The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-04-01

dren. but when the STORM acbudAly
clouds the sky, it will be time enough
for you to haul out your reef-tackles.
Carry, then, into your homes not only
the innocent sports and games which
are the inventions of our own day, but
the games which come down with the
of all the past agcs--chess
and charades and tableauX and battle
dore and calisthenics and lawn tennis,
and all those amusements which the
young people Of our homes know so
well how to contrive. Then there will
be the parlor socialities-groups of
people assembled in your homes, with
wit and mimicry and joviality, filing
the room with JOY from door to mantel,
and from the carpet to the ceiling. Oh,
is there any exhilaration like a score
of genial souls in one room, each one
adding contribution of his own indi-
vidual merriment to the aggregation
of general hilarity?
Suppose you want to go abroad in
the city, then you will find the pan
Drama and the art gallery and the
exquisite collections of pictures. You
will find the museum and the Historical
society rooms full of rare curiosities,
and scores of places which can stand
the test of what is right and wrong in
amusemcnts. You will find the lectur-
ing hall, which has been honored by
the names of Agassiz in natural his
tory, Doremus in chemistry, Ioynton
in geology, Mitchell in astronomy, John
B. Cough in moral reform, and scores
and hundreds of men who have poured
their wit and genius and ingenuity
through that particular channel upon
the hearts and consciences and imagin-
ations of men, setting this country fifty
wears farther in advance than it would
have been without the lecture platform.
There is still another form of recre-
alton which / commend to you, and
that is the pleasure of doing good. L
have seen young men, weak and cross
and sour and repelling in their dispo-
sition, who by one Heavenly touch have
wal1ened up and become blessed and
buoyant, the ground under their feet
and the sky over their heads breaking
forth into music. oh" says some
young man in the house to-day, II
should like that recreation above all
others, but l have not the means. "
My dear brother, let us take an ac-
count of stock. You have large es-
tate, if you only realize it. Two hands.
Two feet. You will have, perhaps,
during the next year at least $40 for
charitable contribution. You will have
$500 cheerful looks, if you want to EN-
ploy them. You will have 5000 pleas
ant words if you want to speak them
Now what an amount that is to star
with
You go out tomorrow morning ant
,, you see case of real destitution b,
the wayside You give him two cents
The blind man hears the pennies rat
tie in his hat, and he says: "Thanl
: you, sir; God bless you!" You pas
:, down the street, trying to look iDdii
| ferent; but you feel from the very dept
: of your soul profound satisfactio
: that you made that man happy. Yo
, 90 on still farther, and find poor DO
with wheclbarrow, trying to get
up on the curbstone. He fails in tn
: attempt. You say, "Stand back, m
lad; let me try" You push it up o
9 the curbstone for him and pass OF
; He wonders who that well-dressed ma
was that helped him. You did lkint
Q ness to the boy, but you did gref
. Joy to your own soul. You will not g(
! over it all the week.
On the street tomorrow mornin
:. you will see sick man passing alonl
= "Ah, you say, "what can do to mai
. this man happy? He certainly do
y not want money; he is not poor, but
: is sick" Give him one of those 2,5
cheerful looks that you have garnert
. up for the whole year. Look joy al
y hopefulness into his soul. Going Ii
tie farther on, you will come to tt
store of friend who is embarrassed
u business matters. You will go in al
= say: "What fine store you have!
=, think business will brighten up ar
~ you will have more custom after awhil
u think there is coming a gre
= = prosperity to all the country. Coz
10 morning" You pass out. You ha
- helped that young man, and you ha
~ ~ helped yourself.
~, But, before closing, want to impre
~ upon you that mere secular entertai
A. ments are not fit foundation for yo
a. soul to build on. | was reading of
q woman who had gone all the rounds
a. sinful amusement, and she came
"a die. She said II will die tonight
q 6 o'clock" "Oh," they said, II que
20 not; you don't seem to be sick"
h shall die at o'clock, and my soul W
N be lost. | know it will be lost.
70 have sinned away my day Of grace
IN The noon came. They desired h
- to seek religious counsel. "Oh," S
~ said, sit is of no use. My day
o. gone. l have been all the rounds
Il. worldly pleasure, and it is too late.
oh shall die tonight at o'clock" L
day wore away, and it came to- o'cloC
= and to 5 o'clock, and she crEed al
- o'clock: destroying spirits, ye sh
-. not have me yet; it is not 6, it is not
20 70 The moments went by, and the shade
~ began to gather, and the clock stru
=, 6, and while it was striking her Sc
y went. What hour God will call for
- / do not know-whether o'clock
- night or 8 o'clock this afternoon, or
J., 1 o'clock, or at this moment. Sitti
y where you are, falling forward
he dropping down, where will you go
on The last hour of our life will soon
ur here, and from that hour we will
.es view this davis proceedings. II will