The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-09-03

Perhaps they VIII 70 West Perhspsl
they will 70 East Perhaps they Val
not. Perhaps they viii 40 North. Fer
haps they may 60 South. Perhaps they
will not Perhaps they may make that
Investment in real estate or In railroads.
Perhaps they will not They are hike .
steamer that should 60 out Of New YORK
harbor, starting for Glasgow. and the
next day should change for Havre DO
Grace, and the next for Charleston, and
tho next for Boston, and the next for
Liverpool These men on the sea OF me-
are everlastingly taeking ship and max
ing no headway. Or they are like o.
man who starts to build house In the
Corinthian style and changesitto Doric.
and then completes It in the Ionic, and
Is cursed by all styles Of architecture.
But because there are bad men around
the ballot-box is no reason why Chris
tian men should retreat from the arena
The last time you ought to give up your
child or forsake your child is when II isl
surrounded by company Of Choctaws;i
and the last time TO surrender the ballot
box ia when 1t is surrounded BY impurityI
and dishonesty and all sorts OF wicked
ness.
Daniel stood on q most unpopular,
platform. He stood firmly though thel
demagogues Of the day hissed st him
and tried to overthrow him. We must
carry our religion into our politics
But there are great many men who
are In favor OF taking religion into
national politics who do not see the i'm
portance Of taking 1t into city politics;
as though man were intelligent about
the welfare OF his neighborhood and had
no concern about his own home.
Religion would drive out all base per
sonalities from politics. You have 0
right to discuss mems politics and de-
nounce their political sentiments, or re-
ceiye them, as you will; but you have
no right to assail their private charac-
ter, as Is done every autumn. That Is
not carrying religion into politics. Now
you can always tell without asking In
any contest what candidate will vote
for. 1t is always for the man who is
most badgered, and most abused, and
most spit upon, and most howled at
You have right to contest mans
political sentiments; you have no right
for base political purposes 10 assail bis
private moral character
Ny subject also impress me with the
fact that lions can not hurt good man.
No man ever got into worse company
than Daniel got into when he was
thrown into the den. What q rare NOR
sci that fair young man would have
been for the monstersl II they had
plunged ut him he could not have
climbed into niche beyond the reach
Of their paw or the snatch OF their tooth
They came pleased all around about
him, rs q hunters hounds al the well
known whistle come bounding 70 hi
feet
You need not 20 70 Numidia 10 60
among lions You AL have had then
after you--the lion OF financial distress
the lion Of sickness, the Hon OF persecu
lion. You saw that lion Of hnancia
panic putting his mouth down TO tn
earth, aud he roared until all the bank
ard all the insurance com panies quaked
With his nostrils he scattered the ashc
on the domestic hearth. You have ha'
trial after trial, misfortune after mis-
fortune, lion after lion; and yet the.
have never hurt you II you put you
trust In God, and they never VIII bur
you. They did not hurt Daniel, AM
they can not hurt you.
The Persians used to think that sprini
rain falling intosea shells would turl
into pearls; and I have 70 tell you tha
the tears OF sorrow turn into preciou
gems when they drop into Gods bottle
You need be afraid Of nothing, puttinI
your trust in God. Even death, tha
monster lion whose death Is the world
scpulcher, and who puts his paw dow,
amid thousands OF millions Of dead, cal
not alright you.
When in oldep times man was 70 20
the honors OF knighthood, he was com
PEELED TO 90 fully armed tho night be
fore, among the tombs OF the dead, car
rying q sort Of spear, and then whom th
day broke he would come forth. and
amid the sound Of cornet and great pa
,rade no would get the honors Of knight
hood. And so II will be with the Chris
tian in the night before heaven, as full
armed with the spear and helmet Q
salvation, he will wait and watc
through the darkness until tho mornin
dswna and then be will take the hon
org Of heaven amid that great thron
With snowy robes streaming over sea