The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-10

1917 VINO are UucJ, WIZ AiOiA "ASsS
sleds have entered, and the servant is
trying to build for them a fire with some
green wood? Napoleon, with six at
tendants, on retreat from Moscow The
fire amid the green wood has gone out,
and the emperor is walking the floor to
keep from freezing. Then bounding
into his sled, the Thermometer twenty
six degrees below zero, he disappears IN
the darkness He, who little before
had an army under his command, to-
gether with troops offered by other ma
tions in all 1, 1877, 900 men, now retreat
ing through that December night with
three sleds, and those of his army not
dead under the snow reduced for food
to a handful of rye dough, seasoned
with gunpower, for lack Of salt and q
mouthful of horsefesh. From what D
height to what depthl Nebuchadnez-
zar in the palace; Nebuchadnezzar for
salsen In the fields i
Again learn from the misfortune OF |
the king of Babylon what terrible
thing Is the loss OF reason. There is no |
calamity that can possibly befall US In
this world so great as the arrangement
of intellect-to have the body OF man
and yet to fall even below the instinct
of brute. In this world OF sad sights,
the saddest is the idiots stare. In this
world of awful sounds, the most awful
is the maniac's laugh. A vessel on the
rocks, when hundreds go down never to
rise, and other hundreds drag their
mangled and sNyering bodies up the
wintry beach, is nothing compared to
the foundering of intellects full OF vast
hopes and attainments and capacities.
Christ's heart went out to those who
were epileptic, falling into the fire, or
maniacs cutting themselves among the
tombs We are accustomed to be more
grateful for physical health than for
the proper working OF our mind. We
are apt to take 1t for granted
that the intellect which has served
us so we'll will always be faithful.
We forget that an engine with sucn
tremendous power, when the wheels
have such vastness of circle and such
swiftness of motion and the least Inn
pediment might put it out Of gear, could
only be kept in proper balance by Q
divine hand. No human power could
engineer this train of immortal facul-
ties. How strange 1t is that our mem
ory, on whose shoulders all the sue
cesses and misfortunes and occurrences
of lifetime are placed, should not
oftener break down, and that the scales
of Judgment, which have been weigh
ing so much and so long, should not
lose their adjustment and that fancy,
which holds dangerous wand, should
not sometimes maliciously wave 1t,
: bringing into the heart forebodings and
hallucinations the most appalling. Is
It not strange that the expectations OF
this intellect should not be dashed to
pieces on its disappointments? Though
SO delicately attuned, this instrument
of untold harmonies plays on, though
fear shocks it, and vexations rack 1t,
J and sorrow and Joy and loss and gain
in quick succession beat out OF 1t their
dirge or draw from it their anthem. Al
morning and at night, when in your
: prayer you rehearse the objects OF your
! Thanksgiving, next to your salvation by
Jesus Christ, praise the Lord for the
preservation of your reason.
. How many fine intellects are being
/ destroyed by anodynes and anesthetics
, which were given by Providence for oc
, casional use in alleviation OF pain or in
I somnia, but by being employed contin
/ uously after awhile capture and de
4 stroy. Choral, cocaine, brom ide of po
5 tassium, opium, and whole shelves O
r seductive etceteras that help turn Neb
: uchadnezzars into imbecility or mad
a ness Do not triHe with opiates that be
: numb the brain. II yon cannot liv'
' without the perpetual and enslavinl
/, use OF them you had better die. Bett q
I die a sane man than live fool What
I right have you to kill your brain anc
a put IN wild iangle your nervous system
Y But rum is the cause OF more insanit.
/; than anything else. There is NOTHING
+? like rum TO put man like Nebuchad
l. nezzar down on all fours
t Again, learn how quickly turns tn
t wheel of fortune, from how high up u
. how far down went Nebuchadnezzar
{? Those now in places Of position an
power, even though they should live
y will in few years, be disregarded
= while some, who this day are obscur
G and poverty-striclseu, will ride upon tn
G shoulders Of the people to take thei
u turn at ad miration and the spoils O
U Office. o, how quickly the wheel turns
Is Ballot boxes are the steps on whic
y men come down as often as they go NJ
4 or those who were few years as
r successful In the accumulation 9
V property, how few have not met wit
{ reverses OF fortune, while man
q of those who then were straitened 1
n circumstances now hold the bonds an
U the bank keys OF the nations and wi
5. the most bows on the exchange. OF NJ
fckle people In the world Fortune
y the most fclSle. Every day she change
Ia her mind, and woe 10 the man VIII
II nuts any confidence in what she prom
o ises or proposes. She cheers when 20
10 90 up, and she laughs when you com
d down. @, trust not moment you
D, hearts affections TO this changeabl
u world Anchor your soul in Goo
Ie From christs lone gather your Joy
g Then come sorrow or giadness, success
Ie or defeat, riches or poverty. honor o
Is disgrace, health or sickness, life Q
ls death, time or eternity, all are your
a and ye are Christs and Christ is God'I
q, Learn also from my subject the con
ID forting truth that the Affections are al
., rested as soon as they have accom-
II plished their mission. For seven year
a.