The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-09-02
pR. TALMAGE'S SERMON,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
TPreaes,i at the lIamp,on. Iong Island

! VI tulS iolu, john x, III.
Ihero Is no monopoly in religion. The
grace OF God is no5 n lit le properly that we
may renee aad have all t. on selves 1t
not kings parI, at which we look
thro lsh barr5d gateway, WISHING that wa
NJ ht SO IN and So the deer AMI the statl-
ary' an piu X th lbNerS AMI ths fruits in
tle reJnl conse vat)ry. No: it is the Fa.
Z ers orchard and everywhere til n G are ars
'ha1 we may let down and gates we may
swing oDen
In my boyhood, rext to the country school,
nous, tLe'e was an orchard of apples owned
| py very lame man. wac, althou h there
were apples III thu pla peri jua ly le.aying
/ ny $ ores AMI scores of bushels never
Wouli allow any of us to tou III t % lruit. One
| gay In the siniulness of a nature inh ,rtel
| from our first parents. who We're ruined by
tine sane temptation, some of us inva le / that
orchard' but soon retreate If the man came
attef us at sped reckless OF making his
/ itinene worse, cried ut: boys drop
moe app 'cs, or | II set the dog ol you"
Wen, my friends, there are Car stian men
| wno have the church under severe guard
( Ihere /, frult in this orchar1 for the whole
| world, but they ha rough and uns m IA
| lheLic way OF costing outsiders, as tn hough
/ taey mai no business here tho Igh the Lord
wa us the t, 20 ne aud take the larg, st
and the ripe { uit on the premises. Have
! you an idea that because you we % baptized
at thli teeh months If age, and he ause you
have all your lue be1n Il lder ha lowe in u.
enreS, t at the efure, You have r.. h5 to one
Whole slIe VI the ! ord'a abl', sprvad ng
! you self out and ak NJ up the entire roomi
! tell YOU no. lo,w Ii have to ia in your
, elbows Tor | shall to-day pla e On ther i 10
Oh You tn s. whom you nevere pc ted would
( SIT the Q; for, as C4Ilst said to the ews long
ago, so h. ayS to you and ne: -" thar sheeJ
| l have, Which are not o. hi ll.n
Ma DOnl d, tue s, ,Ot hnan has mr. or
hve zen head OF sleep. Soue o. the IL are
browsing the haaJher, some OF the II are
lying dowd under the ees, some Of the n
are in hls yard; they are scatter ed around
IN ell ht or ten di 4erent places. Cameron,
b nelgh0Or, co es owe, an saws: 81 see
you ha, e thirty sheep i have 1Gst coun ed ed
them - o., sIyS Mach maid, "l ha o a
great many more shee than that. some
al g here, and some are elsewhere They are
$, at cred all ar und about. l have 5000 or
so in my locks. other sh2eJ have, which
are not in his odd"
So Christ says to us: Here is knot OF
Oh lstians and thel g is a knot of Christians
but they make up small art of the oci.
lie g is The Il. iiscopal lold, the Methodist
1old, the Lu he an fold the Congregational
fold, the re soyieriau f Id, tht Da st and
the Pedo Baptist iold-tle only difference
betwe II these last two being the mode of
she 'p-washlng: id SO they are sea tered
- ttii VIC COhle NlUu our Slu, lSCl s., anu
say there are 81 many thousand Of the Lord $
sheep; but Christ responds: No. no: you
have not seen more than one out tf tho S.
ana of my iiock. They are scattered all over
the earth, and other sheep | have, whi, h
are not OF tbs fold.'"
Christ III my text was prophesying the
conversion of the Genties with as mu III on
tdence as though they were already con-
verted, and he is tod ", in the words of my
text lhoPheS> ing the coming o. great null
titude or out>iIelS that you never suoposed
woult come in, saying to yoI a nj say.ng to
me: otter shGop | have, viii h are not of
this fo,d y
/. In tie first place, 1 remark that the
Heavenly She hsrd will find many of Lis
sheep annie Nae non-chu ,hgoers. There are
congregat.".~ where they are all Christitus,
ami they o-i to oa co npiet3ly lini,hed, and
the rem nd o,.e If the skeleton leaves which,
Ly chem cal p eparation, have had all the
ereeaness AMI verd re tllen of the II,
and a lit COLI and white and deli ate,
nothing wanting but glass ass to put o er
them. The minst + OF Christ has nothing to
do with such Christians but to come once
week, and vi ostrich fea her dust OF III,
a 'cumuation OF the last six days leaving
the II hr ght and c ystallne as before. But
The her kind a chur h is an a morv with
re petua ound O. drum and fife, gathering
re ruitj Tor the L0r of hosts We say to
every applicant; Do You want to be IN
Gods de, the safe side and the happy side (!
II so, com, 70 the amory and get e,uipped.
Here Isl h in viii t. ge5 cleanse /. Here
is hel net for your brow. Hire is breast
plate for your brca t. He G is a sword io.'
YOU right arm, ard nle. is the battlefield.
Cult yU,n selve Ike men.
There &c some he.e who say: "I stopre |
going t bur te or twent5 yea ago.
My 9TH +, it not st anee that on sh mli
g Ih first mtn sho ID tai t. to day! |
know all your "a e; | know it very vel.
A'u We not een accl SO ed to come into
Arb ID IS ai- emo y, Int have a pli,.n,
am un ement to make t. You. lor are
60 NJ TO ecome one "f the lori's shee5
"Ch. you sGy: "lt is I'M o 81 lie; yo cou t
know how flri an rom anyth IL, of that
Iii d / know al lolt it hav, wan.
de,e'l up and down 10 wo ID and / urd r.
sta I'd yolr aSe. / ha e a still II ore st TT
ling noun C y Mt to make in regard to yo !.
70 are not only going to ec,me on of The
Lord sh4ob, h You VII be ONE one t.
day. You w Il g from h S service 10 talk
with some ons aunut your soul Pe)ule of
BOD, pray Tor that man. =, ther Sheep
la e, which ara Of this foldm
VIII IL the Atlanti; wentt, pieces on Mars
Rock a II g cople CllGbe ed up on the
bea h. why did not that hero.c mini,ter of
lhe gospel, ot whom we have all cad sit
down and tate care Of those men on the
oea h. wra ing III IN in Lanue s, kiudling
fires for them. see ng that they got plenty O
fools All he Knew that there we, other
who would do that He says: "Ycn Ter ar
men and wcmen free ng in the n yging o
that wreck BOYS, launch the boat" An
now | see the oar blades bend 1nd,r tn
strong P IL; but before they reach the rig
gng a woman is frozen and d, ad Sh
was wash ID o [, poor thnsl Put he say
There i'a man TO save and be cries It
"Hod on five minutes 10 ger and | W
save you Steady! Steady! Give M
yur. hand. I-eap into the lifeb
Thank God he is savel. SO tle'
are lose h re to-day who are safe OF th
shore OF Coils mercy, bIt see there a
some who are free lin in the riggi lg of sin
and surroun ell by perilous storms. Pul
away, my lals Let MS rea h them Alas
one is washed OF and gone! here is on
more t. lie sayeL Let us rlsh olt for tha
one. Clutch the rope, o dying mani Clut
it with death gil. IT ally, now on thu
sli pe~y aces. Steady! There! Saved
Savel." just as | thought For Christ h Is
de llred that the Q aie some still in tlC
hreake who shall come ash re. "Othel
sheen have, which are not of tai fold.
Christ com ra IDS his mniste S to be fish
erm N, and when 60 fish NJ do not wan
TO 60 among 9TH churches, but into tn
wide world: not sitting along snail oreei
where eight or ten other ners MS are sitting
wi h hook AMI line, but, like the fishermen o
Ne fond aud, sailing OF an dropping ne
away outside, forty or fifty niles iron
shore. Yes, there are non. churchgoers her
, who will come in Ne t Sab ath they vii
again be in the re'igi VI service. Tney ar
this nome It being swept into Christian asic
ciations Their vo"es viii be heard in pub
lie rrayer. They wijl die in peace, the b.
surrouu 'e1 by Chris ian sym ath'es. and b
car q ont hy davout e. to he h ried, nr'
on their graves lie chisele1 the words
Pre- i,uS il the si2ht the lord is tn
death of his saints And on res,,r"A ti0'
: dav Won will get m with the daar chil1re
Won have aroaly hurled. ard with You
Christian mar rrts VIII have a'rea1v won ~
n1lm And all that rran1 and glorious hi;
tNv herins NO. "fNt%ar sheep I have
which are not of this fold.n
2 | remark aylin: I - heavenly she" her
is roing to find GREAT many OF his shA
a,1onr those who ara nositva re e tor q
! Christianity ] do not know how Won an
, to reie,t Christianitv 1t nav ha e hea
thr ugh hea-inr The11ore Parker rreach. q
through reading Remains Life of Jesus o
| r,irouon the inf lei ia X of soma vounr mo
~ v'ur stn~e T. my haze boon thr1"G
the tri~'-e~v of so~',n r.~ofa 1 Cllri titan ma
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