a kiss, and old men tot
tered out TO the street corner to see him
pass.
Do you want an illustration OF devo-
tion, behold Him whole nights in prayer.
Do you want an example OF suffering,
see His path across Palestine tracked
with blood. Do you want an example
OF patience, see Him abused and never
giving one sharp retort. Do you want
an example Of industry, see Him with
out one idle moment. Do you want a
specimen Of sacrifice, look at His life OF
self denial, His death OF ignomy, His
sepulcher OF humiliation. o, what an
example! His feet wounded, yet He
submitted TO the journey. His back
lacerated, and yet He carried the cross
Struck, He never struck back again
Condemned, yet He rose higher than His
calum niators, and with wounds in Hi
hands and wounds in His feet and wounds
on His brow, and wounds in His side, He
calculated: Father, forgive them, they
know not what they do" All, my breth
rem, that Is the pole by which TO sci
your compass, that is the headland by
which 10 steer, that is the light by which
TO kindle your lamps, that Is the exam
pie that we ought all TO follow. How
IL would smooth out the roughness II
our disposition, and the world would bt
impressed by the transformation ant
would say: az know what Is the mat
tor with that man; he has been with
Jesus and has learned OF Him."
Alexander was going along with hi
army in Persia and the snow and Ice
were so great that the army halted ant
said: "We can't march any further.
Then Alexander dismounted from hi
horse, took a pickaxe, went ahead OF hi
army and struck into the ice and snow
The soldiers said: "If he can do that
we can do it," and they took their pick
and soon the way was cleared and tn,
army marched on. So our Lord dis
mounted from His glory, and through al
lev obstacles hews path for Himself ant
a path for us, saying: Follow mel
do not ask you TO 90 through any suffer
ing, or fight any battles where l do no
lead the way! Follow mel"
Again / remark, that we are TO lool
10 Christ as a sympathizer Is ther
any body In the house to-day who doe
not want sympathy? do not know hov
any body can live without sympathy
There are those, however, who have gon,
through very rough paths in life VIII
had no divine arm TO lean on. How the.
got along do not exactly know. Thei
fortunes took wings in some unfortunat,
investment and few away. The banl
failed, and they buttoned up pennies
pocket. Ruthless speculators carried OF
the fragments OF an estate they wer,
twenty-five years In getting with hart
work. How did they stand 1t withou
Christ? Death came into the nurser.
and there was an empty crib. One voic'
less in the household. One fountain