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

IN I'LL tlo obrbu mig CVubrluuOo- -WhSb
an amazementl And yet the scene is as
common as the daylight!
When l see a man Of regal nature
made to rule in realms Of thought, ca
pable of all moral elevation, besotting
his faculties, attempting out of low SEN
sualities to satisfy his immortal ener-
giss, coming down off his throne OF
power into brutalities, sacrificing his
higher nature to his lower nature,
STOPPING and STOPPING, coming down
and coming down until all his influence
for good is gone, cry out, There is q
king eating grass like an OK" And
there are tens Of thousands Of such Neb-
uchadnezzars. So there are queens who
dedicate themselves to the same hurnili-
alton. What powerf for good God gave
that woman. Magnetism of personal
presence, Influence more than impe-
rial BY her intelligence, by her ten
derness, by her charm of smile and
manner, capable Of soothing so much
sorrow and reforming so much way
wardness and welding so much ele-
waited power; yet at the call Of worldli-
ness, coming out OF the throne room Of
good influence, where God would have
here reign, coming down over the ivory
stairs Of moral power, coming down
and coming down until she has no more
soul than the dead bird transfxed in
her millinery or chinchilla that
was slain to afford her warmth,
or the kid that furnished her the
glove, and finding her only delight in
batteries of brainless men and midnight
schottische and debauched novelettes.
Isay, "There is one who might have
been queen unto God forever, yet eat
ing straw like an OK" look over the
pasture fields of folly and sin, and find
many groveling who ought to be erect
o, men and women, go back to your
thronesl A young man ran away from
home and broke his widowed mothers
heart. Fourteen years passed and he
returned and came to the window at
which his old mother was sitting. She
looked up and Immediately recognized
him and said: 20, Robert Robertl
Come imp mo" said he, "mother, l
shall never come in till hear you say
YOU forgive me-" Her answer was:
''Robert have forgiven you long ago
There is nothing to forgive now except
that you staid away so long" My
hearer, forgiveness has been ready for
you a good while With more than a
mothers tenderness God will take
YOU back: They are waiting for you
up in the palace Nebuchadnezzar was
the son of Nabopolassar. who ruled
before him and you are the child OF a
king.
The next thought that presses into
my mind from the contemplation Of
this incident is that conviction is moi
conversion. Who is this monarch thai
makes the boast about Babylon? The
very man who, under the revelation o.
dreams that Daniel made from Heaven
deeply humbled himself, while he con
fessed that God is God of Gods and
Lord OF Lords, yet behold that tina
humbling and arousing which he befor'
felt did not result in radical change
There is no mistake more frequent thai
of supposing conviction sy nonym 10
conversion. Conviction is merely
sight Of sin; conversion is view OF par
don. Conviction is merely alarm; con
version is confidence. Conviction is dis
satisfaction with depravity; conversion
is a turning away from it. Conviction
is q sword wound; conversion Is tn
healing. Conviction is the fever o
thirst; conversion Is the shaking OF tina
thirst. Conviction is the paen; conversion
Is the medicine that cures it Thousand
have experienced the former and neve
experien ced thelatter. There are mu
titudes who think that as soon as a ma
! is serious he is fit fer profession of re
ligion. What II a man should onl
think seriously Of being merchant
would that make him merchantP Wha
II a man should only think seriously G
being lawyer; would that make him
lawyer? What II man should onl
t think seriously of being n Christian
would that make him a Christian
I Felix was conv icted but not converted
+ The taller was convicted before he &c
: out of bed, but-not converted until
3 the advice OF Paul he belle we'd in Chris
3 Are you convicted, but not converted
. Itell you what you make me think o
You have made up your mind, for prol
: er consideration, to deed away a prol
Z erty. You have drawn the deed. Th
Q seal is affixed op posite where you al
Q Ia write your name The commission'
t of deeds is present to witness. Yo
Q have your pen in hand There
l ink in the pen. There is onl
a one thing for you to do, and th'
= is to sign your name. Suppose you ste
1 now without signing your name, viii
8 does it all amount to? Nothing. So yo
Q have resolved to give yourself up
d God. You propose to sign off to Hi
Z your body, your mind, your soul. Yo
4 have all things necessary for the tran
d fer. The angels Of God are here TO wi
Q ness the eternal transfer. Why do yc
. not now with your will complete u
n work? Halt where you are, and
. goes for nothing. Sign your name
, this spiritual transfer. Prof. Arago, u
Q mathematician, got wofully discourage
q in his work and was about TO give u
a when he saw some words on the pap
+ which had been used to stffen u
o cover Of his book, and the words beir
n distinct he dampened the cover until
: could take Il off and saw the wor'
a plainly, and he found they were wort
l Of advice given by D'Alembert to
n student, and the words were, go o
C sir; 90 onp' O ye who are copvictt
It "Go onl" You must take one more ste
d or all the steps you have taken vi