Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-05-21

churcleS. In SuCn al AIldutiC oCCbh VI
opportunity there is room for all the nets
and all the boats and all the fishermen
and for millions more.
Now I have noticed a man cannot fish
and fight at the same time. He either
neglects his net or his musket 1t is
amazing how much time some OF the
fishermen have to look af 9r other fisher
men. 1t is more than l can do 10 take
care of my own net. Ven see the wind
| is Just right and it is such good time
for fishing, and the fish are coming in so
rapidly that | have to keep my eye and
hand busy. There are about 200, 0OO,-
900 souls wanting to get into the King
dom of God, and it will require all the
nets and all the boats and all the Usher
men of Christendom to safely land them.
At East Hampton, Long Island,
where summer out on the bluffs some
morning we see the flags up, and that is
the signal for launching out into the
deep. For a mile the water is tinged
with that peculiar color that indicates
whole schools of piscatOral rcVelry, ana
the beach sWarms with men with their
coats off and their sea caps ON, ana
those of us who do not go ont on the
wave stand on the beach ready to re-
ioice when the boots come back, and in
!
with our shoes on to help get the boats
up the beach, and we lay hold the lines
and pull till we are red in the face, and
as the living things Of the deep come
tumbling in on the sand | cry out, Cap
tain, how many?' And he answers,
about SO, 600" And we shout to the
late corners, "Hurrah, $4,000" We must
have an enthusiasm something like that
if we are ever to take the human race
for God and Heaven. Aye, we ought to
have that enthusiasm of the beach null
tipicd hundred fold and by so much as
an immortal soul is worth more than Il
bluefsh.
Oh, brethren of ministry! Let ms
spend our time in fishing instead Of fight
ing. But if l angrily jerk my net across
your net, and you jerk your net angrilY
across mine, we will soon have two
brokOn nets and no fish,
Do you know that the worlds heart is
bursting with trouble, and if you could
make that world believe that the religion
OF Jesus Christ is a soothing OmnipO-
tenCe. the whole void would surrender
tomorrow, yea, would surrender this
hour? The day before James A. Gar
field was inaugurated as President | was
in the cars going from Richmond to
w aSnlnpIOn. n ScntlcHltll Scducu utAI
to me in the cars knew me, and we were
soon in familiar conversation. 1t was
Just after a bereavement and | was
speaking to him from an overwhelmed
heart about the sorrow [ was suffering.
Looking at his cheerful face, | said:
81 guess you have escaped all trouble.
| should judge from your cOuntenance
that you have come through free from
all misfortune" Then he looked at me
with a look l shall never forget and
| whispered in my ear: ''Sir, you know
nothing about trouble. My wife has
! been in an insane asylum for fifteen
| years" And then he turned and looked
out of the window and into the night
with a silence [ was too overpowered to
break That was another illustration
of the fact that no one escapes trouble.
| Why, that man seated next to you in
church has on his soul weight com
pared with which a mountain is
feather. That woman seated next to
you in church has a grief the recital of
which would make your body, mind, and
| soul shudder.
| When you are mending your met for
this wide, deep sea of humanity take
out that wire thread of criticism and that
| hOrSe-hair thread of harShneSs, AMID put
|
patty. Yea, when you are mending
| your nets tear out those old threads of
! grnffness and weave in a few threads of
| pObiteneSS and geniality. In the house
of God let all the Christian faces BEAM
with a look that nWeaDs welcome. Say
| good morning" to the stranger as
! he enters your pew, and at the
close shake hands with him and
say, ''How did yOU like the music27
Why, you would be to that man o
panel OF the door Of Heaven: yOW
wopId be to him note of the doXolOgy
that seraphs sing when a new soul en-
tiers. That man is d thousand miles
from home, and he has just heard by
telegraph that his child is sick with
scarlet fever, and his boy at college has
| got imto disgrace, and he has had bust
ness troubles and is so homesick he can
! hardly keep from crying. Just one word
of brotherly kindness from you would
lift hina in a small heaven.
l have in other days entered a pew in
church, and the woman at the other end
of the pew looked at me as much as to
say: How dare you? This is my pew,
| and L pay the rent for it!' Well, |
| crOIched in the 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 man
her and appear in utmost gentlemanli-
ness or ladyhood.
The object in fly fishing is to throw the
fly far out, and then let it drop gently
DOWN and keep it gently rising and fall
ing with the waters, ard not plunge it
like man-of-war's anchor; and abrupt
ness and harshness of manner must be
| avoided in our attempt at usefulness. I
| know a man in New York who is more