The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-06

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Washington. Jan q.
IN this discourse DR.. Ta.nage 6e-
oezibes the Gospel net and how il is TO
be repaired after being damaged;
ssxr, Matthew 4:21, James, the son o.
Zebeaee, and John. his brother, IL
sbip with Zebedee. their father, nero
Ing their nets
aI 20 s-fsh;os." cy;eG s:non Peter
20 his COM a6es. and the Kos; OF ,-'e
apostles had HANDS hard from :,s:. '.S.-...S
GeckIe. The fisheries OF the "oI.', -
ALWAYS attracted attention. n '-e
shi-c certu-y the queen OF EsyPt 2a0
for Mn money S47Q.0&2. received from
Hh. fisheries OF Lake Moeris. And, II
che Iiue should ever come when tae
imnensity Of the worlds population
could not be fec by the vegetables aoc
meats Of the land, the sea has an
amour: OF animal life tbs. would feed
all tts population ot The earth and fat
cen them with e tocG that By its phcs-
sho-us would make g ge1eration
Srainy sn6 intellectual beyond any
shinz that the world has ever :nas-
ined. Ny text takes Us ano1g the Gall
lean fishermen. One cay Na-ter Scott.
while hunting in al old drawer, found
suoog some old fishing tackle the
manuscript OF his immortal book
s'Wave1ley," which he had put away
sbere as OF 10 worth. and who knows
but tba: to-day we may fnd some IN
known wealth Of thought while look
Ing 81 the fishing tackle IN the text.
L IL not {. good Cay fer fishing. and
three men are il the beat repairing
the broken fishing re;s. II you are
fishing w;;h hook SD LIE. and the
Ash VII -. BIKE, i: IS COED ticce to
put che anglers apparatus ;2to better
condition. Perha~" the last Ash you
hauled in was SO large that something
snapped. or. i; you were fishing VIII
net, there was mighty fourcericg
Of the scales or an exposed nail CT She
side Of the boat which broke some os
the threads a2d let pa-. or al OF the
eaptives Of the deep escape into their
natural element. And hardly any
thing is more provoking than to7e2riy
land . sco7s or a hundred trophies
from the deep, anG when you a1e!n the
full g.ee Of hauling in the spotted
treasures, through some iGper*ection
ef the net they splash back into the
wave. That is too much OF trial Of
patience for most fishermen to endure,
and many man ordinarily correct OF
peeech IN such circumstances comes to
al stensity Of utteraCce uHssustifab,e.
Therefore no gooc fisherman co1sid-
ers the time wasted thar IS spent il
nen6ing his net. Now, tie Bible again
and again represents Christian work
eZs as fishers OF r,ec, and we are 81
sweeping through the sea OF humanity
some kind Of net, Indeed there have
been enough nets out arG enough fish
eruen busy to have landed tie whole
Aun&0 race in the Kingdom Of God
long before this. What is the matter?
The Gospel IS al right. and it has been
good time fo- catching souls FOR thou
sands OF years. Why, then. the fail
s7es? The trouble IS with the nets,
and most Of them need TO be merGed.
propose to show you what IS the mat
eer with most os the nets and how to
Eeoo them. In the text old Ze5ecee
and his TWO boys. James a2d John.
were doing goc6 thing when they sat
j. the boat ne2dicg their nets.
The trouble with many OF our nets
fs that the neshes are too large. II
. ash can get his eil,s ard half his
body through the network. he tears
and -e1ds and works his way out, ard
leaves the place through which he
s9uirned tsngIe Of broken threads.
In our desire to make everything SO
easy we relax, We loosen, we widen
che Gospel net escape into the world,
and go into indu:secees and swim al
around GaI;!ee, from north side to
south side, and from east SIDE 20 west
side, expecting that they viii come
back again. We ought to make it easy
for them to get INTO tie Kingdom OF
God, and, as fax ss we can, make Il
Snpossible for them TO get out. Tie
Poor advice nowadays TO many is:
"Go and do just as you did before you
were captured for Go1 and Heaven.
The net was not intended TO be any
restraint or any hin6rance. What you
did before you were q Christian DO
now. Go to al styles Of amusement,
read all the styles Ct books, engage
In ell styles OF behavior as before you
were converted" And so, through
Shese neshes Of permission and ,ax.ty,
Shey wrigg.e out through this open
ing and that opening, tearing The ret
es they 60, and scoa al the souls that
we expected to land IN Heaven, be-
Gore we know it, are back in the deep
sea Of the world. Oh, wke2 we go
e-GospeI fishing. let US make it as easy
a. possible for souls to get in and as
hard as possible 70 get out.
10 the Bible language al unneaning
vcrbiage whec !. talks about se!t-Ge-
Rial and keeping the body under and
about walking the narrow way and
entering the strai: gate and about
carrying t1o cross? Is cAe-e to be 90
way - ing whether man IS
Christian except hv his taking the
communion chaIi"- On sacramenral
day? Nay man Be as reckless about
his thoughts, about his wc-ds, about
AS temper, about bis onCsenents
after conversion as before? A,as, rs
-1or6s Of Chris: are so little Needed
when Ee seiG: "Whosoeyec doth not
SeaS his cross and come after NE can
not be ny disciple" The church is
fast becoming as bad as the wc-ld>
and when It gets as bad as tie world
Il Will be worse than the world by 50
muck, &c Il VIII aad hypocrisy OF q
saos: sepalling Kind to It's other de-
Seete.