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

have been their past history; for think
the church Of God Is not 80 much made for
you who could have churches In your own
house, but for the vast population OF
our great cities, who are treadiug on
toward death, with no voice OF mercy TO ar
rest them Ah when the prodigal comes
Into the church, do not stare at him as
though he had no right TO come. Give him
the best sent you eau End for him. Some-
times man wakes up from his sin and he
says; "1,ll go 10 the house Of God.n Per-
haps he comes from one motive, perhaps
from another. lie tinds the church dark
and the Christian people frigid (and there
are no people on earth who can be more
frigid than Christian people when they try),
and the muse Is ddl, and he never comes
again. Suppose Que OF these men enters the
church. AS he comes IN he hears song
which his rothcr sang when he VAS boy;
ne remembers It. He sits down, and some
one hands him book, open at
Jerusalem. my happy home,
Name ever desrto me-"
aYes,n he says, Il have heard that many
times" Ho sees cheerful. Christian people
there, every mans face psalm OF thanks
giving to God. He says; "Do you have
this so every Sundaye have heard that
the home of God was doleful place, and
Christians were lugubrious and repellngl |
have really enjoyed myself" The next
Sabbath the man is ugain In the same place.
Tears Of repentance start down his check;
he begins TO pray; all when the commun-
ion table is spread, he sits at II, and some
one reaches over apa says: ~ am sur.
prised to find you here. thought you
didn't believe in such things" "Ahp he
says ~ have been captured / came In one
day, and found you were all so loving and
cheerful here that l concluded | would
come among you. Where thou 60 est will
60; thy people shall be my people and thy
God my God. Where thou diest will die,
and there will bc buried.n
All you can't drive men out Of their sins,
but you can coax them out-you can charm
them out. ~
higher appreciation Of this Sabbath herit-
agel We can not count the treasures Of one
Christian Sabbath II spreads out over US
the two wings OF the archangel OF mercy.
o, blessed Sabbath blessed Sabbath They
scoff great deal about the old Puritanic
Sabbaths, and there Is wonderful amount
of wit expended upon that subject now
the Sabbaths they used 10 have in New En-
gland. never lived In New England, but
would rather trust the old Puritanic Sab
bath, with all its faults, then this modern
Sabbath. which Is fast becoming no Sab
bath at all. II our modern Sabbaiism shall
produce as stalwart Christian character as
the old New England Puritanic Sabbatism,
shall DO satisfied, and | shall be surprised.
On, blessed day blessed day should
like to die some Sabbath morning when the
air Is full OF church music and the bells are
ringing leaving my home group with q
dying blessing, should like to look of upou
some Christian assemblage chanting the
praises OF God rs went up TO join the one
hundred and forty and four thousand and
the thousands Of thousands standing around
the throne Of Jesus. Harkl hear the bell
OF the old kirk on the hillside Of heaven. tits
wedding bell for behold the Bridegroom
cometh. II Is victor's bell, for we are
more than conquerors through Him who
hath loved US. II is Sabbath bell, for 1t
calls the nations Of earth and heaven 10 ev-
erlasting repose.
20 when. thou city OF my God,
Shall thy courts ascend!
Where congregations no or break up,
And Sabbaths have no end"