The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-05-21

thereof will come the law Of love, the
law OF corporation, the law OF kindness,
the law Of sympathy, the law Of Christ.
Have you no idea OF the coming Of
such time? Then you do not believe
the Bible. All the Bible is full of prom
ises on this subject, and as the ages roll
on the time will come when men Of for
tune will be giving larger sums to hu-
manitarian and evangelistic purposes,
and there will be more James Lenoxes
and Peter Coopers and William e. Dodges
and George Peaoodys. As that time
comes there will be more parks, more
picture gale les, more gardens thrown
open for the holiday people and the
working classes.
was reading, some time ago, in re-
gard to charge that had been made in
England against Lambeth Palace, that
it was excessive; and that charge de-
monstrated the sublime fact that to the
grounds Of that wealthy estate eight
hundred poor families had free passes,
and forty croquet companies, and on
the halliday holidays four thousand
poor people recline on the grass, walk
through the paths, and sit under the
trees. That is gospel-gospel on the
wing, gospel ut.of-doors worth just as
much as indoors. That time is going
to come.
That is only hint Of what is going to
be. The time is going to come when, II
you have any thing In your house worth
looking at-pictures, pieces of sculpture
you are going to invite me to come
and see it; you are going to invite my
friends to come and see 1t, and you will
say: "See what ! have been blessed
With God has given me this, and SO far
as enjoying it, 1t is yours also" That is
gospel.
In crossing the Allegheny Mountains,
many years ago, the stage halted, and
Henry Clay dismounted from the stage,
and went out on a rock at the very
verge Of the cliff, and he stood there
with his cloak wrapped about him, and
he seemed to be listening for something.
Some one said to him, "What are you
listening for?" Standing there, on the
top OF the mountain, he said: II am
listening to the tramp Of the footsteps
of the coming millions Of this conti-
nent." A sublime posture for an Ameri-
can statesman! You and to-day stand
on the mountain-top Of privilege, and
on the Rock OF Ages, and we look of,
and we hear coming from the future the
happy industries, and smiling popula-
tions, and the consecrated fortunes, and
the innumerable properties Of the
closing nineteenth and the opening
twentieth century.
And now / have two words, one to
capitalists and the other to laboring
men.
To capitalists: Be your own executors.
Make investments for eternity. Do not
be like some capitalists / know who
walk around among their employees with
supercilious air, or drive up to the
factory in q manner which seems
to indicate that they are the auto
crat OF the universe with the sun
and the moon in their vest pockets,
chiefly anxious when they go among
laboring men not TO be touched by the
greasy or smirched hand and have their
broadcloth injured. Be Christian
employer. Remember those who are
under your charge are bone Of
your boue and flesh of your flesh,
that Jesus Christ died for them and
that they are immortal. Divide
up your estates, or portions Of them, for
the relief Of the world before you leave
1t. Do not go out Of the world like that
man who died eight or ten years ago,
| leaving in his will twenty million dol
lars, yet giving how much for the church
OF God? How much for the alienation
OF human suffering? He gave some
money q little while before he died.
That was we'll; but in all this will Of
twenty million dollars, how muchp One
million? No Five hundred thousandP
No. One hundred dollars? No. Two
cents2 No. One cent? No. These great
cities groaning in anguish, nations cry
ing out for the bread OF everlasting life.
A man in q will giving twenty millions
OF dollars and not one cent 10 Godl IL
Is disgrace 10 our civilization. .r.
To laboring men-I congratulate you
on your prospects. congratulate you
on the fact that you are getting your
representatives at Albany, at Harris
burg, and at Washington. This will go
on until you will have representatives
at all headquarters, and you will have
full Justice. Mark that congratulate
you also on the opportunities for your
children. Your children are going TO
have vast opportunities congratulate
you that you have TO work, and that
when you are dead your children will
have TO work 1 congratulate you
also on your opportunities Of In
formation. Plato paid ono thou
sand. three hundred dollars for two
books. Jerome ruined himself hnan-
cially, by buying one volume OF f0rigen.
What vast Opportunities Tor intelli-
gence for you aud your childrenl A
workingman goes along by the show
window OF Q great publishing house and
he sees a book that costs i've dollars.
He says, al wish could raise five dol
lars for that costly and beautiful book" :"
A few mouths pass on and be gets the
value OF that book for fifty conts In .
pamphlet. There never was such day
Tor the workingmen OF America as the
day that Is coming.
But the greatest friend OF capitalist
and toiler, and the One who will Jet
bring them together In complete accord,
was born one Christmas night while the
curtains OF Heaven swung, stirred by
the wings angelic. Owner OF all
things--a1l the continents, all worlds
and all islands OF light. Capt.
talist Of immensity, crossing over
10 our condition, coming into our
world, not by gate Of palace,
but by door Of barn. Spending
His first night amid the shepherds.
Gathering afterward around Him the
fishermen to be His chief attendants.
With adze, and saw, and chisel, and axe,