Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-01-30
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Other Sheep Have"

of this foId."-John K, 16.
There is no monopoly in religion. The
grace of God is not q nice little property
fenced off all for ourselves. 1t is not kings
park. at which we look through barred
gateway, wishing we might go IN and pluck
the flowers and look at the deer and the
statuary 1t is fathers orchard, and there
are bars to let down and gates to swing OPEN
In my boyhood d 'ys, next to the country
schoolhOuse where l went, there was an
annie orchard of great luxuriance, ownei by
a very lame man who did not gather the
apples and they went to waste by scores OF
bushels Sometimes the lads of the school,
in the sinfulness of nature inherited from
our first parents who fell through the same
temptation, would climb o, er the fence and
take some Of these apples, and notwIthstand-
ing the fact that there was a surplus, and
all going to waste, the owner OF that orchard,
reckless Of making his lameness worse, would
take after these lads and shout Boys, drop
those apples or I'll set the dog on your
Now there are Christians who have severe
guard over the Church of God. They have
rough and unsympathetIc way OF treating
outsiders. It is a great orchard into which
God would like to have all the people come
and take the richest and the lipest fruit, and
the more they take the better de likes 1t.
But there are those who stand with hard
and severe nature guarding the Church of
God, and all the time afraid that some Will
get these apples when they really ought not
to have them.
Have you any idea that because you were
baptized at eight months Of age. and because
you have all your life been surrounded by
hallowed influences, you have right tc one
whole side OF the Lords table, spreading
yourself out so nobody else can sit there?
You will have to haul in your elbows. for
there will come great multitude to sit at
the table and on both sides of you. YOu are
not going to l>~sve this monopoly of religion.
''Other sheep have which are not Of this
fold"
Mcdonald, the Scotchman, has on the
Scotch hills great flock of sheep. Mcdonald
has four or five thousand head of sheep.
Some are browsing on the heather, some are
on the hills, some are in the valleys, a few
are in the yard. One day Cameron comes
over to Mcdonald and says: Mcdonald, you
have thirty sheep. 1 have been counting
them" ''Oh, mop says Mcdonald. 4 have
ron, you are mistaken. have just counted
them. There are thirty" why" says Nc
Donald, ''do you suppose that is all the sheep
I have? have sheep on the distant hills and
in the valleys, ranging and roaming every
where Other sheep have which are not of
this fold"
So Christ comes. Here is group of
Christians, and there is a group Of Chris
tians; here is Methodist fold, here is a
Presbyterian fold, here is a Baptist fold, here
is a Lutheran fold, and we make our annual
statistics, and we think we can tell you just
how many Christians there are in the world,
how many there are in the church, how
many in all these denominations. We ag-
gregate them, and we think we are giving
an intelligent and an accurate account, but
Christ comes and He says: you have not
counted them right. There are those whom
you have never seen, those Of whom you
have never heard. have My children in all
parts OF the Garth, on all the islands OF the
sea, on all the continents, in all the mount
aims ana III all the valleys. Do you think
that these few sheep you have counted are
all the sheep | have? There is a great null
tltude that no man can number. Other
sheep have [ which are not Of this fold"
Christ in my text talks of the conversion
of the Gentiles as confidently as though they
had already been converted. He sets forth
the idea that His people will come from all
parts Of the earth, from all ages, from all CT
cumstances from ali conditions ''Otter
sheep have [ which are not OF this foid.'
In the first place l remark the Heavenly
Shepherd will find many of His sheep among
those who are at present nOn-chrlrchg0ers.
There are different kinds Of churches. Some
times you will find church made up only of
Christians. Everything seems finished. Ehe
church reminds YOU Of those skeleton plants
from which by chemical preparation all the
greeDness ana the verdure nave been taken,
am they are cold and white and delicate and
beautiful and finished. All that is wanted is
glass case put over them. The minister on
the Sabbath has only TO take an ostrich
feather and brush off the dust that has &C
cumulated in the last six days of business,
and then they are as cold and beautiful and
delicate as before. Everything is finished
finished sermons, finished music, finished
architecture, finished everything.
Another church is like an armOry, Il?
sound of drum and fife calling more recru.s
to the Lords army. We say to e appli-
Giants. Come in and get your equipment.
Here is the bath in which you are to be
cieanscd. here is the helmet you are to put on
your head, here are the sandals you are to
put over your feet, here is the breastpiate
you are to put over your heart, here is the
sword you are TO take in your right hand and
fight His battle with Quit yourselves like
men,
There are those here, perhaps. who say,
1t Is now ten, fifteen years since l was in
tie habit the regular habit, OF church going"
know all about Your case. | am going 10
tell you something that will be startling at
the first. and that is that you are going to
become tie Lords sheep. ''Oh," you say
that is impossible; You don't know my
case; you don't know how far am from any
thing of that kind" / know all about your
case, I have been no and dow, the world.
/ know why some Of you do not attend upon
Christian services.
90 further and make another announce
r:ens II regard TO You, and that is, you are
nC5 only 10 become Ihe Lords sheep, bat YOU
Az DING to become the Lords sheep this
EC,r. Colds going to call YOU grac'ousiy 6v
lis spirit; You are going % come into the
i0it OF Christ. This sermon snail not b5 50
much iGr these who ere Christians I have
preached to them hundreds and thousands Of
times. The sermon ta2t | preach now IS GO
ms 10 De chiefly Tor those who consider them
selves outsiders, but who may happen to be
IN the house, and the chief employment of
the Christian people here to-day will be to
pray for those who are not accustomed to
attend or1Pt