The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-01-21

and the runner of the one lost sleigh
was following the runner Of the other
lost sleigh round and round At last II
occu red to them 10 look ut the north
star, which was pcering through the
night, and by the direction OF that star,
they got home again, Those who fol
low the advice OF this world In time OF
perplexity are in a fearful round. for 1t
Is one bewil cred soul following an
other bewildered soul and only those
who have in such time got their eye on
the morning star Of our Christian faith
can find their way out, or be strong
enough to lead others with an all-persua-
siye invitation.
"But," says some one, ''you Christian
people keep telling us to come yet you
do not tell us how to come" That
charge shall not be true on this occa-
sion. Come believing! Come repentingl
Come praying! Aftor all that God has
been doing for six thousand years,
sometimes through patriarchs and
sometimes through prophets, and at
last through the elimination OF all
tragedies in Golgotha, can anyone
think that God will not welcome your
coming. VIII father at vast outlay
construct mansion for his son and lay
out parks white with statues, and
green with foliage, all a-sparkle with
fountains, and then not allow his son to
live in the house. or walk in the parks?
Has God built this house Of Gospel
mercy and will lie then refuse entrance
to His children? viii government at
great expense build life-saving stations
all along the coast and boats that can
hover unhurt like petrol over the wild
est surge, and then when the life-boat
has reached the wreck Of a ship in the
offing, not allow the drowning TO seize
the lifeline or take the boat for the
shore Of safety? Shall God provide at
the cost Of His only Sons assassination
escape for sinking world and then turn
deaf ear TO the cry that comes up from
the breakers?
"But," you say, there are so many
things I have to believe and so many
things In the shape of a creed that
have TO adopt, that | am kept back"
No: no! You need believe but two
things; namely, that Jesus Christ came
into the world to save sinners, and that
you are one OF them. "But," you say,
81 do believe both of those things!' Do
you really, believe them with all your
hearth "Yes." Why. then, you have
passed from death into life. Why
then. you are n son or "a daughter of the
Lord Almighty. Why, then, you are an
heir or an heiress of an inheritance
that will declare dividends from now
until long after the stars are
dead. Hallelujah! Prince OF God, why
do you not come and take your coronetP
Princess of the Lord Almighty, why do
you not mount your throne? Pass up
into the light. Your boat is anchored,
why do you not go ashore? just plant
your feet hard down and you will feel
under them the Rock of Ages. chal-
lenge the universe for one instance in
which n man in the right spirit ap-
pealed for the salvation of the gospel
and did not get IL. Man alive! Are
you going to let all the years OF your
life go away with you without your
having this great peace, this glorious
hope, this bright peetancy? Are you
going 10 let the pearl Of great price lie
in the dust at your feet because
you are too indolent or too proud to
stoop down and pick it up? win you
wear the chain of evil habit when
near by you is the hammer that could
, aNr hn ghu Ntll
you stay in the prison of sin when here
: is gospel key that could unlock your
} Incarceration? No; no! As the one
} word, Come" has sometimes brought
, many souls TO Christ, will try the eX
pertinent Of piling up into mountain
, and then send down in an avalanche OF
power many Of these gospel comes.
, "Come thou and all thy house into the
ark" 'come unto me all yc who labor
and are heavy laden and | will give you
rest" come, for all things are now
, ready" ''come with us and we will dc
, you good:" Come and see;" "ThC
, Spirit and the Bride say come anC
, let him that heareth say come anC
| let him that is athirst come" The
: stroke of one bell in tower may
be sweet, but score OF bells wei
7 tuned and rightly lifted and sliillfully
I swung in one great chime fill tho
heavens with music almost celestial
, And no one who has heard the mighty
Z chimes in the towers OF Amsterdam, ol
, Ghcnt. or Copenhagen, can forget them
I Now IL seems TO me that in this Sab
S bath hour all Heaven is Ginning, ant
3 the voices Of departed friends aud kin
: dred ring down the sky saying, Come!
e The angels who never fell, bending
a from sapphire thrones, are chanting
r Gomez Yea; all the towers OF Heaven
a ktower OF martyrs, tower Of prophets
a tower Of Apostles tower OF cvaugelists
: tower OF the temple Of the Lord Coz
e and the Lamb, are Ginning, Come
r Come" Pardon for all, and peace fo
r all, and Heaven for all who will come
!. When r ssia was In one Of her grea
= wars, the suffering of the soldiers hat
t been long and bitter and they wer'
d waiting for the end OF the strife. On,
3 day a messenger in great excitemen
3 ran among the tents Of the army shout
: ing, peace! Pcace!' The sentinel oi
Q guard asked, who says 'Peace?'" " Ant
5 the sick soldier turned on his hospita
h mattress and asked, "Who says Peace?'
3 and all-up and down the encampmen
0 of the Russians went the question
9 "Who says Peace?" Then the messen
{ ger responded: "The Car says 'Peace?'
!. That was enough. That meant go
= ing home. That meant the war wa
o over. No more wounds and no NOR,
"A / G. A. Has, oa o..a q Al.