The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-09-05

trustworthy as they are, then deal
with Him as fairly.
80" says someone in light way, Il
believe that Christ was born in Bethle-
hem, and believe that He died on the
cross" Do you believe it with your
head or your heart? / will illustrate
the difference. You are in your own
house. In the morning you open a
newspaper and you read how Capt.
Brayeheart on the sea risked his life
for the salvation of his passengers. You
say: "What grand fellow he must
have been! His family deserves very
well of the country" You fold the
newspaper and sit down at the table,
and perhaps do not think Of that Incl
dent again. That is historical faith.
But noW you are on the sea, and it is
night, and you are asleep, and you are
awakened by the shrieks Of "fre!" You
rush out on the deck. You hear, amid
the wringing Of the hands and the
fainting, the cry, mo hope! No hopel"
We are lost! we are lost! The sails put
out its wing of fire, the ropes make
burning ladder in the high heavens,
the spirit of wrecks Kisses in the wave,
and on the hurricane-deck shakes out
its banner of smoke and darkness.
''Down with tho life-boatsw cries the
captain. "Down with the life-boats"
People rush into them. The boats are
about full. Room only for one more
man. You are standing on the deck be-
side the captain.
WHO shall it be? You or the captain?
The captain says, "You." You jump
and are saved. He stands there and
dies. Now, you believe that Capt.
Braveheart sacrificed himself for his
passengers, but you believe it with
love, with tears, with hot and long
continued ordinations; with grief at
his loss and joy at your deliverance.
That is saving faith. In other words,
what you believe with all the heart,
and believe in regard to yourself. On
this hinge turns my sermon; aye, the
salvation of your immortal soul You
often go across bridge you know moth
ing about. You do not know who built
the bridge, you do not know what ma
terial it is made of; but you come to it,
and walk over it, and ask no questions.
| And here is an arched bridge blasted
from ''Ihe Rock of Ages" And built
by the Architect of the whole universe,
spanning the the dark gulf between
sin and righteousness, and all God asks
you is to walk across it; and you start,
and you come to it, and you stop, and
you go little way on and you stop,
and you fall back and you experiment.
You say: "How do know that bridge
will hold me?" instead of marching on
with firm step, asking no questions
but feeling that the strength OF the
eternal God is under you.
0, was there ever prize proffereo
SO cheap as parden and Heaven are OF
fered to you? For how much? A mil
lion dollars? 1t is certainly wortf
more than that. But cheaper thai
that you can have it, Ten thousant
dollars? Less than that. Five thou
sand dollars? Less than that. On
dollar? Less than that. One farthing
Less than that. "Without money ant
without price" Nomoney to pay. M
Journey to take. No penance to suffer
Only Just one decisive action of tn
, soul. "Believe on the Lord Jesu
Christ, and thou shall be saved"
, Shall try to tell you what it is to b
saved? Icannot tell you. No man, n
| angel, can tell you. But l can hint
it. For my text brings me up to thi
i point. "Thou shalt be saved"
, means happy life here and peacefu
{ death and blissful eternity. 1t is
t grand thing to go to sleep at night, an
to get up in the morning and to d
: business all day feeling that all is righ
S between my heart and God. No acc
| dent, no sickness, no persecution, n
l peril, no sword can do me any perm'
5 nent damage. am a forgiven chill
, of God, and He is bound to see II
: through. He has sworn He will sc
, me through. The mountains may d.
=; part, the earth may burn, the light
3 the stars may be blown out b
/ the blast of the Judgment hurrican
, but life and death, things prese1
: and things to come are mine. Ye
further than that, it means peacef1
9 death. Mrs. Hemans, Mrs Sigourne.
5 DR.. Young, and almost all the poe
D have said handsome things about dealt
r There is nothing beautiful about
e When we stand by the white and rig
/ features of those whom we love, al
: they give no answering pressure of Il
i hand and no returning kiss Of the Ii
v we do not want anybody poetizir
e around about us. Death is loathsom
d ness and midnight and the wringing
S the heart until the tendrils snap al
y curl in the torture, unless Christ sha
!. be with us. l confess to you an
s finite fear, consuming horror OF deaf
s unless Christ shall bewith me. Iwou
s rather go down into cave of wi
i beasts or jungle of reptiles rath
than into the grave, unless Christ go
l. with me. Will you tell me that
e to be carried out from my bright hor
Il and put away in the darkness. | ca
5 not bear darkness. At the first comil
- of the evening must have the 6
! lighted, and the further on in life 6
h the more like to have my frien
g round about me.
!" And am to be put off for thousan
of years in dark place, with no o
IT to speak toP When the holidays col
r and the gifts are distributed, shall
Sc add no joy to the merry Christina
IS or the Happy New YearP" All,
1t not point down to the hole in t
III ground, the grave, and call it beau
d full place; unless there be some sup