The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-09-12

mistake in regard to religious theories.
And then l think we will do a great
deal to overthrow the sectarianism
from our heart, and the sectarianism
from the world, by chiefly enlarging in
those things in which we agree rather
than those on which we differ.
Now, hear is great gospel platform
A man comes up on this side of the
platform and says: Il don't believe in
baby sprinkling." Shall / shove him
off? Here is man coming up on this
side OF the platform, and he says: II
don't believe in the perseverance OF the
saints" Shall shove him off? No. l
will say: do you believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ as your Saviour" Do you
trust Him for time and eternity" He
says: Eyes" do you take Christ for
time and eternity?" Yes" say;
"Come on, brother; one n time and one
in eternity; brother now and brother
forever Blessed be God for gospel
platform SO large that all who receive
Christ may stand on It,"
think we may overthrow the severe
sectarianism and bigotry in our hearts,
and in the church also, by realizing
that all the denominations Of Chris
tians have yielded noble institutions
and noble men. There is nothing that
so stirs my soul as this thought. One
denomination yielded Robert Hall
and an Adoniram Judson; another
yielded a Latimer and Melville; an
other yielded John Wesley and the
blessed Summerfeld; while our own
denomination yielded John Knox and
the Alexanders-men of whom the
world was not worthy. Now, say, II
we are honest and fair-minded men,
when we come up in the presence OF
such churches and such denominations;
although they may be different from
our own, we ought to admire them, and
we ought to love and honor them.
Churches which can produce such men,
and such large-hearted charity, and
such magnificent martyrdom, ought to
win our affection--at any rate, our re-
spect. So come on, ye hundred thou
sand Episcopalians in this country, and
ye five hundred thousand Presby-
terians, and ye million Baptists, and ye
two million Methodists-come on;
shoulder to shoulder we will march for
the worlds congress, Tor all nations
are to be saved, and God dema nds that
you and I help do it. Forward, the
whole line!
Moreover, we may also overthrow the
feeling of severe sectarianism by join
ing other denominations in Christian
work. 1 like when the spring-time
comes and the anniversary occasions
begin and all denominations come upor
the same platform. That overthrowi
sectarianism. In the Young Mems
Christian associations, in the Bible so
ciety, in the Tract society, in the For
eign Missionary society, shoulder tc
shoulder all denominations.
Perhaps 1 might forcibly illustrate
this truth by calling your attention tt
an incident which took place about
twenty years ago. One Monday morn
ing at about o'clock, while her nine
hundred passengers were sound ASLEEP
in her berths dreaming OF home
the steamer Atlantic crashed int
Mars Head. Five hundred souls il
ten minutes landed into eternity! y
what a scenel Agonized men and wo
men running up and down the gang
ways, and clutching for the rigging
and the plunge of the helpless steamer
and the clapping of the hands of tn
merciless sea over the drowning ant
the dead, threw two continents int
terror. But see this brave quarter
master pushing out with the life lin'
until he gets to the rock; and see thes,
fishermen gathering up the. ship
wrecked, and taking them into th'
cabins, and wrapping them in the fan
nels snug and warm; and see that min
lister of the gospel, with three othe
men, getting into life boat and push
ing out for the wreck, pulling ava.
across the surf, and pulling away unit
they saved one more man, and thel
getting back with him to the shore
Can those men ever forget tina
night? And can they ever forget thei
companionship in peril, companion
ship in struggle, companionship II
awful catastrophe and rescue? Never
Neverl In whatever part of earth the.
meet they will be friends when the.
mention the story of that night whel
the Atlantic struck Mars Head. Well
my friends, our world has gone into
worse shipwreck. Sin drove it on th
rocks The old ship has lurched ant
tossed in the tempest of six thousanC
years Out with the lifeline! ] do no
care what denomination carries it. Gu
with the lifeboat! do not care wha
denomination rows it. Side by side, il
the memory of common hardships, an
common trials, and common prayers
and common tears, let us be brother
forever. We must be
One army OF the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of the host have crossed the food,
And part are crossing now.
And expect to see the day when al
denominations of Christians shall joil
hands around the cross of Christ an,
recite the creed: 81 believe in God tn
Father Almighty, maker of heaven an,
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