The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-01-06


widow or orphan scratch on your tomb
stone, This man wronged me ef my |
inheritance" Many a man has died,
leaving competency, whose property
has, through his own carelessness, after
ward been divided between the admin
istratorA the surrogate, the lawyers
and the sheriffs i charge you, before
many days are gone, az far as possible,
have all your worldly matters made
straight for this year thou shalt die"
I advise also that you be busy In
Christian work. How many Sabbaths
in the year? Fifty-two. II the text be
true Of you, it does not say at what
time you may go, and therefore 1t il un'
safe TO count on all the fifty-two Sum
days As you are as likely TO 60 In the
first half of the year as in the last hall,
/ think we had better divide the fifty
two into halves and calculate only
twenty-six Sabbaths Come, Christian
men, Christian women, what can you
do in twenty-six SabbaehsP Divide the
three hundred and sixty-fye days into
two parts; what can you do In one hum
dred and eighty-two daysP What, by
the way Of saving your family, the
church and the world? You will not,
through all the ages Of eternity in
Heaven, get over the dishonor and the
outrage Of going into glory, and having
helped none up to the same place. 1t
will be found that many Sabbath
school teacher has taken into Heaven
her whole class; that Daniel Baker, the
evangelist, took thousands into Heaven;
that Doddridge has taken in hundreds
Of thousands; that Paul took in hum
dredUnillion. How many will you take
inP II you get into Heaven, and find
none there that you sent, and that there
IRE none TO come through your instru-
mentality beg of you to crawl under
some seat in the back corner, and never
come out, lest the redeemed get their
4. eyes on you, and some one cry out:
"That is the man who never lifted hand
or voice for the redemption Of his fell
lowsl Look at him, all Heaven" Bet
ter be busy. Better put the plow in
deep Bettor say what you have to say
quickly. Better cry the alarm. Bet
ter fall on your knees. Better lay hold
with both hands. What you now leave
undone for Christ will forever be un-
done, This year thou shalt die"
In view of the probabilities mem
toned, advise all the men and women
notready for eternity tNget ready. II the
text be true, you have no time to talk
about tnon-essentials, asking why God let
sin come into the world; or whether the
book of Jonah is inspired; or who Mel
chisedec was, or what about the eternal
decrees II you are as near eternity as
some Of you seem TO be, there is no
time for anything but the question:
"What must do to be saved?" The
drowning man, when plank is thrown
him. stops not to ask what sawmill
made II, or whether It is oak or cedar,
or who threw it The moment 1t is
thrown he clutches 1t. II this year you
are TO die, there Is no time for anything
but imm ediately laying hold OF God 1t
is high time TO get out Of your sins.
You say: "I have committed no great
transgressions" But are you not aware
that your life has been sinfulp The
snow comes down on the Alps fake by
fake, and it is SO light that you may
hold it on the tip Of your finger without
feeling any weight; but the flakes
gather; they compact until some day a
travellers foot starts the slide, and 1t
goes down in an avalanche, crushing to
death the villagers So the sins OF
youth, and the sins Of your manhood,
and the sins of your womanhood may
have seemed only slight inaccuracies or
trihing Emergencies from the right-so
slight that they are hardly worth men,
tioning, but they have been piling up
and piling up, packing together and
packing together, until they make a
mountain of sin, and one more step OF
your foot in the wrong direction may
slide down upon you an avalanche OF
ruin and condemnation.
A man crossing desolate and lonely
plateau, hungry wolf took after him.
He brought his gun to his shoulder and
took aim, and the wolf howled with
pain, and the cry woke up pack OF
wolves, and they came ravening out OF
the forest from all sides, and horribly
devoured him. Thou art the man.
Some one sin Of your life summoning
on all the rest, they surround thy soul,
and make the night Of thy sin terrible
with the assault OF their bloody muz-
zlea o the unpardoned, clamoring,
rayening, all.devouring sins of thy life
timei
A maniac was found pacing along the
road with q torch In one hand and a
pail of water in the other, and some one
asked him what he meant 60 do with
them. With this torch mean TO burn
down heaven, and with this water
/ mean 10 put out the fires Of hell" He
was a maniac. He could DO the one
thing lust as we'll as he could do the
other. No time TO lose II you want 10
escape your sins, for this year thou
shalt die" M n.
Let me announce that Christ. the
Lord, stands ready TO save any man
who wants to be saved He waited for
you all last year, and all the year be-
fore, and all your life. He has waited
for you with blood on His brow, and
tears in His eye, and two outstretched,
mangled hands Of love.
You come home some night and find
the mark Of muddy feet on your front
steps You hasten in. and find an ex.
cited group around your child. He fell
into the pond, and had II not been for a
brave lad, who plunged in and brought
him out and carried him home. TO be re.
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