The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1893-02-16

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wonderful ali this is inwrougng illCD NJ, ;n
Bihie imagery and it leads me to ass III %li.o
--,13e are Won and fishing, for the chutc J
ie fine boat. and the gospel IS UhS NJ, 80
Tho sea is the world, AMI the ilsa az e 2 ~
souls and God addresses rs as 1ls ~ ~
and Andrew, sayin7, SOTO" ~ ,,,banis
ill MAZE Won fishers OF men" But "nen -
VIII llisAG 70 fsb for sous: In the might
Peter why did you say to CllsU' +al,oo
have toiled all the night and have ta la
1otbinpsv WHY did YOU not fish IN the 'i1y
tiyna9 He renlies, "You ought to kno" tha'
the NIGHT is the best time for 1saln5'
Az Toh7hanna Mills. among the noun
+oins of Pennsvi yania, [ saw trienu WIN
high boots AMI fisl hing tao ile s'tT1tnS
at O'Clock at night, and saIi' .lot e,I, y
von goingy, He answered, Going 70 Ll3u'
3.Wb SH in tbenicbtp Heanswerei. yes
in the NIGHT" SO the vast majority OF sous
cantured for God are taken in tunes Oh re-
viyol in the night meetings. Ihey Iil2hv
inst as well come at u o'cloei at noon' ouO
most of them will not. Ask the cyan Ee,iSs'
OF olaen times, ask Fln1sy, ask NsyIl51opl,
ask Osborn, ask Daniel Baker. an Inei i 80
ali tbe modern eyangalisss which y the p970
Tina tn oatder souls, and they will answer,
"The ni9ht: by all lids, the night NO,
onlv the natural night, but the nl3hG OF
trouble.
Suppose I go around in this audience an
ask these Christians waen they were con- ~
| Ell to God. One would answer, 81 was az tue
/ time lost my child by memoraaou5 cr2'p,
AMI it was the night OF bareaFem7AI' oT
the answer would be, III was JusV d. eo'
was syindls1 out OF my property.2nd IL was
fine NIGHT of bankruptcy" or it woul,l be,
at was during that time when was down
with that awful sickness, and it was the nl9ht
Of physical suffering" OF it would oe, ~
was that time when SANDER TOOK aIIer me
and was maligned and aou sci, AMI 1t was
the night Of persecution" An, my hearers,
that is the time for You to go af5er SOUS rs
when a night OF trouble is on them. MIS-
not that opportunity to save SOU, lo' ~ -
the best of all opportunities.
Coup along the Mohawk, o. tle Jania5a,
or the Delaware, or the Tombi5oae, or th7
st. Lawrence right after rain, ana you
will find the fisherman all up and down the
lakes? WhYl Because good time to angie
is right after the rain, and That IS a gooa
time TO catch souls, right after shower OF
| misfortune right after fools OF disaster
And as a pool overshadowe1 with trees Is a
grand place for making fine haul Of fish,
SO when the soul is under the long dark
shadows of anxiety and distress it is gooi
time to make a spiritual haul. People IN
the bright sunshine Of prosperity are not 50
easily taken.
But be sure before you start out to the
gospel fisheries to get the right KIM OF oalt.
'But how" you say, IAN to get it,, Ny
do for its' HIn the ricl Bible grounds"
We boys brought up in the country had TO
dig for bait before we started for thu banks
Of the Raritau We put the sharp edge OF
the spade against thu ground and then put
our foot ON the spade, and with one trenan-
dous plunge OF our strength OF body and
will we drove it in up to the haniIe ami then
turned over the sol.
We had never read Waiton's- Complete
Angler" or Charles Cottons instructions
How to Aag.e for G:ayling in a Clear
Stream.n We knew nothing about the mod.
ern red hacke or the ay Of orange colore1
mohair, but we got the right KIM OF bait,
No use irving to angle for fish or angle for
souls unless yon have the right kind of bait,
and there is plenty OF it in the promises, the
parallels, the miracles, the crucifixion, the
heaven OF the grand old gospel.
Yes not only must you dig for bait but
use only fresh bait. You cannot 40 any
thing down at the pon1 vita old angle
worms. New views of truth. New views
of God. New views OF the soul. There are
all the good books to help you dig. But
make M your mind as to whether you viii
take ths hint OF Habak6uz and Isaiah and
JOB and use hook aud line, or take the hint
of Matthew AMI Luke aud Christ AMI fish
with a net.
think many loss their Tina By wanting
to fish with a net, and they never get place
to SWIM the net In other words they want
to do gospel work on a big scale or thsy viii
not do it at all. [ see feeble minded CAris-
tian men going around with a BagsteTS
Bible under their arm, hoping to do the work
OF an evangelist ani use the net, while they
might be better cOntsnt VITA hook ana iine
and take one soul at time. Iley are bad
failures as evangelsts. They wouli be
mighty successes as private Caristians Ii
YOU catch only one soul for God, that will be
enough to ill YOU eternity with celebration.
All hail the fisherman with hook AMI line!
| have seen a man in rou .des5 corduroy
outfit come back from the WOODS loaded
down with Il string OF inny tire lsnreS hung
over his shoulder aad mis- gane5ag filed,
and dog vita his teeth carrying the basket
filel with the surplus Of an afternoons
angling, ana it was all the result OF II hook
and line, ,and in tins eternal Worli til ere will
be many man aul many a woman that
was never heard OF ou side OF village Sua-
day-school or prayer m9etins ouriet III
church basement ~ho VIII come before the
throne o. Gol with a multitude OF souls
ransonsi through his OF her lastru'
mentality, and yet tas wor1 all doas
through personal interview, o1e by one,
one by oae.
You do not know wlo thai ole soul may
be. Stau1jtz hs!psI one sou llto the light,
but it was MarJln LI1lsr. Tlom2s Biinay
brou ght salvation to Ol9 sou', but il was
Hugh Ll5iner. An etgs to). maker was
the means o. saviag ols soll, ba5 il was
John sam narield. Oar blessed L)rt healed
one blind eye ag 4 time, one paraiyzel arm
at time, one dropsical patient at a time,
aud rais3i from the deal one CIR at time,
one young mal at q Uiue. Admire the net
that takes in a great many at oaca, but do
not despiss the nook aad line.
God help Us amlI tae gospel fisheries,
whether we employ hook or net, for the day
coneta when we shall $40 how much de-
psnled on our fidelity. Christ Himself de-
clarei: "Fne king lon of heaven is like unto
a net that was east into the sea and gathered
of every kin wa,cl, waen it was full, they
drew TO saore and sat dowa ami gathered
the GOOD in tls vessels. bu5 cast the bal
away. 81 saa!I it be at the end OF the
world-the angels shall cone forth ana
separate the wicked fro II the just
Yes the fishermen think it bes5 to keen
the useful an worthless OF tha haul in the
same net until it Is drawn uoon ths beach,
and taen the division takes placs AMI il it is
on Long lsan1 coast the mossbankers ara
thrown out ami the blueish an shal pre-.
served, or if it is On tns saors of Gaiiles the
fish classified as slluroiis are hurei back
in m tha w atar ~, thrOtvn IN On thu bonl- as