The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-01-14

ness over you- soul that almost swamp
you. You are unhappy, struck
through with unrest. Now will you
not try this solace, this febrifuge,
this anodync, this gospel medicine?
co." you say, II haven't any faith in
It," AS matter Of accommodation let
me introduce you to the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Physician. "Why, you say,
Il haven't any faith in Him." Well,
now, will you not just let Him come and
try His power on your soul? Just let
me introduce Him to you. lido not ask
you to take my word for IT. do not
ask you to take the advice of clergymen.
Perhaps the clcrgymen may, be preju-
iiced; perhaps we may be speaking pro-
fessionally; perhaps we may give you
wrong advice; perhaps we are morbid
on that subject; so do not ask you to
take the advice of clergymen.
ask you to take the advice OF
very respectable laymen, such as Will
lam Shakespeare, the dramatist; Will
liam Wilberforce, the statesman: as
Isaac Newton, the astronomer; as
Robert Boyle, the philosopher; as Locke,
the metaphysician; as Morse, the cleo
trician. These men never preached
they never pretended to preach-but
they come out and putting down, one
his telescope. and another the electri-
cian's wire, and another the parliament
ary scroll-they come out and they COM
- fOxf ~ oil fhn
pie, Christ that the world needs. Now
| do not ask you to take the advice OF
slergymen. Take the advice OF these
laymen. II does not make any diff
ference to me at this juncture what
You have said against the Bible;
1t does not make any difference
to me at this juncture how you may
have caricatured religion. Take the
advice of men who are prominent in
secular affairs, as these men whom l
have mentioned, and others who iinne-
diately occur to your mind. You see
do not scof at skepticism, | neves
scoffed at skepticism. had a good
reason for not scofiing. | have been a
natural slieptic. do not know what
the first word was that ! uttered after
entering this world, but think 1t
must have been "why?" There were
times when | doubted the existence
OF God, when ] doubted the divinity
of Christ when doubted the immor-
tality of the soul, when | doubted my
own existence, when | doubted every
thing. have been through the whole
curriculum OF doubt, and you can tell
me nothing new about II. have come
out from a great Sahara desert into the
calm, warm. suDshiny land Of the Cos
pei. know about the other land. l
have been there. You can tell me moth.
ing new about it; and knew all about
the other condition of which you do not
know any thing-the peace, the com
fort, the joy, the triumph of trusting In
God, and in Jesus Christ whom He has
sent. So / am not scoifiug in regard
TO it.
There are some things believe that
you do not; but there are some things
that believe and you do believe. You
believe in love-o fathers love, a
mothers love, wife's love, child's
love. Now let me tell you, God loves
you more than all of them together; and
you must come in, you will come in.
Christ looks in all tenderness, with the
infinite tenderness OF the gospel, into
your soul, and he says, This is ycur
time for Heaven" and then He waves
His hand TO the people of God, and He
says: "0ther sheep have which are
not Of this fold"
Again remark, the Heavenly Shep-
herd is going to get many of His sheep
among those who have been flung by
evil habits.
IL outrages me TO see how soon Chris
tian people give up the prodigal.
hear Christian people talk as though
they thought the grace Of God were a
chain of forty or fifty links and when
they had run out then there was moth
ing to touch the depths OF a mans in
iquity. II a man We're out hunting for
deer, and got off the track Of the deer,
ne would hunt among the bushes and
the brakes longer for the lost game
than he will look for lost soul.
They say II n rpan has had the delir-
um tremens twice he can not be cured.
They say If woman has fallen from
integrity she can not be redeemed. All
Of which is an infinite slander on the
gospel OF the SoH of God Men who say
that know nothing about practical re-
ligion in their own hearts. How many
times will God take back man who
mas fallen? Well, eau not give you
the exact figures, but / can tell
you at what point He certainly will
take him back. Four hundred and
ninety times. Why do say four hun
lred and ninety times? Because the
Bible says seventy times seven. Now,
figure that out, you who do not think a
man can fall four times, eight times,
ten times, twenty times, one hundred
times, four hundred times, and yet be
saved Four hundred and ninety times
Why, there is great multitude before
the throne Of God, who plunged into all
.he depths Of iniquity. There were nc
sins they did not commit; but they were
washed of body, and washed of mind
and washed Of soul, and they are before
The throne Of God now forever happy
say that TO encourage any man who
leels there IL no chance for him.
Good Templars win not save you, al
though they arc grand institution.
SONS OF Temberance will not save you,
although there is no better society on
sarth, Signing the temperance pledge
will not save you, although u is grand
hing TO do. No one but God can saw
you. Do not put your confidence In
bromide OF potassium or anything that
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