Telegram-herald., 1891-05-18

kiadly aza genial. snl ~ the help ef Goa
he aecoEapilshes u May of ear neSs
Bad ~ - n4easiest ia these Respects ne
bl-ek tk7eads aad tbe rough tlres.ds t@xea
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tAreaes q ctFissiAR seaiSiits soEso IA
IN addition u tals Ne Dsol 80 EoeEad oar
rets VITA EaoFe threads ef PlEseaee. IL =
10 rare thing fcr nScerFasn ID spend one
vnese aAy before he can take ST. Law
Feace Eaxs or an Ohio sAlmos % Long
Island ptEke-et or a Gsy1gz bszc3 b~ss "a
. i,elasare catnsl, and he does that day
after day without particular discourage
S.ent. Bat what lack Of patience II We
10 not immediately sacceed Ia soul eatea-
lag. We aFe apt 10 gise il ap and say, Il
viii never try again-" Into all or Eets We
need 20 weave All along tae edge and al
through tie center great. loag, stout
threads Of Christian patience How patient
God las been With uss Can We hot be pa
tielt with cur fellows, l had presented
Tie from Scotland = few dsys ago sn erna-
men.ed iaksts1a. tue wooded parts Of
which were made from piece Of a tree cut
down by Mr.. Gladstone. ~ Hswardsn. and
ssnt by him 70 Scotland by request
The incident reminded rae Of the fact that
q WOMAN who hAl long besa on Ar. Glad
stones estate had a wsyward boy, and in
her despair she asked Mr.. Gladstone 70 take
the boy Ia hand While priIns minister of
Laglsnd. with all the mighty Affairs Of the
kingdom IN his hand, he took that boy In
his study and eounseied him. and then
kneit down and prayed with him, and the
boy was saved IL we all had hearts OF
sympathy like that, what would he 10 us
impossihle' is IL not delightful that can
sing so well'" said Jenny Land. in burst
OF Joy that she could help othera is it
not delightful that l can sing 90 well?"
And might we not all say in thankfuiness
TO God. lis IL not delightful that we can
sympathixc with Others. and encourage
others. and help others. and save otherss"
Again. In mending our nets we need also
20 put In the threads OF faith and tear out
all the tangled meshes Of unbeliet. Our
work Is successful according 70 our faith.
The man who believes IN only half = Bible.
or the Bible In spots; the man who thinks
he cannot persuade others; the man who
halts. doubling about this and about that,
will 10 failure in Christian work. Show
me the man who rather thinks that the
garden of Eden may have been an allegory,
and is not quite certain bat that there may
be another chance after death, and does
not know whether or not the Bible Is in
spired, and l tell you that man for soul
saving is poor stick. Faith in God and
in Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, and
the absolute necessity of a regenerated
heart in order to see God in pence, is one
thread you must have In your mended net
ny will Ia a f,,l Gch for
men. Why, how can you doubt,
The hundreds Of millions of men and
women now standing in the church on
earth. and the hundreds of millions in
heaven, attest the power Of this Gospel to
save. With moro than the certainty Of q
mathematical demonstration, let US start
out to redeem all nations. The rotten
est thread that you are to tear out OF your
net Is unbclief, and the most important
thread that you are to put in IL Is faith.
Faith in God, triumphant faith, everlast-
ing faith. II you cannot trust the infinite,
the holy, the omnipotent Jehovah. who can
you trust?
1T IS AN IMPORTANT WORK.
Oh, this important work Of mending our
nets! If we could get our nets right We
would accomplish more in soul saving in
the next year than we have in the last
twenty years. But where shall We get
them mendedi Just where old Zebcdec
and his two boys rlendec their ness-cherc
you arc. James, why don't you put your
oar in Lake Galiiee, or hoist your sail and
land at Capernaum or Tiberias or Gadara,
and seated on the bank mend your net,
John. why don't you go ashore and mend
your metz" No. they sat on the guards of
the boat, or at the PROV Of the boat, or in
the stern of the boat. and they took up the
thread and the needle, and the ropes and
the wooden blocks, and went to work;
sewing. sewing; tying, tying; weaving,
weaving; pounding. pounding; until, the
net mended, they push it OF into the sea
and drop paddle and hoist sail, and the
catwater went through amid the shoals of
fish, some Of the descendants of which we
had for breakfast one morning while we
were encarEpcd on the beach of beautiful
Gaiilee. James and John had no time to
20 ashore. They were not fishing for fun,
as you and do in summer time. 1t was
their livelihood and that Of their families.
They mended their nets where they were,
in the ship.
'Oh." says some one, II mean to get my
net mended. and Twill go down TO the pub
lie library, End will see what the scien-
fists say about evolution and about the
survival Of the fittest,' and will read up
what the theolozians say about advanced
thought / will leave the ship awhile,
and will GO ashore and stay there till my
net is meudcd." Do that, my brother, and
you will have no net left. Instead of their
helping you mend your net, they will steal
the pieces that remain. Better stay Ia the
Gospel boat, where you have all the means
for mending your net. What are they. do
you askf answer all you need you have
where you arc, namely. Bible and place
TO pray The moro you study evolution,
aud adopt what Is called advanced thought,
the bigger fool yen will be. Stay in the
ship and mind your net. That is where
James the son of Zebedee and John his
brother staid. That IL where all who get
their nets mended stay.
THEY SEER xoTogIETy.
notice that all who leave the Gospel
boat and 90 ashore to mend their nets stay
there. Or IL they try again to fish, they do
not catch anything. Get out Of the Gospel
boat and 60 up into the world to get your
net mendcd, and you will live to sec the
day when you will feel like the man who.
having forsaken Christianity. sighed. Il
would give thousand pounds To feel ~ l
did in 1sD" The time will come when
you will be willing to give thousand
pounds to feel "a you did in Isoi These
men who have given mp their old religion
cannot help you bit. 1t is my opinion
that the most Of those ministers who gave
up tho old religion are in search Of no,o-
riety. They do not succeed In attracting
much attention. Thsy are tired Of OBJ
scurity. They must 90 something to st-