The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-09

DO you think the Lord is? Are His
granaries empty? viii He feed the
raven and the rabbit, and the lion
In the desert, and forget you? Why,
naturalists tell US that the por-
poise will not forsalxe its wounded
and sick mate. And do you suppose
the Lord Of heaven and earth has not as
much sympathy as the fish Of the sea?
But you say: II am SO near worn out,
and ! am of no use to God any more"
Think the Lord knows whether you
are Of any more use or not; II you were
Of no more use He would have taken
you before this. Do you think God has
forgotten You because He has taken
care Of you seventy or eighty years? He
thinks more Of you to-day than He ever
did, because you think more Of Him.
May the God Of Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob, and Paul the aged be your
God foreverl
But gather all the promises to-day
ina group, and I ask the shepherds to
drive their fiocks Of lambs and sheep up
TO the sparkling supply. Behold,
happy is the man whom God correct
eth" Though He cause grief, yet
will He have compassion" MANY are
the Affections OF the righteous, but the
Lord delivereth him out Of them ALL"
weeping may endure for q night, but
Joy cometh in the morning" 1
am determined to-day that no
one shall go away uncontrolled.
Yonder is timid and shrinking
soul who seems to hide away from
the consultations / am uttering, as
a child with sore hand hides away
from the physician lest he touch the
wound too roughly, and the mother has
to go and compel the little patient to
come out and see the physician. So I
come to your timid and shrinking soul
to-day, and compel you TO come out in
the presence Of the Divine Physician.
BE will not hurt you He has been
healing wounds for many years, and He
win give you gentle and omnipotent
medicament But people, when they
have trouble, go anywhere rather
than TO God. De Quincy took
opium to get rid of his troubles
Charles Lamb took to punch. Theo-
dore Hook took to something stronger.
Edwin Forrest took to theatrical dis
sipation And men have run all around
the earth, hoping in the quick transit
TO get away from their misfortunes II
has been dead failure. There is only
one we'll that can slake the thirst OF
an afflicted spirit, and that Is the deep
| and inexhaustible well Of the gospel
But some one says, in the audience:
notwithstanding all you have said
this morning, / find no alleviation fol-
my troubles?" Well. am not through
yet. / have left the most potent con
sideration for the last l am going 70
soothe you with the thought OF Heaven
However tallxative we may be, there
will come time when the stoutest and
most emphatic interrogatio will evoke
from us no answer. As soon as W.
have closed our lips for the final silence
no power on earth can break tha
taciturnity. But where, o Christian
will be your spiritp In ascene Of infinite
gladness. The spring-morning Of Heaver
waving It's blossoms in the bright air
| victors fresh from battle showing thei
scars. The rain of earthly sorrow
struck through with the rainbow o
eternal Joy. In one group, God AM
angels and the redeemed-Paul ant
Silas, Latimer and Ridley, Isaiah an'
Jeremiah, Payson and John Milton, Ga
briel and Michael the archangel Lonl
| line of choristers reaching across th'
hills. Seas Of icy dashing TO the whit
beach. Conquerors marc hing from gat'
TO gate, You among them.
20, what great flock OF sheep Coz
will gather around the celestial well
No stone on the wells mouth, while thu
Shepherd waters the sheep. There Jacol
win recognize Rachel, the shepherdess
And standing on one side Of tho well o
eternal rapture, your children; ant
standing on the other side Of the wei
Of eternal rapture, your Christian an
cestry, you will be bounded on al
sides by a Joy 90 keen and grant
that no other world has ever beel
permitted TO experience It Out OF tina
one deep well OF Heaven, the Shephert
will dip reunion for the bereaved
wealth for the poor, health for the sick
rest for the weary. And then all th'
hock Of the Lords sheep will lie dowI
q, the oreen nastures. and world with