The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-07-01

! and said, 'YCn are q sinner the Holy
| Spirit persuaded me OF the fact While
] had escaped The sins aGainst the law
of the land. md really committed the
! worst sin n rDa1 ever commits-the driv-
ing back OF tse Son Of God from my
hearts ;sffeetieas, And saw that my
hands were red with the blood OF the
Son Of God. and began to pray and
peace came to my heart and know BY
experience that what you say this
morning Is ti.ue. ON him the Lord
hath laid the iniquity Of us all."
Yonder is man who would say: II
was the worst drunkard In New York;
/ went from bad to worse; | destroyed
myself, destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when / entered the houses;
when they put up their lips TO be kissed,
/ struck them; when my wife protested
against the maltreatment kicked her
into the street. | know all the bruises
and all the terrors Of a drunkard's woe.
went on further and further from God
until one day got letter saying:
"'My dear husband: have tried every
way, done everything, and prayed earn
estly and fervently for your reforma-
tion, but 1t seems Of no avail Since
our little Henry died, with the excep-
ton Of those few happy weeks when
you remained sober, my life has been
one Of sorrow Many Of the nights |
have sat by the window with my face
bathed in tears, watching for your COM
ing. am brolsen-hearted, am sick.
Mother and father have been here fire.
quently and begged me to come home,
but my love FOR you and my hope for
brighter days have always made me re-
fuse them. That hope seems now be-
| yond realization, and have returned to
them. 1t is hard and have battled
long before doing it. May God bless
and preserve you, and tax from you
that accursed appetite and hasten the
day when we shallbe again living hap
PLY together This will be my daily
prayer, knowing that lie has said:
"Come unto Me all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and will give you
rest" From your loving wife.
MARY.
"And so wandered on and wandered
on" says that man, until one night /
passed Methodist meeting house, and
l said to myself, "1'll go in and see
what they are doing." and | got to the
door and they were singing:
All may come, whoever will.
| This Man receives poor sinners still.
"And dropped right there, where
was and said, "God have mercy" and
He had mercy on me. Ny home is re-
stored, my wife sings all day long dur
ing work, my children come out a long
way to greet me home, and my house
hold is little heaven. / will tell you
what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that this day you proclaim: "On
Him the Lord had laid the iniquity Of us
ALL"
Yonder is a woman who would say:
81 wandered off from my fathers house;
heard the storm that pelts on lost
soul; my feet were blistered on the hot
rocks; went on and on thinking that
no one cared for my soul, when one
night Jesus met me and He said; Poor
thing, go homel your father Is waiting
for you. Go home, poor thingr and,
sir, was too weak TO pray. and ] was
too weak to repent, bnt ] just cried out,
l sobbed out my sins and my sorrows
on the shoulders of Him of whom II is
said; "The Lord hath laid on Him the
iniquity of us all"
There is n young man who would say:
81 had Christian bringing up; came
from the country TO city life; | started
well; | had good position, good com
mercial position, but one night at the
theater met some young men who did
me no good. They dragged me all
through the sewers Of iniquity, and |
lost my morals and lost my position,
and was shabby aad vresched. Twas
going down the street, thinking that no
one cared for me, when young man
tapped me on the shoulder and said:
George, come with me and will do
you good. looked at him TO
see whether no was joking or not
/ saw he was In earnest and / said:
What do you mean, sir?' Well, he
replied, i mean II you will come to the
meeting tonight, will be very glad to
introduce you will meet you at the
door. VIII you come? Said /, 4 will.
/ went to the place where was tarry-
ing. | fixed myself up as well as !
could. buttoned my coat over ragged
vest aud went TO the door OF the church,
and the young man met me and we
went in; and as went In heard an old
man praying, aud he looked so much
like my father, | sobbei 4 right out, and
they were all around so kind and sym
pathetic that Just there gave my heart
u God, and know this morning that
what you say Is true; believe II In my
own experience. ON Him the Lord hath
laid the iniquity OF us ALL"
Obi my brother without stopping TO
look as to whether your hand trembles
or not, without stopping 10 look whether
your hand Is bloated with sin or not,
put 1t in my hand, let me give you one
warm, brotherly Christian grip, and In
vite you right up TO tie heart, TO the
compassion. to the sympathy, TO the
pardon Of Him on whom the Lord has
laid the iniquity of us all Throw away
your sins. Carry them no longer /
proclaim emancipation this morning to
all who are bound, pardon for all sin,
and eternal life for all the dead.
Some one comes here this morning,
and stand aside. He comes up these
steps. He comes to this place. must
stand aside. Taking that place He
spreads abroad His hands, and they
were nailed You see His feet they