The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-09

while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver and gems; IN
deed, enough were placed there 20 bal
ance the king; then at the close OF the
weighing, all those treasures were
thrown among the populace. 5ButChrist
to-day steps on one side OF the scales
and on the other side are all the treas
ures of the universe, and He says; 'Al
are yours--all height, all depth, al
length, all breadth, all eternity; all are
yours" We don't appreciate the prom
ises Of the gospel When an aged clergy
man was dying-a man very eminent IN
the church--a young theological stu
dent stood by his side and the
aged man looked up and said TO
him: "Can't you give me some COM
fort in my dying hour?' "No," said the
young man, 81 can't talk TO you on this
subject; you know all about 1T and have
known 1t SO long" WELL" said the
dying man, "just recite to me some
promises. The young man thought
moment, and he came to this promises
''The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth \
from all SIM" and the old man clapped
his hands, and in his dying moment
said: "That's just the promise | have
been waiting for The blood OF Jesus
Christ cleanseth from all sin. 0, the
warmth, the grandeur, the magnifcence
Of the promisesl
Come, also, to this gospel well, all ye
troubled. do not suppose you have
escaped Compare your view OF this
life at fifteen years of age with what
your view of 1t is at forty, or sixty, or
seventy. What grand contrast OF
opinion Were you right then, or are
you right now? Two cups placed In
your hands, the one sweet cup, the
other sour cup A cup Of joy and q
cup of grief. Which has been the near
est to being full, and out Of which have
you the more frequently partakenP
What a different place the cemetery Is
from what 1t used to be- Once 1t was
to you grand city Improvement,
and you went out on the pleasure
excursion, and you ran laugh
ingly up to the mound and you
criticised in light way the epitaph.
But since the day when you heard
the bell toll at the gate as you went In
with the procession, It is a sad place,
and there is a food of rushing memo
ries that suffuse the eye and overmas-
ter the heart o, you have had trouble,
trouble, trouble God only knows how
much you have had. 1t Is a wonder you
have been able to live through IL. tits
wonder your nervous system has not
been shattered and your brain has not
reeled. Trouble, trouble II could
gather all the griefs, Of all sorts, from
this great audience, and could put them
In one scroll, neither man nor
angel could endure the recita-
tion. Well, what do you want? "NoP
you say, rs Christian man: II was
becoming arrogant and think that 10
why the Lord took 1t away. don't
want to have my property back" Well,
would you have your departed friends
back again? NO" you say; ~ couldn't
take the responsibility Of bringing them
from a fearless realm TO realm Of
tears. couldn't do t." Well, then,
what do you wanta A thousand voices
In the audience cry out: Comfort give
us comfort For that reason ] have
rolled away the stone from the wells
mouth Come, all ye wounded Of the
flock. pursued Of the wolves, come TO
the fountain where the Lords sick and
bereft ones have come
"Ah," says some one, you are not
old enough TO understand my sorrowa
You have not been In the world as long
as have, and you can't talk TO me
about my misfortunes In the time Of
old age" Well, have been q great
deal among old people. and / know how
they feel about their failing health, and
about their departed friends, and about
the loneliness that sometimes strikes
through their soul After two persons
have lived together for forty or fifty
years, and one OF them Ia taken
away, what desolationl shall not
forget the cry of the late Rev DR..
De Witt, Of New York when he
stood by the open grave Of his
beloved wife, and, after the OBJ
sequies had ended, he looked down
into the open place and said: Fare
well, my honored, faithful and beloved
wife. The bond that bound us Is sew
cred Thou art in glory, and am here
on earth. We shall meet again. Fare
welll Farewellr' To lean on n prop
for fifty years, and then have II break
under you. There were only twoyears'
difference between the deaths of my
father and mother. After my moth
er's decease my father used 10
90 round rs though looking for
something, and he would often get
MP from one room without any seem
ing reason, and go to another room; and
then he would take his cane and start
out and some one would say, Father,
where are you going?" and he would
say. 81 don't know exactly where am
going" Always looking for something.
Though he was tender-hearted man,
never saw him cry but once, and that
was at the burial of my mother After
sixty years. living together. IL was hard
70 part And there are aged people here
to-day who are feeling Just such pans
as that want to tell them there Ii
perfect enchantment In the promises
Of this gospel; and come te
them and l offer them my arm
or take their arm and
bring them TO this gospel we'll Sil
down, father or mother, sit down
See II there Is anything at Tho
well for you Come, David the psalm