Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-16
WANDERERS BROUGHT IN
THE SHEEP NOW OUTSIDE OF
THE FOLD.

Reiectors of Christisnity-The Victim
of Evil Babits-From These the Coco
Shepherd WIN Gall ais Sheep.
AT THE HAMPToNs, Aug. 15.-The
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage's text to-day
was John K, Is: "Other sheep l have
which are not of this told"
There is no monopoly in religion. The
grace of God is not a little property that
we may fence of and have all TO our
selves. 1t is not q kings park at when
we look through barred gateway, WISH
ing that we might go in and see the deer
and the statuary. and pluck the flowers
and the fruits in the royal conservatory.
No, it is the Fathers orchard, and every
where there are bars that we may let down
and gates that we may swing open.
In my boyhood, next to the country
school house there was an orchard OF APP
Piles, owned by very lame man, VINO,
although there were apples IN the place
perpetually decaying and by scores and
scores OF bushels, never would allow any
of us TO touch the fruit. One day, in the
sintlIlness of 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 q speed reckless OF max
ing his lameness worse, and cried out:
"Boys, drop those apples, or Pll set the
dog on your
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 unsvmpathetic way OF accostlng out
siders, as though they had no business
here, though the Lord wants them all 10
come and take the largest and the rlpest
fruit on the premises. Have you an idea
that because you were baptized at thlr-
teen months of age, and because you have
all your life been under hallowed intlu-
ences, that therefore you have a right to
one whole side OF the Lords table, spread
ing yourself out and taking up the entire
roomi | 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: "Other sheep l
have, which are not OF this fold"
Mac Donald, 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: Il see you have
thirty sheep; 1 have just counted
them" NO" says Macdonald, al have
q 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 tlocks. Other
sheep l have, which are not in this fold"
So Christ says to US: Here is a knot of
Christians and there Is a knot of ChrisS
tians, but they make up small part of
the flock. Here is the Episcopal fold, the
Methodist fold, the Lutheran fold, the
Congregational fold, the PRESBYTERIAN
fold, the Baptist and the Pedo-Baptist
fold-the only difference between THESE
last two being the mode of sheep-washing;
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: "NO, no; you have
not seen more than one out OF a thousand
OF nav flock. They are scattered all over
the earth, and other sheep have, which
aTen OF OF this fold.'
Christ In my text was prophesving the
conversion Of the Gentiles with as much
confidence as though they were already
converted, and he is to-day, in the words
OF 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 told"
|. In th- first place / remark that the
heavenly Shepherd will find many of His
sheep amid the nOn-church-goers. There
are congregations where they are all
Christians, and they seem TO be complete
ly finished and they remind one of the
skeleton leaves which. by chemical pre-
paration, have had all the greenuess and
verdure taken OFF of them, and are left
cold, and white and delicate, nothing
wanting but glass case to put over
them. The minister of Christ has moth
ing to do with such Christians but TO
come once a week, and with ostrich
feather dust off the accumulation of the
last six days, leaving them bright and
crystalline as before. But the other kind
Of church is an armory, with perpetual
sound of drum and fife, gathering recruits
Tor the Lord of Hosts. We say to every
applicant: "Do you want to be on Gods
side--the safe side and the happy side
IL so, come in the armory and get
equipped. Here is bath in which to gel
cleansed. Here are sandals to put upon
your feet. Here is a helmet for your
brow. Here is a breRstplste for Your
heart. Here is sword for your right
arm, and yonder is the battlefield. Quit
yourselves like men,"
There are some here who say 81
stopped going TO church ten or twenty
years ago." Ny brother, IS it not strange
that you should be the first man | should
talk to to-day? | know all your case;
know it very well. You have not beer
accustomed TO come into religious assem-
bly,. but | have a surprising announce
ment to make to you. You are going tC
become one of the Lords sheep. ''O!r
you say, ''it is impossible; you don't know
how far ! am from anything of that kind
know all about il. have wandered ur
and down the world, and / understand
your case. l have a still more startlin.
announcement 10 make in regard to you
You are not only going to become one o
the Lords sheep, but you will become
oRe to-day. You will go from this ser
vice to talk with some one about you
soul. People Of God, pray for that man
"Other sheep | have, which are not o
this fold"
When the Atlantic went to pieces OF
Mars Rock and the people clambered vi
on the beach, why did not that heroit
minister Of the Gospel of whom we have
all read sit down and take care of thos,
men on the beach. wrapping them il
fiannels. kindling fire for them, scein!
that they got plenty OF food? All. HI
knew that there were others who would
do that! He says: "Yonder are men an,
women freezing in the rigging of tba
wreck. BOYS, launch the boatv An(
now see the oar blades bend under Tho
strong pull; but before they reached tn,
rigging a woman was frozen and dead
She was washed off, poor thing! But h,
ksIhaFp 10 a ma N 70 a.