Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-17

yourselves like men,"
There are those here, perhaps, who
saw, '.It Is now ten, fifteen, years since l
was in the habit, the regular habit, OF
church going" know all about your
case. lam going to tell you something
that will be startling at the first, and
that is, that you are going to become
the Lords sheep. "Oh," you say,
''that is impossible; you don't know my
case: YOU don't know how far am from
ANYTHING Of that kind" know all
about your case. have been up and
down the world. l know why some OF
you do not attend upon Christian SER
vices.
SAVED FROM LIES sHIPwREcKs.
Igo further, and make another an
nouncement In regard to you, and that
is, you are not only TO become the
Lords sheep, but you are going to be-
come the Lords sheep this hour. God
is going to call you graciously by His
spirit; you are going to come into the
fold OF Christ. This sermon shall not
be so much for those who are Christians.
have preached to them hundreds and
thousands Of times. The sermon that
preach now Is going to be chiefly for
those who consider themselves out
siders, but who may happen to be in the
house, and the chief employment OF the
Christian people here to-day win DO t9
pray for those who are not accustomed
to attend upon Christian sanctuaries.
When the steamer Atlantic went to
nieces on Mars Rock. why did that
brave minister Of the gospel, Of whom
we have all read, 60 out In the hfehaot!
Why did he not stay and look after the
passengers that got ashore, wrapping
flannels around them, and kind1ng
fires for them, and preparing them
food? There was plenty OF work TO be
done on the shore for those who had al
ready escaped. All! that brave man
knew that there were others who would
take care Of those, and 80 he said,
''Man the hieboat! Pull away, my lads,
pull away! Yonder Is man; there Is Q
woman freezing in the rigging. Pull
away!" I 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-alas!
poor woman-and washes out TO sea.
But then Mr.. Ancient says, There Is Q
man yet hanging to the rigging. Pull
away, my lads! pull away!" They come
up and he says, "Hold now there five
minutes, and we will save you. Steady!
steady! Now give me your hand. Leap!
Thank God he is saved! Thank God
he Is saved"
So there are men now In the breakers.
They have made q shipwreck Of life.
While we come out to save them, some
are swept off-swept of before we can
reach them-and there are others still
hanging on. Steady there among
the slippery places! Steady! Leap
into this lifeboat! Now is your chance
for heaven! This hour some Of you are
going to be saved Far away from God,
you are going to be brought nigh:
''Other sheep have 1 which are not Of
this fold"
BRINGING IN THE LAST SHEEP.
Christ says that ministers of the
gospel are to be fishers after men. Now
when 60 fishing l do not want to fish
in anybody else's pond. do not want
to 90 along Hoholkus creek, where
there are ten or fifteen men fishing,
and drop my line just above where they
are dropping their lines. Ishould like
to get in q Newfoundland fishing
smack and push out to sea fifty miles
beyond the breakers. / do not think
the church Of God gains great deal
when you take sheep from one fold and
put them in another fold. 1t Is the
lost sheep on the mountains you want
to bring back-the lost sheep on the
mountains. And they are coming to
day. -, :,
You are now this hour in the tide OF
Christian influences. You are going to
be swept in; your voice is going to be
heard in prayer; you are going to be
consecrated to God; you are going to
lead life of usefulness, and your death
bed is going to be surrounded by Chris
tian sympathizers; and devout men
will carry YOU to your burial when your
work is done, and these words shall be
chiselled for your epitaph: Precious
in the sight OF the Lord is the death OF
his saints" And all that history Is go
ing to begin to-day. ''Other sheep
have which are not Of this fold"
Again remark, the heavenly shep-
herd is going to find many Of his sheep
among those who are now rejecters OF
Christianity. / do not know how you
came to reject Christianity. I do not
know whether it was through hearing
Theodore Parker preach, or whether 1t
was reading ''Renan's Life Of Jesus, " or
whetheri it was through some skeptic In
the store or factory. Or it may be
probably is the case-that you were dis
eusted with religion and disguised with
Christianity because some man who
processes to be Christian defrauded
YOU, and he being a member Of the
church, and you taking him as q repre-
sentative of the Christian religion, you
said, swell, If that's religion, I don't
want any Of it."
do not know how you came to reject
Christianity, but you frankly tell me
you do not reject it. You do not think
the Bible Is the word Of God, although
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