The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-14

tion of nothing, and in the life that
never shall be. Amenr' That 10 the
creed OF tens Of thousands of people in
this day II you have mind to adopt |
snch theory Twill not. II believe IN
God the Father Almighty, maker Of
heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ
and In the holy catholic church, and in
the communion Of saints, and in the
life everlasting. Amen" o, when |
see Eleazar taking such stout grip OF
the sword in the battle against sin and
for righteousness, come to the conclu-
sion that we ought to take a stouter
grip Of Gods eternal truth, the sword
Of righteousness.
As look at Eleazar's han d / also no.
tice his spirit Of self-forgetful ness. He
did not notice that the hilt Of the sword
was eating through the palm OF his
hand He did mot know 1t hurt him.
As he went out into the conflict he was
SO anxious for the victory he forgot
himself, and that hilt might go never 80
deeply into the palm Of his hand, 1t
could not disturb him. ''His hand clave
unto the sword" o my brothers and
sisters, let us go into Christian conflict
with the spirit Of sclf-abnegation. Who
cares whether the world praises US or
denounces us? What do we care for
misrepresentation, or abuse, or persecu-
ton In a conflict like this? Let us for
get ourselves. That man who is afraid
Of getting his hand hurt will never kill
Philistine. Who cares whether you
get hurt or not II you get the victory?
o, how many Christians there are who
are all the time worrying about the way
the world treats them. They are so
tired, and they are SO abused, and they
are SO tempted, when Eleazar did not
think whether he had hand or an arm,
or foot. All he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves in
worldly achievement We have often
seen men who, in order to achieve
worldly success, will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance and all OBJ
stacles. Just after the battle Of York.
town, in the American Revolution, q
musician, wounded, was told that he
must have have his limbs amputated,
and they were about TO fasten him to
the surgeons ia ble-for it was long be-
fore the merciful discovery of an@sthe-
tics. He said: mo, don't fasten me TO
that table; get me violin" A violin
was brought to him, and he said: "Now
go to work qs begin TO play" and for
forty minutes, during the awful pangs
Of amput alton, he moved not muscle
nor dropped a note, while he played
some sweet tune. o, is It not strange
that with the music of the gospel OF
Jesus Christ, and with this grand march
Of the church militant on the way to be
come the church triumphant, we can
not forget ourselves and forget all pang
and all sorrow and all persecution and
\ all perturbation.
We know what men accomplish undei
worldly position. Men do not shrinl
back fer antagonism, or for hardship
You have admired Prescott's "Conques
Of Mexico, I" rs brilliant and beautiful
history as was ever written; but SOM
Of you may not know under what dis
advantages II was written-that "Con
! quest OF Mexico"-for Prescott wa
totally blind, and he he'd two pieces o
wood parallel 10 each other fastened
and totally blind, with his pen betwee
those pieces OF wood he wrote, tn
stroke against one piece OF wood tellin
how far the pen must go In one way
J the stroke against the other piece Q
wood telling how far the pen must 6
in the other way. o, how much me
, will endure for worldly knowledge an
for worldly success, and yet how littl
J we endure for Jesus Christ How man
/ Christians there are who go aroun
: saying: % my hand, my hand, my hur
hand; don't you see there is blood o
! the hand, and there is blood on th
, sword?" while Eleazar, with the hi
, imbedded In the flesh Of his right hanC
does not know It.
I Must be carried 70 the skies
, On howery beds OF ease,
, While others fought TO win tho prize
Or sailed through bloody seasf
What have we suffered In compariso
with those who expired with suffoc'
tion. or were burned or were choppe
10 pieces, for the truths sake2 W
talk Of the persecution OF olden tune
,, There is Just as much persecution goin
on now in various ways In 1S49,
!. Madagascar, eighteen men were put
death for Christ's sake. They were
be hurled over the rocks. In order
make their death the more dreadful
anticipation, they were put in basket
and swung TO and fro over the precipiC
that they might see how many hundre
+ feet they would have TO be dashe
> down, and while they were swinging
these baskets over the rocks they SAM
Jesus, lover Of my soul
Let me 70 Thy bosom ny
: While the pillows near mo roll,
4 While the tempest still is high
; Then they were dashed down to deaf
|. o, how much others have endured Il
|, Christ, and how little we endure 4
! Christ. We want to ride 10 Heaven in
4 Pullman sleeping car, our feet on so
n plush, the bed made up early SO we ca
I sleep all the way, the black porter
death 10 wake US up only in time to el
= ter the golden city. We want all u
o surgeons TO fix our hand up Let the
/ bring on all the lint and all the bal
a dages and all the salve, for our hand
s hurt, while Eleazar does not know h
s hand is hurt
s "His hand clave unto. tho sword"
Q Az look at Eleazar's hand, | CON
:. TO the conclusion that he has done
y great deal Of hard hitting. am NJ
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