The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-30

chat boolS.n He ssld II have neglected.
this book as you have neglected 1t for many
years and don't know where to hnd Il, but |
| know II Is somewhere between the lids.n
Then he began TO turn over the leaves, and
strange and beautiful TO say, his eye struck
upon this passage: Neither do condemn
thee; go and sin no moro.n She said; 1T
isn't possible that is therep' ''Yes,n he
said, that Is there" He held 1t up before
her dying eyes, and che said 20, yes see
1t formyself; accept the promise: Meth
er do condemn thee; go and sin no more.' ="
10 few hours her spirit sped away to the
Lord that gave 1t and the new convert
preached the funeral sermon. The man who
few days before had been blasphemer
and a drunkard, and a hater Of all that was
good, he preached the sermon. That Is re-
generation, that Is regenerationl II there
are any dry husks In that, where are theyl
All made over again by the power Of the
grace Of God.
few years aro q ship captain came in
here and sat under the gallery. He came In
with contempt for the church Of God and
with an especial dislike for Talmage When
an opportunity was given he arose for
| prayer, and as he was more than six feet
high, when he arose for prayer no one
doubted that he arosel That hour he be-
came Christian. He went out and told
the ship owners and the ship commanders
what great change had been wrought In
hinl, and scores and scores have been
brought to God through his instrumentality
little while after his conversion he was
on ship off Cape Hatteras in thick and pro-
lOnOnd for mud al THAR xuit tat
ends and knew not what 10 do the ship
drifting about hither and thither, and they
lost their bearings; and the converted sea
captain went to his room and asked God for
the salvation OF his ship, and God revealed
10 him while he was on his knees that ut O
certain hour, only little way of, the fog
would lift; and the converted sea captain
came out on the deck aud told how God had
heard his prayers He said: at Is all right,
boys, very soon now the fog will lift" men.
tioning the hour. A man who stood there
laughed aloud In derision ut the idea that
God would answer prayer; but Mt Just the
hour when God had assured the captain the
fog would lift there came fash of lightning
through the fog and the man who had jeered
and laughed was stunned and fell 10 the
deck The fog lifted. Yonder was Cape
Hatteras lighthouse. The ship was put on
the right course and sal ed on TO the harbor
In safety.
When in seaport the captain spends most
OF his time In evangelical work. He knees
down by one who has been helpless In the
bed for many months, and the next day she
walks forth In the streets we'll He kneels
beside one who has long been decreplt, and
he resigns tho crutches. He kneels beside
one who had not seen enough TO be able 70
read for ten years and she reads the Bible
that day. Consumptions goaway, and those
who had diseases appalling TO behold come
up 10 rapid convalescence and TO complete
health. am not telling you any thing sec
0nd handed. i have had the story from the
lips 4 the patients In this very house, those
who were brought to health of body while
at the same time brought 10 God. No SEQ
ond-handed story this. l have heard the
testimony from men and women who have
been cured. You may call IL faith-cure, or
you may call 1.-THE power OF God coming
down 10 answer TO prayer; | do not care
what you call II, II Is fact. The sc0ting
sea captain, his heart full OF hatred for
Chris ianity, now becomes follower OF the
meek and lowly Jesus, giving all the time TO
evangelical labors, or all the time he can
spare from other occupations. That Is re-
generation, that Is regeneration. Man all
made over again.
"There is your absurd doctrine Of vicari-
Gus sacrifice" say these men who have
chewed up the little book OF creeds and have
the consequent enOttered stomach. "Vi-
carlous sacrihcel Let every man suffer for
himself. Why do want Christ 10 suffer
for met I'll suffer for myself and carry my
own burdens They scoR at tho idea OF vi
carlous sacrifice, while theysdmlre IL every
where else except in Christ People see its
beauty when mother suffers for her child.
People see its beauty when patriot suffers
Fo- kt. a,,tt hos,
man denies himself Tor friend. They can
sec Tn" beauty ofvicarious sacrifice In every
one but Christ
A young lady In one OF the literary nsti-
tutlons was u teacher She was very reti-
cent and retired In her habits, and she
formed no cOmpanonships In the new posi-
tion she occupied, and her dress was very
plain-sometimes II was very shabby AZ
terra while she was discharged from the
place for that reason, but no reason was CIV
en-. In answer to the letter di charging her
from the position, she said: "Well, II have
failed 10 please, / suppose IL Is my own
fault" She went here and there for en-
ployment, and found none, and In dcspora-
tiun and In dementia she ended her life by
suicide. Investigation was made, and II was
found that out OF her small means she had
supported her father, eighty years OF age,
and was paying the way OF her brother In
Yale College on his way 10 the ministry. II
was found that she had no blanket on the
bed that winter, and she had no fire on the
very coolest day Of all the season. People
found IL out, and there was large gather
ing at the funeral, the largest ever at any
funeral In that place aud the very people
who had scoffed came and looked upon that
pale face Of the martyr, and all honor was
done her; but IL was too latc. Vlcniious
sacrificed All are thrilled with such In
stances as that. But many are not moved
by the fact that Christ paid his poverty for
our riches. his self-abnegatiou for our en-.
thronement and knelt on the sharp edges OF
humiliation that we might climb over his
lacerated shoulder into peace and Heaven.
Be II ours to admire and adore these doc.
trines at which others jeer. 0. the depths
OF the riches both Of the wisdom and knowl-
edge Of God How unsearchable Is His wis
dom, and His ways are past finding outi o,
the height, the depth, the length, the
breadth, the infinity, the immensity. the
eternity OF that lovei Letour earnest pray
ers 20 out In behalf OF all those who scoff at
these doctrines Of eruce. When the London
plague was raging In the year 1865, there
was hotel near the chief burial place that
excited much comment England was In
fright and bereavement The dead carts
went through the streets day and night and
the cry. "Bring out your deadp was an
swered by the bringing out OF the forms Of
the loved ones, and they were put twenty or
thirty In a cart, and the wagons went on 10
the cemetery; and these dead were not
buried In graves, but In great trenches In
great pits. in one pit eleven hundred and
fourteen burialsl The carts would como up
with their great burden OF twenty or thirty
10 the mouth OF the pit and the front OF the
cart was lifted and the dead shot into the
pit. All the churches In London were open
for prayer day and night, and England was
hotel, at a wayside Inn near the chief burial
place, there was q group OF hardened
men, who sat day after day and night
affar nInhf hlaanham mo God and innifafinn,