The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-12-20

uONOlORy OF cOnRreBtIions-
A lad who had been blind from in
fancy was cured. The oculist operated
upon the lad, and then put a very heavy
bandage over the eyes, and after lew
weeks had gone by, the bandage was
removed, and the mother said TO her
child: willie can you see?" He said;
30. mamma, is this Heaven?" The con-
trast between the darkness before ana
the brightness afterward was over
whelming. And ! tell you the glories
of Heaven will be thousandfold
brighter for those who never saw any
thing on earth. While many with good
vision closed their eyes in eternal night,
and many who had a good, artistic and
cultured ear went down into eternal
discord the afflicted ones cried unto
the Lord in their trouble, and lie made
their sorrows their advantage, and so
'the lame took the prey"
In the seventh century there was
legend of st. Modobert It was said
that his mother was blind, and one
day while looking at his mother he felt
so sympathetic for her blindness that
he rushed forward and kissed her blind
eyes, and, the legend says, her vision
came Immediately. That was only a
legend, but it is truth, glorious
truth. that the kiss of Gods eternal
love has brought to many blind eye
I eternal illumination.
A step far .her: There are those in
all communities who toll nightly for
q livelihood. They have scaut wages,
i Perhaps they a"c diseased, or have
physical infrmisics 50 they are him
dcred from doing q continuous days
work. A city missionary finds them
up the dark alley, with no fire, with
thin clothing, with very coarse bread.
: They never ride in the street car; they
cannot afford the five cents. They
never see any pictures save those In
the show-windows on the street, from
which they are often jostled and looked
at by someone who seems TO say In the
look, Move on! what are you doing
here lol'ting at pictures?" a'
Yet many of them live on mountains
Of transfguration. At their rough
table lie who fed the five thousand
breaks the bread. They talk often OF
the good times that are coming. This
world has no charm for them, but
Heaven entrances their spirit They
often divide their scant crust with
some forlorn wretch who knocks a.
their door at night, and on the blast o.
the night wind, as the door opens Il
let them in, Is heard the voice OF Hin
who said: ~ was hungry and he fec
Me-" No cohort Of Heaven will be to-
bright TO transport them. By God
help they have vanquished the Assy
} rian host. They have divid ed amoni
them the spoils, Lame, lame, yet the.
took the prey.
was riding along the country roa'
one day, and saw man on crutches
l overlook him. He was very old. II
was going very slowly. At that rate
would have taken him two hours to g
a mile. Isaid: "Wouldn't you like I
ride?" He said 'ThanlS you, would
; God bless you.p When he sat besid
me, he said: "You see, Tam very lam
! and very old, but the Lord has been
[ rood Lord to me. have buried all m
: children. The Lord gave them and tn
Lord had right to take the IN away
Blessed be His name! was very sict
= and had no money, aud my neighbor
. came in and took care OF me, and
( wanted nothing. suffer n great des
b with pain, but then have so man
e mercies left. The Lord has been a goo
= Lord to me-" And before we had &C
e far, was in doubt whether was gi'
e ing him ride, or he was giving me
}. ride! He said: Now, II you pleas
e I'll get out here. Just help me dow
!. on my crutches, If you please. Go
3 bless you. Thank you, sir. Good mori
y ing Good morning. You have bee
b feet to the lame, sir, you have. Goo
i morning"
Swarthy men had gone the road thu
/. day. do not know where they can
t out, but every hobble Of that old ma
:. was toward the shining gate. wit
e his old crutch he had struck dow
e many a nacherib of temptatic
+ which has mastered you and me. Lam
e so feartully lame, so aw fully lame; b'
y he took the prey. -
Is A step farther: There are in o
e communities many orphans Durir
our last war and in the years immet
d ately following, how many children
Ie the north and south we heard sa
I, ''Ohl my father was killed In the war
d Have YOU ever noticed-I fea r you ha'
d not-how well those children ha
u turned out? Starting under the grea
e est disadvantage, an orphan asylu
lie could do for them what their faith
se would have done had he lived. ~
u. slsirmisher sat one night by the ig
r: OF fagots In the swamp, writing Il
b ter home, when sharpshooter's bull
IN ended the letter, which was nev
folded, never posted and never rea
d, Those children came up under gre
IN disadvantage. No father TO fight th'
I'd way for them. Perhaps there was
~ the old family Bible an old yellow Il
v, ter pasted fast, which told the story
lp that fathers long march and how
suffered in the hospital; but tn
OF looked still further on In the Bib
" and they came to the story Of how q
'c' is the father of the fatherless and I
Ut widows portion, and they soon TO
n their fathers place in that househo
he They battled the way for their moth
q They came on up, and many OF th'
ofi have already, In the Years since