Telegram-herald., 1891-05-18


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eaF lae DROPS "a - u shall he foanA tLss
nc hSse spent car tine Ia tas ssesrlgs II
worldly philosophy. trysug 10 raeaa our
ness. and We have o1ls fsw soals - 10
port a. broaghs ~ God taro1xE oar iassra-
mentality, while some hznbss Gospsl ash-
srnan. as library rsAde ap II Bible And
an almanac. shall eonae home la1en ~ish
the resa.ss. his trophies the souls within
fftera mlies Of bis log cabin messing
house.
In the time Of great disturbances ~ Ma
pies ia iGs9 A2ssaniello. a bare footed 6sh-
ing boy. arogpcd his fishing rod. and By
strange magnetism took command Of that
city Of ak hundred thousand souls. Tie
took OF his fishing jacket and put on
robe Of gold Ia the presence Of bowling
niobs- He put his hand on his lip as sig
nal, and they were silent He waved his
hand away from him. aud they retired 10
their homes. Armies passed In review 30
fore him. lie became the rttiaas idel
The rapid rise aud complete Supremacy II
that young fisherman. Massaniello. has 10
parallel in al history Bat something
equal to that and better than thai l. aa
everyday occurrence Ia heaven
God takes some Of those, who fa this
world were lshers Of men, and who toilssl
very hambly. bat because OF the way they
mended their nets and employed their nets
after they were mended, and suddenly
HOSTS them and robes them and scepters
fhafn nd srA
rulers over many cities. and be marches
armies OF saved ones before them ia re-
view. MasSanieilos nnhonored on earth,
but rndiated in heaven. The fisher boy Of
Naples soon lost his power. but those peo-
pie Of God who kept their nets mended and
rightly swung them shall never lose their
exalted place. bat shall reign forever and
ever and ever. Keep that reward in sight
SWEEP ALL THE sEAS
But do not spend your time fishing with
hook and line. Why did not James the
son of Zebedee sit on the wharf at Cana,
his feet hanging over the lake and with
long pole and a worm on the hook dipped
into the wave. wait for some mallet 70 swim
up and be csught' Why did not Zebedee
spend his afternoon trying to catch one
cell No, that work was too slow. These
nen Wett EOt UlcIOlltS uOok anu iiuc,
they were mcnding their nets. SO let the
church OF God not be content with having
here one soul and next month another soul
brought into the kingdom. Sweep all the
seas with nets-scoop ncts, seine nets, drag
nets, all encompassing nets-and take the
treasures in by hundreds and thousands
and millions, and nations be born in day,
and the bemispheres quake with the tread
Of a ransoming God. DO you know what
will be the two most tremendous hours ia
our heavenly existence, Among the quad
rillions Of ages which shall roll on, what
two occasions will DO to us the greatesti
The day of our arrival there will be to us
one of the two greatest. The second great
est, think, will be the day when we shall
have put in parallel lines before US what
Christ did for us and what we did for
Christine one 80 great, the other 90 little.
That will be tho only embarrassment in
heaven. Ny Lord and my Godi What
will we do and wha: viii We say when on
one side are placed the Sayiour's great sac-
rifces for Us and orr small sacrifices for
hin-his exile, his humiliation, his agonies
on one hand, and our poor weak, Insult
ficient sacrifices on the otheri To make
the contrast less overwhelming. let us
quickly mend our nets, and like the Cali
lean fishermen may we be divinely helped
to cast them on the right side OF the ship