National Republican., 1886-08-16
TALNAGES RIAL SERMONS
THE SHEEP NOW dsIDE OF THE FOLD
-NON.CH!CH-G0ERs.
Those who Arc beotors of Christian
ity-vIctims odGvil Habits - From
These the Gooshepherd VIII Call
His Sheen.
AT THE 1aProSs, Aug. 15.-The Re

ale not oil this tOlu.'
There is no monopoly in religion. The
grace Of God is not little property that
we may fence of and have all to ourselves.
II is not kings park at which we look
through barred gateway, wishing that we
might 90 in and see the deer and the statu-
ary, and pluck the flowers and the fruits in
the royal conservatory. No, II Is the
Fathers orchard, and everywhere there are
bars that we may let down and gates that
we may swing open.
In my boyhood, next to tho country
school house, there was an orchard ofapples
owned by very lame man, who, although
there apples In the place perpetually de-
caying and by SCORES and scores OF bushels,
never would allow any one OF us to touch the
fruit, One day, In the sinfulness oil
nature inherited from our first parents,
who were ruined by the same temptation,
some Of us invaded that orchard, but soon
retreated, for the man came after us at
speed reckless Of making his lameness
worse, aud cried out "Boys, drop those
adples, or I'll set the dog on you ~
Well, my friends, there are Christian men
who have the church under severe guard,
There Is fruit In this orchard for the whole
world, but they have rough and unsym-
pathetic way Of aecosting outsiders, as
though they had no business here, though
the Lord wants them all to come and take
the largest and the ripest fruit on the
premises. Have you an idea that because
You were baptized at 10 months Of age, and
because you have all your life been under
hallowed influences, that therefore you
have a right to one whole side of the Lords
table, spreading yourself out and taking up
the entire room2 tell you no. You Will
have 10 haul in your elbows, for shall to-
day place on either side Of you those whom
You never expected would sit there; for, as
Christ said to the jews long ago, so he says
to you and to me: "0ther sheep have,
which are not OF this fold"
Macdonald, the Scotchman, has four or
five dozen head Of sheep. Some OF them
are browsing on the heather. some Of them
are lying down under the trees, some OF
them are in his yard; they are scattered
around In eight or ten different places
Cameron, his neighbor, comes over and
says; ~ see you have thirty sheep; have
Just counted them" "No," says Mac
Donald, ~ have great many more sheep
than that. Some are here and some are
elsewhere. They are scattered all around
about. have four or five thousand In my
flocks. Other sheep have, which are not
In this fold.
So Christ says to us: Here is knot Of
Christians and there is a knot Of Chris
tions, but they make up small part OF the
flock. Hero is the Episcopal fold, the
Methodist fold, the Lutheran fold. the Con-
gregational fold, the Presbyterian fold, the
Baptat aud the Pedro Baptist fold-the
only difference between these last two be-
ing the mode Of sheep-washlng; and so they
are scattered all over, and we come with
our statistics, and say there are so many
thousand Of the Lords sheep; but Christ
responds: mo, no; you have not seen more
than one out OF o thousand OF my flock.
They are scattered oil over the earth, and
.other sheep ! have, which are not OF this
fold.'n
Christ In my text was prophesying the
conversion OF the Gentiles with as much
confidence as though they were already
my text, prophesying the coming of a
great multitude Of outsiders that you never
supposed would come in. saying to you and
saying to me: "Other sheep have, which
are not OF this fold.,
/. In the first place remark that thu
heavenly shepherd will find many Of hi
sheep amid the enon-church-goers. Their,
are congregations where they are al
n Christians, and they seem to be completed,
n finished, and they remind one OF the skele
ton leaves which by chemical preparation
have had all the greenness and verdur
taken off of them and are left cold AM
white and delicate, nothing wanting but
glass case to put over them.
y The minister of Christ has nothing to d,
with such Christians but to come once
week, and with ostrich feather dust off th,
accumulation Of the last six days, leaving
n them bright and crystalline as before. Blu
the other kind of church Is an armory will
perpetual sound OF drum and fife, gathering
recruits for the Lord of Hosts. We say h
every applicant: "Do you want to be OF
Gods side, the safe side and the happy side
II so, come in the armory and get equipped
Here is bath In which to get cleansed
Here are sandals to put upon your feet
4 Here is helmet for your brow. Here is
x breastplate for your heart. Here is swort
for your right arm, and yonder is the battle
field. Quit yourselves like men,"
There are some here who say, ~ stopped
going to church ten or twenty years ago.
My brother, is 1t not strange that yol
should be the first man l should talk to to
dayp know all your case; know 1t YER
well, You have not been accustomed b
come into religious assembly, but have
surprising announcement to make to you
sheep. hohl" you say, '1t is impossible
you don't know how far am from anythin
Of that kind.n know all about 1t. hav
wandered up and down the world, and
understand your case. / have still NOR
startling announcement TO make to you
You are not ygoing TO become one OF IN
day. You win go from this service to tail
with some one about your soul. People Q
God, pray for that man "other sheep
have, which are not Of this fold"
When the Atlantic went to pieces o
Mars Rock and the people clambered up o
the beach, why did not that heroic ministe
~ OF the Gospel Of whom we have all reac
sit down and take care of those people Of
the beach, wrapping them in aannelt
kindling fires for them, seeing that they &c
plenty of foodp All, he knew that ther
were Others who would do that He says
II "Yonder are men and women free
% %zing in ao,1 the ,,ds riggiRRg Ing ,o.3 Of i, M tha
now see the oar blades bend under th
4 strong pull; but before they reached th
W Rigging woman was frozen and dead
She was washed of, poor thing But h
says "There is man to save" and h
cries out "Hold on five minutes longe
and 1 will save youl Steady Steady
Give me your hand, Leap into the III
are those here to-day who are safe on til
shCle of Gods mercy, but | see ther
are some who are freezing In the rigging {
sin, aud surrounded by perilous storms
Pull away, my lads Let us reach then
Alas, one is washed of and gone Ther
is one more TO be saved. Let us push OF
man Clutch II as with a death griI
Steady now on the slippery places. Steady
There Saved Saved " just as
thought For Christ has declared that theI
are some still In the breakers who sha
come ashore. "other sheep have, whlc
are not OF this fold"
Christ commands His ministers to 3
fishermen, and when l 60 fishing do nc
want 10 60 among other churches, but Int
the wide world; not sitting along sma
creek where eight or ten other persons ar
sitting with hook and line, but, like I'll
fishermen OF Newfoundland, sailing of an
dropping net away outside forty or fit
miles from shore. Yes, there are non-churcl
gOers here who win come In. Next Sal
bath they will again be In the religious Be
vice. They are this moment being sweI
into Christian associations. Their vOl6