Milford chronicle., 1901-02-01

Dody that day ana puts forth additional
to be kindly and genial.
and by the help of God he accomplishes
it. Many of our nets need to be mendea !
in these respects. the black threads and |
the rough threads taken out and the |
bright threads and the golden threads Of
Christian geniality woven in.
In addition TO this we need to mend our |
nets with more threads of patience. 1t is |
no rare thing for a fisherman to spend |
one whole day before he can take st.
Lawrence pike. or an Ohio salmon. or
Long Island pickerel, or a Cayuga black
bass. or a Delaware catfish. and he does
that day after day without particular dis
enlargement But what q lack of pa
thence if we do not Immediately succeed
In soul catching! We are apt to give it
up and say, Il will never try again.
Into all our nets we need to weave all
along the edge and all through the center
great, long. stout threads Of Christian pa
thence. How patient God has been with
us! Can we not be patient with our fei-
lows?
Again. in mending our nets we need
also to put in the threads Of faith and
tear out all the tangled meshes of unbe-
lief. Our work is successful according TO
our faith. The man who believes in ONLY
half a Bible or the Bible in spots, the
man who thinks he cannot persuade 9th
ers, the man who halts, doubling about
this and doubling about that. will be q
failure in Christian work. Show me the
man who rather thinks that the garden Of
Eden may have been an allegory and Is
not quite certain but that there may be
another chance after death and does not
| know whether or not the Bible IS in
| spircd. and tell you that man for soul
saving is a poor stick. Faith in God and
/ in Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost and
! the absolute necessity Of regenerated
heart in order to see God In peace is one
thread You must have in your mendeC
net, or you will never be a successful fish
/ er for men. Why, how can you doubt
| The rottenest thre4d to tear out Of you
net is unbelief, and the most impOrtan
thread that you are to put in it is faith
faith in God, triumphant faith, everlast
ing faith.
Mending the Nets.
Oh, this important work of mendini
our nets! If we could get our nets right
we would accomplish more in soul savin
in the next year than we have in the las
20 years. But where shall we get ther
mended2 Just where old Zebedee an
his two boys mended their nets-wher
you are. James and John had no tim
to go ashore. They were not fishing ia
fun, as you and / do in summer time
1t was their livelihood and that Of thei
families. They mended their nets wheT
they were--in the ship. "Oh," says som
one, Il mean to get my net mcnded, an
/ will go down to the public library an
will see what the scientists say abOI
evolution and about the survival Of I'll
s fittest,' and l will read up what the tn
Ologians say about advanced thought
q / will leave the ship awhile, and l will (
$ ashore and stay there till my net is mem
ed" DO that, my brother, and you wi
g have no net left. Instead of their hel
h ing you mend your net, they will ste
. the pieces that remain. Better stay
/. the gospel boat, where you have all Il
j means for mending your net. What a
they? do you ask. answer, all you NJ
e you have where you are-namely, Bill
Y and place to pray. The more you stut
/ evolution and adopt what is called a
e vanced thought, the more useless y,
IS will be. Stay in the ship and mend 70
J. net That is where James, the son
" Zebedee. and John, his brother, stat
D. That is where all who get their NJ
ia mended stay.
1t notice that all who leave the gosI
is boat and go ashore to mend their nj
D. stay there. Or if they try again to f
O. they do not catch anything. Get out
= the gospel boat and 60 Up into the wol