Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-04-13


This discourse of DIR. Talmage Is
most pertinent at this time when
widespread effort for religious awak-
sning is being made; text, Luke. verse
6: "Thcy inclosed a great multitude
Of fishes and their net brake.
Simsn and his comrades had expert
enced the night before what fishermen
call poor luck" Christ steps on board
he fishing smack and tells the sailors
10 pull away from the beach and d.
reefs them again 10 sink the net. Sure
enough. very soon she net Is full OF
fshes. and the sailors begin 60 haul in.
80 large a school Of fishes was taken
that the hardy men began TO look red
In the face Is they pull. and hardly
have they begun TO rejoice az their sue
.ess when snap goes threat Of the
net, and snap goes another thread, 50
there is danger not only of losing the
iish, but Of losing thu net.
without much care as TO how much
the boat tits or how much wuter Il
splaShed on deck the fishermen rush
about. gathering mp the broken meshes
OF the net. Out Wonder there Il ship
dancing on the wave. and they hail II;
ship ahoy, Bear down this way
The ship comes. and both boats. both
fishing smacSs. are filed with the
aoundering treasures.
"Ah." saws some one, how much
better IL would have been II they had
staid On shore and fished with hook
and line and taken one at time in
stead 81 having this great excitement
and the boat almost upset and the net
broken and having Co call for help and
getting sopping wet with the sea-"
The church is the beat. the Gospel
Is the net. society IS the sea. and n
| -reat revival Is whole school brought
a at one sweep Of the net. have adj
/ nirntiou for that man who goes out
1 with a hook and line 20 fish. / admire
the way nc unwindS the reel and ad-
ius;s the bait and drops the hook in n
griet place ou a still afternoon and
! here catches one and there one. but !
ike also a big boas and large crew
aud a net = mile long and swift OARS
and stout sails ana o stiff breeze and a
| great multitude OF souls brought-so
great = multitude that YOU have got
90 get help 10 draw Il ashore, straining
The net 20 the utmost until il breaks
/
but bringing the great multitude into
eternal safety
In other words. believe in REVEALS.
The great work of saving men began
with s.Oe0 people joining the church in
one day. and IL viii close with 30 or r
hundred million people saved in q
hours when nations shall Zoe born ia q
day. But there are objections 10 re
rivals. People are opposed 20 them
because the net might get broken, and
II By the pressure Of souls 81 does not
get broken. then they take their owl
,enlSnives and slit the net. They ira
closed great multitude of fishes. and
the net brake"
Il s. sometimes opposed 10 rcvival'
= religion that those who come int,
tho church at such times do not hols
out. A. long as there il "a gale OF bless
Ing they have their sails up. But a
soon as strong winds stop Dlovini
ther they drop into a dead calm. Blu
. Nhs; are the facts in the oaseT In al
our churches the vast ma jority OF th
= useful people are those who ar
brought in under great awakening
and they hold out. Who are the prom
inent men in the United States 8
churches. ia prayer meetings. in sab
bath schOols2 For the most part the
are the product Of great wakenings.
have noticed that those who ar
brought into the Kingdom OF Go
. through revivais have more pei
kistsnce and more determine tioB IA IN
Christian life than those who com
Ga under a low state Of religion. Pc,
pie born in al icehonse may live. bJ
they will never get over the cold the
.auQht IA the icehouSe. A cannon la
depends upon the impulse with shic
-, Ia starts for how far il shall go at
how swiftly. and the greater the r
vival force with which soul j. starts
the more far-reaching and far-reSOuu
= ing VIII be the execution.
4 But II Is sometimes objected TO r
n vivals that there is so much eNcitemel
Il that people mistake hySteria Tor r-ii
!. ION. We admit that IN every revival
religion there f. either n suppressed
10 9 demonstrated excitement lncee
!. a. mar can 20 out OF state Of co
i. demnaticn into a state Of ilcceptan
=. with God or see others 20 without al
!. agitation OF soul ne T. IN AZ unheaith
: morbid state and is as repuisive 81
!. absurd as man who should boast
{, saw a child snatched out from under
!, horses hoofs and felt no agitation.
/, saw a man rescued FROM the four
story of house on FIRE and felt no
80 eeieratsoR OF the pulses.
Salvation from sin and death a
- he'll into life and peace and Heaven Il