The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-06-17

any trouble about who Melchizedek
was, or how the doctrine Of Gods sover-
eighty, can be harmonized with mans
free agency, or who wrote the Penta-
touch, or the inconsistencies Of the
Nicene creed? No, no; go to work for
God and suffering humanity, and all
your doubts and fears and mys-.
teries and unbeliefs put together,
will not be heavy enough TO stir
the chemists scales. which is accus-
toned to weighing one-fftieth part Of a
grain Of cbamomile flowers Why stay
moment to understand the mysteries
when there are so many certitudes2'
Why spend our time exploring the dark.
garrets and coalholes Of a great palace,
which has above ground one hundred
rooms flooded with sunshine? 1t takes
all my time to absorb what has been
revealed, SO that ] have no time to up
turn and root out and drag forth what
has not yet been revealed. The most Of
the effort to solve mysteries and explore
the inexplicable and harmonic things,
is an attempt to help the Lord out Of
theological difficulties. Good enough
intention, my brother no doubt; but
the Lord is not anxious TO have you help
Him. He will keep His throne without
your assistance. Don't be afraid that
the Bible will fall apart from incon-
sistencies It hung together many CEN
turies before you were born, and your
funeral will be preached from a text
taken from its undisturbed authenticity.
Do you know that think that II all
ministers in all denominations would
stop this nonsense of ecclesiastical strife
and take hold Of the word Of God, the
only question with each of us being
how many souls we can bring TO Christ
and in how short time, the Lord
would soon appear for the salvation Of
all nations? When the young Queen
Of England visited Scotland many years
ago great preparations were made for
her reception. The vessel in which she
sailed was far out at sea- but every hill
In Scotland was illumined with bonfires
and torches. The night was set on
fire with artificial illumination. The
Queen, standing on the ships deck,
knew from that that Scotland was full
Of the heartiest welcome, and the thun-
der Of the great guns at Glasgow and
Edinburg Castle woke up all the echoes
Booml they sounded all over the sea.
Boom! they sounded up among the
hills. Do you know that think that our
King would land II we were only ready
to receive Him? Why not call to Him
from all our churches, from all our hos
pitals, from all our homes? Why not
all at once light all the torches of Cos
pei invitation? Why not ring all the
bells OF welcome? why not light up
the long night of the worlds sin and
suffering with bonfres Of victory? Why
not unlimber all the gospel bat
teries, and let them boom across
the earth, and boom into the
parting heavens? The King is ready TO
land II we are ready. TO receive Him.
Why can not we who are now living see
His descent? Must it all be postponed
TO later ages? Has not our poor world
groaned long enough in mortal agonies?
Have there not been martyrs enough,
and have not the lakes Of tears and the
rivers Of blood been deep enough? Why
can not the final glory roll in
now? Why can not this dying century
feel the incoming tides Of the
ocean of heavenly mercy? Must our
eyes close in death and our ears
take on the deafness OF the tomb, and
these hearts beat their last throb before
the day comes in? o, Christ! Why tar
REST Thou2 wilt Thou not, before we
go the way Of all the earth, let us see
Thy Scared feet under some MONDAY
cloud coming this way2 Before we die
let us behold Thy hands that were
spiked, spread out in benediction for q
lost race. And why not let us, with
our mortal ears, hear that voice which
spoke peace as thou didst go up, speak
pardon and emancipation and love and
holiness and JOY to all nations as Thou
comest DOWN
But the skies do not part. hear no
rumbling Of chariot wheels coming
down over the sapphire. There is no
swoop of wings. | see no fash Of
angelic appearance. All is still. hear
nothing but the tramp Of my own heart
as / pause between these utterances.
The King does not land because the
world Is not ready and the church Is not
ready. To clear the way for the Lords
coming let us devote all our energies Of
body, mind and soul. A Russian general
riding over the battlefield, his horse
treading amid the dying and dead, a
wounded soldier asked him for water,
but the officer did not understand his
language aud knew not what the poor
fellow wanted. Then the soldier cried
out, "Christos, and that word meant
sympathy and help, and the Russian
officer dismounted and put TO the lips OF
the sufferer cooling drahght. BE tina,
the charmed word with which we &c
forth 10 do our whole duty. In many Ian.
guages II has only little difference OF
termination. Christosi II stands for sym
pathy. IL stands for help. IL stands
for pardon, II stands for hope. II
stands for heaven. Christos! In that
name we were baptised In that name
we took our first sacrament That will
be the battle-shout that will win the
whole world for God Christos! Put
II on our banners whenwe march, Put
Il on our lips when we diel Put IL in
the funeral psalm at our obsequiesI
Put II on the plain slab over our gravel
Christosl Blessed be His glo rious name
forever. Amenl ,.p.
"A well-known American woman
living In London slipped on the highly