The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-12-25

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violets, they toss their white surf into
tho spiriea enough for every child's
hand flower, enough TO make for every
brow chaplet, enough with beauty to
cover up the ghastliness Of all the
graves. Docs He go forth to create
waterp He pours 1t out, not by the cup
full, but by river full, lake full, an
ocean full, pouring it out until all the
earth has enough to drink, and enough
with which to wash.
Does Jesus, our Lord, provide redemp-
tion? is not little salvation for this
one, little for that, and little for the
other; but enough for all--''Whosoever
will, let him come" Each man an ocean
full for himself. Promises for the
young, promises for the old, promises
for the lowly, promises for the blind,
for the halt, for the outcast, for the
abandoned Pardon for all, comfort for
all, mercy for all, Heaven for all; not
merely a cupful Of Gospel supply, but
one hundred and thirty gallons. Ay, the
tears Of godly repentance are all gath
cred up into Gods bottle, and some day
standing before the throne He will lift
our cup Of delight and ask that II be
filed with the wine OF Heaven; and
Jesus, from that bottle Of tears, will be-
gin to pour in the cup, and we will cry:
"Stop, Jesus, we do not want to drink
our own tears!'' and Jesus will say;
"Know We not that the tears ofearth are
the wine Of Heaven" Sorrow may en-
dure for anight, but Joy cometh in the
morning
I remark further, Jesus does not
shadow the joys Of others with His own
griefs He might have sat down in that
wedding and said; 81 have so much
trouble, so much poverty, so much per-
secution, and the cross is coming; shall
not rejoice, and the gloom Of My face
and Of My sorrows shall be cast over all
this group" SO said not Jesus. He
said to Himself: "Here are two per-
sons starting out in married life. Let it
be joyful occasion. l will hide My own
griefs. l will kindle their joy" There
are many not 80 wise as that. know q
household where there are many little
children, where for two years the musi-
cal instrument has been kept shut be-
cause there has been trouble in the
house. Alas for the folly! Parents say
ing: 1--WE will have no Christmas tree
this coming holiday because there has
been trouble In the house. Hush that
laughing up stairsl How can there be
any Joy when there has been so much
trouble?" And so they make every
thing consistently doleful, and send
their sons and daughters to ruin with
the gloom they throw around them.
o, my dear friends, do you not know
those children win have trouble enough
OF their own after while? Be glad they
can not appreciate all yours. Keep back
the cup OF bitterness from your daugh-
ter's lips. When your head is down In
the grass Of the tomb, poverty may come
TO her, betrayal to her, bereavement to
her. Keep back the sorrows as long as
you can. Do you know that that son
may, after q while, have his heart bro
ken? Stand between him and all harm.
You may not fight his battles long; fight
them while you may. Throw not the
chill OF your own dependency over his
soul; rather be like Jesus, who came tc
the wedding hiding His own grief and
ldndling the joys Of others. So have
seen the sun, on dark day, struggling
amidst clouds, black, ragged and porten.
tious. but after while the sun, with
golden pry, heayed back the blackness;
and the sun laughed to the lake, and
the lake laughed TO the sun, and
from horizon TO horizon, under the saf'
from sky, thewater whsall turned to wine.
learn from this miracle that Christ
Is not impatient With the luxuries Of
| life. Il was not necessary that they
should have that wine, Hundreds ol
people have been married without any
wine. We do mot read that any OF the
other provisions fell short. When Chris
made the wine II was not q necessity
but positive luxury. ! do not believe
that He wants US TO eat hard bread ant
sleep on hard mattresses, unless we lik,
them the best. think, II circumstance
will allow, we have right to the lux
uries Of dress, the luxuries OF diet, ant
the luxuries OF residence. There is n,
more religion In an old coat than in |
new one. We can serve God drawn b.
golden plated harness as certainly Al
when we 60 a-foot. Jesus Christ viii
dwell with us under afneceiling aswel
as under thatched roof; and when yo'
can get wine made out Of water, drinl
as much Of II as you can.
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