The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-01-27

sounds as loud in Gods ear as the snap
OF worlds conaayratlon. When you
havo anything to do in life,
however humble it may seem to
be, God is always there to help
you do it If your work is that of a
fisherman, then God will help you as he
helped Simon when he dragged Genne-
saret If your work is drawing water.
then he will help you, us when he talked
at the well-curb to the Samaritan wo-
man. If you are engaged in the GUS
tom-house, he will lead you, as he led
Matthew sitting at the receipts of GUS
toms. A religion that is not good one
place is not worth anything in another
place. The man who has only days
wages in his pocket as certainly needs
the guidance Of religion as he who rat
ties the keys Of bank and could alb
scond with hundred thousand hard dol
lars.
There are those prominent in the
churches who seem to be, on public oc'
casions, very devout who do not put
the principles of Christ's religion into
practice. They are the most inexorable
of creditors. They are the most grasping
of dealers. They are known as sharp
ers on the street They fleece every
sheep they can catch A country
merchant comes in to buy spring or
fall goods, and he gets into the store OF
one of these professed Christian men,
who have really no grace in their
hearts and he is completely swindled.
He is so overcome that he can not get
out of town during the week. He stays
IN town over Sunday, goes into some
church to get Christian consolation,
when, what is his amnzement to find
that the very man who bands him the
poor box in the church is the one who
relieved him of his money. But never
mind; Che deacon has his black coat on
now He looks solemn, and goes home
talking about the "blessed sermon" II
the wheat in the churches should be
put into hopper, the first turn of the
crank would make the chaf fly, tell
you. Some of these men are great
sticklers for gospel preaching. They
say: "You stand there in bands and
surplice and gown and preach-preach
like an angel, and we will stand out
here and attend TO business. Don't
mix things Don't get business and re-
ligion in the same bucket. You attend
to your matters and we will attend to
ours" They do not know that God
sees every cheat they have practiced in
the last six years; that He can look
through the iron wall OF their fre-proof
safe; that He has counted every dis
honest dollar they have in their pocket,
and that day Of Judgment will come.
These inconsistent Christian men will
sit on the Sabbath night in the house
of God, singing, at the close OF tho
service, "Rock of Ages Cleft for Me" +"
and then, when the benediction is pro-
nounced, shut the pew door, and say,
as they go out, Goodbye, Religion,
I'll be back next Sunday"
| think that the church of God and
the Sabbath are only an armory where
we are to get weapons When war
comes, il man wants to fight for his
country he does not go to Troy or
Springfield to do battling, but he goes
there for swords and muskets. | look
upon the church of Christ and the Sab.
bath day as the only place and time
where and when we are 10 get armed
for Christian conflict; but the battle
field is on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes'
day, Thursday Friday and Saturday.
"St Martins" and "Lennox, and "Old
! Hundred" do not amount to anything
unless they sing all the week. ser.
mon is useless unless we can take II
with us behind the plow and the coun-
ter The Sabbath day is worthless II II
last only twenty-four hours
There are many Christians who say:
ave are willing to serve God, but we
do not want TO do IL in these spheres
about which we are talking; and II
seems so insipid and monotonous II
we had some great occasion, II we had
lived in the time of Luther; II we had
been Paul's travelling companion; II we
could serve God on q great scale we
would do il; but we can't in this every.
day life" admit that great deal oi
the romance and knight-errantry OF
life have disappeared before the ad.
vance of this practical age. The resi-
dences of poets and princes have been
turned into brokers shops. The classic
mansion of Ashland has been cut up
into walking sticks. The groves where
the poets said the gods dwelt have been
carted cut for irewOod. The muses.
that we used TO read about have disap.
peared before the emigrant's AK and the
trapper's gun, and that man who is
waiting for life bewitchcd of wonders
will never find IL There is. how
ever, field for eudurEnce and great
achievement but II Is in everyday life.
There are Alps TO scale there are Hell
lesponts TO swim, there are fires To
brave, but they are aii around us now.
This is the hardes. Kind OF martyrdom
10 beer. 1t took grace to lead Latimer
and Ridley through the fire triumph
antly when their armed esemies and
their friends were looking on; but II re-
qrires more grace auW TO bring men
through persecution. when nobody is
looking on. could CHOW you in this
city N0mun who has mad rheumatism
for twenty years, who has endured more
suffering anil exhausted more grace
than would have male twenty martyrs
pass triumPhantly througl the fire. II
you are not faithful in an in,ignificani
position in life, you would not be faith
ful in grand mission. II you cannot
stand the bite of midge, how conld
you endure the breath ofa basilislk
DO not think that any work God gives