The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-04-08

aounced against God and the Christian,
religion and yet in favor of making the.
world better 90" you say, "a
ream of paper is too much for the names
Of those institutions" Well, then Il
throw you quire of paper. Fill 1t all
up now will wait until you get all
the names down. "O," you say, that
Is too'much." Well, then, will just
hand you a sheet Of letter paper. just.
fll up the four sides while we are talk
ing of this matter, with the names OF
the merciful institutions and the edu-j
cational institutions founded by in6deli-'
ty and supported all along by inAdelity,
pronounced against God and the Chris
tian religion, yet in favor Of humanity.
"O," you say, ''that is too much room;
we don't want q whole sheet OF
paper to write down the Names,
Perhaps I had better tear out one
leaf from my memorandum book,
and ask you to fll up both sides OF 1t
with the names Of such institutions.
"Oh," you say, that would be too much
room; wouldn't want 80 much room
as that" Well, then, suppose you
count them on your ten fingers. "0,"'
you say, not quite so much as that"
Well then, count them on the fingers OF
one hand. TO-" you say, 1--WE don't
want quite so much room as that"
Suppose, then, you halt and count on
one finger the name of any institution
founded by infidelity, supported
entirely by infdelity, pronounced
against God and the Christian religion,
yet toiling to make the world better
Not one! Not one!
Is infidelity so poor, so starveling, so
mean, so useless? Get out, you misera-
BILE pauper Of the universe! Crawl into
some rat-hole Of everlasting nothing
ness. Infdelity standing to-day amid
the suffering, groaning, dying nations,
and yet doing absolutely nothing save
trying to impede those who are toiling
until they fall exhausted into their
graves In trying to make the world bet
ter. Gather up all the work, all the
merciful work that infdelity has ever
done, add It all together, and there is
not so much nobility in it as in the
smallest bead Of that sister Of charity,
who last night went up the dark alley
Of the town, put Jar of jelly for an in
valid appetite on broken stand, and
then knelt on the bare floor, praying
the mercy Of God upon the dying soul.
Infdelity scrapes no lint for the
wounded, bakes no bread for the hun
cry, shakes up no pillow for the sick,
rouses no comfort for the bereft, gilds
no grave for the dead. While Christ,
our Christ, our wounded Christ, our
risen Christ, the Christ of the old-fash-
ioned Bible-blessed be His glorions
name forever! our Christ stands this
hoar pointing to he hospital, or to. tho
asylum, saying: l was sick and ye gaye
Me couch, was lame and ye gave Nc
crutch, was blind and ye physicianed
My eyesight, was orphaned and ya
mothered my soul, / was lost on the
mountain and ye brought Me home; in.
asmuch as ye did It to one of the least
of these, ye did It to Me-"
But thank God that this plague Of
inHdelity will be stayed. Many Of those
who hear me now by the Holy Ghost
upon their hearts will cease TO be
scoffers and will become disciples, and
the day will arrive when all nations
will accept the Scriptures The book Is
going to keep right on until the fires OF
the last day are kindled. Some Of them
will begin on one side and some ON the
other side OF the old book. They will
not find a bundle of loose manuscripts
easily consumed like timber thrown into
the fire. When the fires Of the last day
are kindled, some will burn on this side,
from Genesis toward Revelation, and
others will burn on this side, from Reve.
lation towards Genesis, and in all their
way they will not find a single chapter
or single verse out of place. That
will be the first time we can af.
ford TO do without the Bible. What
will be the use of the Book of Gene.
sis, descriptive of how the world was
made, when the world is destroyed?
What will be the use Of the propheci IS
when they are all fulfilled? What will
be the use Of the evangelistic or Pauline
description Of Jesus Christ when we see
him face to face? What will be the use
Of His photograph when we have met
Him in glory? What will be the use Of
the Book Of Revelation, standing as you
will with your foot on the CLASSY sea,
and your hand on the ringing harp, and
your forehead chapleted with eternal
coronation, amid the amethystine and
twelve-gated glories Of Heaven? The
emerald dashing its green against the
beryl, and the beryl dashing its blue
against the sapphire, and the sapphire
throwing It's light on the jacinth, and
the jacinth dashing its fire against the
chrysoprassus, and you and / standing
In the glories Of ten thousand sunsets.