The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-30
DOOR OPEN FOR ALL.
There Is Not Monopoly IL the
Christian Religion.
-, ra1aase's Timely DtseonTse 90
oeca.ion IL che twentieth
a3yerna-y Of the boH'eF
Mission IL New horA
,-o,r-rs, 1901. sy Louis KloPscA.l

,oo,v-,Sn. 1901. ~ Louis KloPscA.1
Ssw Yo-k. Jan. 20,
n, th. occasion OF the twentieth an
,;ve-ssrv Of the Bowery mission, jan
1arv1 1s, Dr.. Talncage preached to vast
apdieoce at the New York Academy
Q: Music. Ministers OF a, denoo,'Ha-
tions were present. The text was
John 1915: Other sheep have wh1e"
are not Of this fo.d."
THERE'S no monopoly in religion Iao
grace Of God is rot little PC0!.C1 :,
tbas we can fence OF a2G have a., -
ourselves. 7. is 1cc king PARK d
which we lock through {, barrel So,
vav wishing that we U,:gh; So II d .0
sen the s7atua-y and tie 6eer a2c ne
zovaI conservatory. No; Il IS :"
tbsr,, orchard, and everywhere there
ara bars that we may let down ano
rstes that we may swing open.
In my boyhood, next TO the country
schoothouse there was = oTcha10 OF
apples owned by very lame man, VINO
although there were apples in the
place pe-petuslly 6ecaying and By
scores and scores OF bushels. never
would allow any OF Us TO touch the
Fruit. Sometimes the lads OF the
school in the s!nfulcess OF nature
inherited from our first parents. VINO
were ruined By the same 1emPsaN0n'
invaded that orchard, but they soon re-
created. for the Ua2 came after them
et,a speed reckless OF making bis lame
ness worse and cried out: Boys. crop
chose apples, or VIII set the cog on
you
Well, my friends, there are Christian
nen who have the church under severe
guard. There is fruit n this orchard
for the whole world. but 1aey have
cough and uasynpatbetic way OF ac-
costing outsiders. as though they had
no business there, though the Lord
wants to cone AID take the choicest
and the ripes: fruit on the premises.
Fave you az IDEA that because you were
baptized at eight monks OF age, a2o
because you have al your LIE been IN
der haLowe6 Influences, you tEere-
Ssrs hare . risk. to one whole sice OF
the Lords table. spreading yourse!
cut s1d taking up the entire roon?
tell you no. You will have 20 haul IN
yecz elbows, for we viii place on either
side ot you those whom you never eS-
pectea would sit there, for, as Christ
said to His people long ago, SO Ee says
60 you and TO ne: "Other sheep have
which are not Of this fold"
Mcdonald, the Scotchmsn, has thou
sands OF head Of sheep. Some Of them
are browsing on the heather. some Of
ehe1 are lying down under the trees.
some are stroiIirg over tie mountains,
sone Of them are 10 his yard TheC are
scattered al around II many PAGES.
Cameron, his neighbor, comes over ane
gays "I see you have IS sheep. have
Just counted them" No" says Nc.
Donald, .I have q great many more
sheep than you found il this ya-c. Some
are here, and some are elsewhere. !
have 1000 or 5000 II my focks. Other
sheep I have which are no, of This
Sold.'" So Chris. says to Us. Eere IS
q knot CT Christians anG there knot
of Christians, but they make up small
part Of the Sock. Here is tie Ep!sco-
pal fold, the Methodist fold, the Luth-
sran fold. the gational fold, the
Presbyterian io.d, the Baptist and the
Pedo-Baptist fold, TIE o2ly difference
between these last two being the wa!
in which they wash the sheep. and SO
Shey are scattered all over. And we
come with our statistics and say there
are so many thousand Of the LORD s
sheep, brt Christ responds: 30, no;
you have not seen more than ore out
Of thousand Of ny fock. They are
scattered all over the earth. Other
sheep have which are not OF this
2old.'"
OF all the nercifuI institutions which
bless this city not one more thorough
j. enters into the spirit of the tex:
than does the Bowery mission, whose
twentieth anniversary we to-day ce,e-
Srate. During the past year 5000 souls
have been saved through its ics.ru-
mentality, and during its existence it
has put its temporal and spiritual
sene0iction upon hundreds of thou
sands Of the poor and suffering and
lost With the bread Of this life in one
hand and the bread Of eternal life in
the other It is doing 8 stupeadous
work. and to al of its patrons Christ
L. saying: 81 was hungry, and ye fed
me, naked, and yc clothed ne, sick and
IN prison, and ye visited ne. Irasmuch
sS ye did it unto one Of the leas.
OF these, ye did it 10 me-" It IS through
this Gospel that New York is to be
Saken for Coo, and America 3or Coo.
and the world for God. There are two
classes OF hearers in this audience
whom especially address. tie friends
Of this institution who have come out
60 show their interest in the work, and
che other class made up OF those who
are ast-ay, but want TO get back, have
Eale1. but want TO rise
We need as churches to get into syn
pathy with the great outside world
and let them know that none are so
hrokeo-hearted or hard beset that they
will not be welcomed. NO" says soma
2astidious Christian, 81 DO rot ike to
De crowded il church. Do rot put any
one in ny pew" Ny brother, what
will you DO in Heaven when a great
multitude that no man can number as
senbles? They Will put so il your
pew. What are the people assembled
4n Christian churches compared with
the uightier millions outside? Some
shurches are ike = hospital, that
&ould advertise that its patients must
have nothing worse than toottache or
run-rounds, but no broken heads, no
crushed ankles or fractured limbs.
Bring there for treatment moderate
Passed the Senate.