The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-11-29


and there was hole in 1t through
which they could look into the uncer'
tainty OF all earthly treasures. Ihey
saw some Ralston, living at the rate OF
twenty-five thousand dollars o montn'
leaping from San Francisco wharf DO
cause be could not continue to 1--we al
the same ratio. They saw the wien
and paralytic bankers who had changed
their souls into molten gold stamped
with the image of the earth, earthly
They saw some great souls by avarlce
turned into homunculi, and they salo
to themselves: "I will seek after high
er treasure"
From that time they did not care
whether they walked or rode, II Christ
walked with them; nor whether they
lived in mansion or in hut, II they
dwelt under the shadow Of the Al
mighty; nor whether they were robed \
in French broadcloth or in homespun,
II they had the robe OF the Saviours !
righteousness; nor II they were san
dalled with morocco or calf-skin, II
they were shod with the preparation OF
the gospel Now you see peace on their
countenance. Now that man says:
"What a fool was to be enchanted
with this world. Why, l have more
satisfaction in five minutes in the sew
ice of God than had in all the first
years of my life while was gain get
ting. like this evening of my day a
great deal better than did the morn
ing. In the morning I greeaily de-
voured the prey, but now it is evening,
and am gloriously dividing the spoils'
Ny friends, this world is poor thing
TO hunt. 1t is healthful to go out into
the woods and hunt. 1t rekindles the
luster of the eye. 1t strikes the brown
of the autumnal leaf into the cheek.
1t gives to the rheumatic limbs the
strength to leap like roe. Christie
pher North's pet gun, the muckle-
mould Meg, going off in the summer in
the forests, had ITS echo in the winter
time in the eloquence that rang through
the university halls of Edinburg. 1t is
healthy to 90 hunting in the fields; but
tell you that 1t is belittling and be-
dwariinZ and belaming for a man to
hunt this world. The hammer comes
down on the gun-cap, and the barre
explodes and kills you instead OF that
which you are pursuing. When you
,, turn out to hunt the world, the world
turns out to hunt you; and as many a
sportsman aiming his gun at pan
theirs heart has gone down under the
striped claws, so, while you have beer
attempting TO devour this world, the
! world has been devouring you. So Il
was with Lord Byron. So 1t was will
Coleridge. So it was with Catherine O
Russia. Henry II. went out hunting
. for this world. and its lances strucl
through his heart. Francis |. aimed a
8 the world, but the assassin's dagge
put an end to his ambition and his lif
with one stroke. Mary Queen Of Scot
. wrote on the window of her castle:
/ From the top OF all my trust
Q Mishap hath laid me in the dust
a The Queen Dowager OF Navarro wa
a offered for her wedding day cost
S ly and beautiful pair Of gloves, and sh
y put them on; but they were poisone,
d gloves, and they took her life. Bette
II a bare hand Of cola privation than
Il warm and poisoned glove Of ruinou
n success. 90" says some young ma
/. in the audinee, 81 believe what 20
4, are preaching am going to do tina
y very thing. In the morning Of my lif
n | am going to devour the prey, an
\. in the evening shall divide the spoil
ic Of Christian character. l only want
r. little while to SOW my wild oats an
y then / will be good" Young man, di
le you ever take the census Of all the ol
ID people? How many old people ar
r there in your house? One, two,
II nonep How many in vast assembling
ir like thisP Only here and there grN
ID head, like the patches OF snow heI
s. and there In the fields on late Apr
re day. The fact is, that the tides Of I'll
or years are so strong, that men go dow
er under them before they get to be sixt
IN before they get TO be fifty, before the
O. get to be forty, before they get to
err thirty; and II you, my young brothe
We resolve that you will spend the NOR
he ing of your days in devouring the pre-
ig the probability is that you will new
BY divide the spoils in the evening hou
a He who postpones until old age the +
re ligion of Jesus Christ, postpones II u
IS I'll forever. Where are the men VIII
sy thirty years ago, resolved TO becon
n Christians in old age, putting II oft 4
or a certain number OF years? They new
We got TO be old. The railroad collisio
er or the steamboat explosion, or the 81
of on the ice, or the falling ladder, or u
ey sudden cold put an end TO their oppo
VS. tunities. They have never had an o
he portunity since, and never will ha'
ut an opportunity again. They lock-
the door of Heaven against their sol
ed and they threw away the keys Th'
w chased the world, and they died In Il
en- chase. The wounded tiger turned {
Is them. They failed to take the gan
to they pursued. Mounted on swi
he oourser, they leaped the hedge, but Il
n courser fell on them and crushed theI
TO Proposing TO barter their soul for q
in world, they lost both and got neiths
ey While this Is an encouragement
,e- old people who are still unpardoned,
III Is no encouragement TO the young wi
k, are putting off the day OF grace. TT
It doctrine that the old may be repenta
ed is TO be given cautiously. 1t Is me-
IL cine that kills or cures. The same me
ey icine, given TO different patients,