The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-13
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the heavens in chnriots Of universal
ace' e'aim, over bridges of hosanna, under
arches of coronation by the towers
Ginning with eternal jubilee. Chorus!
unto Him that loved us and washed us
from our sins in Ills own blood, and
made us kings and priests unto God, to
Him be glory.
All! there is one word of five letters
that would like to write; but have
no sheet fair enough to write it on and
no pencil good enough to inscribe it.
Give me sheet from the heavenly rec
ords, and some pencil used by angel in
describing victory, then with hand
struck with supernatural energy, and
with pencil dirpcd in everlasting
Ing, will write it out in capitals oflove:
JESUS Iesusl II is this one that is
waiting for you and for me, for we are
on the same platform before God. How
long He waited for me! How long He
has waited for you! Waiting as u BAN
queter waits for his delayed guests, the
meats smoking, and the beakers brim-
ming, and the minstrel with his fingers
on the stiff string ready to strike at the
first clash of the hoofs at the gateway.
Waiting as mother waits for boy
that ten years ago went off dragging
her bleeding heart after him. Waiting.
o, can you not give me some comparison
intense enough, importunate enough,
high as heaven, deep as hell, and vast
as eternity? Not expecting that you
can help me with such comparison, !
simply say, lie is waiting as only an all
sympathetic Christ knows how to wait
for wandering soul.
Bow the knee and kiss the Son,
Come and welcome sinner come
But remark again, not only Christ
Is waiting, but the Holy Spirits wait
ing Why are some sermons dead
failure? Why are there songs that do
not get their wing under the people?
Why are there players thatgo no higher
np than a hunters halo)? Because
there is a missing link that only the
Holy Spirit can make. II that spirit
should come through this assemblage
this morning, there would be power
felt like that when Saul was unhorsed
on the road TO Damascus, like as when
Lydias heart was broken in her fine
store, like as when 5000 souls were
lifted out OF midnight into midnoon at
the Pcntecost. Do You notice that
sometimes that spirit takes an in
significant agency to save Il soul? I
think it is very often that at just one
passage Of scripture, just one word OF
scripture soul is saved because the
holy scripture gives It supernatural
power. DO you know what it was
that saved Martin Luther? It
was that one verse: THE just shall
live by faith" Do you know what it
was that brought Augustine from his
horrible designations? 1t was that one
verse: Put we on the Lord Jesus Christ
and make no provision for the flesh, to
fulfil the lusts thereof" Do you know
what IL was that saved lledlcy Wears,
the celebrated soldier? II was the one
passage: Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt bf saved" Do
you know what it was that brought
Jonathan Edwards 10 Christ? II was
the one passage: Now unto Him be
glory forever and ever"
One Thanksgiving morning in church
] read my text 30, give thanks TO the
Lord for lie is good" and young man
stood in the gallery and said TO himself:
II have never rendered one acceptable
Offering Of gratitude to God in all my
life Here, Lord / am thine forever" {"
by that one passage OF scripture he was
brought into the kingdom, and il
might tell my own experience, might
tell how one Sabbath afternoon was
brought TO the gospel by reading OF the
Syro-Phnnician cry TO Christ where she
said: Even the dogs eat of the crumbs
that fall from the masters table" Phil
osophic sermons never saved anybody.
An earnest plea going right out Of the
heart blessed of the Holy Ghost, that is
what brings people to the kingdom of
Christ. suppose that the world
thought that Thomas Chalmers preached
great sermons in his early ministry, but
Thomas Chalmers says he never
preached at all until years after be had
occupied pulpit he came out OF lbs
sick room, and weak and emacatcd, he
stood and told the story of Christ to the
people. And in the great day Of eter-
nifty II will be found that not so much the
eloquent sermons brought men TO Christ
as the story told, perhaps by those who
were unknown on earth, the simple
story OF the Saviours love and mercy,
sent by the power OF the Holy Ghost
straight TO the heart. Come, Holy
Ghost. Ay, he is here this morning.
He fills all the place. tell you the
Holy Ghost is ready.
Then go on and tell you the church
is ready. There are those here who say:
mo one cares for my soul" We do
care for H. You see n man bowing his
head In prayer and you say: THAT man
Is indifferent" That man bows his head
In prayer that the truth may go to every
heart. The air Is full Of prayers They
are going up this morning from this as
sembly. Hundreds Of prayers straight
TO the throne Of listening God. The
air Is full Of prayers-prayers ascending
noon by noon from Fulton street prayer
meeting. Friday night by Friday night
all over this land, going up from pray
ing circles. Yea, there is not minute
Of an hour Of any day that there are not
supplications ascending TO the throne of
mercy. The church is ready. And II
you should this morning start for your
Fathers house, there would be hun
dreds and thousands in this assemblage
who would say II they kncw Il. MMnlxe