The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-30

clods, gradually strengthening into
stalk, and last of all the husk swelling
out with the pressure Of the corn: First
the blade, then the ear, after that the
full corn in the ear" IS H sta
Would David set forth the freshness
and beauty Of genuine Christian charac-
ter-he sees an eagle starting from Its
nest Just after the monlting season, Its
old feathers shed, and It's wings and
breast decked with new down and
plumes, Its body as finely feathered as
that Of her young ones just beginning
to try the speed Of their wings Thus
retuvenated and re-plumed is the Chris
tian's faith and hope, by every season Of
communion with God. "Thy youth is re-
newed like the eagles" Would Solomon
represent the annoyance Of acontentious
woman's tongue, he points to leak
age in the top Of his house or tent,
where, throughout the stormy day, the
water comes through, falling upon the
hoor-dripl dripl drip! And he says,
"A continual dripping in very rainy
day and contentious woman are alike"
Would Christ set forth the character Of
those who make great profession Of
piety, but have no fruit, He compares
them to barren hg-trees which have very
large and snowy leaves, and nothing but
leaves. Would Job illustrate deceitful
friendships, he speaks Of brooks in
those climes, that wind about in differ
ent directions, and dry up when
you want to drink out OF them:
my brethren have dealt deceitfully as
q brook, and as the stream Of
brooks they pass away" David when he
would impress US with the dependency
into which he had sunk, compares 1t to
quagmire OF those regions, through
which he had doubtless sometimes tried
to walk, but sunk in up TO his neck, and
he cried, ~ sink in deep mire where
there is no standing" Would Habak1uk
set forth the capacity which God gives
the good man TO walk safely amid the
widest perilA he points TO the wild
animal calldd the hind walking over
slippery rocks, and leaping from wild
crag TO wild crag, by the peculiar make
Of its hoofs able calmly TO sustain itself
in the most dangerous places: "The
Lord is my strength, and He will make
my feet like kinds feet"
Job makes all natural objects pay
tribute to the royalty of his book. A
you go through some chapters Of Job
you feel as II It were a bright spring
morning, and as you see the glittering
drops from the grass under your feet
you say with that patriarch, "Who hath
begotten the drops Of the dew?" And
now, as you read on, you seem in the
silent midnight TO behold the waving Of
great light upon your path, and you
look up TO find 1t the aurora borealis,
which Job described so long ago as
''the bright light in the clouds and the
splendor that cometh out the north"
As you read on, there is darkness
hurtling In the heavens, and the
showers break loose till the birds fly for
hiding-place and the mountain torrents
in red fury foam over the rocky shelv-
ing; and with the same poet, you ex-
claim: "Who can number the clouds in
wisdom, or who can stay the bottles Of
heaven2" As you read on you feel your
self coming into frosty climes, and in
fancy, wading through the snow, you
say, with that same inspired writer,
"Hast thou entered into the treasures
OF the snow?' And while the sharp sleet
drives In your face, and the hail stiugs
your cheek, you quote him again: ''Hast
thou seen the treasures Of the hailp" In
the Psalmist's writings Ihear the voices
Of the sea: Deep calleth unto deep;"
and the roar Of forests: "The Lord
shaketh the wilderness OF Kadesh;" and
the loud peal Of the black tempest: "The
God OF glory thundereth;" and the rus
tie Of the long silk on the well-fllod
husks: "The valleys are covered with
corn" and the cry OF wild beasts: "The
young lions roar after their prey" the
hum OF palm trees and oedars: "The
righteous shall flourish Ikea palm tree,
he shall grow like cedar In Lebanon;"
the sough Of wings and the swirl Of fms:
Dominion over the fowl Of the air and
the fish Of the sea-" i.i 2lfH.1f a.".
The truths Of the gospel might have
been presented In Technical terms, and
by the means Of dry definitions, but
under these the world would not have
listened or felt How could the safety
OF trusting upon Christ have been pre-
sented, were It not for the figure Of q
rockp How could the gladdening effect
Of the gospel have been set forth, had
not Zaoharias thought Of the dawn OF
the morning, exclaiming, "The day
spring from on high hath visited us TO
give light TO them that sit in
darkness" How could the souls In.
tense longing for Christ have been
presented 30 we'll as by the emblem
OF natural hunger and natural thirst
AS the lake gathers into It's bosom the
shadow OF hills around, and the CLEAN
Of stars above, so, In these great deeps
Of divine truth, all objects In nature are
qrandly reflected. We walk forth In the
spring time, and every thing breathes
Of the resurrection. Bright blossom
and springing grass speak 10 US Of the
coming up Of those whom we have
loved, when In the white robes Of their
Joy and coronation they shall appear.
And whom In the autumn Of the year
nature breaches thousands OF funeral
sermons from the text. ave all
do fade as leaf,"C and scatter
her elegies In our path, we can not
help but think Of sickness and the
tomb. Even winter. "being dead, yet
speaketh." The world will not be ar
gued into the right II will be tenderly
iiioatratad intn tha rioht Tall tharn