The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-11

deep enough to get . tear bottle In
which some inourner shed his tears
thousands OF years ego, and o lamp
which before Christ was born lighted
the feet Of some poor pilgrim on his
way. The island Of Cyprus has enough
to set an antiquarian wild. The most
Of It's glory is the glory Of the past,
and the typhoid fevers that sweep its
coasts and the clouds Of locusts that
often blacken its skies Though 100000
were expended by the British empire In
one year for the extirpation OF these
noxious insects, yet failing to do the
work. and the frequent change Of gov
ernmental masters, hinders prosperity.
But when the islands Of the sea come
to God, Cyprus will come with them,
and the agricultural and CONNER
cial opulence which adorned 1t In
all ages past will be eclipsed by the
agricultural and commercial and re-
ligious triumphs Of the ages to come.
Why is the world SO stupid that it can
not see that nations are prospered in
temporal things In proportion as they
are prospered in religious things God
illness is profitable not only for indi-
viduals but for nations. Questions of
tariff, questions OF silver bill, ques-
tions Of republic and monarchy have
not SO much to do with nations tenn
poral welfare as questions Of religion.
Give Cyprus to Christ, give England to
Christ, give America to Christ, give the
world TO Christ, and He will give them
all a propriety unlimited. Why Is
Brooklyn one of the queen cities of the
worldP Because it is the queen city Of
churches. Blindfold me and lead me
into any city of the earth SO that / can
not see a street or warehouse or a
home and then lead me into the
churches and then remove the bandage
from my eyes and / will tell you from
what see inside the consecrated walls,
having seen nothing outside, what is
that city's merchandise, its literature,
its schools, its printing presses, its gov
ernment, its homes, its art, its sciences,
its prosperity. or its depression. and
ignorance, and pauperism, and out
lawry. The altar of God in the church
is the high-water mark of the world 8
happiness. The Christian religion tri-
umphant, all other interests triumph
ant The Christian religion low down,
all other interests low down. So i
thought as on the evening Of that day
we stepped from the filthy streets OF
Lnrnaca, Cyprus, on to the boat that
took US back to the steamer Minerva
which had already begun TO paw the
waves like courser impatient TO be
gone, and then we moved on and up
among the islands Of this Gospel Arcbi.
pelago.
Night came down on land and sea and
the voyage became to me more and more
suggestive and solemn. II you are pac-
ing It alone, ships deck in the dark
ness and at sea is weird place. and an
active Imagination may conjure up al
most any shape he will and II shall
walk the sea or confront him by the
smokestack, or meet him under the cap
tain's bridge. But here was alone or
ships deck In the Gospel Archipelago
and do you wonder that the sea wa'
populous with the past and that dowr
the ratlines Bible memories descended
Our friends had all gone TO their berths
Captain" / said, when will we ar
rive at the Island Of Rhodes?" Look
ing out from under his glazed cap, HI
responded in sepulchral voice: "Abou
midnight" Though II would be keep
ing unreasonable hours, concluded Il
stay on deck, for ! must see Rhodes
one Of the islands associated with tn,
name of the greatest missionary tn
world ever saw or ever will see. Pau
landed there, and that was enough h
make II famous while the world stand
and famous in heaven when the worl,
has become charred wreck.
This island has had wonderful his
tory. With 5000 Knights Of St John
II at one time stood out against 200, 90
warriors under "Solyman the Magnif
cent" The city had 5000 statues, an
q statue to Apollo called Colossus, whic
has always since been considered on
Of the seven wonders of the world. !
was twelve years in building and wa
seventy cubits high, and had windin
stairs to the top. 1t stood ii.yIsix year
and then was prostrated by an earth
quake. After lying in ruins for min
hundred years, 1t was purchased to b
converted TO other purposes and th
metal, weighing seven hundred an
twenty thousand pounds, was put o
nine hundred camels and carried away
We were not permitted to go ashore, br
the lights all up and down the hill
show where the city stands, and min
boats come out TO take freight and
bring three passengers Yet all th
thousands OF years Of its histor
are eclipsed By the few houl
or days that Paul stopped Their
As stood there on the dec
Of the Minerva, looked out upon Ii
place where the Colossus once stood,
bethought myself Of the fact that IL
world must have a God Of some kint
II is to me an infinite pathos--th
Colossus not only of Rhodes, bat th
colossi In many parts Of the cart
This is only the worlds blind reachin
up and feeling after God Founders
human nature must have supernaturI
arm TO help it ashore. All the statue
and images Of heathendom are attemp
TO bring celestial forces down I'M
human affairs Blessed be our ca
that we have heard Of an ever-presei
God, and that through Jesus Christ j
comes into our hearts and our home
and with more than fatherly and mot
erly interest and affection He is with !