The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19

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bread tray, and nakedness shivers tor
LACK of clothes and fire. When l hear
a man in canting TRADE against money
"a Christian man-as though 1t had no
possible use on earth and he had no In
terest in IT, come almost to think that
the heaven that would be appropriate
for him, would be an everlasting poor
house While, my friends, we do ad.
NIT there is such thing rs lawful
use of money! profitable use OF money
let us recognize also the fact, that
money cannot satisfy mans soul, that
it cannot glitter in the dark valley,
that it cannot pay our fare across the
Jordan of death, that 1t cannot unlock
the gate of heaven.
There are men in all occupations who
seem to act as though they thought
pack of bonds and mortgages could be
traded off for title to Heaven, and as
though gold would be lawful tender
in that place where it is SO common
that they make pavements out OF It,
Salvation by Christ is the only saliva
tion. Treasures in Heaven are the
only incorruptible treasures. Have you
ever ciphered out in the rule OF loss
and gain the sum: "What shall II
profit man IL he gain the whole world
and lose his soul?" However fine your
apparel, the winds of death will hut'
ter it like rags. Homespun and
threadbare coat have sometimes been
the shadow of coming robes made
white in the blood of the Lamb. The
Pearl OF Great Price is worth more
than any gem you can bring from the
ocean, than Australian or Brazilian
mines strung in one carcanet. Seek
after God; find his righteousness, and
all shall be well here; all shall be well
hereafter.
But must have word with those
who, during the present commercial
calamities, have lost heavily, or per-
haps lost all their estate. II man
lose his property at thirty or forty
years Of age, it is only a sharp disci'
pline generally, by which later he
comes to larger success. 1t is all folly
for man to sit down in mid-life dis
couraged. The marshals of Napoleon
came to their commander and said
"We have lost the battle, and we are
being cut to pieces" Napoleon took
his watch from his pocket and said: "1t
is only two o'clock in the afternoon
You have lost that battle, but we have
time enough to win another. Charge
upon the foe." Though the meridian
of life has passed with you, and you
have been routed in many a conflict
give not up in encouragement There
are victories yet for you to gain. Bu'
sometimes monetary disaster comes to {
man when there is something in his age
or something in his health, or some
thing in his surroundings, which make
him know well that he will never ge
up again. In 1857 it was estimated tina
for many years previous to that tim'
annually there had been 80, 900 failure
in the United States. Many OF thos
persons never recovered from the mis-
fortune. But let me give word Of com
fort in passing. The sheriff may sci
you out of many things, but there ar
some things of which he cannot sci
you out. He cannot sell out you
health. He cannot sell out your Bible
He cannot sell out your God. He car
not sell out your heaven! You hav
more than you have lost. Sons an
daughters of God, children of an etel
nal and all-loviRg Father, mourn nc
when your property goes. The world
yours, and death is yours, and immoi
tality is yours, and thrones OF imperia
grandeur are yours, and rivers Of glaC
ness are yours, and shining mansion
are yours, and God is yours The eterni
God has sworn II, and every time yo
doubt it, you charge the King Of heave
, and earth with perjury. Instead {
! complaining how hard you have 1t, g
, home, take up your Bible full Of prom
! ises, get down on your knees befor
God and thank Him for what you hav,
! instead OF spending so much time
, complaining about what you have no
: Some of you remember the shil
wreck Of the Central America. TIL
noble steamer had, think, about fly
= hundred passengers aboard. Suddenl
= the storm came, and the surges tran
d pied the decks and swung into IL
=. matches, and there went up hundre,
] voiced death-shriek. The foam on II
+ law Of the wave. The pitching Of IL
e steamer as though 1t were leaping
S mountain. The dismal flare Of the si
q nal rockets. The long cough Of d
e steam pipes. The hiss of the exit
e guished furnaces. The walking Of &c
!, on the wave! The steamer went n,
G down without a struggle. AS u
: passengers stationed themselves
d rows, TO bale out the vesse
: bark TO the thump of the buckets
? men unused 10 toll, with blister'
4 hands and strained muscle, tug 4
: their lives. There is sail seen again
y the sky. The fash of the distress gT
!, sounded, its voice Is heard not, for IL
r choked in the louder booming Of u
e sea. A few passengers escaped, b
n the steamer gave one great lurch al
n was gone So there are some men wi
!! sail on prosperously in life, Alrswe
4 all's well. But at last, some hnanci
}. disaster comes euroclydon. Dow
o they 90 ! the bottom Of this commerci
b sea strewn with shattered hulks. b
r because your property goes, do not !
It your soul go. Though all else peris
h save that for have to tell you of
5, more stupendous shipwreck than tn
e which l have Just mentioned. @,