The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-02-20

world. an obsolete world. an abandoned
world. dead world. Let there be light"
was said at the beginning. And Christ
stands under the wintry skies and SAYS:
Let there be snowh kes TO enrich the earth;
and under the clouds Of spring and says,
Come ye bio SONS and make redoent the |
orchards; and in September, dips the |
branches into the vat II beautiful colors
aud swings them in the hazy air. without
Him was not any tnng made that was
made" Christ writing on the ground.
II We could see His hand In all the passing
seasons, how IL would illunine tie world'
All vcrJure and foliage wo Id be alegoric,
aud again we would hear Hin say as uf oil.
| "Consider the lilies OF the field, how they
grow;' and we would not hear the whistle
Of u quail, or the cawins OF raven, or the
roundelay OF a brownthresher, without say
In , "Behold the fuwis Of the air they
/ gather not into barrs, yet your Heavenly
| Fa. her feedrlh than;" anl u dominic hen
Of the barnyurd could not cluck for her
brood yet we wonld hear Christ saying as OF
cd How often would have gather d thy
children to ether. even as u hen gathered
her chickens under her wings;n and through
the redolent helges we would hear Christ
saying, ii am the rose Of Sharon;" we could
not dip the seasoning from the suit cellar
without thinking of the divine suggestion
"Ye are the salt OF the earth, but II the salt
have l,st Its SAVIOR, It is lit for nothing but 10
be cast out and trodden under foot OF neu."
Let US wake up from our stupidity and take
the whole worli as parable. Then if with
gun and pack Of hounds we start of before
dawn and see the morning cimlug down of
In IL n lTsy mt fNxTtfh IA
the evangelist, "The day spring from on
high hath visited us;" or C ught in II snow
storm. while stru Cling home eyebrows and
bra d aud ppirel all covered with the
whirlng fakes we would cry out with Dd-
vii, Wash me aud shall be whittier than
snow" In picture gallery OF Europe there
is on the ceiling an exquisite fresco, but peO-
4 y having TO look straish up; II wearied and
diZlied them, ami bent their nec'ss almost
yOnd endu-apcs 80 great looking glass
was put near the 4 nor and now vi itor' only
need 10 look easily down into thi mirror
aud the; see the ( esco at the feet And
80 much OF all the hea, en- OF Gods truth Is
reflected In this world as In mirror, and
the things that are above are copied by
thing all around US. What right have we
TO throw away one Of Gods Bibles, ave, the
frat Bible he ever gave the racel We talk
about the Old Testament and the New Testa-
ment. but the oldest Testament contains the
les .ons OF the natural W rid. Some people
like the New Testam ,nt 50 well they dis
card 9 Old Testament. Snail we like the
New Testament and the Cd Testament
10 well as TO depreciate the oldest;
namely, that which was written be-
fore Moses WAS put ahoat on the
boat OF lenves which was calked with
asphaltum; or reject the Genesis and the
Revelation that were written centuries be-
fore Adam lost rib and gained wifei No,
no; when Deity stoops down and writes on
the gro nd, lett us read II. l would have no
less appreciation OF the Bible on paper that
comes out OF the paper mill, bat would urge
appreciation Of the Bible In the grass, the
B BILE In the sand hill, the Bible In the
geranum, the Bible In the asphodel, tho
Bible In the dust. Some one asked an
ancient king whether he had seen the
eel pse OF the sun. "No," said he, "i have so
much 10 do on earth, have no time 10 look
at Heaven" And II our faculties were all
awak in the study Of God, we would not
have time TO go much further than the frst
grass blale. / have no fear that natural
religion will ever contradict what we call
revealed religion. Ihavs no sympathy with
the followers OF Aristotle, who after ths
teescope was invented would not look
through It, lest II contradict some OF the
theories Of their great master. shall b1
glad TO put against one lid OF the Bib,e the
microscope and against the other lid OF the
Bible the telescope
But when Christ stopped down and wrote
on the ground, what did he writei TLe
Pharisee, did not stop 10 examine. The
rowarls, whipped OF their own consclence4
fed pell NELL. Nothing will fay man like
an aroused conscience. DR.. Stevens, In hi,
History OF Methodism says th"t when
Rev. Benjamin Abbott, OF olden times
was preaching, he exclaimed: "For aught
know there may be a murderer In this
house and n man ro' 'e In the assemblage
and started Tor the door and bawed aloud,
confes ing to a murder he had committed
fifteen years before. And no wonder these
Pharisees, reminded OF their sins took TO
their heels. But what did Christ write on
the groundi The Bible does not state. Yet
rs Christ never wrote any thing except that
once, you can not blame us for wanting to
know what He really did write. But am
certain He wrote nothing trivial, or nothing
unilnportant. And will you allow me 10 say
that think know what He wr lie on the
groundi / judge from the circumstances.
He might have written other things but.
kneeling there In the temple. surrounded by
pat- OF hypocriie,, VINO We're self. ap-
pointed constibulary, and having In His
presence prosecuted woman, who eyi.
dently was very pcnltent for her sins. am
sure He wrote two words, both OF them
,,ra,hf, a nd tcarnandona nnd ravarh rating