The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-07-23

grand points Of the scenery. But not so
with God Although standing far up in
the very tower Of Heaven, nothing by
reason OF Its smallness escapes His Wis
ion. Every lily OF the field, every vio-
let under the grass, the tiniest hello
tropes aster, and gentian are as plainly
seen by Him as the proudest magnolia,
and not one vein of color in their leaf
deepens or fades without His notice.
From this door in heaven God sees all
human conduct and the worlds moral
! changes. Not one tear Of sorrow falls
in hospital or workshop or dungeon but
He sees 1t, and in high Heaven makes
record Of its fall. The worlds iniquities
in all their ghastliness glover under
His vision. Wars and tumults and the
desolations Of famine and earthquake,
whirlwind, and shipwreck spread out
before Him. II there were no being in
all the universe but God, He could be
happy with such an outlook as the door
OF heaven. But there He stands, no
more disturbed by the fall Of a kingdom
than the dropping Of leaf, no more ex-
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bursting Of bud, the falling Of deluge
than the trickling Of o raindrop. Earth
ly royalty clutches nervously its scepter
and waits in suspense the will Of in
famed subjects and the crown is tossed
from one family to another. But above
all earthly vicissitude and the assault
Of human passions in unshaken securi-
ty stands the King of Kings, watching
all the affairs OF His empire from the in
PRODUCTION Of an era to the counting Of
the hairs Of your head.
Again: learn from the fact that
door in Heaven is opened, that there is
q way OF entrance for our prayers and
egress for divine blessings. 1t does not
seem that weak voice has strength
enough to climb up to Gods ear. Shall
not our prayer be lost in the clouds?
Have words wings? The truth Is plain.
Heavens door is wide open TO receive
every prayer. Must 1t not be loud?
Ought 1t not to ring up with the strength
Of stout lungs? Must 1t not be loud
call, such as drowning men utter or
like the shout OF some chieftain in
battle? No, a whisper is as good as a
shout, and the mere wish Of the soul In
profound silence is as good as whisper.
1t rises just as high and accomplishes
Just as much.
But ought not prayer to be made up
Of golden words II 1t is to enter such
splendid door and live beside seraphim
and archangelp Ought not every phrase
be rounded into perfection; ought not
the language be musical, and classic,
and poetic, and rhetoricalp No, the most
illiterate outcry, the unjointed petition,
the clumsy phrase, the sentence break
ing into ungrammatical blunders, an un-
worded groan, is just rs effectual II 1t be
the utterance Of the souls want. A
heart all covered up with garlands OF
thought would be no attraction to God,
but heart broken and contrite, that Is
the acceptable sacrifice. 81 know that
my Redeemer liveth," rising up in the
mighty harmony OF musical academy
may overpower our ear and heart, but IL
will not reach the ear OF God like the
broken. voiced hymn OF some sufferer
amid rags and desolation looking up
trustfully to Saviour's compassion,
singing amid tears and pangs: 81 know
that my Redeemer liveth."
suppose that there was more rhetoric
and classic elegance in the prayers OF
the Pharisee than OF the publican, but
you know which was successful. You
may kneol with complete elegance on
some soft cushion at an altar OF alabaster,
and utter prayer Of Miltonic sublimity,
but neither your graceful posture nor
the roll Of your blank verso will attract
heavenly attention, while over some
dark cellar In which Christian psuper
Is prosttste IN the straw, angels bend
from their thrones and cry one 10 an
othbr, ''Behold, he praysI" Through
thks open door Of Heaven what long
procession Of prayers is continually
passingl What thanksgivingsl What
confessional What intercessionsl What
beseechingsl sand behold door was
opened in Heaven" ,
Again: The door OF Heaven is opened
TO allow US the opportunity Of looking
In. Christ when he came from Heaven
TO Bethlehem, left 1t open, and no one
, since has dared TO shut II. Matthew
threw II still wider open when he came
TO write, and Paul pushed the door
further back whom he spoke OF the glory
70 be revealed, and John in Revelation
actually points US TO the harps and the
waters, and th crowns, and the thrones
There are profound mysteries about
, that blessed place that wo can not solve,
/. But look through this wide open door Of
, Heaven and see what you can see. God
! means US 10 look and catch up some
thing OF rapture, and attune our hearts
TO Its worship.
1t Is wide open enough TO see Christ
: Behold Him, the chief among ten thou
!, sand, all the hammered pomp Of HEAVIER
at His feet. With ySGr enkindled faith
| look up along these ranks OF glory
Watch how their palms wave and heal
how their voices ring. Floods clappini
their hands, streets cleaning with gold
uncounted multitudes ever accumulat
ing in number and ever rising up intC
gladder hosannas. II you can not stand
to look upon that Joy for at least one
, hour, how could you endure to dwell
I among It forever? You would wish
yourself out Of 1t in three days ant
!, choose the earth again Or any other place
, where 1t was not always Sunday.
!, Ny hearer, in worldly prosperity, afilu
: ent, honored, healthy, and happy, lool
: in upon that company OF the redeemed