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

tian Herald Office, am in daily receipt
of numerous letters from people
brought up in good families, and who
had Christian parentage. but WHO
frankly tell me that they are astray. q
thousand miles from the right track
and fear their case is hopeless. NV
brothers, 1t Is to you want to. preach
now. have been looking for you. ]
will tell you how you got astray. III
was not maliciousness on your part
1t was perhaps through the geniality
and sociability of your nature that you
fell into sin. You wandered away from
your duty, and unconsciously left the
house of God; you admit the gospel N
be true, and yet you have SO grievously
and so prolongedly wandered, you say
rescue is impossible.
II would take week TO count W
the names of those in Heaven who
were on earth worse than you tell me
you are. They went the whole round
of iniquity, they disgraced themselves
they disgraced their household, they
despaired of return because their rep
utation was gone, their prop
erty was gone, everything wa,
gone; but in some hour like this they
heard the voice of God, and they threw
themselves on the divine compassion
and they rose up more than conquer
ors. And tell you there is the SAINT
chance for you. That is one reason
why like to preach the gospel, so free
a gospel, SO tremendous a gospel, II
takes man all wrong and makes him
all right
In former settlement where J
preached, a member Of my congrega
tion quit the house of God, quit re
spectacle circles, and went into al
styles Of sin, and was slain OF hi,
iniquity. The day for his burial came,
and his body was brought TO the hous,
of God. Some of his comrades who hae
destroyed him were overheard along
the street on their way TO the burial,
saying: Come, let us go and heai
Talmage damn this old sinnerP Oh!
had nothing but tears for the dead,
and had nothing but invitations tc
the living. You see.I could not dc
any otherwise. "Christ Jesus came tc
seek and save that which was lost"
Christ in His dying prayer said
Father. forgive them" and that wal
q prayer for you and prayer for me.
Oh! start on the road to Heaven to
day. You are not happy. The thirst
OF your soul will never be slaked by
the fountain of sin. You turn every
where but to God for help. Right
where you are, call on Him. He know'
you, He knows all about you. lie
knows all the odds against which yor
have been contending in life. Do moi
90 to Him with long rigamarole OF
prayer, but just look up and say
"Help! Help"
Yet you say: "My hand trembles 81
from my designations, can't even TAXI
hold of hymn book to singp' Do no
worry about that, my brother; ! viii
give out hymn at the close so familia
YOU can sing it without book. Bu
YOU say: 81 have such terrible habit
on me, l can't get rid Of them" NJ,
answer is, Almighty grace can breal
up that habit and will break it up. Bu
YOU say. "The wrong did was to on
dead and in Heaven now, and ! can
: correct that wrong. You can correc
IL. BY the grace of God, go into tn
presence of that one, and the apologize
YOU ought to have made on earth, max
in Heaven.
"Oh!" says som, man. 'if should tr.
D TO do right. II should turn away fror
. nv evil doing unto the Lord, ! woul
be jostled, / would be driven back, nc
: body would havd any sympathy 10
T me-" You are mistaken. Here, in tn
: presence of the church on earth and Il
t Heaven. I give you to- daF the righ
= hand OF Christian fell owship. Go
@ sent M here to-day to preach this
n and lie sent you here 10 hear this
o "Let the wicked forsake his way, an
y the unrighte GUS man his thought, an
n let him return unto the Lord, who Wi
+ have mercy, and unto our God, VIII
e will abundantly pardon" Though yo
g may have been the worst sinner, yo
3 NAV become the best saint. and in th
Il great day of judgment 1t VIII b
g found tha. "where sin abcunt
9 eth, cra2o does much NOR
n abound" aad while the spoils Of n
Il everlasting kingdom are being awarde
e fox your pursuit, it will be found th'
: the lame took the prey. Blessed !
h God that we are, this Sabbath, on
|, week nearer the obliteration of all ii
y INEQUALITIES OF this life and all It's di
r auietudes. Years ago, on boat Q
y the North river, the pilot gave ver
N sharp ring TO the bell for the boat
s slow up. The engineer attended TO u
sc machinery, and then he came up wit
n some alarm on deck to see what WI
t. the matter lie saw II was n moo
y light night, and there were no obstacle
II In the way. lie went TO the pilot IN
Sc said, "Why did you ring the bell
II that way? Why do you wal
re TO stop? there's nothing the ma
er ter?' And the pilot said TO hir
= "There is a mist gathering on Il
70 river; don't you see that? and there
ig night gathe ring darker and darke
Ii' and can't see the way" Then u
te engineer, looking around and seeing
q was bright moonlight looked in
IL the face of the pilot and saw that
b was dying, and thon that he was dea
Is God grant that when our last nome
comes we may be found at our pc
lp doing our whole duty; and when d
II ,,is.e ~ the river Of death Unther ,