Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-02-27
REV. DR. TALMAGE
EHB BROOKLYN DIvINE'S SUN.
DAY SERMON.
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Subject: ga Call to Outsidsra~
T.1r: "other sheep have which are no
II this sfold."-John Z, 16.
There IL no monopoly In religion. The
grace OF God Il not little property that w(
may fence OF and have all to ourselves. II
Is not kings park at which We may lool
TN ,ns0usa psaht the barred gateway, Wishing that
statuary and pluck the flowers and fruits ID
the royal conservatory. No. It II thu
Fathers orchard, and everywhere there An
BAN that We may lot down and gates that W
In my boyhood next to the country school
house there was an orchard Of apples, owned
oy . very lame man, who, although thers
wore apples In the place perpetually decayina
would allow any Of US to touch the fruit.
Ono day, In the sinfulness Of nature tnher.
tted from our first parents, who were ruined
by the same temptation, some of US invaded
enas orchard, but soon retreated, for the man
Same after rs ct speed reckless Of making
ur0p those applee, or III set the dog on you"
We'll, my friends, there are Christian men
Who have tho church under severe guard,
Chere te mutt In this orchard for the whole
Vmpathet1o way Of sccosting outsiders, az
though they had no business here, though
Tho Lord wants them all to come and take
the largest and ripest fruit on the premises.
Have you IN idea, because you were bspt1sed
sa Thirteen; months nth OF age, and because you
duences, that therefore you have q right to
one whole dde OF the Lords table, spreading
yourself out and taking up the entire room?
tall you no. You will have to haul in your
those whom you never expected would sit
there, for, a. Christ said to His favored peo-
pie long ago, SO He says to you and to
me, "Othsr sheep have which are not Of
Macdonald, the Scotchman, has four or fly>
dozen head Of sheep. Some of them are
browsing on the heather; some of them are
lying down under the trees; some Of them are
In his yard-they are scattered around in eight
orten different places. Cameron, his neighbor,
comes over and says: 81 see you have thirty
sheep. have Just counted them" NO."
says Macdonald, 81 have a great many moro
sheep than that. Some are here and some
are elsewhere. They are scattered all around
Abont. I have 1000 or 5000 In my fiocks.
Other sheep have which are not in this
30 Christ says to US. Here is knot OF
Christians, and there is knot of Christians,
but they make up a small part Of the flock.
Here q the Episcopal fold, the Methodist
fold. the Lutheran fold: the Congresational
fold, the Presbyterian fold, the Baptist and
the Pedo-Baptist fold, the only difference be-
tween these last two being the mode ofsheep
washing, and 80 they are scattered all over,
and We como with our statistics and say there
are 80 many thousands OF the Lords sheep,
but Christ responds: "No, no. You have
not seen more than one out of 1000 Of My
flock. They are scattered all over the earth.
Other sheep / have which are not Of this
told.'"
Christ in my text wss prophesying the con.
version OF the gentiles with as much conf.
dence as though they were already converted
and He Is now, in the words of my text,
prophesying the coming of a great multitude
OF outsiders that you never supposed would
come in, saying to you and saying to me,
"Other sheep have which are not of this
old."
In the first place, I remark that the
Heavenly Shepherd will find many Of His
sheep among the enonchurchgoers. There are
congregations where they are all Christians,
and they seem to be completely finished, and
they remind one Of the skeleton leaves which
by chemical preparation have had all the
greenness and verdure taken OF them and
are left cold and white and delicate, nothing
wanting but glass case to put over
them. The minister Of Christ has noth-
ing to do with such Christians but to
come once a week and with ostrich
feather dust of the accumulation Of the
last six days, leaving them bright and
crystalline as before. But the other kind Of
. church is an armory, with perpetual sound
Of drum and fife, gathering recruits for the
Lord Of Hosts. We say to every applicants
"Do you want to be on Gods side-the safe
side and the happy side? If SO, come in the
armory and get equipped. Here is a bath In
put upon your feet. Here is helmet for
your brow. Here is a breastplate for your
heart. Here is a sword for your right arm,
and yonder is the battlefield. Quit your
selves like men,"
There are some here who say, 81 stopped
n
My brother, is II not strange that you should
be the first man l should talk to to-day? ]
know all your case. know it very well. You
have not been accustomed to come into relig-
ious assemblage. but have q surprising an
nouncement to make to you-you are going
to become one Of the Lords sheep. "Ah,"
you say, ''it Is impossible. You don't know
how far am from anything Of that kind" !
know all about 1t. / have wandered up and
down the world, and understand your case.
have still more startling announcement
to make In regard to you-you are not only
going to be ,ome one Of the Lords sheep, but
you will become one to-day. You will stay
after this service to be talked with about your
soul. People Of God, pray for that man.
That is the only use for you here. shall not
break of SO much as crumb for you, Chris
tians, In this sermon, for am going to give
It all to the outsiders. "Other sheep have
which are not of this fold"
When the Atlantic went to pieces on Mars
rock, and the people clambered upon the
beach, why did not that heroic minister OF
the gospel Of whom We have all read sit down
and take care Of those men on the beach,
wrapping them in hannels, kindling FIRE for
them, seeing that they got plenty of food2
All, he knew that there were Others who
would do that. He says: "Yonder are men
and women freezing in the rigging OF that
wreck. Boys, launch the boat" And now
I see the oar blades bend under the strong
pull, but before they reached the rigging
md 1and ha
washed of. poor thing. But he says, '.There
is a man to save" and he cries out: "Hold
on five minutes longer, and I will save you.
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So there are those here to-day who are
safe on the shore Of Gods mercy. I will not
spend any time with them at all, but see
there are some who are freezing in the rig
ging Of sin and surrounded by perilous
storms. Pull away, my lads! Let us reach
them. Alas, one IL washed of and gone.
There Is one more to be saved. Let US push
out for that one. Clutch the rope. Oh,
dying man, clutch 1t as with q death grip.
Steady, now. on the slippery places. Steady.
For Christ has declared that there are some
still in the breakers who shall come ashore.
"Other sheep I have which are not Of thh
told."
Christ commands His ministers to be fish
ermen, and when go fishing do not want
to go among other churches, but into the
wide world, not sitting along Hohokus
creek, where eight or ten other persons are
sitting with hook and line, but, like the fish
ermen Of Newfoundland, sailing of and
dropping net away outside, forty or fifty
miles from shore. Yes, there are nonchurch-
goers here who will come in. Next Sabbath
they will be here again or in some better
church. They are this moment being swept
into Christian. associations. Their voice will
be heard in public prayer. They will die In
peace, their bed surrounded by Christian
sympathies and to be carried out by devout
men to be buried, and on their graves be
nhisled the words. "Precious in the sight Of
he Lord Is the death Of His saints" And on
resurrection day you will get up with the
lear children you have already buried and
With your Christian parents who have already
won the palm. And all the grand and glor
lous history begins this hour. "Other sheep