The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-06-10

land dollars; take it home to my moth
| sr, Il win make her comfortable in her
last days" Grip, Gouge & Co. do not
10 all the business In the world Ahl
my friend, do You say that God does not
.are anything about your worldly busi-
ness? / tell you God knows more about
1t than you do. He knows all your per-
plexities He knows what mortgage is
about to foreclose. He knows what note
you can not pay; He knows what un-
saleable goods you have on your shelves;
He knows all your trials, from the day
you took hold OF the first yard-stick,
down to the sale Of the last yard Of rib
bon, and the God who helped David to
be king, and who helped Daniel to be
prime minister and who helped Have
lock to be soldier, will help you to dis
charge all your duties. He is going to
see you through. When loss comes and
and you find your property going, just
take this Book and put il, down by your
ledger, and read of the eternal posses
sions that will come to you through our
Lord Jesus Christ. And when your bus
mess partner betrays you, and your
friends turn against you, just take the
insulting letter, put 1t down on the Ia
BILE, put your Bible beside the insulting
letter, and then read of the friendship
Of Him who "sticketh closer than .
brother"
A young accountant in New York city
got his accounts entangled. He knew
he was honest, and yet he could not
make his accounts come out right, and
he toiled at them day and night until
he was nearly frenzied. 1t seemed by
those books that something had been
misappropriated, and he knew before
God he was honest The last day came.
He knew II he could not that day make
his accounts come out right, he would
go into disgrace and go into Punishment
from the business establishment He
went over there very early, before there
was anybody in the place, and he knelt
down at the desk and said: 20, Lord,
Thou knowest have tried to be honest,
but can not make these things come
out right! Help me to-day-help me this
morning" The young man arose and
hardly knowing why he did so, opened
a book that lay on the desk, and there
was leaf containing line Of figures
which explained everything. In other
words he cast his burden upon the
Lord, and the Lord sustained him.
Young man, do you hear that? o, yes,
God has sympathy with anybody that
is in any kind of TOLL He knows how
heavy is the hod of bricks that the
workman carries up the ladder Of the
wall; He hears the piclSax Of the miner
down in the coal shaft; He knows how
strong the tempest strikes the sailor at
masthead; He sees the factory girl
among the spindles, and knows how her
arms ache; He sees the sewing woman
In the fourth story, and knows how few
pence she gets for making garment;
and louder than all the din and roar of
the city comes the voice of n sympa-
thetic God: Cast thy burden upon the
] Lord, and He shall sustain thee"
Second-There are great many who
have weight of persecution and abuse
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grudge against man. All his motives
are misinterpreted and his good deeds
are deprecated With more virtue
than some ofthe honored and applauded.
he rms only aoainst rnillerv and sharp
criticism. When n man begins 10 90
down. he has not only the force of nat
ural gravitation. hut hundred hands
10 help him IN the precipitation. Men
are persecuted for their virtues and
their successes Germanicus said he
had lust as many bitter antagonists as
he had adornments. The character
sometimes Is so lustrous that the weak
eyes of envy and jealousy can not bear
To look at Il. Il was their integrity that
mt Joseph In the nit. and Daniel In the
den. and Shadrach In the fire. and John
the Evangelist 70 desolate Patmos. and
Calvin 70 the castle of persecution. and
.Jobn Huss 10 the stake and Korab after
Moses. and Saul after David. and Herod
after Christ Re sure II Won have anv-
thing 70 do for church or state. and Won
attemnt Il with all vour soul the liobt.
ming win strike Won 'IHI
The world always has had cross be-
tween two thieves for the one who
comes to save II. High and holy enter
prise has always been followed by
abuse. The most sublime tragedy of
self-sacrifice has come TO burlesaue.
The graceful gait OF virtue Is always
followed by grimace and trayesty. The
sweetest strain of poetry ever written
has come TO ridiculous parody, and as