The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-03

thing Christ first, and Christ last, and
Christ forever.
Why, this age Is not so characterized BY
invention and scientific exploration as ~
Is by gospel proclamation. You can get no
idea Of 1t unless you can ring all the church
bells In one chime, and sound all the organs
in one diapason, and gather all the congrega-
tions OF Christendom In one Gloriain Excel
sis. Mighty camp-meetings. Mighty Ocean
Groves. Mighty Chautauquas. Mighty con-
.ventions Of Christian workers. Mighty gem
eral assemblies Of the Presbyterian church.
Mighty conferences Of the Methodist church.
Mighty associations OF the Baptist church.
Mighty conventions OF the Episcopal church.
think before long the best inyestmentsw wall
not be In railroad stock or Western Union,
but In trumpets and cymbals and festal
decorations, for we are on the eve OF VIC
tories wide and world uplifting. There may
be many years OF hard work yet before the
consummation, but the signs are TO me so en-
couraging that would not be unbelievlng
II saw the wing Of the apocalyptc angel
spread for It's last trfuinphal flight In this
days sunset; or II Tomorrow morning the
ocean cables should thrill US with thenews
that Christ the Lord had alighted on Mount
Olivet or Mount Calvary TO proclaim uni
versal dominion.
0 you dead churches, wake upl Throw
. back the shutters OF stiff eccleslasticism and
let the light of the spring morning come In.
Morning for the land. Morning for the sea.
Morning for emancipation. Morning OF
light and love and peace. Morning OF a day
In which there shall be no chains TO break,
no sorrows to assuage, no despotism to
shatter, no woes to compassionate o Chrlst
descend Scared ten pie, take the crown
Bruised hand, take he ac1pt.rl Wounded
foot, step TO tue thronel Thine is the
kingdom"
These things | say because want you to
be alert. / wait on 10 be tciling all
these wonders unro.lny from ,h1 hel,els
and the earth. God has .s,iiicd them,
whether calamitous or pleasing. The divine
purposes are harnessed in traces that eau
not hr ak, and in girths that can not slip,
and In buckles that can not loosen, and are
driven by reins they must answer. preach
no fatnlsm. A swarthy engineer at one OF
the drpots In Dakota said: when will you
get on the locomotive and take ride
with usi" "Welln ! Ill, ''nOw II that
suits youl" SO / got on one side the
locomotive and Methodist minister, who
was also invited. got on tho other side,
and between us were the engineer and the
sto1er. The train started. The engineer
had his hand on the agltated pulse OF
the great engine. The stoker shoveled In
the coal and shut the door with loud clang.
A vast plain slipped under US and the hills
swept by, and tnat great monster on which
we rode trembl and bounded and snorted
and ragged as II hurled US on. said 10 the
Methodi.t 4 minister on the other sido OF the
LOGON tive: "My brother, why should Pres
byteriaus and Methodists quarrel about the
DEGREES and free aeencyl You see the track,
that firm track, that iron track; that Is the
decree. You see thi engineers arml That
Is free agency. How beautifully they
work together. They are going TO take
us through. We could not do without the
track, and we could not do W thout the
engineer" So rejoice day by day. Work
for US all TO do, aud we may turn the
crank Of the Christian machinery this way
, or that, for we are free agents; but there is
, the track laid so long ago no one remembers
{ IL, laid by the hand Of Almighty God in
sockets that no terrestrial or satanic pres
sure can ever affect. And along that track
4 the car OF the worlds redemption VIII roll
TO the Grand Central depot OF the millenni-
um. have no anxiety about the track. l
am only afraid that for our Incidence Goo
will discharge US and get some other stoker
and some other engineer. The tram IS going
through with us or without u.s. 30, my
brethren. watch all the events that ave going
by. II things seem TO turn out right give
wings 10 your Joy. II things seem 10 turn
out wrong, throw out the anchor Oh faith
and hold fa5t
There 10 house Id London where Peter
the Great OF Russia lived awhile when ne
was moving through the land incognito and
In workman's dress, that he might learn the
wants Of the people. stranger was visit
ing at that house recently aud saw In q
dark attic an old box, and he said 10 the
owner OF the house, "Whats In that boxP'
The owner said, Il don't know; that box
was there when ] got the house, and IL was
there when my father got IL We haven't
had any curiosity 70 look az w guess
there's nothing In It," "Well," SAID the
stranger, III give you Two pounds
for IT," swell done" The two pounds
arc paid, and recently the contents OF
the box were soid 10 the Gar OF
Russia for hfty Thousand dollars. In itthe
la hug machine OF feter tue trear MS
private letters and documents OF va ue be-
| yond all monetary consideration. ANA mere
are the events that seem very insignificant
and unimportant' but they incase treasures
| OF divine providence aud eternitles OF mean
Ing whioh after a while God VIII Demon
strate before the ages as being OF stupend-