The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-05-01

Again, th3 horses and ohartOts OF '5od
came to the rescue OF this nation In 1875
at the close OF Presidential election Ia
nous for devilish ferooity. A darker
coud yet settled down upon thi, nation.
The result OF the election WIS in dispute
and revolution, not between two or three
sections but revolution in every town an
vii rg, and city Of the United s a es
SCENE l imminent Tue prospect was I Iat
New York would throt 10 New Y r< and
New ORLEANS would grip New Orleans, and
Boston, Boston and Savannah, Savannah,
and Washington, Washing on. Some said
Mr.. Tilden was elected; others said Mr..
Hayes was elected; and how near we
cams to universal massacre soma Of US
gu usssed but God only knew ascribe
our escape not to the hon ssty and right
eousnes of infuriated politicians. but
nscriUe 1t to the upper forces OF the text
Chariot' oil mercy rolled in. and though
the wheels we're not heard and the fash
tains OF the north AMI the south and the
east and the west, though the hoots did
not clatter, the cavalry Of God galloped
by. tell you Col Is the friend Of this ma
tion. In the awful excitement at the mas
sacre Of Lincoli, when there was a pros .
pect that greater slaughter wou open
upon this nation, God hushed the tempest
In the awful excit ment at the time Of
Garfeld's assassination, God put his foot
on the neck Of the cyclone. @
To prove that God is on the side OF this
nation. argue from tae ast eight or nine
great national harves. and from the
national health Of the last quarter Of .
century, epidemios very exceptional, and
from tue great revivals Of religion, and
IRON the spreading Of the Church Of God,
and from the continent blossoming with
a,ylums and reformatory institutions and
from an Ede iization which promises that
this whole land Is to be a parable where
God shall walk In the cool Of the day.
II in other sermons l showed you what
was the evil hat threatened 10 upset and
demolish American In Il, tutions am en-
couraged more tn IN can tell you as / see
the re ziments wheeling down the sky, and
my jeremiads turn into doxo ogies and
that which was the Cool Friday Of the ma
tons crucifxion bsc mes he Easser morn
OF its resur &C ion OF course God works
through human in1ti umentalities, and
this nationai be ermen is to come among
other tn ngs though q scrutinizel ballot
box. Bv the law Of registration 1t is almost
imposs bls now 10 have illegal voting
There Was a tims-you AMI rememb r II
wi when droves Of vagabonds wandered
up AL d down on electi n day and from
poll to poll, and voted here, and voted
there, AMI voted everywhere, and there
was no cha longs; or, II there were. it
amounted to nothing, because nothing
could so suddenly be proved upon he vag-
abonds Now, in every we'll organized
neighborhood, every vo er Is watched W th
severes scrutiny. l m st tell the regis-
trar my name, and how old am, and how
long / have resided in tn, State and how
long l have resided In the ward, or the
wrship, and II misrepresent fifty Wit
nesses will rise and shut ms out from the
b llot box. Is not that great sdvancef And
then notice the law that prohibits man
voting u he has bet on tn election. A stsp
fui ther needs to be taken. and that man
forbidden vote who has offered or taken Q
bribe whether It be In the shape OF free
drink, or cash paid down, the 81 p cious
cases obliged to put their hand on the BIZ
be and swear their vote in IL they vote al
all. So through the sa,red chest Of our
nations suffrage, redemption will come
God al % will save this nation through
an aroused moral sentiment These has
never been so much discus ion OF morals
and immorals. Men, whether or not they
acknowledge what Is right have to think
what is right We have men who have
had their hands In the public treasury the
the most OF their lifet m stealing all thev
cJuid lay tneir hanIs on, d scoursing
eloquently bout dishonesty Ia public
servants, and man with two or thres
families Of taoir own, preaching elo-
quently about the beauties Of the seventh
commandment. The question Of sobriety
and drunkenness Is thrust In the face Of this
nation as never before, and TO take pari
In our political contests. The question al
national sobrlety is going TO be respect
fully aud detsrentially heard at the bar oI
every Legislature and every House Of Rep
resentatives and every United States Sem
ate. aud an omnipo 1t voice will ring
down the sky and across this land and
I ack again, saying to these rising tides ol
drunkenness which threaten to wheln
home and church and nation: Thus fai
shalt thou come, but no further, aud here
shall thy proud waves be stayed"
havs not In my mud shadow OF dis
heartenment as large as the shadow Of Z
houseHy's wing My faith is in the uppei
forces, the upper armies Of the text Go
lsnot dead. The chariots are not un'
wheeled. II you wo.ld only pray NOR,
and wash your eyes in the COOL brIgh
water fresh from the we'll Of Christian re-
form, 1t would 10 aid OF you, as Of thu
one OF she texts "The Lori opened thi
eyes Of the young man; and he stwi and
beho d, the mountaln was full OF horei
and chariots Of FIRE round about Elisha.'
When the army OF Autigonus went Int
battle his soldiers were very much dis
courayed and th " rushed up to the gen.
era nd said TO him: I'D MT you see W,
have few iorcss I'd they have 81 mrny
moreW and the soldiers were affrighl et
at the smallness Of their number and tn,
greatness Of the enemy. Antigonu, thsil
commander, Strengthened h mself up an
said, with indignation and vebemence
"How many do you reckon me TO bef
And when we see the vast atmi arrayed
against the cause Of sobriety It may SONS
tim be very dIscouraging, but | ask you
In mating up your estimate Of the force,
Of righ sousnss,-l ass you how msny dc
you reckon tie Lord Col Almighty TO bel
He Ia our commanders. The Lord Of Hoat,