The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-24

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fulness and he says: 10 Lord, have
mercy, am wanderer, and without
Thee l perish. Have mercy" God
hears him, and Immediately two Of the
towers of Heaven strike silvery chime.
But here is an outcast He was picked
up last night out of tho gutter and car
ried to the police station. He has been
in tho penitentiary three times He ia
covered and soaked with loathsome
ness and abomination. Arousing from
His debauch he cries out: 10 God, have
mercy on me. Thou who didst pardon
the penitent thief, hear me cry for mer'
cy" And the Lord listens and pardons,
and no sooner is the poor wretch par.
doned than three of the great towers OF
Heaven strike up silvery chime. But
here Is waif of the street. She passes
under the gaslight, and your soul shud-
ders with great horror. No pity for
her No commiseration for her AS
she passes down the street, she hears
song in a midnight mission, and as
she listens to that song she hears;
All may come, whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners still.
She puts into that harbor, she kneels
by the rough bench near the door, she
says: 80, Lordl Thou who didst have
mercy on Mary Magdalen, take my
blistered feet off the red hot pavement
OF hell" God says: "My daughter,
thy sins are forgiven thee; goin peace"
Now all the four towers of Heaven strike
q silver chime, and those who pass
through the celestial streets say:
"Whats that? Why, the worst sinner
must have been saved. Hear all the
four towers ring, and ring, and ring"
"And there is joy in Heaven among the
angels of God over the sinner that re.
penteth."
My subject impresses you, | think,
with the thought that it is possible for
us to augment the happiness Of heaven.
People think that souls before the
throne are as happy as they can be.
deny it Look Mt that mother before
the throne of God. When she died
she left her son in this world n. vag.
abond. That son repented of his iniqui'
ties and came to God. The report. OF
that salvation has reached Heaven. Do
you tell me that mother before the
throne Of God has not her joy richly
augmented? There is many man in
this house to-day who could go out with
a torch and lsindle u new bonfire of vic
tory on the hills of Heaven. If you
would this day repent and come to God
the news ofyour salvation would reach
Heaven, and then, bark! to the shout oi
the ransomed. Your little child went
away from you into the good land.
While she was here you bought her al
kinds Of beautiful presents. Sometimes
you came home at nightfall with youl
pockets full of gifts for her, and nc
sooner did you put your night-key into
the latch than she began at you, say
ing: Father, what have you brought
mep" She is now before the throne o.
God. Can you bring her gift to-day
You may Coming to Christ and repent
J ing OF sin, the tidings will go up K
the throne Of God, and your child will
hear ofit o, what gift for her sou
, today She will skip with new glad
ness on the everlasting hills when sh'
: hears Of It,
; was at Sharpsburg during the war
and one day saw sergeant dash pas
: on a lathered horse, the blood dripping
from the spurs, said: That sergean
must he going on a very importan
message, he must be carrying verI
} important dispatch, or he wouldn't rid
! like that" Here are two angels Of Coz
, fitting through the house, fitting
toward the throne in quick dispatch
l What is the news9 Carrying up th,
story Of souls repentant and forgiven
, carrying the news to the throne of God
carrying the news TO your kindred wht
/ are forever saved o, "there is Joy il
3 Heaven among the angels of God owe
5 one sinner that repenteth." And sup
j pose this whole audience should turn I,
? the Lordp Heaven. would be filled witt
4 doxologies. o, Heaven, beat with all tn,
5 hammers that the rock may break. Oh
1 Heaven, strike with all thy cleaning
S swords that our souls may be free.
d was reading OF a king who, after gain
l ing great victory, said TO his army
Q mo; no shouting; let everything be II
S quiet; no shouting" But IL this hou
n your soul should some TO God, nothin
: could stop the shouting of the armies O
y God before the throne: for there is jo
n In Heaven among the angels Of Go
Q over one sinner that repenteth." i
o some families they keep Bvacant chai
d and vacant plate for the departed
r but II in some Of your households yo
+ kept vacant chair and vacant plat
: for those who have gone away from yo
d into the next world, the vacant chair
r and the vacant plates would outnumo oe
4 those which are occupied. once sal
r TO you there are no vacant chairs 1
d Heaven; but | recall that. Right be
d side your loved one in that good Ian
y there is a vacant chair, not made vacan
r by death, for death never enters there
d II is vacant chair for you. VIII yo
|, take II?
n My subject also impresses me wit
r the idea that Heaven and earth are |
close sympathy. People talk Of Heave
:; as though it were great way off The
r say it Is hundreds OF thousands of mile
Il before you reach the first star, and the
n you 90 hundreds OF thousands Of mile
n before yon get to the second star, an
h then IL Is millions of miles before yo
n reach Heaven. They say Heaven Is tn
G center of the universe and We are o
I the rim of the universe. That is nc
s the idea OF my text think the hear