The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-11-02

bner, ana Cnrlbb 1Or our OdVlouAb uhu
Heaven for our home, and angels for fu-
ture companions, and eternity for life
time, we should strike all the notes Of
Joy. Going through the wilderness OF
this world, let us remember that we are
on the way to the summery cline OF
heaven, and from the migratory popula-
tions flying through this autumnal air
learn always to keep singing:
Children Of the Heavenly King,
As ye journey, sweetly sing
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in His works and ways.
Ye are travelling home TO God,
In the way your fathers trodj
They arc happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
The church Of God never will be =
triumphant church until it becomes
singing church.
90 further, and remark that the
birds Of the air are wiser than we, in
the fact that, in their migration, they
ay very high. During the summer,
when they are in the field, they often
come within reach of the gun; but
when they start for the annual flight
southwark, they take their places and
go straight as an arrow to the mark.
The longest rife that was ever brought
to shoulder cannot reach them. Would
to God that we were as wise as the
stork and crane In our fight heaven
wardl We fly SO low that we are within
easy range of the world, the flesh and
the devil. We are brought down by
temptations that ought not to come
within a mile Of reaching us. o, for
some Of the faith of George Muller,
of England, and Alfred Goodman, once
of the church militant, now Of
the church triumphant! 30 poor is
the type Of piety in the church OF
God now, that men actually caricature
the idea that there is any such thing as
higher life. Moles never did believe
in eagles But, my brethren, because
we have not reached these heights our
selves, shall we deride the fact that
there are such heights? A man was
once talking to Brunei, the famous en-
gineer, about the length Of the railroad
from London to Bristol. The engineer
said, at is not very great. We shall
have after awhile a steamer running
from England to New York" They
laughed him to scorn; but we have gone
so far now that we have ceased to laugh
at anything as impossible for human
achievement Then, l ask, is anything
impossible for the Lord? l do not be-
lieve that God exhausted all His grace
in Paul, and Latimer md Edward Pay
son. believe there are higher points
of Christian attainment to be reached
In the future ages OF the Christian
world.
You tell me that Paul went up to the
tiptop OF the Alps of Christian attain
ment. Then tell you that the storl
and crane have found above the Alp!
plenty of room for free flying. We g
out and we conquer our temptations by
the grace of God, and lie down. On thu
morrow these temptations rally them
selves and attack us, and by the grace
of God we defeat them again; but stay
ing all the time in the old encampment
we have the same old battles to figh
over. Why not whip out our tempta
tions and then forward march, making
one raid through tho enemies country
stopping not until we break ranks aftel
the last victory. Do, my brethren, lie
us have some novely Of combat, at any
rate, by changing, by going on, by
making advancement trading off oui
stale prayers about sins we ought tC
have quit long ago, going on toward
. Christian character, and routing ou
sins that we have never thought OF yet
The fact Is, II the church Of God-if we
as individuals, made rapid advancement
in the Christian life, these stereotypet
prayers we have been making for tel
or fifteen years would be rs inappropri
ate TO us as the shoes, and the hats an'
. the coats we wore ten or fifteen year
ago. o, for a higher fight in tn
Christian life, the stork and the cram
r in their migration teaching us the les
sonl
, Doar Lord, and shall We ever live,
At this poor living rate
Our love 80 faint, so cold TO Thee,
And Thine 10 US great'
, Again, / remark that the birds Of tn
air are wiser than we, because the.
,, know when TO start II you should g
out now and shout "Stop, storks ant
cranes, don't be In hurryw they woul'
say: mo, we cannot stopi last nigh
we heard the roaring in the woods bid
ding us away, and the shrill flute o
, :, the north wind has sounded the retreat
|, We must go. We must 60" So the.
I. gather themselves into companies, an
turning not aside for storm or mountain
top or shock OF musketry over land an,
sen, straight as ON arrow TO the mari
they 70. And II you come out thi
morning with sack Of corn and throw
: II In the fields and try 10 get them +
: stop, they are 80 far up they would hard
!. ly see IL They are on their way south
You could not stop them. o that W
!, were "a wise about the best time TO star
for God and Heavenl We say: "Wai
) until II is a little later In tho season G
: mercy Wait until some Of these gree
: leaves Of hope arc all dried up and hav
!, been scattered. Wait until next year.
, After awhile we start and II 10 TO
late, and we perish In the way whe
Gods wrath is kindled but httls
There are, you know, exceptional casoi
: whore birds have started too late, an
I. In the morning you have found ther
= dead on the snow. And there 'are thos
: who have psrishsd half way betwso
7 the world and Christ They waite