Connecticut western news., 1898-03-03

the structuia of the sLeep's mouth? It is so sharp that it can take up a blade If grass or clover top from the very nar- rowest spot. And so Gods sheep cGn
 pick up comfort where others can gather
 none. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him." Rich pasture, fountain fed pasture. for all the flock ef
 the Good Shepherd.
 The hill of Zion yields
 thousand sacred sweets
 Before we reach the heavenly fields Or walk the golden streets.
 Lastly, consider the shepherds fold. The time of sheep shearing was a very
 glad time. The neighbors gathered to-
 gether, and they poured wine and dano- ed for joy. The sheep were put ill 8
 place inolosed by wall, where 1t was very easy to count them and Lnow whether any of them had been taken by the jackals or dogs. The inclosure was called the sheepfold. Good news have to tell you, in that our Lord inc Shep- herd has a sheepfold. and those who are
 gathered in it shall never be struck by
 the storm, shall never be touched by the jackals of temptation and trouble. It has 3 high wall-so high that no troubles
 can get in-so high that the joys can not get out. How glad the old sheep will be to find the lambs that left them
 good many years ago. Millions of chil- dren in heaven. Oh, what merry heaye en it will mGke Net many long meter psalms there. They will be in the majority and will run away with our song, carrying it up to still high CT point of ecstacy. OE. there will be shouting. If children on earth clapped
 their hands and danced for joy, what will they do when to the gladness of childhood on earth is added the glad ness of childhood in heaven?
 It is time we got over these morbid ideas of how we shall get out of this world. You make your religion an un- dertaker blaming collins and driving
 hearses. Your religion smells of the varnish of funeral casket. Rather let
 your religion today coEe out and show you the sheepfold that God has provided for you. Ah, you say, there is river
 between this and that. I know it. but
 that Jordan is only for the sheep wash Hs banks snow white. They follow the
 great Shepherd. They heard his voice long ago. They are safe now-one fold
 and one Shepherd.
 Alas for those who are finally found outside the inclosure The night of their sin howls with jackals; they are thirst ing for their blood. The very moment
 that a lamb may be frisking upon tho hills bear may be looking at it from the thicket
 Eternal Deiiverance.
 In June, 1915, there was very noble party gathered in a house in St. James square, Londcn. The prince regent was
 present, and the occasion was made fas-
 cinating by music and banquetiDg and by jewels While quadrille was being formed suddenly all the people rushed to the windows. What is the matter? Henry Percy had arrived with the news
 that Waterloo had been fought and
 that England had won the day The
 dance was abandoned, the party dis
 persed, lords, ladies and musicians rush.
 ed into the street, and in 15 minutes
 from the first announcement of the good
 u6WS tu6 uOuS6 was 6Ilpblcu O1 dA1 lbo
 guests. Oh, ye who are seated at the
 banquet of this world or whirling in
 it's gayeties and frivolities, if you could
 hear the sweet strains of the gospel
 trumpet announcing Christ's victory
 over sin and death and hell, you would
 rush forth, glad in the eternal deliver
 ance. The Waterloo against sin has
 been fought, and our Commander In
 Chief hath won the day. Oh, the joys of
 this salvation do not care what met
 aphor, what comparison you have, bring
 it to me, that may use it. Amos shall
 bring one simile. Isaiah another, John
 another. beautiful with pardon. Beau
 tiful with peace Beautiful with antici-
 pations. Or to return to the pastoral fig
 ure of my text, come out of the poor
 pasturage of this world into the rich
 fortunes of the Good Shepherd.
 The shepherd of old used to play
 beautiful music. and sometimes the
 sheep would gather around him and lis
 ten. Today my heavenly Shepherd calls
 to you with the very music of heaven,
 bidding you to leave your sin and &C.,
 cept his pardon. Oh, that all this flock
 would hear the piping of the Good Shep-
 herd.