The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-02-19

against you, and you are alone, ana
you fight and you fight, weaker and
weaker and weaker, until at last you
fall and the powers OF darkness tram
pie on your soul. But in the other
case you go into the battle and you
fight stronger and stronger and
stronger, until the evil propensity goes
down and you get the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, come out
OF your sins! Have you not been
bruised with sin long enough? Have
you not carried that load long enough?
Have you not fought that battle long
enough?
] rattle the gates Of your sepuieher
to-day. take the trumpet of the gos-
pei and blow the long, loud blast.
Roland went into battle. Charlie
magne's army had been driven back by
the three armies of the Saracens, and
Roland, in almost despair, tool; up the
trumpet and blew three blasts in one
of the mountain passes, and under the
power of those three blasts the Sara
Gems recoiled and fed in terror. But
history says that when he had blown
the third blast Roland's trumpet broke.
| take this trumpet of the gospel and
blow the first blast: Whosoever will, y
! blow the second blast: Seek We the
Lord while He may be found" blow
the third blast: Now is the accepted
time" But the trumpet does not
break. 1t was handed down by our
forefathers TO us. and we hand it down
to our children, that after we are dead
they may blow the trumpet, telling the
world that we have pardoning God,
loving God, q sympathetic God, and
that more TO Him than the throne on
which lie sits is the Joy of seeing a
prodigal put his finger on the latch of
his Fathers house.
invite any one the most inidel, any
one the most athcistic. invite him
into the kingdom of God with just as
much heartiness us those who have for
80 years been under the teaching of the
gospel and believed it all When ! was
living in Philadelphia gentleman told
me of scene in which he was pur-
ticipant. In Callowhln street, in Phila-
delphia, there had been a powerful
meeting going on for some time and
many were converted, and among 9TH
ers one of the prominent members Of
the worst club house in the city. The
next night the leader of that club
house, the president of it, resolved that
he would endeavor to get his comrade
away. He came to the door. and be-
fore he entered he heard Christian
song, and under it's power his soul was
agitated. He went in and asked for
prayer. Before he came out he was a
subject of converting mercy, The next
night another comrade went to reclaim
the two who had been lost to their sin.
ful circle. He went, and under the
power of the Holy Ghost became a
changed man, and the work went Oh
until they were all saved and the in
famous club house disbanded. Oh, il
is mighty gospel! Though you came
here child Of sin you can go away o
child of grace, you can go away singing
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved wretch like me:
once was lost, but now am found
Was blind. but now see.
Oh, give up your sins. Most of you1
life is already gone. Your children
are going on the same wrong road
Why do you not stop? This day is
salvation come to thy house" Why
not this moment look up into the face
of Christ and say:
Just as am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me-
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
o Lamb OF God, come. come.
God is going to save you. You arc
going to be among the shining ones
After the tolls of life are over, you art
going up to the everlasting rest, you are
going to join the loved ones, departed
parents and departed children. 20, my
Cod says some man, show can come
to Thee? l am so far off. Who will
help me, am so weak? 1t seems srcl
great undertaking." Oh, my brother
it is a great undertaking! 1t is Sc
great you cannot accomplish it, bu
Christ can do the work. He will correct
your heart and he will correct YOU
life. "0h, you say, II will stop pro
family" That will not save you. "0h,
you say, II will stop Sabbath break
ing" That will not save you. There
is only one door into the kingdom o
God, and that is faith; only one shil
that sails for Heaven, and that is faith
Faith the first step, the second step
the hundredth step, the thousandtl
step, the last step. By faith we cntel
the kingdom. BY faith we keep in. IL
aith we die. Heaven reward OF faith
The earthquake shook down the Phil
lipian dungeon. The jailor said: "What
shall do?" Some of you would say
Better get out of the place before tn,
walls crush YOU" What did the apostle
say? believe on the Lord Jesus Chris
and thou shalt be saved" "Ah," yor
say, there's the rub" What is faith.
Suppose you were thirsty and Offered
you glass of water, and you believed
l meant to give it to you, and you came
up and took it. You. exercise faith
You believe Imean to keep my promise
Christ offers you the water of everlast
ing life You take it. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom of God
Enter now. The door of life is set wide
open. Iplead with you by the bloody
sweat of Gethsemane and the death.
! groan Of Golgotha, by cross and
crown, by Pilates court room ant
| Joseph's sepulchre, by harps and
chains, by Kingdoms of light and
realms of darkness, by the trumpet Of
the arehangel that shall wake the dead