Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

Angler or Charles Cotton's instructions
How to Angle for G;ayling in a Clear
Stream" We knew nothing about the MOD.
ern red hacxle or the fly OF orange colorei
mohair. but we got the right kind OF bait.
No use trying to angle for fish o. angle for
souls unless yon have the ri got kind OF bait,
and there is plenty o. it in the promise~, the
parables. the miracles, the crucihxion, the
heaven OF the grand old gospel
Yes. not oaly must you dig for bait, but
uss on.y fresh bait. You cannot do any
thing down at the poni with Old angle
worms. New views OF truth. New Tlews
OF God. New views OF the soul. There are
all the good books to help you dig. But
make up your mind as to whether you will
take the hint Of Habukkuk and Isaiah aud
lob and use hook and line, or take the hint
If Matthew ami Luxe and Christ and fish
with net
I think many Ioss their time by wanting
IN i,h with a net an1tley never get place
TO swing the net. In other words, they want
to do gospel work on a big scale or they will
not do il at all | see feeble minded Chris
tan men going around with Bagster's
Bible under their arm, hoping to do the WORK
NJ an evangelist and use the net. while they
might be better content vita nook aud line
and take oae soul at time. They ara bad
failures as evangelists. they woulf be
mighty successes as private CHRISTIANS. IL
you catch only one soul for God, that Will be
enough 10 fill youc eternity with celebration.
All hail the fisherman with hook and line.
[ have seen man in rou ydess corduroy
outfis coma back from the woods loaded
dowa with a string OF finny treasures hung
over his shoulder an1 mis- gamsba5 hile1
anis dor with his teeth carrying the b1s&es
file with thu surplus o. an afternoons
angling. an it was all tn, result OF u hook
and line. an / in the eternal w)Tit there VIII
be many a man an m,ny woman tuat
was never heard 0. outside of village Sun
day-school OF prayer meetiny buTle IN
church basene1t whO will come before the
tarons OF Col with multitude OF souls
r,nsonei through his or her instru'
mentality. and yet thu wor& all done
through personal interview, one bT one,
ons by one.
Yon do no. know wa0 that one soul may
be- Staupitz hslpsl ons soul into ths hight,
but it was Martin Lutner. Thomas bilney
brou got salvation to ons soul, but u was
HUH Lltimer. An efgs tool maker was
the means of saving one soul, but II was
John Summerfield. Oar blessed Lord healed
ons blind eye of time, one paralyze1 arm
at time, one dropsical patient at time,
anu Idls5I lIOul buG uGtl OuC 6AA az q tAtAAef
one young man az tiIu,. Admire the net
that takes in great many at once, but do
not despiss the hook and line.
God help Il; anti the gospel fisheries,
whether we employ hook or net, for the day
coneth wnen we shall sea how much de-
pended on our fidelity. Christ Himself de-
clarei The king lom of heaven is like unto
a net that was cast into the sea and gathered
OF every kin : which. when 1t was full, they
drew to shore ard sat down and gathered
the good in the vessels, but cast the bad
away. So shall it be at the end OF the
world-the angels shall come forth am
separate the wicSe fro n the just"
Yes, the fishermen think il best ID keen
the useful ami worthless OF the haul ia the
same net until It is drawn upon the beach,
an / taen the division takes place, an II IL
on Long Isani coas: the mossbanSerS are
thrown out an the blueish an sda1 pre-
served, or il it is on tle s1ore o. Gailee the
fish classified as siluroiis are huret back
into the water or thrown no on the bank az
uuclean, while the perch AMI tie carp ana
the narbel ara put into pals II be carried
home for use.
50 in the church on eartd the saints and
the hypocrit.s, the generous ani the mean,
the claste and ths uncleau, are kept IN the
same membership buJ at death the division
Will De uaut. du buc kOtI wa 70 nNNN~A
to heaven. and the bad, however many holy
communious they may nave celebrated, AMI
however many rhetorical prayers they may
have offered, and however many years their
names may nave been on the church rolls
will be cast away. Got forbid
that any OF us should be among
the east away" But may we do our
work, whether small or great, as thoroughly
as di that renowned fisherman, George w.
Rethune, who spent his summer rest angling
in the waters around the Thousand Isles aud
beating at their own craft those who plie'
it all the year, AMI who the rest OF his tim;
glorously preached Christ in pulpit only
fifteen minutes from where now stand, and
ordering for his own obsequies: Put on ms
my pulpit gown AMI bands with my ow'
pocket Bible in my right hand. Bury mi
with my mother, my father ami my grLat'
mother. Sing also my own hymn;
Jesus, Thou prince OF life.
Thy CHOSEN cannot die;
Like Thee, they conquer In the strife,
10 reign with Thee on high.