The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-10-01

eyer,ihcfeasinR skiil and sharpness
and speed and generosity Of Dorcas'
needlel
what is that man doing?" ! said to
the dragoman in the streets Of Joppa.
20, he is carrying his bod Multi
tudes of the people sleep outof-doors,
and that Is the way so many in those
lands become blind. it's from the dew
OF the night falling on the eyelids As
q result OF thisin Egyptevery twentieth
person is totally blind. In Oriental
lands the bod is made of thin small
mattress, a blanket, and a pillow and
when the man rises In the morning he
just ties up tho three intoa lundle and
shoulders 1t and takes 1t away 1t was
to that the Saviour referred when he
said to the sick man, Take up thy bed
and walk" An American couch would
require at least four men to carry 1t
but one Oriental can easily manage his
slumber equipment.
But inhale some OF the odors Of the
large tanneries around Joppa. 1t Is
there to this day prosperous business,
this tanning Of hides. And that re-
minds me OF Simon, the tanner, who
lived at Joppa, and was the host OF
Peter the Apostle. ! suppose the olfac-
tories OF Peter were as easily il,sulted
by the odors Of tennery as others.
But the Bible says, HE lodged With one
Simon, the tanner" People who 60
out to do reformatory and missionary
and Christian work must not be too
sensitive. Simon, no doubt, brought to
his homestead every night the nalodors
OF the cali-slkins and OF hides In his
tannefy, but Peter lodged inthat home,
not only because he may not have been
invited 10 the houses Of merchant princes
surrounded by redolent gardens, but
to teach all mon snd women engaged
in trying to make the world better,
they must not be squeamish and fas-
tidious and Hnical and over-particular
In doing the work Of the world The
Church Of God Is dying Of fastidiousness.
We cry over the sufferings Of the world
in hundred dollar pocket handkerchiefs,
and then put cent in the poor box.
There are many willing to do Christian
work among tho cleanly and the refined
and the elegant and the educated; but
excuse them from taking loaf OF bread
down dirty alley, excuse them from
teaching mission school among the
uncombed and the unwashed, excuse
them from touching the hand Of one
whose huger-nails are in mourning for
departed soap. Such religious pre-
cisionists can toll in atmospheres laden
with honeysuckle and rosemary, but not
in air floating up from the malodorous
vats. No, no, no! excuse them from
lodging with one Simon. the tanner.
During the last war, there were In
Virginia some sixty or seventy wounded
soldiers In a barn on the second floor, SO
near the roof that the heat OF the Au-
gust sun was almost insupportable. The
mon we're dying from sheer exhaustion
and suffocation. A distinguished mem
Der Of the Christian Commission said TO
the nurse who stood there, Wash tho
faces and feet OF these men and 1t will
revive them" "No," said the nurse.
~ didn't come into the army TO wash
feet" "Wsll," said the dis
member OF the commission.
"bring me water and towel Twill be
very glad 10 wash their feet" One was
The spirit OF the devil. the other the
,pirit OF Christ
But reference TO Peter reminds me
that we must 20 TO the housetcp in Jop-
pa where he was taught the democracy
II religion. That was about the queer
sst thing that ever happened. On our
way up TO that housetop we passed an
I'D we'll where the great stones we're
worn deep with the ropos OF the buckets
md 1t must be we'll many centuries
I'D, and, think, Peter drank out OF IL.
Four or Ave goat or calf-skins filled with
water lay about the yard. We soon got
Up the steps and on the housotop. II
vas In such place in Joppa that Peter,
me noon, while he was waiting for din
Tor, had hungry ft and tainted away
md had vision OF dream or trance. !
aid to my family and friends on that
Listen while read about
What happened here" And, opening
he Bible, we had tho whole story. IL
Gems that Peter on the housetop
that q blanket was let down
'ut OF Heaven, and in 1t were sheep and
,oats and cattle and mules and pigeons
md buzzards and snakes and all
manner Of creatures that fly the air, or
walk the ield, or crawl tho earth, and
n the dream voice told him as he was
hungry, to eat and he said, 81 can not
at things unclean." Three times he |
lreamed it." There was then heard
at the gate Of the house on
he top Of which Peter lay In trance
nd three men asked: "Is Peter
Ierep" Peter, while yet wondering
that this dream meant, descends tho
tairs and meets these strangers at
he gate, and they tell him that good
nan BY the name Of Cornelius, In the
ity Of Cesarea, has also had q dream
nd has sent thom for Peter, and 10 ask
i'm TO come and preach. At that call
'eter left Joppa for C@sarea. Tho
ream he had Just had prepared him 10
reach, for Peter learned byIi 10 reject
% people as. unolean. and iwhereas he
reviously thought he must presch only
0 the jews, now he goes TO preach 70
bo Gentiles, who were considered un-
lean. D