The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-02


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wateh your mcais'y--trat sheaf-
liade VI ~, jrth TO ther the
i. a. Vt past, and brng II INTO
tn p.%sa. Your power an 'eloeity I
of thgy h,--'hou.'ht of the swf wing
and f"b; tbourh' AZ ouT
spee,,s the star. AMI circles through the
heavens. ana wc.gis words. and, from
poising All Ii wheeling const" lnt'ons,
comes down to count the blossoms in .
.tuft 4 mignonetle. then starts nTaln 70
try the fa'hom ng of the boitom'ess'
and the scaling Of the insprm untahle,
to be swallowed up In the incompre-
hensible, and lost in God.
In reason and understanding. man IS !
alone The OK surpas,es him In |
strength, the antelope in speed the
hound in keenest OF nostril, the eagle
in far-reaching sirht, the rabbit in
quickness Of hearing, the honey bee in
delicacy of tongue, the spider In ;1ne-
ness of touch. Mans power, therefore,
consisreth not in what he can lift. or
how fast he can run. or how strong
wrestler he can throw--for in these re-
spects the OK, the ostrich and the hyena
are his superior-but by his reason
he comes forth to rule ALI through
! his ingenious contrivance to out
run, outfit outwrestle. outsee, outhear,
outdo. At his all-conquering decree
the forest that has stood for ages steps
aside to let him build his cabin and cul-
/ tivate his farm. The sea which raved
and foamed upon the race has become
crystal pathway for commerce to
march on. The thunder cloud that
slept laziy above the mountain is made
/ TO come down and carry mail bags
! Man. dissatisfied with his slowness OF
advancement, shouted to the water and
the fire, Come and lift" Come and
drawl" "Come and help And they
answered, "Ay, ay. we comet; and they
ioined hands-the fire and the water
and the shuttles fly, and the rail train
rattles on, and the steamship comes
coughing, painting, flaming across the
deep. He elevates the telescope to the
heavens, and. as easily as through the
stethoscope the physician hears the
movement of the lung, the astronomer
catche, the pulsation Of distant systems
of worlds throbbing with life He taxes
the microscope, and discovers that there
are hundreds OF thousands of animal
cul@ living, moving, working, dying
within circle that could be covered
with the point Of pin-animsls to
which rain-drop would be an ocean, a
rose-leaf hemisphere, and the fash OF
freely lasting enough 10 give them
light to several generations.
take a step higher and look at mans
moral nature Made In the image OF
God. Vast capacity for cnjoyment;
capable. at first, of eternal joy, and,
though now disordered, still, through
the recuperative force Of heavenly
grace, able to mount up to more than
its original felicity; faculties that may
blossom and lear nit inexhauslibly.
Immortality written upon esery - nc
! ity;a soul destined TO range In unlimited
spheres Of activity long after the world
: has put on ashes, and the solar System
, shall nave snapJ ed its axle, aHd the
stars that, in their course, fought
. against Sisera, shall have been slain
and buried amid the tolling thunders Of
! the last day.
, Pleasant Things for the palate; muse
for the ear; beauty for the eye; aroma
, for the nostril; kindred for our affec-
tions; poetry for our taste; religion for
our soul. We are put in rartlen, and
told that from all the trees we may eat
, except here and there one. lie Pivcs
the sun TO shine on us, and the waters
, 70 refresh us. and food 10 strengthen
us. and the herbs yield medicine when
: we are sick. and the forests lumber
, when we would build house, or cross
! the water in a ship. The rocks are
transported for our foundations; and
: metals upturned for our currency; and
! Wild beasts must give us covering; and
the mountains must be tunneled TO let
J us pass: and the fish OF the sea come up
incur net; and the birds OF the air drop
: at the flash Of our guns; and the cattle
J on n thousand hills come down 10 give
J us meat For us the peach orchards
end down their fruit, and the VINEYARDS
their purple clusters. To feed and re-
! fresh our intellect, ten thousand won
ders in nature and proyidence-wonders
! Of mind and body, wonders OF earth,
and air. and deep analogics and an.
, titheses; all colors and sounds; lyrics in
J the air; idyls in the field; confagrations
in the sunset; robes of mist on the
noun tsins; and the Grand March" Of
God in the storm
: But for the soul still higher adaptar
ton; fountain In which IL may wash;
a ladder by which it may climb; song
Of endless triumph that 1t may sing; a
crown Of unfading light that II may
wear. Christ came TO save-came with
a cross on his back; came with spikes
In his feet came when no one else
would come, to do q work which no one
else would do See how suited TO mans
condition is what God has done for himi
; Man Is a sinner; here 10 pardon. He
has lost Gods image; Christ retraces it
He Is helpless; Almighty grace is prof
fered. He is a lost wanderer; Jesus
brings him home. He is blind; and at one
touch OF Him who cured Bartimeus,
eternal glories stream into his soul
Jesus, ] sing Thy grace! Cure OF worst
diseased Hammer 20 smite of heaviest
chaini Light for the thickest darknessi
Grace divinel Devils scoff at II, mon
reject IL, but Heaven celebrates i'll
wish you good cheer for the national
health. Pestilence, that in other years