The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-11-26

| nave been enough, tor IT was only an
additional installment Of what had al
ready been provided, and 1t is prob
able that. the housekeeper could
not have guessed more than ono
gallon out Of the way. But a hum
dred and twenty-six gallons! What will
they do with the surplus? An, it was
just like our Lord2 Those young peo-
pie were about to start in housekeep-
ing and their means were limited, and
that big supply, whether kept in their
pantry or sold, will be mighty help.
You see there was no strychnine, or
logwood, or nux vomica in that bever-
age, and as the Lord m ade 1t 1t would
keep. He makes mountains and seas
that keep thousands Of years and cer-
tainly he could make a beverage that
would keep four or Ave years Among
the arts and inventions of the future /
hope there may be some one that can
press the juices from the grape and 80
mingle them and without one drop OF
damning alcoholism that will keep for
years And the more of 1t you take the
clearer will be the brain and tho health
Ter the stomach And here is remark
able fact in my recent journey-I trav.
eled through Italy, and Greece. and
Egypt, and Palestine, and Syria, and
Turkey, and how many intoxicated peo-
Pile do you think saw In all those five
great realms? Not one. We must in
our Christianized lands have got hold OF
some kind Of beverage that Christ did
not make.
o, am glad that Jesus was present at
that wedding, and last December, stand
ing at Cana, that wedding came back.
Night had fallen on the village and its
surroundings The bridegroom had put
on his head bright turban and gar
land Of flowers, and his garments had
been made fragrant with frankincense
and camphor, an odor which the ORR
entail especially likes. Accompanied
by groomsmen. and preceded by band
Of musicians with flutes and drums
and horns, and by torches In full
blaze, he starts for the brides home.
This river OF fire is met by another
river OF fire, the torches OF the bride
and bridesmaids; fambeau answering
Hambeau. The bride is in white robe
and her veil not only covers her face
but envelopes her body. Her trousseau
Is Us elaborate as the resources Of her
fathers house permit Her attendants
are decked with all the ornaments they
own or can borrow; but their own per-
sonal charms make tame the jewels, for
those Oriental women eclipse In attract
ivoness all others except those OF our
own land. The damson rose is in their
cheek, and the diamond in the luster OF
their eyes, and the blackness OF
the night in their long locks,
and in their step is the gracefulness
OF the morning. At the first sight
OF the torches OF the bridegroom and his
attendants coming over the hill the cry
rings through the home OF the bride:
They are in sight! Get ready Behold,
the bridegroom comethl Go ye out to
meet him" AS the two professions ap-
proach each other, the timbrels strike
and the songs commingle, and then the
two professions become one, and march
toward the bridegroom's house. and meet
third procession which is made up OF
the friends OF both bride and BRIDE
groom. Then all enter the house,
and the dance begins, and the
door is shut And all this Christ
uses TO illustrate the joy with which
the ransomed Of earth shall meet Him
when He comes garlanded with clouds,
and robed in the morning and trumpeted
by the thunders Of the last day. Look!
There He comes down of the hills OF
heaven, the Bridegroom! And let us
start out to hail Him, for / hear the
voices OF the Judgment day sounding:
"Behold the Bridegroom cometh! Go
ye out to meet HimI" And the disap-
pointment Of those who have declined
the invitation to the gospel wedding is
presented under the figure OF a door
heavily closed. You hear 1t slam. Too
late. The door is shut!
But we must hasten on for ! do not
mean to close my eyes tonight till l see
from a mountain top, Lake Galilee, on
whose banks, next Sabbath, we will
worship, and on whose waters the fol-
lowing morning we will take sail. On
and up we 20 In the severest climb OF
all Palestine, the ascent Of the Mount OF
Beatitudes, on the top Of which Christ
preached that famous sermon on the
Blesseds-Blessed this and blessed that
Up to their knees the horses plunge
in molehills, and o surface that gives
away at the first touch OF the hoof, and
again and again the tired beasts halt, as
much as TO say to the riders, "It is un-
just for you TO make US climb these
steps," On and up over mountain
sides, where in the latter season, hya-
cinths and daisies, and phloxes and
amenones kindle their beauty. On and
up until on the rocks OF black basalt we
dismount, and, climbing TO the highest
peak, look out on an enchantment OF
scenery that seems TO be the Beatitudes
themselves arched into skies, and
rounded into volleys and silvered into
waves The view is like that OF Tennes-
see and North Carolina from the top
OF Lookout Mountain, or like that OF
Vermont and New Hampshire from the
top of Mount Washington. Hail hills
OF Galileel Hail Lake Gennesaret, only
four miles away Yonder, clear up and
most conspicuous is Safed, the very
city to which Christ pointed for illustra-
tion in tho sermon preached here, say
ing: "a city set on q hill can not be
hid" There are rocks around me on this
Mount OF Beatitudes, enough to build
the highest pulpit the world ever saw.
Aye, 1t is the highest pulpit 1t over
looks all time and all eternity. The