Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-21


Sabbath schools or churches And in this
land where there are more than sixty-four
million people. ihrre are at least thirty
million not in the Sabbath schools and
churches Ami IN this world of more than
fourteen hundred million people there are
At least eight hundred million not IN
schools aud churches In such an Atlantic
ocean Of opportunity there is room for all
the nets and all the boats and all she fish
ermen anil for millions more
There should be no rivalry between
churches Each one does a work peculiar
TO itself There should be no rivalry be
tween ministers God never repeats him
self and he never makes two ministers
alike, aud each one has work that no
other man in the universe can accomplish
II fishermen are wise they will not allow
their nets 10 entangle or if they do acct
lentally get intertwisted, the work OF ex
trication should be kindly and gently con
lducted What a glad spectacle for men
and angels when on our recent dedication
day ministers OF all denominations stood
on this platform and wished for each
other widest prosperity and usefulness,
but there are cities in this country where
there Is now going on an awful ripping
and rending and tearing Of fishing nets.
Indeed. all over Christendom at this time
there is great war going on between fish
ermen, ministers against ministers.
YOU MUST MIND YOUR owN NET.
Now have noticed man cannot fish
and fight AT the same time He either
neglects his net or his musket. IL is amaz
ing how much time some of the fishermen
have to look after other fishermen. IL Is
more than can do 90 take care OF my own
net You see the wind is just right. and Il
is such good time for fishing, and the
fish are coming in so rapidly that have to
keep my eye and hand busy There are
about two hundred million souls wanting
Co get into the kingdom Of God. and t will
require all the nets aud all the boats and
all the fishermen of Christendom to safely
land them.
Al Fast Hampton, Long Island, where
summer, out on the bluffs some morning
we see the flags up. aud that is the signal
for launching out into the deep For
mile the water is tinged with that peculiar
color that indicates whole schools of pisca-
torial revelry, and the beach swarms with
men with their coats off and their sea caps
on, and those OF us who do not 20 out on
the wave stand on the beach ready to re
ioice when the boats come back, and in our
excitement we rush into the water with
our shoes on TO help get the boats up the
beach, and we lay hold the lines and pull
till we are red in the face, and a. the living
things of the deep come tumbling IN on
the sand cry out, Captain, how manyS
And he answers, About fifty thousand"
And we shout to the late comers "Hurrah,
fifty thousandr We must have an en-
thusiasm something like that II we are
ever TO take the human race for God and
heaven Aye. we ought 10 have that en-
thusiasm Of the beach multiplied hun
dred fold and by SO much as an immortal
soul is worth more than bluelish.
Oh. brethren of ministry Let us spend
our time in fishing instead OF lighting
But if angrily jerk my net across your
net. and you jerk your net ansrily across
mine, we will soon have two broken nets
! and no fish The French revolution nearly
DESTROYED the French fisheries, and &c
clesiastical war is the worst thing possible
while hauling souls into the Kingdom. !
! mad hoped that the millennium was about
to dawn, but the lion is yet too fond OF the
lamb Nv friends, notice in the text that
; James the son of Zebedee and John his
brother were busy not mending somebody
: else's nets but mending their own nets, and
rather think that we who are engaged in
) Christian work in this latter part OF the
. nineteenth century will require all our
3 l,snare time TO mend our own nets. God
' help us in the important dutyl
e In this work OF reparation we need 10
Q mt into the nets more threads of common
e sense. When we can present religion as a
great practically we will catch hundred
5 souls where now we catch one. Present
D religion as an intellectually and we will
e fail Out in the fisheries there are sci
) across the waters what are called gill nets
b and the fish put their heads through the
D mesbes and then cannot Withdraw then
3 because they are caught by the glls But
, Gill nets cannot be of any service IA reiig
I ions work. Men are never caught for thu
truth bv their heads; it is by the heart Of
notat all No argument ever saved a man
d and no keen analysis ever brought a mar
e into the Kingdom of God. Heart work
q not head work Away with your gill nets
e sympathy. helpfulness, consolation, love
$ are the names OF some Of the threads tina
b we need TO weave in our gospel nets wheI
o we are mending them.
e III THE WORLD WOULD BELIEVE 1T woULl
r SURRENDER
DO YOU know that the worlds heart
" bnrsting with trouble, and IL you coul'
make that world believe that the religion
of Jesus Christ is a soothing omnipotence
e the whole world would surrender tomor
j row. yea. would surrender this hourS Tn
y day before james A. Garfield was inauguI
u ated as president was in the cars goinl
~ from Richmond to Washington. gentle
d man seated next to me in the cars knew
'r me. and we were soon in familiar converse
% ton 1t was just after bereavement an
- was speaking to him from an over bur
y deued heart about the sorrow was suifel
- ing
= Looking at his cheerful face, said: .
IS guess Won have escaped all trouble.
= Should Judge from your counbenance tina
= = YOU have come through free from all mis-
- fortune" Then he looked at me with loo
- shall never forget and whispered in m
ear. "Sir. you know nothing about trouble
y Nv wife has been in an insane asylum fc
a. ff;een wears And then he turned an
= looked out Of the window and into III
= night with silence was too overpowere
le To break That was another illustratio
= of the fact that no one escapes trouble
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