Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-06
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But bc sure before you start out 10 the
gospel fisheries 10 ret the right kind OF
bait. "nut how you shy, lam / 10 get
it2" Ny answer is "Dig forit." Where
shall dig for ~" In tho rich Bible
grounds" We boys brought up in the
country hG1 todig for bait before We started
for the banks OF tho Raritan. We put Che
sharp edge OF the spade against The ground
aud then put our foot on tho spudc, aud
with one tremendous plunge Of ouy Strength
Of body and viii we drove 70 In upfo the
handle and then turned over tIc sod
We had never read Wultot'5 Complete
Angler" or Charles Cottons Instructions
How to Angle For Graylins In Clear
Stream We knew nothing about the
modern rcd hacl,lo or the hy OF orange
cologed mohair, but we got tho right kind
Of bait. No use trying to angle for nah or
angle for souls unless you have the right
/ kind OF bait, and there Is plenty Of II ia the
promises, the parallels, tho miracles, the
crueifxion, the. heaven OF the grand old
gospel. Yes, MT only must you dig for
bait, but use only fresh bnit. You cannot
do anything down at the pond with old au-
glewoIms New views Of truth. Now
views OF God, New views OF the soul
There arc all the good books TO help you
dig
But mako up your mind us 10 whether
you will take tho hint Of Hah!,iuk and
Isaiah aud Job and use hook and line, or
take the hint Of Matthew and Lake and
Christ and fish with q not. ! think many
lose their time by wanting 10 llah With q
net, and they never get place 20 swing the
net Ia other words, they want 30 DO Cos
pei work on % big scale, " they win not do
It nt all
SOC feeble minded Christian men going
around with Bagsters Bible undlr their
arm, hoping 90 do the work OF nn evan
golist md use tho net, while thoy might DO
better content with hook and limo and take
ono soul nt a time. They arc bad failures
as eyaugelists; they would be mighty sue
oesses a8 private Christians II you catch
only one soul for God, that viii be enough
20 ill your eternity with celebration. An
hail tho fisherman with hook and lincl
] have seen mnn IN toughest corduroy
outfit come bacl, from the woodA loaded
down with a string OF nuuy treasures hung
over his shoulder and his gnmebag filed,
and dog with his teeth carrying q basket
llled with tho Surplus Of en- afternoons
angling, and IL was all the result Of hook
and line. Aud Ina the eternal world there
viii DO many n man and many a woman
that was never heard Of outside Of village
Sunday school OF n prayer meeting buried
IN o church basement who win como b..
fore the throne Of God with a multitude Of
souls .ransomod through his or her instiu-
mentality, md yet the work all done
through personal interview, one by one,
one by one
You do not know who that ono soul may
be. Staupitg helped ono soul into tho light,
but It was Martin Luther. Thomas Bilney
brought salvation 10 ono soul, hut IL was
Hugh Latimcr. An edge tool maker was
the meaus OF saving one soul, but II was
john Summcrleld Our blessed Lord healed
enc blind ego Gt time, one pnraly2ed arm
at q time, one dropsical patient at a time
and ra1Ud from lho dend 0no girl at q time
one young man Gt q time. Admire the moi
that takes IN great many 90 once, but do
not dcspiso the hook aud line.
~ THE C02PEL FISHERIES.
God help us amid tho gospel fisheries
whether We employ book or net, for tho
day cometh when yo shall sec how much
depended on our Gdelity Christ hirl.
SELF declared. "The kingdom Of heaven -
like unto net that was cast into the sea
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70 was full. they drew % ghore and sat
down and gathered the good IN tho vessel,
bat cast the bad awey. So shall II be at
the end o. tho woid--the angels shall come
forth and separate tho wicked from the
Just
Yes, tho fishermen think Il bed 10 keep
tho useful and worthless Of the haul 10 ths
same net until II Is drawn upon tho beach,
end then the division takes place, and ifit
Il on Long Island coast tho nossbankcrs
arc thrown out and tbs blueAsh and she'd
preserved, or IL Il il on tho shore OK Galllce
ths fish classified as sihlFcids arc hurled
back into inc water or thrown up on tho
bank 90 unclean, while the perch and tie
carp nad the barbcl me put iuia pals 10 b.
carried home fgs use.
So in the chnit On earth, tho scints md
the Lypocri tls ggiergs and tho 80 lu,
the clasta c28 tAe unclccR. are Kept 30 t.lg
Same menbcalip, bng % ccpth the dlfi.
slan va befr4io,end the good win b gath
ored into Llavaa. aud The bad, however
many holy cqmmunioDs tify mhy hngp
celebrated and haweyer many Rhetorical
prayers they Ray hegs efssed, as.a how.