The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-01

uOIni anu nc Hdu JuoI seventy NVtHr%'f
and expected with the seventy dollars
to go free. AS the bids ran up the
old man trembled more and more.
Forty" forty-fve "-"f -"fifty"-''fifty-
five"-" sixty"-"si "sixty-6ve." The old
man cried out seventy" He was
afraid they would outbid him. The
men around were transfixed. Nobody
dared bid, and the auctioneer struck
him down to himself-done-donel
Why, is not man free when he gets
rid of his sinsP The sins of the tongue
gone; the sins of action gone; the sins
of the mind gone. All the transgres-
sions of 80, 40, 80, 70 years gone-no
more in the soul than the malaria that
foated in the atmosphere thousand
years ago; for when my Lord Jesus
pardons man he pardons him, and
there is no halfway work about it.
Here ! see beggar going along the
turnpike road. He is worn out with
disease. He is stiff in the joints He is
ulcered all over. He has rheum in his
eyes. He is sick and wasted. He is in
rags. Every time he puts down his
swollen feet, he cries "0h! the painW
He sees fountain by the roadside un-
der tree, and he crawls up to that
fountain and says: II must wash.
Here l may cool my ulcers. Here |
may get rested" He stoops down and
scoops up in the palm of his hands
enough water to slake his thirst; and
that is all gone. Then he stoops
down and begins to wash his eyes;
and the rheum is all gone. Then he
puts in his swollen feet, and the
swelling is gone. Then, willing nc
longer to be only half cured, he plunges
in, and his whole body is laved in
the stream, and he gets upon the
bank we'll. Meantime the owner of the
mansion up yonder comes down, walk
ing through the ravine with his only
son, and he sees the bundle of rags and
asks, Whose rags are these% A voice
from the fountain says, "Those are my
rags" Then says the master to his
son, go up to the house and get tn,
best new suit you can find and bring il
down." And he brings down the
clothes, and the beggar is clothed il
them, and he looks around and says
II was filthy, but now am clean.
was ragged, but now am robed.
was blind, but now I see. Glory be Il
the owner of that mansion, and glory
be to that son who brought me tina
new suit of clothes, and glory be Il
this fountain, where / have washed
and where all who will may wash ant
be clean" Where sin abounded, grac
doth much more abound. The bird ha
been dipped, now let it fly away.
The next thing l notice about thi
bird, wien it was loosened land this !
the main idea), is, that it few away
Which way did it go? When you let
bird loose from your grasp, which wa,
does it fly? Up. What are wings for
To fly with. Is there anything in tn
suggestion of the direction taken b
that bird to indicate which way W
: ought to go9
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy WINGS
, my better portion trace;
! Rise from transitory things
To Heaven, thy native place"
We should be going homeward. Tha
is the suggestion. But know that W
have great many drawbacks. Yo
had them this morning, perhaps. Yo
had them yesterday, or the day before
Z, and although you want to be goin
Heavenward, you are constantly di'
couraged. But l suppose when tina
bird went out of the priests hands
went by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stool
ing. A bird does not shoot directly W
: but this is the motion of bird. s
e the soul scars toward God, rising u
in love, and sometimes depressed b
. trial. 1t does not always go in the d
g rection it would like to 60 But tn
S main course is right. There is one pa
}. sage in the Bible which l quote oftene
to myself than any other: HE knowet
o our frame, and he remembereth tha
e we are dust"
r l Iwish, my friends, that we could liv
r in higher atmosphere. If a man
|, whole life object is to make dollars, h
h will be running against those who al
t making dollars. If his whole object
e to get applause, he will run again'
e those who are seeking applause. But
s he rises higher than that, he will NJ
e be interrupted in his fight Heavel
e ward. Why does that flock of bird
e floating up against the blue sky so hig
d that you can hardly see them, nj
change it's course for spire or tower
@ They are above all distractions. So "
: would not have so often to change OIL
. Christian course if lived in high,
r atmosphere or nearer Christ, neart
Z the throne of God.
t Oh, ye who have been washed in IL
r. blood of Christ-ye who have bee
r, loosed from the hyssop-branch-sta
r. Heavenward. 1t may be to some
k you long fight. Temptations ma
e dispute your way; storms of bereav
e ment and trouble may strike your sou
If but God will see you through. Build n,
e on earth. Set your affections on thing
d in Heaven, not on things on earth. TIL
is is perishing world. Its flowers fad
n It's fountains dry up. Its promises chea
le Set your affections upon Christ ar
20 Heaven. rejoice, my dear brethre
S. and sisters in Christ, that the fiigl
y will, after awhile, be ended. Not a
N ways beaten of the storm. Not q
d ways going on weary wings, There
p a warm dovecote of eternal rest whel
d we shall find place of comfort to Il
ir everlasting joy of our souls. Oh, the
it are going up all the time-going !
n from this church-going up from q