The Yale expositor., 1895-02-15


men and women freezing in the rigging
OF that wreck. Boys. launch the hoat!'
And now l see the oar blades bend un-
der the strong pull; but before they
reached the rigging a woman was fro
zen and dead. She was washed off,
poor thing! Bat he says: There Is a
man to save" and he cries out: Hold
on five minutes longer and l will save
you. Steadyl Steady! Give me your
hand. Leap into the life boat. thank
God he is savedw So there arc those
here to-day who are safe on the shore
OF Gods mercy. 1 will not spend any
time with them at all; but 1 sec there
are some who are freezing in the rig
ging of sin and surrounded by perilous
storms. Pull away, my lads! Let us
roach 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
il as with a death grip. Steady, now,
on the slippery places. Steady there!
Saved! Saved! Just as l thought. For
Christ has declared that there are some
still in the breakers who shall come
ashore. "Other sheep l have which are
not Of this fold"
Christ commands his ministers TO be
fishermen, and when / go fishing j 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 fishermen of New
foundland, sailing off and dropping net
away outside, forty or fifty miles from
shore. Yes. there are non-church goers
here who will come in. Next Sabbath
they Will be here again, or In some bet
ter church They are this moment be-
Ing swept into Christian associations.
Their voice will be heard In public
prayer. They will die in peace, their
bed surrounded by Christian sympa-
thies, 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"
Again 1 remark, that the heavenly
Shepherd is going to find a great many
sheep among those who have been flung
or evil habit. 1t makes me sad to see
Christian people give up d prodigal as
lost. There are those who talk as
though the grace OF God were a chain
or forty or fifty links and after they
had run out there was nothing to touch
the depth OF q very bad case. II they
were hunting and got or the track OF
the 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 delirlum tremens twice. he can not
be reclaimed; that after a woman has
sacrificed her integrity. she can not be
restored. The Bible has distinctly init
mated that the Lord Almighty Is ready
to pardon four hundred and ninety
times; that Is. seventy times seven.
There are men before the throne OF
God VINO have wallowed in every kind
of sin; but, saved by the grace Of Je-
sus and washed In his blood, they
stand there radiant now. There are
those who have plunged into the very
lowest OF all the bells in New York,
who have for the tenth time been lifted
up. and finally, by the grace OF God.
they stand in heaven gloriously res
cued by the grace promised to the chief
CT sinners, ] want to tell you that God
loves to take hold OF a very bad case.
When the church casts you off and
when the club room casts you off and
when society casts you Off and when
business associates casts you off and
when father casts you of. and when
mother casts you OFF and when every
body casts you off. your first cry for
help will bend the Eternal God clear
down into the ditch OF your suffering
and shame.
The Good Templars can not save you,
although they are a grand institution.
The Sons of Temperance can not save
you. although they are mighty for good.
Signing the temperance pledge can not
save you. although believe in II. Moth
ing but the grace of the Eternal God
can save you. and that will II you will
throw yourself on it. There Is a man
in this house who said to me: Unless
God helps me / can not be delivered.
I have tried everything, sir; but now
1 have got in the habit OF prayer and
when / come to n drinking saloon i
pray that God will take me safe past
and 1 pray until L am past. He does
help me-" For every man given to
strong drink there are scores Of traps
set; and when he goes out on business
tomorrow he will be in infinite peril,
and no one but the everywhere present
God can see that man through. Oil
they talk about the catacombs Of Ma
pies and the catacombs OF Rome and
the catacombs of Egypt-the burial
place under the city where the dust of
a great multitude lies; but / tell you
New York has its catacombs and Bos-
ton it's catacombs and Philadelphia its
catacombs. They are the underground
restaurants, full of dead mems bones
and all uncleanness. Yong man, you
know II. God help you. There Is no
need Of going into the art gallery to see
the skillful sculpture that wonderful
representation OF a man and his sons
wound around with serpents. There
are families represented in this house
that are wrapped in the martyrdom OF
fang and scale and venom-a living
LAGOON of ghastliness and horror.
What are you to do? j am not speak
ing into the air. 1 an talking to hum
dreds of men who must be saved by
Christ's gospel or never saved at all
What are you going to do?
Do not put your trust in bromide Of
potassium, or in Jamaica ginger, or in
any thing that apothecaries can mix.
Put your trust only I'm the Eternal God
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