Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-01-15

anu thOusduCS OF Times. The sermon
That preach now is going to be chiefly for
those who consider themselves outsiders.
but who may happen to be in the house.
and the chief employment OF the Christian
people here today will be to pray for those
Who are not accustomed to attend upon
CHRISTIAN sanctuaries.
When the steamer Atlantic went to pieces
on Mars Rock why did that brave minister
OF the gospel, of whom we have all read,
go out in the lifeboatp Why did be not
stay and look after the passengers that got
ashore, wrapping flannels around them,
and linlling fires for them, and preparing
them food? There was plenty of work to
be done on shore for those who had already
escaped. All! that brave man knew that
there were others who would take care Of
those, aud so he sud, MAN the lifeboatl
Pull away, my lads, pull away Yonder is
man; there is woman freezing in the
rigging. Pull awayr' see the oar blades
bend in the strong pull of the oarsmen.
Then they come up to the wreck The
woman is frozen. She drops into the wave
-alasl poor woman-and washes out to
sea. But then Mr.. Ancient says: There
is man yet hanging to the rigging. Pail
away, my ladsl pull awayl" They come
up, and he says: ",iold now there five min
utes and we viii save you Steady! steadyl
Now give me your hand Leapl Thank
God, he is saved Thank God, he is saved!'
So there are men now in the breakers
They have made shipwreck of life.
While we come out to save them, some are
swept of-swept of before we can reach
them-and there are Others still hanging
on. Steady there among the slippery
places! Steady Leap into this lifeboatl
Now is your chance for heaven This hour
some OF you are going to be saved Far
away from Gei, yon are going to be
brought nigh. "Other sheep have / which
are not OF this fold. =
Christ says that ministers of the Gospel
are TO be fishers for men. Now, when 20
fishing ] do not want TO fish in anybody
else's pond | do not want to 80 along
Hohokus creek, where there are ten or
fifteen men fishing. and drop my line jast
about where they are dropping their lines
| should like to get in a Newfoundland
fishing smack and push out to sea fifty
miles beyond the breakers. | do not think
the Church of God gains "a great deal VIXEN
you take sheep from one fold and put them
in another fold. 1t is the lost sheep on be
mountains you want to bring bacll-the
lost sheep on the mountains. 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 10 be
swept in; your voice is going to he heard in
prayer; you are going to be conseerated to
God; you are going 10 1--we life of useful
ness and your deathbed IS going To be sur
l..l d
devout men will carry you to your burial
when your work is done, and these words
will be chiseled foryour epi.aph: 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
is going to find many OF his sheep among
those VINO are now rejecters Of Christianity.
do not know how you came to reject
Christianity. do not know whether it was
through hearing Theodore Parker preach,
or whether it was reading Remains Life of
jesus or whether il was through some
skeptlc in the store or factory. Or it may
be-rrobably is the case-that you were
Disguised with religion and disguised with
Christianity because some man who pro
fessed TO be d Christian defrauded you,
and be being a member of the church, and
you taking him as representative OF the
Christian religion, you said, We'll, il
that's religion, | don't want any Of it.
do not know how you came TO reject
Christianity, but you frankly tell me you
dc reject it; you do not think the Bible is
the word of God, although there are many
things in il you admire; you do not think
that Christ was divine being, although
you think he was a very good man. You
say, "lf the Bible be true-the most of the
Bible be true--I nevertheless think the
earlier part Of the Bible is an allegory. "
And there are fifty things that / believe
You do not believe. Nevertheless they tell
me in regard to you that you are an ac-
you are an obliging person.
If should come to you and ask of you a
favor you would grant it if it were posi-
BILE 1t would be JOY for you to grant me
a favor II any of your friends came 10
you aud wanted an accommodation and
you could accommodate them, how glad
you would he!
Now | am going TO ask of you favor. |
want You to oblige me. The accommoda-
tion will cost you nothing. aud you will
give me great happiness. OF course you
will not deny me. / want you as an ex-
pertinent to try the Christian religion. II
it does not stand the test, discard it: If IT
does. receive it.
THY 1T. ANYWAY.
If you were very sick, and you had been
given up of the doctors, and came TO you,
and took u. bottle Of medicine from my
pocket and said, "Here is medicine | am
sure will help you; it has cured fifty peo-
Pile" you would say, "Oh, haven't any
confidence in it; they tell me all these med
icines will fail me-" well" | say, will
Won not, as a matter of accommodation to
myself Just try it9'' "Well, You say, 81
have no objection to trying it; if it will be
any satisfaction to you will try il" You
take it. Now you are sick in disquietude,
sick in sin You are not happy. You
laugh sometimes when you are miserable
There come surges of unhappiness over
your soul that almost swamp you. You
ire unhappy, struck through with unrest.
Now, viii you not try this solace, this
Tebrifuge, this anodyne, this Gospel medi-