The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-09-19

wonderfully did it pulsate with every
emotion-now laughing like child,
now sobbing like tempest At one
moment the music would die away un-
til you could her the cricket chirp out
side the wall, and then it would roll
up until it seemed as If the surge OF
the sea and the crash of an avalanche
had struck the organ pipes at the same
moment At one time that night 1t
seemed as if squadron OF spirits
weeping up from earth had met a
squadron of descending angels whose
glory beat back the woe. Standing
there and looking at the dim taper on
the altar OF the cathedral, said: How
much like many a Christians litel
Shadows hover, and sometimes his hope
is dim, and faint, and fiickering, like a
taper on the altar. But at what time
God wills the heavens break forth with
music upon his soul, and the air be-
comes resonant as the angels of God
beat it with their shining scepters"
o, the Lord God has many fair and
beautiful daughters; but the fairest Of
them all is she whose ways are pleas
antness and whose paths are peace!
Now, my brothers and sisters-for
have a right to cali you SOL know
some people look back on their ances-
tral line, and they see they are de-
scended from the Puritans or Hugenots,
and they rejoice in that; but look back
on my ancestral line, and ! see there
in such mingling and mixture of the
blood of all nationalities that feel akin
to all the world, and by the blood Of the
son of God, who died for all people,
address you in the bonds of universal
brotherhood. come out as only ser
want, bringing an invitation to party,
and Iput it into your hand, saying;
"Come, for all things are now ready
and urge it upon you and contine to
it, and, before get through, hope, by
the blessing of God, to compel You tc
come in.
We must take care how we give the
invitation. My Christian friends,
think sometimes we have just gone op
posite to Christ's command, and we
have compelled people to stay out
Sometimes our elaborated instructions
have been the hindrance, We gradu
! ate from our theological seminaries or
stills, and it takes five or six years be
fore we can come down and stand
right beside the great masses Of the
people, learning their joys, sorrows
victories, defeats. We get our heads Sc
brimful of theological wisdom that W.
have to stand very straight lest they
spill over. Now, what DO the great
masses of the people care about tn,
technicalities of religionS What d.
they care about the hypostatic uniol
or the difference between snb-lapsariaI
and supra-lapsarian? What do they
care for your profound explanations
clear as London fog? When man il
drowning he does not want you Il
stand by the dock and describe the ma
ture of the water into which he hai
4 fallen, and tell him there are two part
hydrogen gas and one of oxygen gas
with common density Of thirty-nin
Fahrenheit, turning to steam under |
common atmospheric pressure of tw,
hundred and twelve. He does not wan
a chemical lecture on water; he want
rope.
o my friends, the curse of God on tn,
church. it seems to me, in this day, i
metaphysics. We speak in an unknown
toungue in our Sabbath-schools, and il
our religious assemblages, and in ou
pulpits, and how can people be savet
unless they can understand as? w,
put on our official gowns, and we thinl
the two silk balloons Topping at tn,
elbows of preacher give him grea
sanctity. The river of Gods truth flow
down before us pure and clear as crys
tai; but we take our theological sticl
and stir it up, and stir it up, until yol
cannot see the bottom. 0 for the sim
plicity of Christ in all our instruction
the simplicity He practiced whel
standing among the people, He took
lily and said: 'There is lesson of tn
manner will clothe you;" and, point
ing to raven, said: "There is lessor
of the way l will feed you; consider tn
lilies--behold the fowls"
1 think often in our religious instruc
tions we compel the people to stay ou
by our church architecture. Peopl
come in and they find things angular
and cold, and stiff, and they 90 ava,
never again to come; when the churcl
ought to be great home circle, every
body having hymn book giving hal
of it to the one next him, everyon
who has hand to shake hands shakin,
hands--the church architecture an,
the church surroundings saying to tn
people, "Come in and be at home.
Instead of that, think all these sur
roundings often compel the people t,
stay out. Now, let us all repent of ou
sins and begin on the other track, ant
by our heartiness of affection, ant
warmth of manner, and imploration o
the Spirit of God, compel the people Il
come in. How shall we lead sinners Il
accept the Lords invitation? thinl
we must certainly begin by holy life
We must be better men, better women
before we can compel the people t.
come into the kingdom of Jesus Christ
There are fine essays being written il
this day about science. and religion.
tell you the best argument in behal O
our holy Christianity; it is good man
good woman, a life all consecrated t.
Christ. No infdel can answer it. o
let US by holy example compel tn,
people to come in.
Tread of minister of the gospel wht
was very fond of climbing among tn,
Swiss mountains. One day he wal
climbing among very dangerous places