The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-09-02


has a grudge against Benjamin, to show
II. win he xiii him, now that he has
him In his hands? o, no! This lord OF
the corn crib is seated at his own table.
and he looks over to the table Of his
guests; and he ssnds portion to each
Of them, but sends a larger portion TO
Benjamin, Or as The Bible quantity puts
lt; rBenjamin's mess was five times so
much as any Of theirs" Be quick and
send word back with the swiftest camel
TO Canaan TO old Jacob, that "Benja-
min il we'll; all Is well; he is faring
sumptuously; the Egyptian lord did not
mean murder and death; but he meant
deliverance and life when he announced
TO us on that day: 'Ye shall not see my
face unless your brother be with YOU"
Well, my friends, this world is fam
ine-struck Of sin. It does not yield a
single crop Of solid satisfaction. 1t is
dying. II is hunger-bitten. The Sact
that 1t does not can not, feed mans
heart was we'll illustrated in the life OF
the English comedian. All the world
honored him-did everything for him
that the world could do He was ap-
plauded in England and applauded in
the United States He reused up ma
tions into laughter. He had no equal
And yet although many people sup
posed him entirely happy, and that this
world was completely satiating his soul.
he sits down and writes: 81 never in
my life put on new hat that It did not
rain and ruin It / never went out in
shabby coat because it was raining and
thought all who had the choice would
keep indoors, that the sun did not
burst forth in its strength and bring
out with II all the butterflies of fash
ion whom know and who knew
me. never consented TO accept part
1 hated, out Of kindness 10 another, that
/ did not get Kissed by the public and
cut by the writer could not take o
drive for few minutes with Terry
without being overturned and having
my elbow-bone broken, though my
friend got off unharmed. could not
make a covenant with Arnold, which ]
thought was TO make my fortune, with
out making his instead, than in an in.
credible space of time-I think thirteen
months-I earned him twenty thousand
pounds, and for myself one l am per
suaded that II were to set up as beg
gar everyone In my neighborhood would
leave off eating bread" That was the
lament Of the worlds comedian and
joker. All unhappy. The world did
everything for Lord Byron that 1t could
do, and yet in his last moment he ask
friend TO come and sit down by him
and read, as most appropriate TO his
case, the story of "The Bleeding
Heart" Torrigiano, the sculptor, exc
cuted, after months OF care and carving,
"Madonna and the Child" The royal
family came in and admired It Every
body that looked at 1t was in ecstacy
but one day, after all that toll, and al
that admiration. because he did not gei
as much compensation for his work a,
he had expeeted, he took mallet ant
dashed the exquisite sculpture ints
atoms The world is poor compensa
tion, poor satisfaction. poor solace
Famine, famine, In all the earth; no
fer seven years. but for six thousand
But, blessed be God, there Is grea
corn-crib. The Lord built II. IL is Il
another land. IL is a large place. Al
angel once measured II, and as far as
can calculate II In our phrase, that corn
crib Is fifteen hundred miles long an,
fifteen hundred broad, and fifteen hun
dred high; and IL is full Food for al
nations "0hr' say the people, wv,
will start right away and get this sup
ply for our soul" But stop a moment
for from the keeper OF that corn-cril
there comes the word, saying: "Yol
shall not see My face except you
brother be with you" In other word
there is no such thing as getting from
Heaven pardon, and comfort and eter
nal life, unless we bring with us ou
Divine Brother. the Lord Jesus Christ
Coming without Him we shall fall be
fore we reach the corn-crib. and on
bodies shall be a portion for the jackal
Of the wilderness; but coming with tn
divine Jesus, all the granaries Of Heavei
will swing open before our soul, an
abundance shall be given us. We shall
be invited TO sit in the palace Of tn
King and at the table; and while tn
Lord Of Heaven is apportioning iron
His own table TO other tables, He vii
J not forget us; and then and there
| will be found that our Benjamin's mes
Ia larger than all the others, for so
! ought to be. Worthy Is the Lam
that was slain, TO receive blessings, an
riches, and honor, and glory an
power" Ia
} want TO make three points. Ever
frank and common sense man will ~
} knowledge himself TO be q sinnei
, What are you going TO do with you
/ sins2 Have them pardoned, you say
> Howp Through the mercy Of Got
, What do you mean by the mercy {
. Godp Is II the letting down Of a ba
D for the admission Of all. without respec
! to character? Be not deceived. / see
; soul coming up TO the gate OF mercy an
knoclsing at the corn-crib Of heavenl
supply; and a voice from within say
r "Are You alone9" The sinner replies
a "All alone" The voice from with
Q says: "You shall not see my pardonin
face unless your Divine Brother th
; Lord Jesus, be with you" o, this
, Is the point at which 80 man
. are discomforted There Is no mere
a from God except through Jesu
Christ Coming with Him we ar
Q accepted. Coming without Him, we NJ
: rejected. Peter put II right In his grei
5 sermon before the high priests, when b