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ed pluck shs hov~ss and iook ns the dsss
and The snEusry. Il y = fstbsr's orchard
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sopis oeehasd - gsexs lnxuriAncs. owusl
b. vWy lame nan who dad nos gather
shs sopauA and hey went 20 vazss by
scores of busheiA Somseimes she lad Of
The school, In shs sinfulne.s Of nature In
hsrtted from our drst parents, who tell
shrough the same temptation. would climb
ever shs fence and taxa some OF these
apples. and notwithstanding the fact that
there vas surplus. and all going To waste.
the owner OF thai orchard. reckless Of max
ias his lamensss worse. would take after
these lads and shout. BOYS. drop those
apples or I'll So she dog on your
Now there are Christians who have -
vsrs guard over the Church Of God They
have rough and uasympathssic way OF
treating outslderA IL IL = great orchard
into which God would like To have all the
people come and take tho richest and the
npess fruit, and tho more they take ths
better be Likes IL But there are those who
stand with hard and severe nature guard
ing the Church Of God. and all the time
afraid that some viii get these apples when
wy fcn8ky ouS0t not tO u1tS tutul
You ARE NOT GODS oSIy CHARGE.
Have you any idea that because you
were baptized 1t eight months of age, and
because you have all your life been sur
rounded by hallowcd influences, you have
Anghs to one whole side OF the Lords ta-
BILE. spreading yourself out so nobody else
can sit there; You will have to haul in
your elbows. Tor there viii come q great
uSxsk& erH<1a ~ tk ~ h. e~6l l. ~
sids Of you You are not going to have
this monopoly OF religion. "Other shcep
have which are not OF this fold
Mcdonald. the Scotchman, has on tho
Scotch hills . great flock Of sheep. Nc
Donald has four or I've thousand head OF
sheep. Some are browsing in the heather.
some are on the hills. some are in the val
leys, few are In the yard One day Cam
sron comes over to Mcdonald and says
Mcdonald. you have thirty sheep. have
been counting them" "Oh. uop' says No
Donald IL have four or i've thousand.
-Ahr' says Cameron, you arc mistaken.
] have Just counted them. There are
thirty" why" says Mcdonald, do You
suppose that b all the sheep I haves
have sheep on the distant hills and In tho
valleys. ranging and roaming everywhere.
Other sheep have which arc not Of this
fold"
So Christ comes. Hero 4 . group of
Christians. and there Is group Of Chris
tians; hero b . Methodist fold, hero is
Presbyterian fold, hero IL . Baptist fold,
here b . Lutheran fold, and We make our
annual statistics, and we think We can tell
you Just bow many CHRISTIANS there arc
IN the world, how many there arc in
- L. III A.
tnatonA We aggregate them, and we
think 10 Arc giving an intelligent and an
accurate account; bat Christ comes and
be sayE you have not counted them
right There are those whom you have
never ssen, those OF whom you have never
heard have my children In all parts of
the earth. on all the islands Of the sea, on
eli the contfnents, in all the mountains
and In all tho valicyx Do you think that
these few sheep you have counted are ali
the sheep havef There Is q great multi
eude that no man can number. Other
sheep have I which are not of this fold"
FROM ALL PARTS OF THR EARTH
Christ In my text talks Of the conversion
OF the Geutiles - confidently a. though
they had already been converted He sets
forth the idea that his peoplo will come
from all parts OF the earth. from all ages,
from all circumstances. from all condi-
tionsA Other sheep have which are not
of this fold"
In the 1rst place remark the Heavenly
Shepherd viii find many Of his sheep
among those who are at present nom
ehurchgoerz There arc different kinds
OF churches Sometimes you will fiud
church made up only of Christians. Every
thing seems finished Tho church reminds
you OF those skeleton plants from which
by chemical preparation all the greenness
and the vertiure have been taken, and they
are cold and white aud delicate and beau
aful and finished. Ali that is wanted is a
glass case put over them. The minister
90 the Sabbath has only TO take an ostrich
feather and brush of the dust that has ac-
cumuIased in the last six days of business,
and then they ara as cold and beautiful
and delicate "a before Everything Is i'm
'shed-nntshed sermsns, finished music,
finished architecture, finished everything
Another church IL like an aFmorr. the
sound Of drum and fife calling more re-
eruits 20 the Lords army. We say to the
applicants, Come in and get your equip
menk Here 10 the bath in which you are
10 be eleSnse,. here IL tbs helmet you ara
TO put on your bead. hers are the sandals
you are " put on your feet. here il tho
breast piase you are 10 put over your heart.
here IL the sword ron are to take IN your
right haad and fsxht his battle with. Omit
yourselves like men,
There are thoss here. perhaps. who say.
-Tt is now ten. afseen years since was in
the habit, the regular habit. OF church
epinx.r know all about your case lam
eoing 20 tell yoa scrnsthing that viii b