Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-04-13

choose. Here Is man who says, "A can
moro easily and more closely approach God
through prayer book" l say, My
brother, then use the prayer book. Here
Is man who says,"I believe there Is only
one mode OF baptism, and that Is INNER
sion" Then say. Let me plunge you. !"
Anyhow, l say, away with the gate OF
rough panel and rotten posts and rustod
latch when there arc II gates. and they
arc i2 pearls
Doctrined to Death.
Tho fact Is that great many Of the
churches In this day arc being doctrined
to death They have bccn trying 20 find
out all about Gods DEGREES. and they
want Ia know who are elected to bo saved
and who arc rcprohated 10 be- damned,
and they are keeping ON discussing that
subject when there arc millions Of souls
who need To have the truth put straight at
them. They sit counting the number Of
teeth In the jawbono with which Samson
slew the philistines. They sit on tho
beach and see vessel going To pieces In
tho ofiing, and instead OF getting into
boat and pulling away for tho wreck
they sit discussing the different styles Of
oarlocks God intended us to know some
things and intended us not TO know 9TH
ers. have heard scores Of sermons ex-
planntory Of Gods DEGREES. but came
away moro porplexcd than when I went
The only result OF such discussion is n
great fog Here are two truths which are
"a conquer the world-inan. a sinner
Christ, a Saviour Any man who adopts
those two theories In his religious belief
shall have my right hand In warm grip OF
Christian brotherhood
A man comes down To river In time
OF frcshct lilo wants to get across lie
has To swim. What does he do' The first
thing is tn put OF his heavy apparel and
drop everything he has In his hands. He
must go empty handed II he Is going TO
the other bank. And I tell you when we
have come down tn the river Of death and
find Il swift and raging we will have to
put of all our scctarianism and lay down
all our cumhrous creed and empty handed
put out for the other shore. What" say
you. would you resolve all the Christian
church into one kind Of church, Would
you make all Christcndom worship In the
Same way, by the same forms!" oh, no.
You might rs well decide that all people
shall eat the same kind of food without
reference to appetite or wear tho same
kind OF apparel without reference 20 tho
shape Of their body. Your ancestry, your
temperament. your surroundings. will do
eide whether you go 20 this or that church
and adopt this or that church polity. Ono
church will best get one man 20 heaven
and another church another man. do
not caro- which ono OF tho gates you go
through II you only go through one OF tho
~ gates that Jesus lifted.
Tho Twelfth Gate.
Well, now. | see all the redeemed OF
earth coming up toward heaven. do you
think they will all get inf Yes Gate
the first, the Mo-ayians come up; they
believed In the Lord Jesus; they pass
through Gate the second. tho Quakcrs
como up; they have received tho inward
light; they have trusted In the Lord; they
pass through Gate the third, tho Lu-
thcrans come up; they had the same grace
that made Luther what he was and they
pass through Gate the fourth, tho Bap-
fists pass through Gate the fifth, tho
FREQ win Baptists pass through. Gate
tho sixth, tho Reformed church passes
through. Gate the seventh, the Congre-
gationalists pass through Gate the eighth,
tho German Reformed church passes
through. Gate the ninth, the Mctho.
pass AOtt lUt ltntUt IuO
Sabbatarians pass through. Gate the clev-
enth, the Church Of the Disciples pass
through Gate tho twelfth, the Presby-
terians pass through. But there arc q
great part of other denominations who
must come In, and great multitudes who
connected themselves with no visible
church, but felt the power OF godliness In
their heart and showed IL in their life.
l.. -. N Al
remaining host out OF the city? No. They
may come in at our gate. Hosts OF God,
IL you cannot get admission through any
other entrance, come In ut the twelfth
gate. Now they minglc before the throne.
Looking up at the one hundred and for
~ and four thousand, you cannot tell
which gate they camo In. One Lord. One
faith. One baptism. One CLASSY sen. One
doxology. One triumph. Ono heavenl
why, Luther, how did you get ini II
came through the third gate. Z" Gran
mer, how did you get ini' II came
through the eighth gate. ''Adoniram
Judson, how did you get through" II
came through the seventh gate. Hugh
McKnil. the martyr, how did you get
through Il came through tho twelfth
gate" Glory 20 God. IL gates. but one
heaven
In the third place, notice the points Of
the compass toward which these gates
look. They are not on one side. or on two
sides, or on three sides. but on four sidok
This Is no fancy OF mine, but distinct
announcements. On tho north three gates,
on the south three gates, On the east three
gates, on the west three gates. What does
that mean. Why. IL means that all M
tionalities arc included, and II does not
make any difference from what quarter Of
tho earth man comes up. II his heart is
right, there Is gate open before him. On
the north three gates. That means mer-
cy for Laplnnd and Siberia and Norway
and Sweden. On tho south three gates.
That means pardon for Hindustan and
Algiers and Ethiopia On the east three
gates. That means salvation for China
and Japan and i3orneo. On the west three
gates. That means redemption for Amer
lea. IL does not make any difference how
dark skinned or how pale faced men may
be. They will find n gate right before
them. Those pluckcd bananas under .
tropical sun. These shot across Russian
SHOWS behind reindeer. From Mexican
plateau, from Roman campania, from
Chinese teaficld, from Holland dixie, from
Scotch highlands. they come, they come.
Heaven Is not n monopoly for n few pre-
cious souls. IL Is not Windsor castle
built only for royal families. IL Is not a
small town with small population, but
John saw IL, and he noticed that an angel
was measuring IL. and he measured IL this
way, and then be measured IL that way,
and which ever way he measured IL IL was
l, 500 miles. So that Babylon and Tyre
and Nineveh and 81. Petersburg and Can
ton and Picking and Paris and London
and New York and all the dead cities of
the past and all the living cities of the
present added together would not equal
the census Of that great metropolis.
Walking along n street, you can, by the
contour of the Dress or of the face, guess
where "A man comes from. You shy, That
is "a Frcnchman: that Is n Norwegian; that
Is an American. But the gates that gath
er in the righteous will bring them in ire
spective Of nationality. Foreigners some
times get humcsick Some of the tender
est and most pathetic stories have been
told OF those who left their native cline,
and longcd for IL until they died But the
Swiss coming 10 the high residence OF
heaven, will not long any more for tho
Alps, standing amid the eternal hills The
Russian will not long any moro for tho
luxuriant harvest field he left now that
he hears the hum and tho rustic Of tho
haryests Of everlasting light Tho royal
ones from eTrth will not long TO 20 back
again to the earthly court now that they
stand In tho palaces Of the sun. Those
who once lived among the groves Of spice
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