Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-08-28

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/. La the first place | remark. that
the heavenly Shepherd will find many
of his sheep amid the lon-ci.urch
gocrs. There are congregations where
they are all Christians. and they seeG;
TO be completely finished, and they re.
mind one of the
SKELETON LEAVES
which by chemical preparation, have
had all the greenncss and verdurc taken
off of them and are left cold and white
and dele te, nothing wanting but Il
glass case to put over them.
The minister Of Christ has nothing
TO do with such Christians but to come
once a week, and with ostrich feathers
dust off the accumulation of the last
six days, leavlng them bright and
crystalline rs before. But the other
Kind OF a church IS IN army with per-
petual oound of drum and fife, gather
ing recruits for the Lord of Hosts. We
say to every applicant: "Do you want
to be OF Gods side, the safe side and
happy side? If SO, come in the armory
and get equipped.
Here is a bath in which to get
cleansed. Here are sandals TO put
upon your feet. Here is n helmet for
your brow. Here is Il breast-plate for
your heart. Here is a sword for your
right arm. and yopder is the battle
field. Quit yourselves like men,"
There are some there who say: IL
stopped going to church ten or twenty
years ago" My 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 been accustomed to come
into the religious assembly, but have IA
surprising announcement to make to
you. You are going to become one OF
the Lords sheep. '.Oh!' you say, lit
is impossible: YOU don't know how far
| am from anything of that kind" /
know all about it. ] have wandered
up and down the world, and | under
stand your case. | have n still more
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT
to make in regard to you. You are
not only going to become one of the
Lords sheep, but You will become one
to-day. You will 90 from this service
to talk with some II about your soul.
People of God, pray for that man!
Other sheep ! have which are not of
this fold
When the Atlantic went to pieces on
Mars Rock and the people clambered
up on the beach, why did not that
heroic minister of the Gospel, of whom
we have all read. sit down and take
care of those men on the beach, wrap
ping them in tlannels, kindling fire for
them, seeing that they got plenty of
food? All, he knew that there were
others who would do that! He says:
"Yonder are men and women freezing
in the rigging of that wreck. Boys,
launch the boat!' And 10Y | see the
oar blades bend under the strong pull;
but before they reached the rigging a
woman was frozen and dead. She
was washed of, poor thing! But i,e
says: There is n man to save:'' and
he cries out: ''Hold on five minutes
longer and | will save YOU. Steady.
Steady! Give me your hand. Leap
into the life boat. Thank God. he is
saved!" SO there are those here
to-day who are safe on the shore
of Gods mercy, but | see there
are some who are freezing in the rig
ging OF sin, and surroGHied by r~r;l-
Gus storms. Pull away, my lads! Let
us reach them. Alas. one is W ,sled
off and gone! There is one more |, be-
saved. Let us push out for that one.
Clutch The rope,O, diving man! Clutch
it with a death-grip. Steady now on
the slippery places. Steady! There!
Saved! Saved!' just as | thought.
For Christ has declared that there are
still some in the breakers who shall
come ashore. Other sheep l have,
which are not of this fold"
Christ commands His ministers to
be fishermen, and when ! 90 fishing !
do not want to 60 among other
churches but into the wide world; not
sitting along a small creek where eight
or ten other persons are sitting with
hook and line. but, like the fishermen
of Newfoundland, sailing off and drop
ping 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 mo-
ment being swept into Christian asso-
Citations. Their voice will be heard in
public prayer. They will die in peace,
their bed surrounded by Christian SYM
pathies, 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
RESURRECTION DAY
You will got up with the dear children
you have already buried, and with
your Christian parents who have al
ready won the palm. And all that
grand ana glorious history begins nov.
Other sheep | have, which are not of
this fold"
IL remark again: The heavenly
Shepherd is going TO find Il great many
OF his sheep among those who are posi-
tive rejectors of Christianity. ! do not
know how you came to reject Christian
ity. 1t may have been through hearing
Theodore Parker preach. or through
reading Remains '.Life of Jesus" or