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miles beyond tho brcaksrx DO not think
the Church OF God gains great deal WHEN
you take sheep from one fold and put than
Ia another fold Il is the Loaf sheep on the
mountains you want 10 bring back-the
lost sheep on the mountainA And they
are coming today.
You ARE GOING TO BE SWEPT IN.
You are now this hour in the tide Of
Christian influences. You are going 70 b
swept Ia; your voice Is going TO be heard In
prayer, you are going To be consecrsted TO
God, you are going to live life OF useful
ness, and your deathbed Is going TO be sur
rounded By Christian sympathixers, and
when your work Is done, and these words
will be chiseled for your epitaph: Precious
In the sight Of the Lord is the death Of his
saints" And all that history Is going to
begin today. "Other sheep have which
are not OF this fold"
Again remark. the Heavenly Shepherd
y going to find many OF his sheep among
those who are now rejecters Of Christianity.
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Christianity. do not know whether it was
through hearing Theodore Parker preach,
or whether IL was reading Renan's Life Of
Jesus" or whether it was through some
skeptic in the store or factory. Or it may
be-probably is tho case-that you were
Disguised with religion and Disguised with
Christianity because some man who pro-
fessed to be . Christian defrauded you,
and he being a member OF the church, and
you taking him as representative Of the
Christian religion. you said, We'll, II
that's religion. don't want any of it."
1 do not know how you came to reject
Christianity. but you frankly tell me you
do reject 1t; you do not think the Bible Is
the word pf God, although there are many
things in 1t you admire; you.do not think
that Christ was a divine being, although
you think be was very good man. You
say, IF the Bible be true-the most Of the
Bible be true-I nevertheless think tho
earlier part Of the Bible is an allegory."
And there are fifty things that I believe
you do not believe. Nevertheless they tell
me in regard to you that you are an &C
commodating. you are an obliging person.
II should como TO you and AJAX of you .
favor You would grant it if it wcre posi-
bic. It would be JOY for you to grant me
favor. II any of your friends came 10
you and wanted an accommodation and
you could accommodate them, how glad
you would bel
Now am going to ask of !, u q favor. I
want you to oblige me. The accommoda-
ton will cost you nothing. and you will
give me great happiness. OF course you
will not deny me. ! want you a. an ex-
pertinent to try the Christian religion. II
it does not stand the test, discard It; II it
does. receive it
II you were very sick, and you had been
given up OF the doctors, and came to you.
and took bottle of medicine from my
pocket aud said, 'Here is medicine I am
sure will help you; it has cured fifty peo-
ple," you would say, "Oh, haven't any
confidence in it; they tell me all these med
icines will fail mo-" WELL" say, "wili
you not, as a matter OF accommodation to
myself, just try it,' "Well," you say, 81
have no objection to trying it; IL it viii be
any satisfaction to you will try it," You
take 1t. Now you are sick in disquietude,
sick in sin. You are not happy. You
laugh sometimes when you are miserable.
There come sarges OF unhappiness over
your soul that almost swamp you. You
are unhappy, struck through with unrest.
Now, will you not try this solace, this
febrifuge, this anodyne. this Gospel medi-
cinef
"Oh," you say, 81 haven't any faith in
IT," As a matter of accommodation, let
me introduce you to- the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Great Physician. why" you say,
"I haven't any faith in him." We'll, now,
will you not just let him come and try his
power on your souls just let me intro
duce him TO you. do not ask you to take
my word for 1t. do not ask you to take
the advice OF clergyrncn. Perhaps the
clergymen may be prejudiced, perhaps we
may be speaking professionally; perhaps
We may give you wrong advice; perhaps
we are morbid on Mat subject; 50 do not
ask you to take the advice of clergymen-
ask ron to take the advice OF very re-
Specialize laymen, snch as William Shakes
peare. the drsrnstist; as William WILDER
force. the statesman; as Isaac Newton, the
astronomer. as Robert Boyle. the philoe-
opher, a. Locke, the metaphysiciAn; -
Morse. the electrician