The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-01-25
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY The NOTED
DIVINE.
fubiect; Gates Are Wide Open - No Man
IL Barred From Receiving Gods
Grace - Christs sheepfoid Contains
rlocks Of All Denominations.
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NEW York CIrY.-On the occasion of
the twentieth anniversary OF the Bowery
mission. Dr Tamage preached 20 a vast
audience AZ the New York Academy OF
Music Ministers OF all denominations
were present The text was, John Y. Ia,
Other sheep have which are not of this
fold F"
There i no monopoly in religion The
grace of God Is not = little property that
we may fence of and have all 60 our.
selves 1t is not kings park. at which
we look through a barred gateway. wish
ing that we might 60 IN tni see the statu.
AIRY and the deer and the roval Conserva-
tory. No. II is a Fa'hcr's orchard. and
everywhere there are bars that we may
let down and gates that we may swing
o,sn.
In my bovhood next to the country
schoolhouse there was an orchard OF ap.
Piles owned by very lame man Who, al
though there were apples IN the plnce per.
petualy decaying and hy scores aud scores
of bushels never would allow lry ot Us 20
touch the fruit. Sometimes the lads of the
school IN the sinfulness of 4 nature in
herted from our first par'nts. wro w~re
ruined bv the same temptation, invaded
that orchard. but they soon retreated. tor
the man came after them at \ speed reck.
itrs OF tnaklnk MS tAllfW'~N NhlNe Ntl
cried out Boys drop those apples or |
will set the dog on you"
Well, nv friends, there arc Chr,stian
men who have the church under sever,
guard. There is fruit in ,hS orchard for
the whole world but thev have rough
and unsympathetic way of accosting ont.
sders, as though they had no business
there, though the Lord wants all 20
come and take the choicest and the ripcst
ha prap,f-.,- fI.Nn 10.
that because you were baptized az eight
months Of age and because YOU have all
your life been under hallowed influences
YOU therefore have a right 60 one whole
side of the lords table spreading your
self out and taking IN th" entire roomf |
tell YOU no. You win have 20 haul in
your elbows, for we VIII place on either
side Of YOU those whom YOU never eN.
pected would sit there: for as Christ said
TO His people long ago, So He says 10 YOU
and TO me, "Other sheep ! have which are
not Of this fold"
Mcdonald. the Scotchman has thou
sands of head oi sheep Some OF them are
browsing on the heather. some of them
are living down under the trees, some are
strolling over the mountains. some ot
them are IN his yard They are scattered
all around IN many places. Cameron, his
neghbor, comes over and says: II see YOU
have thirtvsix sheep. | have lust counted
them" No" saws Mcdonald. II have a
great many more sheep than YOU found in
this ward. Some are here, and some are
elsewhere | have 1000 or 5000 IN my
hocls Other sheep have which are not
Of this fold" So Christ says 10 us. Here
il a knot Of Christians. but they make up
a small part Of the flock Here is the Epls
copal fold. the Methodist fold. the Luth.
eran fold. the Congregational fold. the
PRESBYTERIAN fold. the Baptist and the
Pedo Baptist fold, the only difference be
tween these last two being the way IN
which they wash the sheen, and so they
are scattered all over. And We come with
our statistics and say there are 50 many
thousand Of the Lords sheep but Christ
responds mo, no; YOU have not seen
more than one out Of n thousand of Ny
flock. They are scattered all over the
earth. Other sheep | have which are not
Of this fold
OF all the mercful institutions which
bless this city not ono more thoroughly
enters into the spirit of the text than does
the Bowery mission, whose twentieth ami
versary we to-day celebrate During the
past year 5000 souls have been saved
through It's instrumentslity, and during its
existence IT has put It's temporal and spir.
itual benediction upon hundreds of thou
sands of the poor and suffering and lost.
With the bread Of this life ia one hand
AMI the bread OF eternal life IN the other,
II IL doing a stupcndous work, and &C. all
It's patrons Christ - saying: II was hun.
CRY, and We fed Me; naked. and We clothed
Me; sick and IN prison, and ye visited Me.
Inasmuch as ye did II unto Me. one OF the
least Of these, yc did u TO Me-
We need, as churches, 10 go into sym
pathy with the great outside world and let
them know that none are so broken henrt'
ed or hard besct that they VIII not be wei
coined NO" says some iastdious CHRIS.
tiln. II do not like 10 be crowded IN
church. Do not put any one IN my pew
Nv brother, what will you do m heaven,
when a great multitude that no man can
number assomblCBy They will put fifty IN
your pew What are the people assembled
an Christian churches compared with the
mIghtI,E millions Outudcf Some churches
are like a hospital that should advertise
that its patients must have nothing worse
than toothachc or ruurJunds, but no bro
ken head no crushed ankles or fractured
limbs. Bring there for treatment modu-
ate sinners. velvet coated sinners and sin
ncrs with q gloss on.
II was as though az great battle there
were left 10000 wounded and dying on the
field. and three surgeons gave all their
time TO a half dozen patients m barn hos.
pital The Major General comes IN and
saws 90 the doctors Come ont here and
look at the 10000 dying for lack OF surgical
attendance" NO SAY the three doctors
standing there tanning their patients, I'VE
have a half dozen important cases here,
and we are attending TO them, and when
We are not positively busy with their
wounds II takes all our time 10 keep the
flies off "
In this awful battle of sin and sorrow,
where millions have fallen on millions, do
not let US spend all our time IN taking care
OF few people. and when the command
comes, "GO into the world say practI-
cally, mo, I cannot go; ! have a few
choice cases, and ] am busy keeping of the
flies"
We need. A. churches, 10 stop bombard.
ing the old irOn-clad sinners that have
been proof against thirty years Of Chris.
tan assault and take aim IN other drec.
tions.
Years ago visited New England fac.
tory village ! went up 10 the door of a
factory, and ! saw on the outside the
words, NO admittance." OF course j
went IN. and coming 90 the second door ]
saw the words. NO admittance." Getting
clear on into the factory ] saw they were
making pins, useful pins, and nothing but
pins So ! think there ~ sometimes an
exclusivenegs among some Of the churches.
The outside world comes up and looks
NJ the door and there b. something which
seems 20 say. 40 admiltauce," and the
world comes up 20 the pew door and sees
written over It. No admittance," and
looks az the pulpit aud there is something
there which seems % say mo admit
tance," while we stand inside oi the same
churches hammering out our little nicebts
Of religious belief. making pins.
Oh. for deeper spprcc alton of the sent.
ment Of my text. "Other sheep ! have
which are not of this fold"
have % remark that the heavenly
Shepherd will find many sheep amid ti"
non .churchyJcrs. There are cOngregat .ss
wLare Lhern arc an lhrL.I-an. md LhnN y m