The Penn's Grove record., 1895-02-15
REV. DIR. LIMA
xHh HRooKLYN DrvINE,s SIM
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "a Call to Outsiders.

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Slaee OF dod is not a little property that
nuay renee on and have all to ourselves.
Ino.s kings park at which we NAV 10,
snrougn the barred gateway, wishing n
~ might go in and see the deer and d
ssa'uary and pluck the flowers and fruits
Fotha aUyai conservatory. No. 1t IS Il
ratner,s orchard, and everywhere there a
ans maj we may let down and gates that =
may swing open, ""s '
nmy Doynood next to the country scboo
house tnere was an orchard of apnles owns
very lame man, who, alt6ougb the
WI appies IN the place perpetually decayfp
anapy scores n scores OF bushels. new,
| rooI anoW any of us to touch the frui
Une DAY, In the ~sinfulness OF a nature inba
veg from our first parents, who were rhine
~ me same temptation, some of Us invade
snaI orchard, but soon retreated, for the ma
Same after us at a speed reckless Of maAin
worse and cried out. ssBov,
pr1P nose apples, or m set the dog on YOU
meu, my friends, there are Christian mer
MO nave the church under severe euard
,roeiS ILduit In this orchard for the Who'll
mol.u, PUT they have q rough and nm
Rmpetnettc way Of accostine outsiders a
tuougn tney had no business here. thouol
~ LORD wants them all to come ana taR,
ne largest and ripest fruit on the prem,ses
naye you an idea, because you were bar jzaf
ttair,een months OF age, and because yor
lave al your life been under hallowed in.
nusnces, mat therefore you have a right tc
ons Wnoie aide OF the Lords table. spreadinc
yourself out and taking up the entire room;
tel You NO. You will have to haul In Won,
SlDoWs, Tor l shall place on either side OF Won
tnoSe wnom you never expected would an
mere, for, as Christ said to His favored peo.
PIE dong ago, so He says to you ,od Ia
M M, .Vsher sheep 1 have which ar y Of
Macdonald, the Scotchman. has fonr a., A..
nozen head of sheep. Some of them ara
orowsing on the heather; some of them are
iying down under the trees; some of them are
syard-theya are scattered around in eiQbt
orten Inherent places. Cameron, hisneighbor
comeS over and says: 81 see you have thirty
sneep. have Just counted them" 1No.h
~ MacDonald, II have a great many more
nn I .nah tnat; Some are here and gone
a,e They are scattered all around
apout, l have 1000 or 5000 in my ttocks,
told." "s ~ tns
SO Christ says to us. Here il a knot al
CHRISTIANS, and there is a knot OF Christians
make up a small part of the aoek
here 10 the Episcopal fold, thu Methodist
so,S, me Lutneran fold. the Congregational
ioid the Presbyterian fold, the Baptist and
the Pedo-Baptist fold, the only difference be-
tween these last two being the mode of
and sokhey are scattered all over.
and we come with our statistics and savtbere
are SO many Thousands of the Lords Sheen.
but Christ responds: "No, no. You have
aot seq ~Nofe than n out of 1000 of NV
Nhey are scattered all over the earth.
~ otns y sneep l have which are not Of this
Ohrist IN my text was ~prophesyine th,lcon. |
''ersion OF the gentiles with as much Conn. |
le1ce as though they were already Converted ,
M he Is now, in the words Of nv text |
.,rophesyfng the coming OF a great muititnde |
Soa1sioers tnat you never supposed would |
mr. u, saying 10 you and saying to me. |
DID, n.y. . ths
N the first place, I remark that ths
sesyenly shepherd will find many of His |
neep among ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Therears
ongreSatons where they are all CHRISTIANS
hu tney seem to be completely finished. and
!, t eaAi one OF the skeleton leaves which
Y preparation have had ali tbe
reenness n yerdure taken off them and
aeit cold and white and delicate, nothing
'antlng but o glass case to nut oye3
rem. me minister of Christ has moth,
TO DO with such Christians bnt ~
once a week and with ostrich
'athef dust of the accumulation of the
.y..s s n Gays, leaving them bright and
ysantne as before. But the other kind OF
onurcn 10 an armory, with perpetual sound
asam and fife,~ gathering recruits for the i
,rd o. Hosts. We say to every applicant, !
70 you want TO be on Gods side--the safe d
70 and the happy side? If SO, come in the 5
nory and get equipped. Here Is a bath in :
% pc cieansed. Here are sandals to L
I upon your feet. Here Is a helmet a. il
ur brow. Here is a breastplats for Won, 4
srs. Here is q sword for your right arm TX
yes like men," 'our ~
here are some hero who say. az stonn., a
rs to church ten or twenty years Az. n
prosner, is it not strange that you should
he first man ] should talk to to-dayS se
all your e1ne--Iknow 1t yery wall W. N
. no.L4 accustomed to come into ,ei;n n
ssllDiage. but l have a SURPRISING IS ma
fment 10 make to you-you ara oainn H.
mS one OF the Lords sheen. tAb \ "
a y " impossible. You don't know he
y ali an ~ rom anything Of that kline" he
4 The ,go.Is 4 nave wandered up and hul
W a sun more startling announca,msa M
80 4 regard to you--you ara not anin bee
W pe,ome one Of the Lords shear h.,yy M
~ become u to-day. You wifi stsn he :
en15 service to be talked with abont yo~y has
asople OF God, pray for that man tor
IN spe oniy use for you here. / shall not that
in ~, II mucn as g crumb for you, Chris. 100
% the outsiders. nOther sbsen y give III
IN fhe AtIantis iolu. he
md Az 49, vent % pieces on Mars hey
wbv dIS people oiambered upon the hos,
10y olu not that heroic minister ~ Ill Ii
u. = "nom we have all read sit down emil
hv 81 those mon on the beecb yrac,
$500 y n 1annels, kidding fire for ousI
9 knsyy '4hs tney got plenty Of food? thief
do fhat ~ = tnere were others who ovos
omen fraezin says: "fonder are men The g
Bovs ia,nsh 4sne rlEging of that room
~ ouapH INC DOat." And 49, ron n
Shs pisdes bend undAr tbe strnnn von =
= Dsiors tney reaohed} the rigging q when
ras frozen and dead. she pas BODY
I T. poor timing; But he says. There bend
m / save; n he cries out, aHoid itch
LUIS longer, n l will save Won. The
steady. Give me Won hand you. bone
nleooaL. Thank God, he Is saveSib sons
sbora ~ suose mere to-day who are thougl
" time with them at ali. bnt + 90 lItbou
: s9uo VINO are freezing In the rio grace I
pnu aud surrounded by p~erilous hat w
aan aWay my ladsl Let us reach There
= = y washed OF and gone. sUnles
M ao.et . Dc saved. Let us push have
y cire ~ pt1tcn the rope. Oh, got In
=, elu.eh Il as with a death grip 10 a dri
on the slippery places. Steedy ne safe
tus saveal Just Rs I thought ioes b,
= has declared that there are some ltrone
y pfenkers who shall come ashore Then y,
le'p ! nave which are not Of THU viii be
,omm verywl
"a snhal nus ministers to be fish through
~ mhen ! 80 hshing I do not want nf Maple
.SJs otner churches, but into the The catt
rid, not sitting along Hohokns undertf
ere eight or ten other persons srs u-,,,
tn hook and line, but, like the ashe NUDE 4,
newfoundland, sailing OF And baaacom
nes away outside, forty or fiffv snlsuei
snore Yea, there are ~nonchurch- ~erslouI
VINO VIII come in. Next sabbath oassSS ~
- nere again or in some better suoh ~
hoy are this moment being swent Ev1ing IN,
ianlassociations. Their voice viii W seuipl
! public prayer. They win die IN y mar
y PED surrounded by Chr~istianil MI NV,
and 70 be carried out by deyoutiI ~ nous
buried, and on their graves bsd ! lang
words '.Preeious In the sight a Laocoon
the death Of His saints.s And ~ Fou 70 40
a day you Will get up with M ~ Ihikl
veg have already buried and n ayga
parents who have already3 mna
Im. n all the grand and oiorR - hot
begins this hour. ssOther sRaen AAssium, 9
p are not of this fold.,s apotl
again. the Heavenly Shepherd ~ ny IN IN
"a a great many Of His sheepN Hnaeugn.
who are positive rejeetors iii kons ever
/. 90 NOT know nov yor-|t Las eemes
.lnristianity. 1t q slVnths, v
ring Theodore PafA narkness K
Ing Remains ..Iad me nres o
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