The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-05
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ssDr. Taliiage Ia az Timoly y. Discourse,
Declares His Belief In Them. h

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q sersnon "A Adaptcd from, ths story 81
Blnon nnd the eSFishera--Greatest
M bsta6lo to- Revivals III am Bsiy
g5 81 &c ". 4, M iatry.
M tccpyrisht !, 1901. by Louis Klopsoh. N. y.l
s;s d d 81 w ashingto on, March "A.
This ourse OF Or. Talmnge Is
Il tnost pertinent at this time whom g
RkyideHpfea ad effort for religious awak7
sning is being made; text, Luke, verse
They inclos, d q great multitude
q of fishes and theiyNnet brake"
Simon and his comrades had expert
SSSss55 ss55oncdd tho nj ght before what fishermen
@ call s,,p oor luck. Christ steps on board
thss fishing smaok and tells tho sailors
y 10 pull away from the hcach and di-
& Seots them aRain to sink the not. Sure
W enough, very soon tho net is full of
a Ashes, and this sailors begin to haul In.
q 80 large q school OF fRhes was taken
that tho hardy men began to look red
& I'm the faco as they pull, and hardly
\ have they begun to rcjoice at their suc-
seaB when snap goeB n threat Of the
s net, and snap goes another thread, SO
& thSre Is danger not only Of losing tho
e Ash, but OF losing tho net.
Without much caro- rs to how much
the boat tits or how much water is
aplahhed on dock the fishermen rush
about, gathering up the broken meshes
Ss Of the net. Out yonder there is a ship
& dancing ION tho wave, and thoy hail it:
. "bhfp sahoyl Bear down this way!"
The ship comes, and both boats, both
aehfnR smacks, arc filled with tho
q f6undering treasures.
$!3 All" says some one, chow much
u better it would have been If they had
& staid on shore and fshed with hook
Il md line and taken one ct time In
stead Of having this great excitement
and the boat almost upset and the net
broken and having to call for help and
X getting sopping wet with the seal"
The church Is tho BoGt, the Gospel
I Is the not, society is the sea, and n
e great reviyalis a whole school brought
In at ono sweep of tho not. have ad-
miration for that man who goes out
with hook and line to fish. admire
the way he unwinds Che reel and ad-
dusts the bait and drops the hook in q
tN, ,4NACt V1tASo Oh u Bull III 1toruOOn anO
here catches one and there one, but
ike aaFo 6 Big !,eat and large crew
hndla net o milo long and swift oars
and stout sails and q stiff breeze and q
d great multitude OF souls brought-so
8 great q multitude that you havc got
3 to got holp to draw 1t ashore, atraining
the net to the utmost until 1t breaks
hero and there, letting q few escape,
but bringing the great multitude into
otornal safety. ...
In other words, believe In revivals.
y The great work Of aaving men began
with 1900 pooplo joining tho church in
4 one day, and 1t viii close with 40 or
hundred million people saved in "a
hours whom nations shall be born in
& day. But there are objections to re-
s tivalB. People are opposed to them
because the net might get broken, and
Il II by tho pressure Of souls it docs not
81 get broken, then they take their own
& penknives and slit the net. "They in
closed O great multitude Of fishes, and
the net brake"
II Is sometimes opposed to revivals
l3Ss Of religion that those who ccme into
n the church at such times do not hold
# out. AS long aB there is gale Of bless
i, Ing they haye their sails up. But ms
n oon sGs strong winds stop blowing
5t,1 then they, drop into dead calm. But
hat are the facts In the case? In oil
bur churches the vast ajority OF the
81 iae3ul eople arc thoso who are
d brought In under great awaleeninRs,
nnd they hold out. Who arc tho ptom-
4 ineht mon in tho United States In
chuxches, In prayer etings,, in Sab
p bath schools? For the most part they
Y are the product Of great awakenings.
X have noticed that those who are
{ brought into the Kingdom of God
4 through reyiyals have moro per-
nistenoe and more determination in the
Ohristian life than those who como
"a under q low state Of religion. Peo-
pie born in an icehouse may live. but
they will never get over the cold they
Paught In tho ioehouse. a cannon bail
Gepends upon the impulse with which
y atarts for how far It sholl go and
how swiftly, and tho greater the re-
viyal force, withwhich soul is started
the more far-renching and far-res ound-
ing will be the execution.
Bus 1t Is sometimes objected to re-
yivnls that there Is so much excitement
that people mistake hystcria for relig-
Ion. We admit that In every revival Of
religion there is either suppressed or
demonstrated excitement. Indeed,
Il q man can go out Of state Of con-
demnation into state Of acceptance
with God or see others go without any
agitation OF goul he Is in an Unhealthy,
morbid state and IA as repulsive and
abnurd as q man who should boast he
SAW O child anntched out from under a
horHe'a h0ofs and felt no agitation. or
saw q man rescued from tho fourth
story Of q house on fire and felt no ac-
y celoration OF the pulses.
Salvation from sin and death and
hell into life and peace and Heayen for
ever is such q tremendous thing that
1t man tells inc he can look on Il
4 without any agitation doubt his
# Christianity. The fact is that some.
times excitement is the most impor-
tanS possible thing. In case Of resus.
citation from drowning or freezing
the one idea is to excite animation
Before conversion we are dead. It is
tho business of the church to revive
arouse, awaken, resuscitate, startle
into life. Excitement is bad or GOOD
according to what 1t makes us do. II
10 make us do that which Is bad, It Il
bad excitement, but If It make us ri
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