The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-07

In opposite directions But the words
uttered were the salvation Of the one to
whom they were uttered, and he became
the Rev. Mr.. Champion, one Of the most
distinguished missionaries in heather
lands; for years wondering who did for
him the Christian kindness and not
finding out until in a bundle OF books
sent him to Africa he found the BIZ
agraphy OF Brainerd Taylor and q pict-
ure of him, and the missionary recog-
nized the face in that book as the man
who. at the watering trough for horses,
had said the things that saved his soul.
What opportunities you have had In the
past What opportunities you have
nowl What opportunities you will have
in the days to come! Put on your hat,
oh woman, this afternoon, and 60 In
and comfort that young mother who
lost her babe last summer. Put on your
hat, oh man, and go over and see that
merchant who was compelled yesterday
to make an assignment, and tell him Of
the everlasting riches remaining for all
those who serve the Lord. Can you
sing? Go out and sing for that man
who can not get we'll, and you will
help him into Heaven. Let 1t
be your brain, your tongue, your
eyes, your ears, your heart, your lungs,
your hands your feet, your body, your
mind, your soul, your life, your death,
your time, your eternity for God, feeling
in your soul ITO this end was born.
1t may be helpful to some II rccite my
own experience in this regard. Istarted
for the law without asking any divine
direction consulted my own tastes
liked lawyers and court rooms and
Judges and juries, and reveled In hear
ing the Frelinghuyscns and the Brad
leys Of the New Jersey bar, and as
assistant Of the county clerk, at sixteen
years OF age, searched titles, natural
lied foreigners, recorded deeds, received
the confession Of judgments, swore wit
ncsses and juries and grand juries But
after while felt call to the gospel
ministry and entered it, and l felt some
satisfaction in the work. But one
summer, when was resting at Sharon
Springs, and while seated in the
park of that village, | said TO
myself, "if have an especial work to
do in the world / ought TO find 1t out
now" and with that determination l
prayed as had never before prayed,
and got the divine direction. and wrote
It down in my memorandum book and
l saw my life work then as plainly as |
see IL now o do not be satisfied with
general directions. Get specific direc-
tions. Do not shoot at random. Take
aim and FIRE. Concentrate. Napoleon's
success in battle came from his theory
of breaking through the enemy's ranks
at one point; not trying to meet the
whole line Of the enemy's force by q
similar force. One reason why he lost
Waterloo was because he did not work
his usual theory, and spread his force
out over wide range. o Christian man,
oh Christian woman, break through
somewhere. Not a general engage
ment for God but particular engage.
ment, and made in answer TO prayer.
II there are sixteen hundred million
people in the world, then there are six
| teen hundred million different missions
TO fulfill, different styles Of work to do
different orbits in which to revolve
aud II you do not get the divine direc
tion there are at least fifteen hun
dred and ninety-nine million possibili
ties that you win make mistake. Or
your knees before God get the matter
settled SO that you can firmly say: ''Tc
this end was born"
And now come TO the climacteri,
consideration. As near as can tell
you were built for a happy eternity, al
the disasters which have happened b
your nature to be overcome by the BLOOD
of the Lamb II you will heartily accept
that Christly arrangements We are al
rejoiced at the increase in human long
evity. People live, as near as can OBJ
serve, about ten years longer than they
used TO. The modern doctors do MOI
bleed their patients ON all occasions a,
did the former doctors. In those time,
II man had fever they bled him, II he
had consumption they bled him, II he
had rheumatism they bled him, and 4
they could not make out exactly whai
was the matter they bled him. Older
time phlebotomy was deaths coadjutor
All this has changed From the way
see people skipping about ut eighty
years OF age, conclude that life insur
ance companies will have TO change
their table Of risks and charge mar
no more premium at seventy than they
used to do when he was sixty, and nc
more premium at fifty than when he
was forty BY the advancement OF med
ical science and the wider acquaintance
with the laws of health, and the fact
that people know better how TO take
care Ct themselves, human life Is pro
longed But do you realize what after
all, Is the brevity Of our earthly
state? In the times when peo-
pie lived seven and eight hundred years,
the pstriarch Jacob said that his years
were few. Looking at the life of the
youngest person in this assembly and
supposing he lived TO be nonageua'
rian, how short the time and soon gone,
while banked up in front Of us is an
eternity so vast that arithmetic has moi
\ figures enough TO express It's length, OF
!. breadth, or depth, or height For q
happy eternity you were born unless
yourun yourself against the divine In
tentions. II, standing in your presence
my eye should fall upon the feeblesi
soul here as that soul will appear when
the world let's II up, and heaven en-
frances IL, Isuppose wonld be so over.
powered that should drop down as