The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-02-15

nouncement to make III regard to you
you are not only going to become one Of
the Lords sheep but you will become
one today You will stay after this serv.
ice to be talked with about your soul
People of God, pray for that man, That
ia the only use for you here shall not
break off so much as crumb for You,
Christians, In this sermon, for ! am
going to give 1t 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 olambered
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
mon on the beach, wrapping them In
fiannels, kindling fire for them, seeing
that they got plenty of food9 All, he
knew that there were others who would
do that He says: "Yonder arc men
and women freezing in the rigging of
that wreck Boys, launch the boat.
And now | see the oar blades bend un
der the strong pull, but before they
reached the rigging woman was frozen
and dead. She was washed off, poor
thing. But he says, There is man to
! save" and he cries out: Hold on five
minutes longer, and will save you.
Steady; steady. Give me your hand,
Leap into the lifeboat Thank God, he
is savedH'
So there age those here today who arc
safe on the shore of Gods mercy.
will not spend any time with them at
all, but / see there are some who are
freezing in the rigging of sin and sur
rounded by perilous storms. Pull away
my lads Let us reach them. Alas, one
is washed off and gone. There is one
more to be saved. Let US push out for
that one Clutch the rope, Oh, dying
man, clutch it as with death grip.
Steady, now, on the slippery places.
Steady There-saved, saved Just as
thought. For Christ has declared that
there are some still in the breakers who
shall come ashore. "Other sheep have
which are not of this fold. "
Searching For Stray Sheep.
Christ commands his ministers to be
fishermen, and when 60 fishing do not
want to go among other churches, but
into the wide world, not sitting along
Hohokus creek, where eight or ten 9th
er persons are sitting with hook and
line, but, like the fishermen of New
foundland, sailing off and dropping net
away outside, 40 or so miles from
shore. Yes, there are nonchurchgoers
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 sym
pathies and to be carried out by devout
men to be buried and on their grave be
chiseled the words, Precious in the
sight of the Lord is the death of his
saints" And on resurrection day you
will get up with the dear children you
have already buried and with your
Christian parents who have already won
the palm. And all that grand and glo-
rious history begins this hour. "Other
sheep | have which are not of this
fold"
l remark again, the heavenly shep-
herd is going to find great many Of
his sheep among those who are positive
rejectors of Christianity. do not know
how you came to reject Christianity. 1t
may have been through bearing Thee
doro Parker preach, or through reading
Remains Life of Jesus, " or through the
infdel talk of some young man in your
store. 1t may have been through the
trickery of some professed Christian
man who disguised you with religion.
do not ask you how you became so,
but you frankly tell me that you do re-
iect it. You do not believe that Christ
is divine being, although you admit
that ho was very good man. You do
not believe that tho Bible was inspired
Of God, although you think there are
some very fine things in it. You believe
chat the Scriptural description Of Eden
was only an allegory. There are 80
things that | believe that you do not be-
licvo. And yet you are an accommodate
ing man. Everybody that knows you
says that of you. If | should ask you to
do kindness for me, or if any one else
ahould ask Of youa kindness, you would
do it, Now, have kindness to ask of
you today. 1t is. something that will
cost younothing and will give me great
delight l want you by experiment to
try the power of Christ's religion. If
: should come to you, and you were very
sick, and doctors had given you up and
said there was no chance for you, and
should take out bottle and say: Here
is a medicine that will cure you 1t has
cured 90 people, and it will cure you, }"
you would say, Il have no confidence
in it" | would say, Wont you take
it to oblige me?' WELL" you would
say, if it's any accommodation to you,
III take it, My friend, will you be
just as accommodating in matters of re-
ligion? There are some of you who have
found out that this world cannot satisfy
your soul. You are like the man who
fold me one Sabbath after the service
was over: II have tried this world and
found it an insufficient portion. Tell
me of something better" You have
come to that. You are sick for the need
Of divine medicament.
Ready to Obey.
Now l come and tell you Of physi-
clan who will cure you, who has cured
hundreds and hundreds who were as
sick rs You are. "Oh, you say, II have
10 confidence in him.. But will you
not try him? Accommodate me in this
matter; oblige me in this matter; just
try him. ! am very certain he will cure
you. You reply, II have no especial
confidence in him, but if You ask me as
a matter of accommodation introduce
him. So do introduce hin-Christ,
the physician who has cured more blind
eyes and healed more CHASTITY wounds
ana bound up more broken hearts than
all tho doctors since the time of Escula-
Plus That divine physician is here
Are you not ready to try him? Will you
not. as pure matter of experiment, try
him and state your case before him this