Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-03
THE NET is FULL OF FIST.
nEv. M. lALNAGD rHHNcnEs uN
OBJECTIONS 40 nrSi,ALs.
irbe Great uevivniist OF rue rast'
ncgianinW OF Aaron uurr'r Dawn
ward cnrcrr-rrom Paradise 10 inc
Judgment connnEration.

I lNl AhN hAUIttl " Allr t'NNlAh NNNNNkN WV
rrcas today "Tho Objections to Religious
Rovlvals, q from the text Luke ', o, They
lnclosed great multitude Of fishes, and
| their net brake"
! Simon and his comrades had experienced
tho night before what fishermen cnll poor
luck" ChTist steps on board tho fishing
l smack and tolls the Sailors TO pull away
| from the beach and directs them again 10
sink tho neb Sure enough, very soon tho
net Is full OF fishes, and tho sailors begin
| to haul In. So large school OF fish was
! taken that tho hardy men begin to look
/ rod IN tho fncu ns they pull. and hardly
! have they begun 60 rejoice NJ their success
when snap goes thread Of tho net, and
snap goes another thread, No thoro Is dan
I por not only OF losing the ilsh but Of los
/ ing the net
Without much care ns 10 how much tho
boat Tits or how much water ~ spiashod
/ on deck tho Fishermen rush about, gather
/ ing up tho broken mcshos Of The net. ont
/ y0ndor there ~ n ship dancing on tho
wave, and they hhil lt, "ship ahoy, boar
| down this wnyl" This ship comes, and
both boats both fishing smholts, nro flllod
with tho noundoring treasures.
! "Ah, says some one, how much bet.
ter II would have been II thuy had stnid on
shorc, and nshod with IA hook and line and
taken ono No "A time, instead Of having
thls grOat excitement, and the boat almost
upset. and the net broken, and having 20
call for help, aud getting sopping wet with
the SEMI The church Is tho boat the COS.
pol II tho net, society Is tho srn, and u
gruat revival IL a whole school brought I'm
al ono sweep ~ the net have Rdmira.
ton for Jhnt man who GOES out with u
hook and line 10 fish | admire tho way
no unwlnds tho reel and adjusts the bHit
aud drops the hook In quiet place ON u
still afternoon, and horo catches ono aud
there one, but llls6 also big boat and a
largo crow, and u not n mile long, and
swift oars, nud stout mlls, and ain
broogc, aud great multitude Of souls
brought, 10 great multitude that you
hnyo 10 got help TO draw It ashore, strain
lug tho net 60 the utmost until II breaks
hero and there, lrttlng n few escape but
bringing the great multitude into eternal
safety
Objections TO Rcvivais.
In other words, / believe IA ruvlynla
Thu groht work VI Swing men hogan with
0, 600 pcuplo Joining thcehurch in one dny
md 10 viii close with 49, 600 600 OF 100
600 900 people saved In "a hours, WHOM
nations shall DO born In day bat there
hrc objections TO rcyiyhla People are op
posed ia them hcrauso tho not might ser
broken. and N by tho pressure az oouls N
docs not not broken then thcy tnRr tboir
own ponknivoa and SIT tho not, "They IN
olosrd a rrcnt multitude OF iehea. and tho
net brake
IL Ia sometimes opposed to revival OF
rpilplon that those WHO como into tle
church at such timos do not hold out. a
long az there Is gnlo Of blessing they
7 have their sails up, but o. soon as stroug
Winds stop blowing thcn tbty drou into "A
dond calm. but what nro the fnets In tho
! cnsoi In all our uhuichcs tho vast ma
iorlty of the useful people uro those who
I arc brought in undor great aNntonngs.
aud they hold out Whoaru tho prominent
mon IN tho United States In churches. IN
prayer meetings In Sabbath uohqulg9 For
I tho most mart they nre the uroduct OF great
/ nwnkcnlnga.
] hayo noticed that those who hrc
brought into tho kingdom OF God through
rnyiynls hnyn moro prrsIstrncc and moro
{ determination I'm Che Cl,rlatinnelife than
those who como IN uudor low state Of
religion, People horn Ia nm iochotso may
/ live. hut they Will mover ret over tho cold
! they caught Ia tho lcehOusn. A cannon
i bali depends upon tho impulsc with which
/ II stnrta for how far II shall 20 and how
Bwiftly, and tho creator tho revival force
with which a soul AZ started the moro fnr.
ronchng and far rosoundinr will DO tho
execution
But a. IA sometimes objected To reylynls
that thrru 10 SO much excitement Tint moo.
Pic mlstnko hystrrln for rollrlon.
A Useful I:scitcmcnt.
Wo must ndn,lt thnt i'm c,rrv revival ri,
religion tbero 4, either n snnHrcssoJ ~, 4.
demongtrntr,l ,veitrncnt lndro,l n n man
onn no out of "A s,,,to ol conlcu,nntio, int,
stnto of neoentonon vim C;,d az so, nti,.
err no. without nuy nplntlon az son ho
IA IN nn unhcnlthy. morb,d rtnto md Il nv
rpulslyc and nssnrd ns mnn ,vho shot,id
boast No sp,yn child spntohcI AMI f,nn
undnr a hoifois hbofs aud foIt nongitntio,
or san a n,nn rrsrnod fr,m the AMIN
story of n honso ON llre nnd fnlt no nrc"irr
alton OF tho nnlses
Salvation from ain and doath and bn,i
into life aud nrnce md Lcnyen ,o,,,,,r h,
such a tremendous thing tbat n N nnn
tolls mo no IAN iool On itwitbont n,v ng,
tation Doubt M CbrI,tlnnitv ma XXI
Ia that suii,stlirt.s. exoltoncnt IA ,bo met
iinpoftnnt nnsaIbip tbtng In c,so ~ ~,
suscitntlon from DRAWING or frcoginf, ,be
ono idea is TOT animation ncf,r, com.
vorslon ,yo are aenJ Itis tho buslnoss n,
tho church 10 royIvo nr,,,sn n,,,l.nn ~,
eusoithte efnrtln intn lIf, ls,rtt,,,,,,,,t T.,
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