The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-13

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tou bales and tho Heroes Of rice; but Il
Jonah could fhd room 10 pray in the
whnle's belly, most certainly you will
never be In such q crowded place that
youcan notpray. Bread at noonl When
the evening hour comes. and your head
is bpzzing with the days engagements,
and your whole nature Is sore from the
abrasion Of rough life, and you see q
great many duties you have neglected,
then commune with Christ, asking His
pardon, thanking Him for His love.
That would be queer evening repast
at which there was no bread.
This Is the nutriment and life Of the
plain gospel that recommend you. ]
do not know how some Of our ministers
make II 50 intricate and elaborate and
mystifying thing. 1t seems as IL they
had sort Of mongrelism In relig.
ion-part humanitarianism, part spiritu.
alismi part nothingarianism, and some
times you think they are building their
temple out Of the 'Rock Of Ages" but
you find there is no rock in II at all II
is stucco. The gospel is plain. 1t Ia
bread. There are no fogs hover
ing over this river Of life. All
the fogs hover over the marsh oi
human speculation. II you can not tell,
when you hear man preach, whether
or not he believes In the. plenary In.
spiration Of the Scriptures, It Is because
he does not believe In 1t. II, when you
hear man preach. you can mot tell
whether or not he believes that ain d
Unborn, II Ia because he does not think
II IL congenital. II, when you hear a
man talk in pulpit or prayer meeting,
YOU can not make up your mind whether
or not he believes in regeneration, IL ID
becAuse he does not believe In 1t. II
when you hear man speak on religious
themes, you can not make up your mind
whether or not he thinks the righteous
and the wicked will come out, at the
same place, then IL is because he really
believes their destinies are contermin'
Gus. Ne''''4''iN
z DO not talk TO me about man being
doubtful about the doctrines Of grace.
Heis not doubtful 10 me at all. Bread
is bread, and know II the moment
SEQ It. had q cornfeid which I cul.
tured with my own hand. Idid not ask
once in all the summer, SIS this cornp'
| did not hunt up the Agriculturist u
get q picture Of corn. was born In
sight Of cornheld, and l know ali
about It When these lsraelites came tc
Canaan and looked of upon the heldi
the cry was 'Corni corn!" And II mar
has once tasted OF this heavenly bread,
he knows II right away. He can tell
this corn Of the gospel Canaan from 'the
chat which the wind driyeth away"
bless God so many have found this Cos
pei corn. II Is the bread Of which II Z
man eat he shall never hunger. sol
the gladness Of your soul to the tunel
Of "ArieP and Antioch" l ring the
wedding bells, for Christ and your soul
are married, and there is no power on
earth Or in hell 60 get out letters Of di.
sorcement. 'ssi =
But alas for the famine-strucki Enough
corn, yet 1t seems you have no sickle to
cut It, no mill to grind 1t. no fife tc
bake II, no appetite TO esti It. Starving
70 death, when the plain is golden with
magnificent harvestl
rode some thirteen miles TO see the
Alexander, large steamship that wai
beached near Southampton, Long
Island. 1twas splendid vessel. As
walked up and down che decks and In
the cabins. ] said "What q pity thai
this vessel should go TO pieces, or be
lying here idlei" Tho coast-wreckers
had spent thirty thousand dollars
trying to get her OF and they succeeded
once, hut she came back TO the
pld place. While was waiting on
ieck. every part OF the vessel
trembled with the beating Of the surf
on one side. Since then heard that
that vessel. which was worth hundreds
Of thousands OF dollars, was sold for
three thousand Eve hundred, and
knocked 70 pieces. Thoy had given W
the idea Of getting her to sail again.
Howsuggestiye all that is TO me! There
are those here who are aground In relig.
ious things Once you started fot heaven,
but you are now aground. Hevefal times
It was thought you had started again
heavenward, but you soon got back "a