Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-02-16
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you are not only going TO become one OF
tho Lords sheep, but you viii become
one today. You viii stay after this serv-
ice to DO talked with about your soul.
People Of God, pray for that man. That
is the only use for you here. shall not
4 break OF SO much as crumb for you,
Christians, in this sermon, for | mn
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 ciambered
upon the beach, why did not t:at heroic
minister of TIE gospel of whom we have
oil read sit down and take care Of those
men on the beach, wrapping them il
4 flannels. kirdling fire for them, seeing
that they got plenty Of food? All, ho
knew that there were others who would
do that He says: "Yonder are men
and women freezing i'll the rigging of
that wreck. Boys, launch the beat.
And now see the oar blades bend I'LL
der tie strong pull, but before they
reached the rigging woman was frozen
and dead She was washed of, peer
thing. But he says, There is man to
save, and he cries out: Hold Gu five
minutes longer, and | will savo you
Steady, steady. Give me your hand
Leap into the lifeboat Thank God, lie
/ is sayedr'
So there are those hero today who are
safe ON the shore Of Gods mercy. /
will not spend any time with them at
all, but see there are some who are
I freezing in the rigging Of sin aid sur
rounded by perilous storms. Pail away,
my lads! Let us reach them. Alas, CHE
is washed off and gone. There is orc
more to be saved. Let rs push ont fer
that one Clutch the rope Oh, dying
/ man, clutch it as with death grip
Steady, now, on the slippery places.
/ Steady There-sayed, saved just as
thought. For Christ has declared that
there are some still in the breakers WHO
4 shall come ashore. ''Other sheep have
which are not of this fold y
Searching For Stray Sheep.
/ Christ commands his ministers to lie
fishermen, and when go fishing fonot
want to go among other churches, h..
/ into the wide world, net sitting aloIg
Hohokus creek, where eight or ten 9th
er persons are sitting with hook and
1 line, but, like tho 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 hero again Or i'll some
better church. They are this moment
being swept into Christian associations
! Their voice will be heard III public
prayer. They will die in peace, their
bed surrounded by Christian sym
pathies and to be carried out by dcvout
men to be buried and OH their grave be
ohiseled tho words, Precious in TIE
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 ard glo-
rious history begins this hour. Other
sheep | have which are not Of this
| fold. "
| | 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 project Christianity. 1t
may have been through hearing Thee
dore Parker preach, or through reading
Remains Life of Jesus, " or through the
infidel 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
! ject it. You do not believe that Christ
is divine being. although you admit
that he was a very good man. You DO
not believe that the Bible was inspired
of God, although you think there are
some very fine things in it. You believe
that the Scriptural description of Eden
was only an allegory There are SO
things that l believe that you do not be-
lieve. And yet you are all accommodate
ing man. Everybody that knows you
says that Of you If ! should ask you to
| do a kindness for me, or if any enc else
should ask of you kindness, you would
do it. Now. have a kindness to Gsk Of
you today 1t is something that Will
cost you nothing and viii give me great
delight | want you by experiment 60
try the power of Christ religion. If
should come to you, and you were very
sick, and doctors had given you up and
said there was 10 chance for yor, and
should take out bottle and say: Here
is medicine that will cure you it has
cured so people, ard it will euro you,''
you would say, II have no confidence
in it. " would say, Wont you take
it to oblige me?'' We'll" you would
say, ''if it's any accommodation to you,
FL take it,. My friend, will you be
just as accommodating in matters of re-
ligion? There are some of you who have
found ont that this world cannot satisfy
your soul. You are like the man who
told Inc one Sabbath after the service
was over: Il have tried this world and
found it an insufficient portion. Tell
me Of something better. " You have
come to that. You are sick for tie need
of divine medicament.
Ready to Obey.
Now | come and tell you CT physi-
elan who will cure you, who has cured
hundreds and hundreds who were as
sick as you are. "Oh, lyon say, Il have
10 confidence in him. " But will you
not try him? Accommodate me in this
matter; ohlige me in this matter; jast
try him. am very certain he viii cure
you. You reply, 81 have no especial
confidence in him, but if you ask me as
G matter of accommodation introduce
him" So do introduce hinl-Christ,
the physician who has cured moro blind
eyes and healed more CHASTITY wounds
and bound up more broken hearts than
all the doctors since the time of A1scula-
Plus. That divine physician is here
Are you not ready to try him? VIII you
not, as pure matter of experiment, try
aim and state your case before him this