The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-08

kingdom OF God. =" This is the reason:
"There is one namc given under
Heaven among men whereby they may
be saved" Then there are thousand
voices here ready to say: "Well, am
ready to accept this help OF the gospel;
l would like to have this divine cure;
how shall go to work?" Let me say
that q mere whim, and underlined long
ing amounts to nothing. You must
have a stout, tremendous resolution
like this young man Of the text when
he said, II will arise and go to my |
father" "Oh," says some man, "how
do know my father wants me? how
do know, if l go back, l would be
received?" 'Oh," says some man,
You don't know where l have been;
YOU don't know how far have wan
dered; you wouldn't talk that way to
me if you knew all the iniquities
have committed" What is that flutter
among the angels of God? What is
that horseman running with quick dis
Satch? 1t is news, it is news! Christ
has found the lost.
Nor angels can their joy contain,
But llindle witb new fire,
The sinner lost is found, they sing
And strike the sounding Tyre.
remark still further, that this reso-
luton of the text was founded in
feeling Of homesickness. l do not know
how long this young man, how many
months, how many years he had been
away from his fathers house, but there
is something about the reading Of my
text that makes me think he was home
sick. Some Of you know what that
feeling is. Far away from home some
times, surrounded by everything bright
and pleasant-plenty of friends-you
have said: II would give the world to
be home tonight" Well, this young
man was homesick for his fathers
house. I have no doubt when he
thought of his fathers house he said:
"Now, perhaps father may not be liv-
ing" We read nothing in this story
this parable-founded on everyday life
we read nothing about the mother. 1t
says nothing about going home to her.
| think she was dead. think she had
died of broken heart at his wander
ings, or, perhaps he had gone into dis
sination from the fact that he could
not remember loving and sympa
thetic mother. A man never gets ovel
having lost his mother. Nothing said
, about her, but he is homesicl for hi
fathers house. He thought he woulC
Just like to go and walk around th'
old place. He thought he would jus
like to go and see if things were a
, they used to be. Many man afte
having been off long while has gon
LONE and knocked at the door, and
|, stranger has come. 1t is the old home
: stead, but stranger come to the door
He finds out father is gone, and mothe
: is gone, and brothers and sisters al
gone. think this young man of tn
text said to himself, Perhaps fathe
may be dead" Still he starts to fin,
i cut. He is homesick. Are there an
5 here to-day homesick for God, home
y sick for Heauen.
y A lad at Liverpool went out to battle
w
- far, got beyond his depth and h
> foated far away. A ship bound fc
= Dublin came along and took him o
i board. Sailors are generally very gel
- 'erous fellows, and one gcve him cal
> and another gave him a jacket, an
/, another gave him shoes. gentlema
passing along the beach at Liverpo
>, found the lads clothes and took the
:, home, and the father was heartbrokel
~ the mother was heartbroken, at tt
~ loss of their child. They had heal
- nothing from him day after day, al
l. they ordered the usual mourning II
"a the sad event But the lad took sh
from Dublin and arrived in Liyerpo
:, the very day the mourning arrive
= = He knocked at the door, the faith
.. was overjoyed, and the mother w
., ovcrjoyed at the return OF their 10
ro son. Oh, my friends, have you wad
r. out too deep? Have you waded dov
~ into sin? Have you wadcd from t
70. shore? Will you come back? VIII
,d you come back will you come in t
~ rags of your sin, or will you col
~ robed in the Saviour's Righteousness
~ believe the latter. Go home to yo
~ God to-day. He is waiting for you.
!, home!
"a. The only kind of resolution th
ne amounts to anything is the resoluti
in that is Immediately put into exec
Id ton. There is man who had the
nd phoid fever. He said: "Oh! if / col
ia get over this terrible distress; If u
ne fever should depart; if | could be
IL stored to health, would all the r.
si. of my life serve God" The fever
al parted. He got well enough to W;
to around the block. He got well enou
~, to go over to business. He is well
,a,. day-as well as he ever was VIII
mo is the broken vow? There is a N
eIv who said long ago: IF could live
at the year 1896, by that time will hi
,s;. my business matters all arranged, q
aet will have time to attend to religi
all and ! will be good, thorough, C
,si. secrated Christian" The year 1896
int come. January, February, Mar
eel April--a fourth of the year go
ybt Where is your broken vow2 80
ION says some man, "I'll attend to t
, when 1 get my character fixed
If when can get over my evil hab
ole. am now given to strong drink"
mo says the man, II am given to uncle
hat ness" or, says the man. Il am giver
sus dishonesty When | get over my p
the ent habits, then I'll be a thoro'
we Christian" My brother, you will
np, worse and worse, until Christ ia
and you in hand. mot the righteous,
~ nars Jaeus came tn call Oh. but