The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-09-25

OF MS cavern, and say; lhaJ non can
not break out through this web" and
they keep on spinning the gossamer
threads until they get the mouth OF the
cavern covered over "Now," they say,
''the lions done, the lions done" Afte.
awhile the lion awal1es and shakes him
self, and he walks oat from the cavern,
never knowing there were any spiders
webs, and with his voice he shakes the
mountain. Let the infdels and the
sceptics Of this day go on spinning
their webs, spinning their infidel gos-
samer theories, spinning them all over
the place where Christ seems to be
sleeping. They say: "Christ can never
again come out; the work is done; He
can never get through this logical web
we have been spinning" The day will
come when the lion of Iudah's tribe
will rouse himself and come forth and
shake nightly the nations. What
then all your gossamer threads? What
is spiders web to an aroused lion? Do
not fret, then, about the worlds going
backward. 1t is going forward.
You stand on the banks of the sea
when the tide is rising. The almanac
says the tide is rising, but the waves
comes up to certain point, and then
it recedes. why" you say, the tide
is going back" No it is not The next
wave comes up little higher, and it
goes back Again you say the tide is
going out. And next time the wave
comes to'a higher point, and then tc 4
higher point. Notwithstanding all
these recessions, at last all the ship
ping of the world knows it is high tide,
So it is with the Gauss of Christ in the
world. One year it comes up to one
point, and we are greatly encouraged.
Then it seems to go back next year.
We say the tide is going out. Next
year it comes to higher point and
falls back, and next year it comes to
stiIl higher point and falls back; but
all the time it is advancing, until it
shall be full tide, land the earth shall
be full of the knowledge of God as the
waters FIJI Tie sea"
Again, learn fccn this subject that
) Christ IS God and man in the same
; person. go into the back part of that
boat and | look on Christs sleeping
face, and see in that face the story of
: sorrow and wcarincss, and u deeper
t shadow cones over His face, and |
, think lie must be dreaming of the
cross that is to ccmc. AS | stand On
. the back part of the boat looking on
l His face, | say: "IIe is E:an! He is a
man." But when l see Him come to
! the prov of the boat, and the sea kneels
s in His presence, and the winds fold
c their wings at His command, | say;
!; 'IIe is God! He is God" The hand
< that set up the starry pillars Of the
!; universe wiping away the tears of an
s orphan. When l want pity and sym
= pathy, go into the back part Of this
!, boat, and / look at Him, and | say
u 80, Lord Jesus, thou weary One, thor
d suffering One, have mercy on me.
d "Ecce homo!" Behold the mani Bu
IS when | want courage for the conhic
It of life, when | want some one to bea
down my enemies, when want faitl
e for the great future, then | come t.
< the front of the boat, and see Chris
s. standing there in all His omnipotence
y and l say: 40, Christ, thou who coulds
s. hush the storm, can hush all my sor
st rows, all my temptations, all my fears.
Il "Ecce Deus!" Behold the God!
is learn also from this subject tina
lie Christ can hush the tempest. Some 0
1T you, my hearers, have II heavy loa
le of troubles. Some of you have wep
1T until you can weep no more. Perhar
re God took the sweetest child out {
Mt your house-the one that asked tn
OF most curious questions-the one tina
st hung around you with the creates
~ fondness. The grave-digger' spade CT
le down through your bleeding heart. {
It. perhaps it was the only one that yo
u had, and your soul has ever sine
to been like a desolated castle, where til
as birds of the night hoot amid til
is. falling towers and along the crun
MS bling stairway. Or perhaps it We
st. an aged mother that was ca
st. ried away. You used to send fC
a her when you had any kind OF troubl
BIZ She was in your house to welcom
ch your children into life, and when the
nd died she was there to pity you. Ic
re know that the old hand will never {
rk any more kindness for you, and IL
lis loci, of white hair that you keep
ks we'll in the casket OF the locket do,
lis not look so well as it did on the da
ty when she moved it back from Il
lat wrinkled forehead under the oil
he fashioned bonnet in the church in Il
'ur country. Or perhaps your proper
res has gone. You said: "There, ha'
lid so much in bank stock, so much ha'
OIL in houses, so much ] have in lands,
lys much have in securities Suddenl
is it is all gone Alas! for the man WI
Ike once had plenty of money but who h
t u hardly enough now for the mornil
ler marketing. No storm ever swept ov
on, Gennesaret like that which has go
ers tramplingits thunders over your qua
he ing soul. But you awoke Christ in &
1t back part of the ship, crying: "MastC
ow carest thou net that / perish?" a
ca Christ rose up and Quilted you. Jes
oy hushing the tempest.
IND There is one storm into which '
ads must all run. When man lets go Il
hip life to take hold of the next do Il
Ugh care how much grace he has, he "
OF want it all. What is that out yonde
EN-, That is a dying Christian rocked on t
ght surges of death, Winds that ha
md wrecked magnificent fiotillas of por
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