The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-01-21

Thames, and there was an awful sacri-
fee Of life. A boatman from the shore
D, out for the rescue, and he had big
boat, and he got 1t so full 1t would not
hold another person, and as he laid hold
of the oars to pull for the shore. leav-
ing hundreds helpless and drowning, he
cried out: 20, that had bigger boatW
Thank God that am not thus limited,
and that can promise room for all in
this Gospel boat, Get in; get inl And
yet there is room. Room in the heart
Of pardoning God. Room in Heaven.
also apply the word of my text to
those who would like practical comfort.
If any escape the practical struggle OF
life have not found them. They are
not certainly among the prosperous
classes. In most cases 1t was a struggle
all the way up till they reached the
prosperity, and since they have reached
these heights there have been perplexi-
ties, anxieties, and crises which were
almost enough to shatter the nerves and
turn the brain. It would be hard to
tell which have the biggest fight in this
world-the prosperities or the adversi-
ties, the conspicuities or the obscurities-
Just as soon as you have enough success
| TO attract the attention Of others, the
envies and jealousies are let loose from
their kennel. The greatest crime that
you can commit in the estimation Of
others Is to get on better than they do.
They think your addition is their sub
] traction. Five hundred persons start
for O certain goal Of success; one
reaches II and the other four hundred
and ninety-nine are mad. 1t would
take volumes to hold the story of the
wrongs, outrages, and defamations
that have come upon you as result
of your success. The warm sun Of
prosperity brings into life swamp
full of annoying insects. On the
other hand the unfortunate classes
have their struggles for mainten-
nance. To achieve livelihood by one
who had nothing to start with, and after
while for family as we'll, and carry
this on until children are reared and
educated and fairly started in the world,
and to do this amid all the rivalries OF
business and the uncertainty Of crops
and the fickleness of tariff Legislation,
with an occasional labor strike and here
and there a financial panic thrown in, is
a mighty thing to do, and there are hun
dreds and thousands such heroes and
heroines who live unsung and die un-
honored. What we all need, whether
up or down, in life or halfway between,
is the infinite solace Of the Christian re.
ligion. And so we employ the word
Come" 1t will take all eternity to
find out the number of business men
who have been strengthened by the
promises of God, and the people who
have been fed by the ravens when other
resources gave out, and the men and
women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw, or AK,
or yardstick. or pen. or type, or shovel,
: or shoe.last, have gained a victory that
made the heavens rcsound. With all
the resources OF God promised for every
exigency no one need be left in the
lurch.
like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury Lane. London. In an humble
home where every particle Of food had
. given out, and kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies, and
found a kettle on the fire ready for the
tea. The benevolent lady said: "How
is It that you have the kettle ready for
the tea when you had no tea in the
housc?" And the daughter in the home
, said Mother would have me put the
kettle on the fire, and when said what
J Is the use OF doing so when we have
, nothing in the house?' she said, my
/ child, God will provide; thirty years lie
| has already provided for me through all
, my pain and helplessness, and He will
not leave me TO starve at last lie will
send us help though we do not yet see
: how We have been waiting all the
day for some thing TO come, but until we
: saw you we knew not how 1t was tC
} come" Such things the world may cal
| condolences, but / call them almighty
| deliverances and, though you do MOI
; hear OF them, they are occurring every
: hour Of every day and in all parts o.
, Christendcm.
But the word Come applied to thost
!: who need solacc will amount to nothing
r unless it be uttered by some one whC
4 has experienced that solace. Tha
? spreads the responsibility of giving thi
5 gospel call among great many. Thos'
r who have lost property and been con
: soled by religion in that trial, are th'
a ones 10 invite those who have failed n
? business. Those who have lost thei
: health and been consoled by religion
5 are the ones 10 invite those who are II
{ poor health. Those who have had be
1 reavements and been consoled in thos
a bereavements are the ones TO sympa
: thize with those who have lost father o
4 mother or companion or child or friend
What multitudes Of us are alive to-da,
0 and In good health and buoyan
8 In this journey Of life, who woul'
I have been broken down or dead lonl
s ago but for the sustaining and cheering
c help of our.holy religionl SO we say
a "Come!" The well Is not dry. Th
4 buckets are not empty. The supply \
o not exhausted. There Is just as mucl
r mercy and coincidence and soothing
q power in God as before the first grav
: was dug, or the first tear started, or tn
first heart broken, or the first acciden
i happened, OF the first fortune vanished
4 Those of us who have felt the consola
: tory power Of religion have right 4
: speak out Of our own experiences, ant
G say-"Comer'
What dismal work OF coincidence tn
n world makes, when II attempts TO con
e dolel The plaster they spread does no