The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-12-27

hall, the heavy tread OF those
who march to the grave. Oh,
what are people to do amid all
these sorrowsP Some sit down and
mourn. Some bite their lip until the
blood comes. Some wiring their pale
hands. Some fall on their faces. Some
lie on their backs helpless and look up
into what seems to them an Implying |
Heaven Some pull their hair down
over their eyes and look through with
a fend's glare, Some, with both
hands, press their hot brain and want
to die and cry, 20 God, o Godr' Long |
night, bitter night stupendous night
of the worlds suffering! Some know
not which way to turn. But not SO the
Christian man. He looks up toward
the Heavens.
He sees bright appearance in the
heavens. Can it be only flashing
meteor? Can it be only a falling starr
Can it be only delusion? Nay, nay.
The longer he looks the more distinct
it becomes, until after awhile he
cries out, "A star-a morning star,
star of comfort, star of grace, q
star Of peace, the star Of the Redeem
erl' Peace for all trouble. Balm for
all wounds. Life for all dead Now
Jesus, the great heart healer comes
into our home Peace! Peace that
passcth all understanding. We look
up through our tears. We are com
forted. II is the morning star OF the
Redeemer. "Who broke OFF that flow
er?" said one servant in the garden to
another "Who broke off that fower?"
And the other servant said, THE mas
ter" Nothing more was said, for II
the master had not the right to break
off flower to wear over his heart or to
set in the vase in the mansion, who
has right to touch the flower? And
when Christ cones down into our gar
den to gather lilies, shall we fight him
backP Shall we talk as though he had
no right TO come? II any one in all
the universe has right TO that which
is beautiful in our homes, then our
master has, ami he will take 1t, and he
, will wear it over his heart, or he will
set IL in the vase of the palace eternal
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath
taken away; blessed be the name OF
the Lord" Peace, troubled soull i
put the balm on your wounded heart
tonight. The morning star, the morn
ing star of the Redeemer.
Again, Christ heralds the dawn oi
millennial glory. 1t is night in China,
night in Indin, night in Siberia, night
for the vast majority Of the worlds
population. But it seems to me there
are some intimations of the morning.
All Spain is TO be brought under the
influence OF the gospel. What is thai
light | see breaking over the top OF the
Pyrenees? The morning! Yea, all Italy
shall receive the gospel. She shall have
her schools and her colleges and hel
churches. Her vast population shall
surrender themselves TO Christ Wha
is that light see breaking over the tol
, Of the Alps? The morning. All Indii
shall come to God. Her idols shall b
cast down Her uSyernauts shall b
, broken. Her temples of iniquity shal
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see breaking over the top of the Hima
layas? The morning. The unpurple
; clouds shall gild the path of the cor
i quering day. The Hottentot will com
out of his mud hovel 10 look at tn
dawn; the .Chinaman will come up o
5 the granite cliffs, the Norwegian wi
r get up on the rocks, and all the beac
9 of Heaven will be crowded with cele!
4 tial inhabitants come out to see the su
rise over the ocean of the world
! agony. They shall come from the cas-
q and from the west, from the north, an
5 from the south, and sit down in th
4 kingdom OF God. These sweltered III
s der tropical suns. These shived III
/ der Icelandic temperature. Thes
Q plucked the vineyards in Italy. Thes
+ packed the tea boxes in China Thes
!, were aborigines lifting up their dusk
4 faces in the dawn. And the wind sha
I watt 1t, and every mountain shall b
n come a TRANSPORTATION, and the sc
L will become the walking place Of Hi
d who trod the wave cliffs OF storm
o Tiberias, and the song of JOY shall Ri
d toward heaven, and the great sky wi
It become a sounding board which sha
l. strike back the shout Of salvation
e the earth until IL rebounds again
2 the throne of the Almighty, and Il
II morning star Of Christian hope will b
" come the the full sunburst Of mile
y nial glory.
& Again, Christ heralds the dawn
d Heaven upon every Christians dyir
/ pillow. suppose you have notic'
o that the characteristics of people
p their healthy days are very apt TO
IS their characteristics In their dyiI
% days The dying words Of ambitio
" Napoleon were, Head Of the army
Ie The dying words of poetic Lo
'e Byron were, 81 must sleep now
% The dying words of affectiona
10 Lord Nelson were, kiss n
y Hardy" The dying words Of Voltai
a. were, as he saw one whom he su
W posed 10 be Jesus in the room, "Cru
70 that wretch" But / have noticed tn
ID the dying words of Christians alwa
It mean peace. Generally the pain is
st gone, and there is great quietu
o. through the room. AS one Of the
le brothers told me of his mother in I
Is last moment: "She looked up a
le said, pointing TO some supernatural
s, ing that seemed TO be in the roo
o. Look at that bright form. Why, tn
1t have come for me now"
10 The lattice is turned so that the lig
A. is very pleasant It is peace all arour
as You ask yourself: why, can this bt