The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-02-16

clUTtu Is an TAiDEN, WIN lei Pctudt
sound of drum and fife, gathering re-
crui,> for the Lord of hosts. We say
to every applicant. DO you want to
be on Gods side, the safe side and the
happy side? If SO, coule in the armory
AMI sc. equipped Here is a bath i'll
which TO be cicansed. Here are sandals
to put upon your feet. Here is a helmet
for your brow. Here is a breastplate
for your heart. Here is a sword for
vour r;ght arm. and yonder is the bat
tleticld. Quit yourselves like men,
There are some here who say: Il
stopped going tn church ten or twenty
wears ago" My brother, is it not
strange that q should be the first
man | should talk to to-day? ] know
all your case: | know ali very well.
Yoa have not been accustomed to come
into religious assemblage, but | have q
surprising announcement to make to
you: you are going to become one of
the Lords sheep. All" You say, lit
is impossible. You don't know how
far ] am from anything of that kind"
/ know all about it. 1 have wandered
up and down the world, and l under
stand your ease. | have a still more
startling announcement to make in re-
gard TO you; you are not only going to
become one of the Lords sheep, but
yol will become II to-day. You will
stay after this service 10 be talked
with about your soul. People of God,
pray for that man! That is the only
use for you here. l shall not break of
so much as a crumb for you, Christians,
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it all to the outsiders. 'Other sheep
have which are not of this fold"
Christ commands His ministers to be
fishermen, and when I go fishing 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 fisherman of
Newfoundland, sailing off and drop.
ping net away outside, 40 or 80 miles
from shore. Yes, there are non-church-
goers here who will come in.
l remark again, the Heavenly Shep-
herd is going to find a great many Of
his sheep among those who are positive
rejectors of Christianity. / do not
know how you came to reject Chris
t~ianitv. 1t may have been through
hearing Theodore Parker preach, or
through reading Remains Life Of
Jesus" or through the inidel talk of
some young man In your store. 1t may
have beon through the trickery of ONE
professed Christian man who disguised
you with religion. lido not ask you how
you became SO; but you frankly tell me
that you do reject it. You do not be-
lieve that Christ Is a divine being, al
though you admit that He was u very
good man. You do not believe that the
Bible was inspired of God, although You
think there are some very fine thinga
in 1t. You believe that scriptural de-.
scription Of Eden was only an allegory.
There are fifty things that l believe
that You do not believe. And
man. Everybody that knows
you says that of You. II
l should ask you to do q kindness for
me, or II anyone else should ask Of you
a kindness, you would do It. Now. !
have q kindness to ask OF you to-day.
1t is something that will cost you moth
ing and will give me great delight. !
want you by experiment to try the
power Of Christ's religion. II / 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 a bottle, and say:
Here is a medicine hat will cure you;
it has cured fifty people. and 1t will
euro you" You would say: 81 have
no confidence in it." would say:
won't you take it to obligs me??"
WELL" you would say. ut it's any ac-
commodation to you, I'll take It." My
friend, will you be just rs accommo-
dating in matters Of religion? There
are some Of you who have found out
that this world caunot satisfy your
soul. You are like the man
who told ma ono Sabbath after
the service was over; " have tried
this world and found 1t an insufficient
portion. Tell me Of something better"
You nave come to that. You are sick
for the need Of divine medicament.
Now l come and tell you Of q Physician
who will r you, who has cured hun.
dreds and hundreds who were sick Is
you IRE. oh" you say, u have no
confidence in Him." But will you not
try Him? Accommodate rue In this
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