The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-07-27

the feelings Of others emphasizing
our own feelings The great law OF
sympathy comes into play, and truth
that would take hold only with the
grasp Of sick man beats nightly
against the soul with thousand heart
throbs.
When you come into the religious cir
Gle, come only with one notion, and .
only for one purpose-to find the way
to Christ. When l see people critical
about sermons, and critical about tones
of voice, and critical about sermonic de-
livery, they make me think of man in
prison. He is condemned to death, but
on officer of the government brings
pardon and puts it through the wicket
of the prison and says: Here is your
pardon. Come and get It," What do
you expect me to take that pardon OIL
fered with such voice as you have
with such an awkward manner as you
have? | would rather die than so COM
promise my rhetorical notions" All, the
man does not say that; he takes it! IL IS
his life. He does not care how it Is
handed to him And if, this morning,
that pardon from the throne OF God Is
offered to our souls, should we not seize
it, regardless of all criticism, feeling
that it is a matter Of heaven or hell?
But come now to the last part OF my
text. 1t tells us when we are to seek
the Lord, "While He may be found.
When is that? Old age? You may not
see old age. Tomorrow? Youmay not
sec tomorrow. Tonight? You may
not see tonight Now! o, if could
only write on every heart in three capi-
tai letters that word N-o-W-nowl
Sin is an awful disease. | hear peo-
pie say with toss of the head and
with trivial manner, 80, yes, I'm a
sinner" Sin is an awful disease. 1t is
leprosy. 1t is dropsy. 1t is consump-
ton. Is is all moral disorders in one
Now you know there is crisis in dis
ease. Perhaps you have had some illus
tration of it In your family. Sometimes
the physician has called, and he mas
looked at the patient and said, THAI
case was simple enough; but the crisis
has passed. If you had called me yes
terday, or this morning. could have
cured the patient 1t is too late now
the crisis has passed" Just so it is II
the spiritual treatment of the soul
there is crisis. Before that, life! Aftei
,hat, DEATH o, my dear brother, a.
?ou love your soul, do not let the crisi
pass unattended to.
There are some who can rememhe
Instances in life when, II they ha'
oought certain property, they woul'
nave become very rich. A few acre
that would have cost them almost moth
, ing were offered them. They refuses
/ them. Afterward large village or cit
sprang up on those acres Of ground an
they see what mistake they made Il
; not buying the property. There wa
, an opportunity of getting 1t. 1t neve
> came back again. And so 1t isin regar
I to mans spiritual and eternal fortune
r There is chance; If you let that g
5 perhaps II never comes back. Certainly
z that one never comes back.
a There is time which mercy has sc
$ for leaving port II you are on boar
e before that you will get a passage fc
= heaven. II you are not on board, yo
il miss your passage for heaven. As
e law courts, a case is sometimes az
d iourned from term TO term, and fro
e year to year, till the bill Of costs ca
up the entire estate, so there are me
c who are adjourning the matter OF r
Il ligion from time to time, and from YET
?, till year until heavenly bliss is the bi
o of costs the man has to pay for it
l. Why defer this matter, o my de'
e nearer? Have you any idea that s.
l. will wear out? that II will evaporat
It that IL will relax its grasp, that yt
lie may find religion as a man accidental
le finds a lost pocxetbool? All, no! \
J. man ever became a Christian by acc
d dent, or by the relaxing Of sin. The Ell
<; barrassments are all the time increa
To- ing. The hosts OF darkness are recrui
N ing, and the longer you postpone th
lie matter the sleeper the path will
G. come. / ask those men who are befo
lie me this morning, whether, in the ten
at fifteen years they have passed in Z
o. postponement of these matters, tn
c. have come any nearer God or ieave
Id | would not be afraid to challenge u
IL whole audience, so far as they may n
have found the peace Of the gospel,
to regard TO that matter. Your hearts, y
20 are willing frankly TO tell me, are
1. coming harder and harder, and that
1t you come to Christ It will be more OF
It. undertaking now than 1t ever won
or have been before. o fly for refut
of The avenger Of blood is on the traC
to The throne OF judgment will soon
at set; and, II you have anything to do
n, ward your eternal salvation, you h
We better do IL now, for the redemption
the soul is precious, and 1t ceaseth 4
sir everl
To- O. II men could only catch just Q
nd glimpse of Christ, know they wor
love Him. Your heart leaps at
he sight of a glorious sunrise or suns
IS. Can you be without emotion as
n sun OF righteousness rises behind Q
to yary, and sets behind Josephs sep
ge cher? He is a blessed Saviourl Eve
Re- nation has It's type Of beauty. There
he German beauty, and Swiss beauty, a
ell Italian beauty, and English beau
'us but care not in what land man 4
I'd looks at Christ, he pronounces II
chief among ten thousand, and
ou one altogether lovely" o, my bles
A Jesusl Light in darkness! The n