Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-16


that. He says: "YondeT are men an'
women freezing In the rigging OF INA
wreck Boys, launch the lifc.boatI
And now l see the oar-blades bend undei
the strong pull; but before they reached
the rigging a woman was
RRozKN AND DEAD.
She was washed on, poor thingl But h'
says "There II man TO save" and ~
cries out. "Hold on for FIVE minutei
longer and | will save you. Steady
Steady Give me your hand. Leap Int
the llfe-boat. Thank God, he is savedl
SO there are those here to-day who
are safe on the shore o.
Gods mercy, but see there
are some who are freezing In the rigging
OF sin, and surrounded by perilout
storms. Pull away, my lads Let US
reach them. Alas, one is washed on anc
gonei There is one more 10 be saved
Let us push out for that one. "Clutcf
/ the rope, o, dying mani Clutch II az
with death-grip. Steady, now, on the
slippery places. Steady Therel Saved
Savedin Just as / thought. For Christ
has declared that there are some still 10
the breakers who shall come ashore.
"Other sheep have which are not OF this
fold"
Christ commands His ministers to be
fishermen, andwhen / go iishing do not
want to go among other churches but
into the wide world; not sitting along a
small creek where eight or ten other per-
sons are sitting with hook and line, but
like the fishermen of Newfoundland, sail
ing of and dropping net away outside,
forty or fifty miles from shore. Yes,
there are non-church-goers here who
will come In. Next Sabbath
they will again be In the religious service,
They are this moment being swept into
Christian associations. Their voice will
IN PUBLIC PRAYER.
They will die In peace, their bed sur
rounded by Christian sympathies, and be
carried out by devout men TO be buried,
and on their grave be chiseled the words
"Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the
death of his saints" And on resurrec-
ton day you Will get up with the dear
children you have already buried, and
with your Christian parents who have
already won the palm And all that grand
and glorious history begins now. 10th. |
err sheep / have, which are not Of this |
fold"
2. remark again: The Heavenly
Shepherd is going to find great many Of
his sheep among those who are positive
relectors Of Christianity. do not know
low you came to reject Christianity. |
i may have been through hearing Theo-
lore Parker preach, or through reading
Remains "Life of Jesus" or through the
nfdel talk of some young man in your
itore. 1t may have been through the
rickery OF some professed Christian
nan, who disguised you with religion. I
10 not ask you how you became SO; but
,ou frankly tell me that you do reject it.
on DO not believe that Christ is divine
'eing, although you admit that he was a
lery good man. You do not believe that
ne bible was inspired Of God, although
ou think that there are some very fine
hlngs In II. You believe that the
crlptural description of Eden was only
n allegory. There are fifty things that
DelleVe that you do not believe.
ana yet you are an accommodating
IAN. Everybody that knows you says
hat OF you. II should ask you to do
indness for me, or If any one else should
SIX OF you kindness, you would do
. NOW have kindness TO ask of you
o-day. 1t Is something that will cost
on nothing and will give me great de,
gnt' | want you by experiment to try
ne power OF Christ's religion. II I
mould come to you, and you were very
ick, ana doctors had given you up and
ald there was no chance for you, and
hould
TAKE OUT LITTLE BoTTLE
nd say: "Here Is medicine that will
lre you 1t has cured fifty people, and II
Ill cure you;" you would nay: az have
0 confidence In it," l would say
Won't you take 1t to oblige me?"
Well" you would say, "if it's any ac-
to you I'll take it." MY
lend, Will you be just as accommodate I
y In matters of religionY I
There are some of you who have found l
ut that this world cannot satisfy your $
oul. You are like the man who told me +
tier the service was over; 81 have
led this world and found 1t an insult I
cient portion. Tell me of something a
etter'" You have come to that. You a
re SICK Tor the need of Divine medica- @
lent Now come and tell you of ply
clan VINO Will cure you, who has cured
undreds and hundreds who were sick as I
gu are. "Oh," you say, 81 have no con- n
1ence IN Him" But will you not try G
lmE Accommodate me In this matter; I
'hSO "S III ehie luhtIeri Just try Him. L I
NJ very certain He will cure you. You /
'ply; 81 have no special confidence in /
I'm; but If you ask me as a matter of @
,commodation, introduce Him." So {
'troduce Him-Christ, the physician who u
10 cured more blind eyes, and healed t
ore CHASTITY wounds, and bound up more a
roken hearts than all the doctors since s
10 time OF AEsculaplus. n
That Divine Physician Is here. Are |
~ not ready to try Him? WIN You not $
pure matter of experiment {
STATE YOUR CASE BEFORE HIM Now2 I,
old nothing back from Him. II Won i
nnot pray, If you do not know how 10 i
ay any other way, say "Oh, Lord n
'sus Christ, this Is strange thing for 4
c to do! | know nothing about the a
rmulas of religion. These Christian q
,,ople have been talking so long about h
hat Thou eanst do for me, am ready 4
do whatever Thou commanded me 10 o
}. am ready TO take whatever Thon s.
me to take. II there be any b
'wer In religion, as these people saw. $,
me have the advantage OF it.r 81
VIII you try that. experiment. | do b
Vt at this point of my discourse saw that r,
a