The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-02
NUMBER 30.


another chance after death aud does
not know whether or not the Bible is
inspired. and l tell you that man for
soul saving is a poor stick. Fai'h in
God and in Jesus Christ and the Holy
Ghost and the absolute necessity Of
regen.rated heart in order to see God
in pea .e is one thread you must have
in your mended net, or you will never
be a successful fisher for men. Why,
how can you doubt? The rottenest
thread to tear out of your net is unbe-
lief, and the most important thread
that YOU are to put in it is faith-faith
in God, triumphant faith, everlasting
faith.
oh. this important work Of mending
our nets. If we could get our nets
right, we would accomplish more in
soul saving in the next year than We
have in the last 20. Bu where shall we
get them mended? just where old Zeb-
edee and his two boys uended their
nets-where you are. James and John
had no time to go ashore. They were
not fishing for fun. as you AID l DO
in summer time. 1t was their Hyeli-
hood and that of their families. They
mended their nets where they we're
in the ship. oh" says some one, Il
mean to get my net mended, and l will
90 down to the public library and
will see what the scientists say about
evolution and about the survival of the
/ fttest.' and I will read up what the
/ theologians say about advanced
/ thought l will leave the ship awhile,
/ and | will 70 ashore a11 stay there
/ till nv net is mendeG." DO that, my
brother. and youwil have no net left. In
stead of their helping You mend your
net. they will steal the pieces that re-
main. Better stay in the Gospel boat.
where you have al the means for mend
ing your net. What are they? do you
ask. l answer. all you need you have
where you are-namely, Bible and
place to pray The more you study
evolution and adopt what is called ad-
vanced thought, the more useless you
will be. Stay in the ship and mend
your net. That is where James. the
son of Zebedee, and John, his brother,
staid. That is where all who get their
nets mended stay.
notice that all who leave the Cos
/ pei boat and go ashore TO mend their
nets stay there. Or if they try again
4 to fish they do not catch anything.
4 Get out of the Gospel boat and 90 up
. into the world TO get your net mend
y ed, and you will live 10 see the day
when YOU will feel like the man who.
: ing forsaken Christianity. sighed: Il
!. would give a thousand pounds to feel
: as l did in 1920" The time will come
!, when you would be willing to give a
3 thousand pounds TO feel as you did in
n 1901. These men who have given up
their religion cannot help you bit.
In the time of great disturbance in
= Naples in 1649 Massaniello, barefoot
;. ed fishing boy, dropped his fishing rod
; and by strange magnetism took com
u mand of that city of 100000 souls. He
: took eff his fishing jacket and put on a
robe of gold in the presence of bowling
mobs. He put his hand on his lip as
a signal and they were silent He
waved his hand away from him, and
they retired to their homes. Armies
passed in review before him. He be-
came the nations idol. The rapid rise
and complete supremacy of that young
a fisherman. Massaniello, has no parallel
y in all history. But something equal to
;! that and better than that is an every
- day occurrence in Heaven. God takes
Is some of those who in this world wert
~ fishers OF men and who toiled very
A. humbly. but because of the way they
= mended their nets and employed theii
'e nets after they were mended He sud
'e denly hoists them and robes them and
II scepters them and crowns them and
makes them rulers over many cities
'r But do not spend your time fishing
e with hook and line, Why did not
10 James. the son of Zebedee. sit on the
S. wharf at Cana. his feet hanging over
$ the lake, and with a long pole and I
re worm on the hook dipped into the wave
10 wait for some mullet to swim up anC
a be caught? Why did not Zebede'
y spend his afternoon trying to catch on,
IN eel? No. that work was too slow
ms These men were not mending a hool
De and line: they were mending thei1
al nets. So let the church of God not b'
10 content with having here one soul anC
! next month another soul brought int
el the kingdom. Sweep all the seas will
10 nets-scoop nets, seine nets, dragnets
r. all encompassing nets, and take tn
" treasures in by hundreds and thou
ed sands and millions, and nations will b
an born in day and the hemisphere
at quake with the tread of a ransomin
II? God. Do you know what will be tn
or two most tremendous hours in GU
'r- Heavenly existence? Among the quat
os- rillions of ages which shall roll o
en- what two occasions will be to us II
co. greatest? The day of our arrival ther
re- will be to us one OF the two greates
ey The second greatest, l think. will |
ed the day when we shall have put
it, parallel lines before us what Christ di
nd for us and what we did for Christ, tn
dy- one so great, the other 50 little. Th'
will be the only embarrassment
led Heaven. My Lord and my God. Whi
md will we do and what will we say whe
nn- on one side are placed the Saviour
rd great sacrifices for us and our sma
be- sacrifices for Him; His exile, His h