The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-15

giving is an afiiction to most people
when 1t ought to be an exhilaration and
q rapture. O, that God would remodel
our souls on this subject. and that we
might appreciate the house Of God as
the great refuge. II your children are
to come up to lives Of virtue and happi-
ness they will come up Under the
shadow Of the church. II the church
does not get them the world will
All, when you pass away--and 1t will
not be long before you do-when you
pass away II will be satisfaction to see
your children in Christian society, You
want to have them sitting at the holy
sacraments. You want them mingling
in Christian associations. You would
like TO have them die in the sacred
precincts. When you are on your dying
bed, and your little ones come up to take
your last word, and you look into their
bewildered faces, you will want to leave
them under the church's benediction.
don't care how hard you are,
that is SO. said to a man Of the world:
"Your son and daughter are going to
join our church next Sunday. Have you
any objection?" "Bless you," he said,
'objectionsp wish all my children be-
longed to the church. don't attend to
to those matters myself know l am
very wicked-but am very glad they
are going, and l shall be there to see
them. am very glad, sir, am very
glad. / want them there" And so,
though you may have been wanderers
from God, and though you may have
sometimes caricatured the church OF
Jesus, IL is your great desire that your
sons and daughters should be standing
all their lives within this sacred in
closure.
More than that, you yourself will want
the church for hiding place when the
mortgage is foreclosed, when your
daughter, Just blooming into woman
hood, suddenly clasps her hands In
slumber that knows no waking, when
gaunt trouble walks through the parlor
and the sitting-room, and the dining
hall, and the nursery, you will wan
some shelter from the tempest. All
some of you have been run upon by mis-
fortune and trial; why do you no
come into the shelter? Isaid to Widowed
mother after she had buried hei
only son-months after, l said to her
SLOW do you get along nowadays?
90" she replied, 81 get along tolerabl.
well except when tho sun Shines"
said: "What do you mean by thatT
when she said: II can't bear TO see tn
sun shine; my heart Is so dark that al
the brightness Of the natural worl'
seems a mockery TO me-" o, darkene
soul, o, broken-hearted man, broken
hearted woman. why do you not com
! into the shelter? / swing the door wild
open. / swing it from wall TO wal
Come in! Come I'M You want a plac
|, where your troubles shall be interpreted
where your burdens shall be unstrappet
where your tears shall be wiped away.
Church Of God, be hiding place to a
these people. Give them seat wher
! they can rest their weary souls. Flas
some light from your chandeliers upo
|, their darkness. With some soothin
hymn hush their griefs. o, Church
! God, gate Of Heaven, let me go throue
: i'll All other institutions are going
! fail; but the Church Of God-its found
|, tion is the "Rock Of Ages" its chart
= is for everlasting years, Its keys a
= held by the universal proprietor, !
!, dividend is Heaven, its president is Go
" Sure as thy truth shall last,
. To Zion shall be given
;; The brightest glories earth can yield,
, And brighter bliss OF heaven.
Q God grant that all this audience, u
u youngest, the eldest, the worst, u
e best, may find their safe and glorio
s. hiding place where Joash found it
a the temple.