Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-11
very moment--whcther you sit or stand--
looksinte your eyes and says, "Othsr sheep
have which are not Of this fold"
Hone For All.

herd is going TO find great many sheep
among those who have been flung OF evil
habit II makes mo sad to see Chriatian
people give up a prodigal as lost. There
ore those who talk as though the grace Of
God were chain OF 40 or 90 links, and
after they had run out there was nothing
to touch tho depth Of very bad cnse II
they were hunting and got of tho truck OF
tho deer, they would look longer among
the brakes and bushes for the lost game
than they have been looking for that lost
soul People tell US that II a man have
delirium tremens twice he cannot be 70
claimed; that after woman has sacrificed
her integrity she cannot be restored The
Bible has distinctly intimated that tho
Lord Almighty Is ready topardon 400 times
that is, 70 times7. There are mon before
the throne Of God who have wnllowed In
every kind Of sin; hut, saved by the grace
OF Jesus and washed in his blood, they
stand thoro radiant now. Thoro arc those
who plunged Into the very lowest OF all
the bells in New York who have for the
tenth time bcen lifted up, md finally by
tho grace Of God they stand In heaven glo-
riously rescued by the grace promised to
the chief OF sinners. / want to tell you
that God loves to take hold OF very bad
case When the church casts you off, md
when tho clubroom casts you OIL, and
when society casts you OF, and WHOM bust
ness associates cnst you OF, and when IA
Their casts you of, and whom mother onsts
you of, and when everybody casts you
on, your first cry for help will bend tho
eternal God clear down into the ditch Of
your suffering and shame
The Good Templars cannot save you, al
thnunh ttuxs NM a
Sons Of Temperance cannot save you, al
though they are mighty for good Sign.
Ing the temperance pledge cannot save
you, although believe in It. Nothing but
the grace OF the eternal God can savo you,
and thatwill IL you will throw yourself on
1t. There is n man In this house who said
to met Unless God helps me I cannot be
delivered. l have tried everything, sir,
but now have got In tho habit Of prayer
and when / como TO a drinking saloon /
pray that God will take me safe past, and
! pray until am past. He does help mo. "
For every man given TO strong drink thore
are scores Of traps set, and when he goes
out on business tomorrow he will be in
Infinite poril, and no one but the every
where present God can see that man
through. Oh, they talk about tho cata-
combs Of Naples, and tho catacombs OF
Rome, and the oatacombs OF Egypt, the
burial places under tho city whore the
dust Of great multitude lies, but tell
you New York has Its cataoomhs, and Bos-
ton Its catacombs, and Philadelphia It's
oatacombs They are the underground
restaurants, full of dead meu's bones and
all unoleanness. Young man, you know
it. God help you. There is no need Of
going into the art gallery TO SEQ In the
skillful sculpture that wonderful represon-
Triton Of man and his sons wound
around with sorponts.
Help In Struggle.
There arc families represented in this
house that are wrapped in tho mnrtyrdom
OF fang and scale and vonom--a living
LAGOON Of ghastliness and horror. What
arc you TO doi am not speaking into the
mir. 1 am talking to hundreds Of mon who
must DO saved by Chrlst's gospel or never
saved at all. What are you going to doY
Do not put your trust In bromide of po-
tassium or in Jamaica ginger or anything
that npotheoRres can mix. Put your trust
only in the eternal God, and he will see
you through, Some Of you do not have
temptations every day. 1t is n periodic
temptation that comes every sig weeks or
every three months, when IL seems rs II
the powers OF darkness kindle around
about your tongue the fires OF the pit. It
Is we'll enough at such time, as some Of
you do, to seek medical counsel, but your
first and most importunate cry must be TO
God. If the 1cnds will drag you TO tho
slaughter, mako them do 1t on your knees.
o God, now that tho pafoSysm Of thirst
Is coming ngain upon that man, help himl
Fling bnck into the pit OF hell the fend
that assaults his soul this moment. oh.
my heart aches to see mon go on In this
fearful struggle without Christ
There are In this house those whose
hands so tFemhlo from dissipation that
they can hardly hold book, and yet
have to tell you that they will yet preach
tho gospel, and on communion days carry
around consecrated bread, acceptable 20
everybody, because Of their holy life and
their oonsecrated behavior. Tho Lord is
going to sayo you Your homo has got to
be rebuilt. Your physical health has got
to be restored Your worldly business has
got TO DO reconstructed The church OF
God is going to rejoice over your disciple
ship. "Other sheep have which arc not
of this fold,
Hope For Outsiders.
While ] have hope for all prodigals,
there are some people in this house whom
give up. i mean those who have been
ohurchgoers all their life, who have
maintained outward morality, but who,
notwithstanding 20, 80, 40 years Of Chris
tlan advantages, hare never yielded their
heart to Christ. They are gospel harden,
cd. could call their names now, and IL
they would rise up they would rise up In
scores. Gospel hardened A sermon has
no more eject upon thea than the shining
moon on tho city pavement As Christ
says, "Tho publioans and harlots viii go
into the kingdom Of God before them. +"
They bavo resisted all the importantly Of
slyine mercy and have gone during these
so years through most powerful earth
auakes of religious feelinH, and they are
further away from God than ever After
awhile they will lie down sick, and some
day 1t will be told that thoy ars dead. No
hopel
But ] turn 10 outsiders with a hope
that thrills through my body and soul.
"Other sheep havo which are not OF this
fold" You ore not gospel hardened You
have not hoard or read many sermons dur
ing the last few years. A you came in
today everything was novel. aud all the
services arc saggestive OF your early days
How sweet the opening hymn sounded In
Your ears. and how hlossod is this houri
Everything suggestive OF heaven. You 10
not weep, but the shower Is not far on.
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