The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-11-13

nature? Shall l tell you of the wonders
that our race has accomplished? "Oh!
no." you say; tell me the message that
came from God" 1 will. If there is
any handwriting on the wall, it is this
lesson: Repent! Accept of Christ and
be savedw might talk of great
many other things; but that is the mes
sage, and so declare it. Jesus never
fattered those to whom he preached.
He said to those who did wrong,
and who were offensive in His
sight, "Ye generation of vipers! Ye
whited sepulchres! how can ye escape
the damnation of helll' Paul the
apostle preached before a man who
was not ready to hear him preach.
What subject did he take? Did he say:
"Oh! you are good man, a very fine
man, very noble MANI" No; he
preached of righteousness to man
who was unrighteous; of temperance
to a man who was victim OF bad
appetites; of the judgment to come to
man who was unfit for it. So we
must always declare the message that
happens to come to US. Daniel must
read it as it is.
A minister preached before James :.
of England, who was James vi. OF
Scotland. What subject did he take?
The king was noted all over the world
for being unsettled and wavering in
his ideas. What did the minister
preach about to this man who was
James I. of England and James vi. of
Scotland? He took for his text James
first and sixth: "He that wavereth is
like wave of the sea driven with the
wind and tossed" Hugh Latimer Of
Tended the king by sermon he
preached; and the king said: Hugh
Latimer, come and apologize. " 81 will, :"
said Hugh Latimer. So the day was
appointed; and the kings chapel was
full of lords, and dukes, and the mighty
men and women of the country, for
Hugh Latimer was to apologize. He
began his sermon by saying: Hugh
Latimer, bethink thee! Thou art in
the presence of thine earthly king,
who can destroy thy body. But be-
think thee, Hugh Latimer, that thou
art in the presence of the King OF
Heaven and earth, who can destroy
both body and soul in hell-fre." " Then
he preached with appalling directness
at the kings crimes.
Another lesson that comes to us to
night: There is great difference be-
tween the opening of the banquet Of
sin and it's close. Young man, if you
had looked in upon the banquet in the
first few hours, you would have wished
you had been invited there, and could
sit at the feast. "Oh the grandeur o.
Belshazzars feast!' you would have
said but you look in at the close of the
banquet, and your blood curdles will
horror. The King of Terrors has there
ghastlier banquet; human blood il
the wine, and dying groans are the
music. Sin has made itself king il
the earth. 1t has crowned itself.
has spread banquet 1t invites al
the world to come to it. 1t has hun,
in its banqueting hall all the spoils o
all Kingdoms, and the banners of al
nations. Ithas gathered from all music
1t has strewn, from it's wealth, the ia
+ bles, and floors, and arches. And we
r how often is that banquet broken uE
: and how horrible is it's end Ever an
3 anon there is a handwriting on tn
, wall. A king falls great culprit
arrested The knees of wickednes
1 knock together. Gods Judgment, lik
D an armed host, breaks in upon the bar
S quet; and that night is Belshazzar, tn
4 king of the Chaldeans, slain.
Here is a young man who says: 9
q cannot see why they make such a fus
l about the Intoxicating cup. Why, iti
$ exhilarating! 1t makes me fell well.
I can talk better, think better, feel be
I ter. l cannot see why people have sue
a prejudice against it." A few year
e pass on, and he wakes up and fine
: himself in the clutches of an evil hab
l which he tries to break, but canno
= and he cries OUT "Oh Lord God! hel
3 mel" 1t seems as though God woul
not hear his prayer; and in an agon
s of body and soul he cries out: 1T bitet
like a serpent, and it stingeth like a
G adder" How bright it was at the star
l. How black it was at the last!
Here is a man who begins to rea
: loose novels They are charming
X he says; II will GO out and see for m.
), self whether all these things are SO
u He opens the gate of a sinful life. /
{ goes in. A sinful sprite meets him wit
l. her wand. She waves her wand, ar
y it is all enchantment. Why, it seen
u u as if the angels of God had poured o1
u phials of perfume in the atmospher
= AS he walks on, he finds the hills b
y coming more radiant with foliage, al
i the ravines more resonant with tt
Q falling water. Oh! what a charmir
: landscape he sees! But that sinf
c sprite, with her wand, meets hi
. again; but now she reverses the wan
!, and all the enchantment is gone. III
IL cup is full of poison. The fruit turr
W to ashes. All the leaves of the bow,
are forked tongues of Kissing serpent
e The flowing fountains fall back in
II dead pool stenchful with corruptio
D The Turing songs become curses al
?. screams of demoniac laughter Lo
u spirits gather about him and feel +
a his heart, and beckon him on wit
Is "Hail, brotherl Hail, blasted spirt
d hail!" He tries to get out. He com
to the front door where he entered al
o tries to push it back, but the do
7, turns against him; and in the jar
d that shutting door he hears the
Il words, This night is Belshazzar, t
% King Of the Chaldeans, slain" S
q may, nnen hrirht as the morning