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

calmly. Perhaps 1t is four o'clock in
the morning, and you have the bed
wheeled around to the window, and
the dying one looks out into the night
sky, and she sees something that at
tracts her attention, and you wonder
what II is
Why, it is star. II is star that
out of its silver rim is pouring super
natural light into that dying expert
ence. And you say, what is 1t that
you are looking at?" She says at is
a star" You say, "What star is 1t that
seems SC we'll to please youP" "oh,"
she says, that is the morning star
Jesusl' would like to have my death
bed under that evangelistic star-I
would like to have my eye on that star,
so could be assured of the morning.
Then the dash OF the surf Of the sea OF
death would only be the billowing up
of the promise "When thou passeth
through the waters, l will be with
thee, and the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee" All other lights will
fail--the light that falls from the scroll
of fame, the light that flashes from the
gem in the beautiful apparel, the light
that flames from the burning lamps OF
banquet-but this light burns on and
burns on. Paul kept his eye on that
morning star until he could say: II
am now ready to be offered, and the
time OF my departure is at hand. have
fought the good fight have finished
my course. l have kept the faith. !"
Edward Payson kept his eye on that
star until he could say, THE breezes OF
Heaven fan me-" DIR. Goodwin kept
his eye on that evangelistic star until
he could say, ~ am swallowed up in
God" John Tenant kept his eye on
that evangelistic star until he could
say, welcome, sweet Lord Jesus
welcome, eternity" No other star
ever pointed mariner into SO safe a
harbor. No other star ever sunk its
silvered anchor into the waters No
other star ever pierced such. accumu-
lated cloud, or beckoned with such a
holy luster.
With lanterns and torches and a
guide, we went down In the Nam
moth cave Of Kentucky. You may
walk fourteen miles and see no sun
light II is a stupendous place. Some
places the roof of the cave a hundred
feet high The grottoes filed with
wierd echoes, cascades falling from in
visible height to invisible depth. Stall
agmites rising up from the floor OF the
cave-stalactites descending from thu
roof Of the cave, joining each other
and making pillars Of the Almighty
sculpturing. There are rosettes o
amethyst in halls Of gypsum. A
the guide carries his lantern ahead o
you, the shadows have an appearance
7 supernatural and spectral The dark
, ness is fearful Two people, gettini
+ lost from their guide only for fcv
! hours, years ago, were demented. an
{ for years sat in their insanity. Yo
p feel like holding your breath as yo
n walk across the bridges that seem I
e span the bottomless abyss. The guild
e throws his calcium light down into tn
D caverns, and the light rolls and tosse
from rock to rock and from depth t
+ depth, making at every plunge a me-
d revelation of the awful power tina
/. could have made such place as tina
e A sense of suffocation comes upo
e you as you think that you are two hui
D dred and fifty feet in straight liI
y from the sunlit surface Of the cart
n The guide after awhile takes you I'M
s what is called the "Star Chamber, an
n then he says to you, "Sit here;" an
8 then he takes the lantern and go
I, down under the rocks, and it sc
q darker and darker until the night Is
&c thick that the hand an inch from Il
4 eve Is undesirable. And then,
l. kindling one Of the lanterns al
70 placing it in cleft Of the roc
'e there Is n reflection cast on q
se dome of the cave, and there are sta
" coming out in constellations-a br
IL liant night heavens-and you involu
e. tarily exclaim: beautiful! beautiful
"a Then he takes the lantern down
IN other depths of the cavern, and wa
~ ders on, and wanders of, uni
SO he comes up from behind q
u rocks gradually and 1t seer
Ill like the dawn of the morning, aad
to gets brighter and brighter. The gui
to Is skilled ventriloquis., and he in
ne tates the voices OF the morning, al
e. soon the gloom is all gone, and y,
n stand congratulating yourself over
wonderful spectacle. Well, there are
OF great many people who look down in
lg the grave as a great cavern. Th
ed think II is thousand miles subterraI
in GUS, and all the echoes seem to be
be voices OF despair, and the cascad
ng seem 10 be the falling tears that alwa
us fall, and the gloom Of earth seems co
Z" ing up in stalagmite, and the gloom
rd the eternal world seems descending
Z" stalactite, making pillars Of indescr
tie able horror. The grave is no su
le, place as that TO me, thank God.
re Our divine Guide takes US down IL
'p- the great caverns and we have
sh lamp TO our feet and the light to c
AT path, and all the echoes In the riffs
ys the rock are anthems and all the IA
al ing waters are fountains of salvati'
ue and after awhile we look up and,
,se holdl the cavern Of the tomb has
ne come a kings star chamber And wh
no we are looking at the pomp Of 1t
Dc everlasting morning begins TO ri
m, and all the tears OF earth cryst
ey lie into stalagmite, rising up
\. pillar on the one side, and
nv the glories of Heaven seem TO be
~. scending in stalactite, making
lar on the other side, and you p'
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