The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-05-28

cumstance, thinking that worldly sue
cess will bring peace to the soul, let
them shatter the delusion. 1t Is not
what we get, it is what we are. Daniel
among the lions is happier than Neb-
uchadnezzer on his throne. And
when life is closing, brilliancy Of
worldly surroundings will be no
solace. Death is blind, and sees
no difference between king and
his clown, between the Nazarene and
the Athenian, between bookless hut
and national library. The frivolities
of life can not, with their giddy laugh,
ochoing from heart to heart, entirely
drown the voice Of tremendous con.
science which says: 81 am immortal.
The stars shall die, but am immortal.
One wave Of eternity shall drown time
in its depth, but am immortal. The
earth shall have a shroud OF flame and
the heavens shall fee at the glance OF
the Lord, but am immortal. From all
the heights and depths OF my nature
rings down and rings up and rings out
the word, Immortal" A good con-
science and assurance Of life eternal
through the Lord Jesus Christ are the
only securities.
The souls happiness is too large
craft to sail up the stream Of worldly
pleasure. As ship-carpentors say, 1t
draws too much water. This earth is
bubble, and it will burst. This life is a
vision, and 1t will soon pass away.
Time! 1t is only ripple, and 1t break
eth against the, throne Of Judgment
Our days They fly swifter than shut
tie, weaving for us robe OF triumph or
garment Of shame. Begin your life
with religion, and for its greatest trial
you will be ready Every day will be o
triumph, and death will be only Kings
servant calling you to royal banquet.
In olden time the man who was to re-
ceive the honors Of knighthood was re-
quired to spend the previous night fully
armed, and with shield and lance TO
walk up and down among the tombs OF
the dead. Through all the hours Of that
night his steady step was heard, and,
when morning dawned, amid grand pa
rade and the sound OF cornets the honors
Of knighthood were bestowed. Thus 1t
shall be with the good mans soul in the
night before Heaven. Fully armed with
shield and sword and helmet, he shall
watch and wait until the darkness fly
and the morning break, and amid the
sound OF celestial harpings the soul
shall take the honors Of Heaven amid
the innumerable throng with robes
snowy white streaming over seas Of sap
phire.
Mordecai will only have to wait fol-
his day Of triumph. 1t took all the pre-
ceding trials TO make proper back
ground for his after-successes. The
scaffold built for him makes all the more
imposing and picturesque the horse intC
whose long white name he twisted hi
fingers at the mounting. You want al
least two misfortunes, hard as flint, X
strike fire.. Heavy and long-continuet
SHOWS In the winter are signs OF gooc
crops next summer. So, many have
yielded wonderful harvests Of benevo
lence and energy because they we're
long time showed under. We mus
!; have a good many hard falls befor,
, we learn to walk straight. 1t is OF
, the black anvil OF trouble that mel
D hammer out their fortunes. Sor
rows take up men on their shoulder
D and enthrone him. Tonics are nearl
always bitter. Men, like fruit trees, ar
3 barren, unless trimmed with shar
, knives. They are like wheat-all tn
5 better for tho failing. 1t required tn
5 prison darkness and chill to make Johi
: Bunyan dream. II took Delaware ic
and cold feet at Valley Forge, and tn
whizz OF bullets TO make Washington
. Paul, when he climbed up on the beacI
Of Melita, shivering in his wet clothes
3 was more OF Christian than when tn
r ship struck the breakers. Prescott, tn
: historian, saw better without his eye
j than he could ever have seen with them
|, Mordecai, despised at the gate Is only pre-
. decossor OF Mordecai, grandly mounted