The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-12-06

Testament Of the folds, nor reads the
wisdom and kindness and beauty OF
God written in blossoms on the
orchard. in sparkles on the lake, in
stars on the sky, in frost on the mead
ows. The greatest jeweler of all the
earth is the frost There is nothing
more wonderful In all crystallography.
Some morning In December q whole
continent Is found besprent with dia-
monds, the result Of one, nights work
by this jeweler. Do you make the de-
predatory remark that the frost is Inn
permanent and will last only two or
three hours? What Of that2 We go
into London tower and look at the
crown jewels Of England, but we are
in q procession that the guards keep
moving on, and Ave minutes or less are
your only opportunity of looking at
those crown Jewels, but at the crown
jewels bestarred Of the frost in parks
and fields, you may stand to look de-
iberately and for hours, and no one to
tell you to move ON.
o. these regalias and diadems OF
beauty flung out of Heaven! Kings
and queens on celebrative days have
come riding through the streets, throw
ing handfuls Of silver and gold among
the people, but the queen OF the winter
morning is the only queen rich enough
to throw pearls, and the king Of frost
the only king rich enough to throw
opals and sapphires and diamonds.
Homer describes a necklace Of amber
given to Penelope, but the frost neck
laces a continent The carcanet of
precious stones given to Harmonic had
pinions of orange jasper and white
moonstone and Indian agate, but 1t
was misfortune to any one who owned
or inherited it, and its history, genera
tion after generation, was history OF
disaster; but the regalia of frost
is the good fortune Of every
morning that owns it. The imperial
household of Louis XVI. could not
afford the diamond necklace which
had been ordered for Queen Mario
Antoinette, and 1t was stolen and
taken apart and lost, but the necklace
that the frost put on the wintry morn
ing, though made of as many brill
liants as the withered grass blades, is
easily afforded by Divine opulence,
and is never lost, but after its use in
the coronation Of the fields is taken back
to Heaven. o, men and women accus-
toned to go into ecstacy when In for
eign travel you come upon The his
torical gems of nations, whether the
jewel be called 1.-THE Mountain OF
Glory" or the "Sea of Light" or "Thc
Crown Of the Moon," or ''The Eye OF
Allah," or 1.-THE Star Of Sarawak," or
''The Koh-i-poor," implead you study
the jewels strewn all round your win
try home and realize that "By the
breath Of God frost Is given"
But go step further and speak Of
the frost as an evangelist and a text
of Scripture is not Of much use TO me
unless can find the gospel in It
The Iraelites In the wilderness break
tasted on something that looked like
frozen dew. The mama fell on the
dew, and the dew evaporated and left
q pulverized material, white. and look.
ing like frost, but 1t was mama, and
of that they ate. So now this morning,
mixed with the frozen dew OF my text,
there is mama on which we may break
fast our souls. You say the frost kills.
Yes. 1t kills some things, but we have
seen that it gives health and life TO
others. This gospel is the SAVIOR Of life
unto life or death unto death. As the
frost is mighty, the gospel is mighty.
AS the frost descends from Heaven, the
gospel descends from Heaven. BY the
breath Of God frost is given. By the
breath of God the gospel is given. As
the frost puri6es, so the grace Of God
purifies. As the frost bestars the earth,
so grace bejewels the soul. AS the
frost prepares for food many things
that otherwise would be inedible, so
the frost of trial ripens and prepares
food for the soul. In the tight grip
of the frost the shells of walnut
and chestnut and hickory open,
and the luxuries OF the woods
come into our laps or upon our tables;
so the frost Of trial takes many hard
and prickly she'll and crushes it until
that which stung the soul now feeds 1t.
There are passages Of Scripture that
once were enigmas, puzzles, riddles,
and impossible for you to understand,
but the frosts OF trouble after awhile
exposed the full meaning to your soul.
You said: 81 do not see why David
keeps rolling over in his Psalms the
ssory of how he was pursued and per-
secuted" He describes himself as sur
rounded by bees. He says: "They
compassed me about like bees" You
think what an exaggerating thing for
him to exclaim: ''0ut OF the depths OF
hell have cried unto Thee, o Lord. "
And there is so much Of that style OF
lamentation in his writings you think
he overdoes II, but after awhile the
frost comes upon you In the shape OF
persecution, and you are stuck with
this censure and stuck with that def
amation, and stuck with some false
hood, and lies in swarms are buzzing,
buzzing about your ears, and at last
you understand what David meant
when he said: ''They compassed me
about like bees; yea, they compassed
me about like bees" and you 60 down
under nervous prostration, and feel
that you are as far dow as David when
he cried "out Of the depths Of hell"
What opened all those chapters that
hitherto had no appropriateness?
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