The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-04-22

puts them on and He wears them in the
presence of the whole universe. He
wears them on the hand that wa.
nailed, over the heart that was pierced,
on the temples that were stung. "They
shall be mine," saith the Lord, ''in the
day when make up my jewels" Won
derful transformation! 1.-THE crystal can
not equal it." There she is, waif Of
the street; but she shall be sister OF
charity. There he is, sot in the ditch;
but he shall preach the Gospel. There,
behind the bars of prison, but he shall
reign with Christ forever. Where sin
abounded grace shall much more
abound. The carbon becomes the soli-
taire. "The crystal can not equal it."
Now, have no liking for those peo-
pie who are always enlarging in Chris
tian meetings about their early dissipa-
ton. Do not go into the particulars,
my brothers. Simply say you were
sick, but make no display Of your ul-
GERS. The chief stock in trade Of some
ministers and Christian workers seems
TO be their early crimes and designations.
The number Of pockets you picked and
the number Of chickens you stole make
very poor prayer-meeting rhetoric. Be-
sides that, II discouragcs other Christian
people who never get drunk or stole
anything. But it is pleasant to know
that those who were farthest down have
been brought highest up. Out Of infer
nal serfdom into eternal liberty. Out
Of darkness into light. From coal TO
the solitaire. "The crystal cannot
equal it."
But, my friends, the chief transform
ing power Of the gospel will not be seen
In this world and not until heaven
breaks upon the soul When that light
falls upon the soul then you will see
the crystals. o, what magnificent
setting for these jewels Of eternityl /
sometimes hear people representing
heaven in a way that is far from at
tractive to me- 1t seems almost vul-
gar heaven as they represent 1t with
great blotches of color and bands OF
music making a deafening racket. John
represents heaven as exquisitely beauti-
full. Three crystals In one place he
says: Her light was like precious
stone, clear as crystal" In another
place he says: 81 saw pure river from
under the throne, clear as crystal" In
another place he says: "Before the
throne there was a sea Of glass clear as
crystal" Three crystals! John says
crystal atmosphere. That means
health. Balm Of eternal June. What
weather after the worlds east windl
! No rack of storm clouds. One breath
of that air will cure the worst tubercle.
Crystal light on all the leaves. Crystal
light ,shimmering on the topaz of the
temples. Crystal light tossing in the
plumes of the equestrians of heaven on
white horses. But "the crystal cannot
equal it." John says crystal river That
means joy. Deep and ever rolling.
Not one drop of the Thames
or the Hudson OF the Rhine to soil
II. Not one tear of human sorrow
TO embitter it. Crystal, the rain out
OF which it was made. Crystal, the
bel over which II shall roll and ripple.
Crystal, its infinite surface. But 'the
crystal cannot equal IT," John says
crystal sea. That means multitudinous-
ly vast. Vast in rapture. Rapture vast
as the sea, deep as the sea, strong as
the sea, ever-changing as the sea. Bill
lows Of light Billows Of beauty, blue
with skies that were never clouded, and
green with depths that were never
fathomed. Arctics and Antartics, and
Mediteraneans, and Atlantics and Pa
cifics in crystalline magnifcence. Three
crystals. Crystal light falling on crys-
tai river. Crystal river rolling into a
crystal sea. But "the crystal cannot
equal it."
"O," says some one, putting his hand
over his eyes, ''can it be that |, who
have been in so much sin and trouble,
will ever come TO those crystals?" Yes,
IL may bet will be. Heaven we must
have. whatever else we have or have
not, and we come here TO get it?" "How
much must / pay for It?" you
say. You will pay for II Just as much
as the coal pays TO become the diamond.
In other words, nothing The same
Almighty power that makes the crystal
in the mountain will change your heart
which is harder than stone, for the
promise is ~ will take away your
stony heart and will give you heart
OF flesh"
"0," says some one, ''it is Just the
doctrine want; God is TO do everything
and am to do nothing" My brother,
II is not the doctrine you want. The
coal makes no resistance. II hears the
resurrection voice in the mountain and
IL comes TO capitalization, but your
heart resists. The trouble with you,
my brother, is the coal wants TO stay
coal. l do not ask you to throw open
the door and let Christ in. only ask
that you stop boiling 1t and barring
IL o, my friends, we will have TO
get rid of our sins will have to get
rid Of my SINS and you will have TO
get rid Of your sins What will we do
with our sins among the three crystals?
The crystal atmosphere would display
our pollution. The crystal river would
be befouled with our touch. The crys-
tai sea would whelm us with It's glisten-
ing surge. Transformation now or no
Transformation at all. Give sin full
chance in your heart and the trans
formation will be downward instead Of
upward Instead OF crystal IL will be
cinder. In the days Of Carthage
Christian girl was condemned to die for
her faith, and boat was Bedaubed with
tar and pitch and filed with combusti-
bles and set on FIRE and the Christian girl