The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-02-01

idiotic he-he about nothing until the .
collation. is served, and then, after the
collation. is served, going back again
into the parlor to resume the weather,
and then at the close going alta very iate
hour to the host and hostess and assur-
ing them that you have had most de-
lightful evening, and then passing
down off the front steps, the slam OF
the door the only satisfaction OF the
evening
o, young man! come from the country
to spend your days in city life, where
are you going to spend your eveningsf
Let me tell you, while there are many
places of innocent worldly amusement
it is most wise for you to throw your
body, mind and soul into Christian soci-
ETY.. Come to me at the close OF nVe
years and tell me what has been the re-
suit of this advice Bring with you the
young man who refused to take the ao-
vice, and who went into sinful amuse-
ment. He will come dissipated, SHABBY
in apparel, indisposed to look anyone IN
the eyes, moral character So per cent
off. You will come with principle set
tied, countenance frank, habits good,
soul saved, and all the inhabitants OF
heaven, from the lowest angel up to the
archangel and clear past him to the
Lord God Almighty, your coad1utors'
This is not the advice OF a misan-
thrope. There is no man in the house
to whom the world is brighter than 1t
is TO me. 1t is not the advice OF a dys-
peptic-my disgestion is perfect; 1T is
not the advice Of man who cannot un-
derstand joke, or who prefers fu-
neral; it is not the advice OF worn ou'
man, but the advice Of man who can
see this world in all its brightness, and
considering myself competent in judg-
ing what is good cheer, tell the mul-
titudes Of young men in this house this
morning that there is nothing in world
ly association so grand and so beautiful
, and SO exhilarant as in Christian society.
know there is great deal OF talk
, about the self-denials Of the Christian.
have to tell you that where the Chris
tian has one self-denial the man OF the
world has thousand self-denials. The
!, Christian Is not commanded to surren-
der anything that Is worth keeping.
But what does man deny himself
who denies himself the religion OF
9 Christ? He denies himself pardon for
u sin; he denies himself peace Of con-
l. science; he denies himself the joy OF the
Holy Ghost; he denies himself COM
Portable death pillow; he denies him
!. self the glories Of Heaven Do not talk
e TO me about the seif-denials OF the
20 Christian life. Where there is one in the
10 Christian life there are q thousand In
ID the life of the world. "Her ways are
= ways Of pleasantness"
is Again: find a great deal OF religious
n sunshine in Christian and divine expla
i'll nation. To great many people life
an inexplicable tangle. Things turn
lis out differently from what was sup
On posed. There is useless woman II
ct perfect health. There is an industriou
he and consocrated woman, complete in
IA valid. Explain that. There is ba
les man with thirty thousand dollars OF in
ut come. There is good man with eigh
mi hundred dollars of income Why
IL that? There is foe Of society who live
BY. on, doing all the damage he can, to 7
ne years of age; and here is Christian fl
ther, faithful in every department {
nj life, at S5 years Of age taken away b
In death, his family left helpless. Explai
in, that. Oh! there isno sentence that Otter
lat er drops from your lips than this
ier cannot understand it"
The Well, now religion comes in just |
nd. that point with its illumination and 1
'ou explanation. There Is a business ma
lid, who has lost his entire fortune tt
un- week before he lost his fortune the
ght were twenty carriages that stopped
OF the door OF his mansion. The week O
un- ter he lost his fortune all the earring
you could count on one finger. ~
un- week before financial trouble begi
people all took of their hats to him
ole he passed down the street The we
Iere his financial prospects were under d
mas cussion, people just touched their ha
rles without anywise bending the rim; +
lose week that he was pronounced insolve'
ort people Just jslted their heads
you they passed, not tipping their h:
you Mt all: and the week the sheriff Sc
iere him out all his friends were looking
lter the store windows as they went do'
MAC past him
oon Now, while the world goes aw
The from man when he is in financial
inst tress, the religion Of Christ comes
him and says "You are sick, and "
! all sickness is to moral publication; >
erri- are bereaved; God wanted in some "
next to take your family TO Heaven, and
nge, must begin somewhere, aud so He Il
you. the one that was most beautiful Q
.iety was most ready TO go" do not
lane that religion explains everything
ious this life but do say 1t lays down {
tain principles which are grandly Q
lie OF solatory. You know business n
have often telegraph in cipher. The n
'. / chant In San Francisco telegraphs
er, the merchant in New York certain
tier. formation In cipher which no OF
lie, man In that line Of business can unt
' all stand; but the merchant in San FL
d. I cisco has the key to the cipher, and
con- merchant in New York has the Ike.
doc the cipher. and on that informal
been transmitted there are enterprises
their yolvin9 hundreds Of thousands Of
the lara Now the providences Of life so
logy; times seem to be Q senseless rigmar
tural mysterious cipher; but God has a
and 10 that cipher, and the Christian