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


church, and the woman AT the other end
of the pew looked at me as much AS TO say:
"HOw dare yous This is my pew, and
pay the rent for iti" Well, | crouched IN
the other corner and made myself as small
as possible, and felt as though had been
stealing something SO there are people
who have a sharp edge TO their religion,
and they act as though they thought most
people had been elected TO be damned and
they were glad of it. Oh. let us brighten
up our manner and appear in utmost gen
tlemanliness or ladyhood.
BIZ GENIAL
The object in fly fishing is to throw the
fly far out, and then lett drop gently down
and keep it gently rising and falling with
the waters. and not plunge it like man
of-war's anchor. and abruptness and harsh
ness Of manner must he avoided IN our al
tempt at usefulness. | know man in
New York who is more sunshiny and gen
ial when he has dyspepsia than when he Is
not suffering from that depressing trouble.
| have found out his secret. When he
starts out in the morning with such de-
preston be asks for special grace TO keep
from swapping up anybody that day, ana
puts forth additional determination to be
kindly and genial, and by the help OF God
he accomplishes it. Many OF our nets
need TO be mended in these respects, the
black threads and the rough threads taken
out, and the bright threads and the golden
threads Of Christian genality woven In.
In addition 10 this we need TO mend our
nets with more threads of patience. It is
no rare thing for fisherman TO spend one
whole day before he can take st. Law.
renee pike or an Ohio salmon or Long
island pickerel or Cayuga black bass or
Delaware catfish. and he does that day
after day without particular discourage
ment But what lack of patience II we
do not Immediately succeed in soul catch
ing. We are apt to give it up and say, u
will never try again" Into all our nets we
need to weave all along the edge aud all
through the center great, long, stout
threads OF Christian patience How patient
God has been with usl Can we not be pa
tient with our fellowss | had presented
me from Scotland few days ago an orna-
mented inkstand, the wooded parts OF
which were made from piece OF n tree cut
down by Mr.. Gladstone, at Hawarden. and
sent by him torScotland by request.
The incident reminded me of the fact that
a woman who had long been on Mr.. Glad
stones estate had maynard boy, and in
her despair she asked Mr.. Gladstone to take
the boy in hand. While prime minister OF
| England, with all the mighty affairs OF the
| kingdom in his hand, he took that boy in
| his study and counseled him, and then
| knelt down and prayed with him, and the
| boy was saved. If we all bad hearts OF
sympathy like that, what would be to us
| impossibleg els it not delightful that can
| sing so welf" said Jenny Lind, in burst
| of Joy that she could help others. is II
not delightful that | can sing SO wells
| And might we not all say in thankfulness
to God, lis il not delightful that we can
| sympathize with others, and encourage
Others, and help others, and save othersF
| Again, in mending our nets we need also
to put in the threads of faith and tear out
| all the tangled meshes of unbelief- Our
work is successful according to 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 be a failure ia Christian work. Show
| me the man who rather thinks that the
garden of Eden may have been nm allegory
and Is not quite certain but that there may
be another chance after death, and does
not know whether or not the Bible is in
spircd and | tell you that man for SOU
| saving is a poor stick. Faith in God and
4 In Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. ano
the absolute necessity of a regencratec
heart in order to see God in pence, is one
thread you must have IN your mended nel
or YOU will never be successful fisher fol
men. Why, how can you doubtg
The hundreds of millions Of men anC
women now standing in the church OF
earth, and the hundreds of millions II
heaven, attest the power OF this Gospel q
save With more than the certainty OF 1
mathematical demonstration let us star
out to redeem all nations The rotten
est thread that you are to tear outof you
net is unbelief, and the most importan
thread that you are to put in it is faith
Faith in God, triumphant faith, everlast
ing faith. Ii you cannot trust the Infinite
the holy. the omnipotcut Jehovah. who cal
you trustp
1T IS AN IMPORTANT WORK
Oh, this important work OF intending on
netsl II we could get our nets right w
would accomplish more in soul saving il
the next year than we have in the las
twenty years But where shall we 60
them mendedy just where old Zebede'
and his two boys mended their nets-wher
you are flames, why don't yon pat you
oar in Lake tiailee. or hoist your sail AM
land at Capernauin or Tiberias or Gadara
and seated on the bank mend your net
, John, why don't you 90 ashore and men'
your metz" No, they sat Oh the guards o
the boat, or At the PROV of the boat, or Il
the stern of the boat, and they took mp tn
thread and The needle, and the ropes au'
the wooden blocks. and went to work
sewing, sewing. tying, tying, weaving
weaving. pounding, pounding; until, tn
net mended, they push it OF into the Sc
aud drop paddle and hoist sail. aud tn
cutwater went through amid the shoals Q
! fish. some Of the descendants Of which W
had for breakfast one morning while W
were encamped on the beach of beautiful
Galilee. James and John had no time
, 90 ashore. They were not fishing for fur
as you and do in summer time. 1t wa
their livelihood and that Of their families
, They mended their nets where they were
in the ship
! "Oh, says some one, Il mean to get M
|, net.mended, and Will 20 down tothe pull
lie library, aud will see what the seier
| ,l..tirra aud ahprt tfl