Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-26

sic. ministers of all denominations were
present. The text was. John Y, IT,
Other sheep | have which are not of
this fold"
There is no monopoly in religion. The
grace of God is not little property that
we may fence off and have all to our
selves. 1t is not a kings park, at which
we look through barred gateway, wish
ing that we might go in and see the statu-
airy and the deer and the royal conserva-
tory. No; it is a Fathers orchard, and
everywhere there are bars that we may
let down and gates that we may swing
open.
In my boyhood, next to the country
school house there was an orchard of APP
pies owned by very lame man. who. al
though there were apples in the place
perpetually deeaying 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 sinfulness of
nature inherited from our first parents,
who were ruined by the same temptation,
invaded that orchard, but they soon re-
treated, for the man came after them at
speed reckless of making his lameness
worse and cried out, Boys, drop those
apples, or | will set the dog on YOU"
Well, my friends, there are Christian
men who have the church under severe
guard. There is fruit in this orchard for
the whole world, but they have rough
and unsympathetic way of accosting out
siders, as though they had no business
there. though the Lord wants all to come
and take the choicest and the ripest
fruit on the premises. Have you an idea
that because you were baptized at S
months of age and because you have all
your life been under hallowed influences
YOU therefore have right to one whole
side Of the Lords table, spreading your
self out and taking up the entire room?
l tell you no. You will have to haul in
your elbows, for we will place on either
side of you those whom you never ex-
pected would sit there, for, as Christ
said to his people long ago, so he says
to you and to me, Other sheep | have
which are not of this fold"
Sheep of Many Folds.
Mcdonald, the Scotchman. has thou
sands of head of sheep. Some Of them
are browsing on the heather, some of
them are lying down under the trees.
some are strolling over the mountains,
some of them are in his yard. They are
scattered all around in many places.
Cameron, his neighbor, comes over and
says: II see you have thirty-six sheep.
have just counted them" NO" says Nc
Donald, Il have a great many more
sheep than you found in this yard. Some
are here, and some are elsewhere
have 1000 or 5000 in my hocks. Other
sheep have which are not of this fold -"
So Christ says to us. Here is a knot of
Christians and there a knot Of Chris
tians, but they make up a small part of
the flock. Here is the Episcopal fold the
Methodist fold, the Lutheran fold, the
Congregational fold the Presbyterian
fold, the Baptist and the Pedo- Boptist
fold, the only difference between these
last two being the way in which they
wash the sheep, and so they are scat
tered all over. And we come with our
statistics and say there are so many
thousand of the Lords sheep, but Christ
responds: mo, no; you have not seen
more than one ont Of thousand Of my
flock. They are scattered all over the
earth. Other sheep l have which are
not of this fold"
We need as churches 10 get into SYM
pathy with the great outside world and
let them know that none are SO broken
hearted or hard beset that they will not
be welcomed. mo" says some fastidious
Christian. II do not like to be crowded in
church. Do not put any one in my pew"
Ny brother, what will you do in heaven
when a great multitude that no man can
number assemblies? They will put fifty
in your pew. What are the people as
sembled in Christian churches compared
with the mightier millions outside Some
churches are like q hospital, that should
advertise that its patients must have
nothing worse than toothache or run
rounds, but no broken heads, no crushed
ankles or fractured limbs. Bring there for
treatment moderate sinners. velvet coated
sinners and sinners with a gloss on. 1t is
as if a man had a farm of 1900 acres
and put all his work on one acre. He
might raise never SO large ears OF corn,
never so big heads OF wheat, still he
would remain poor. The church OF God
has bestowed its chief care on one acre
and has raised splendid men and women
in that small Enclosure. But the field is
the world That means Europe. Asia, At
RIGA, North and South America and all
the islands Of the sea.
1t is as though at a great battle there
were left 10000 wounded aud dying on
the field and three surgeons gave all their
time to half dozen patients in barn
hospital. The major general comes in and
says to the doctors, Come out here and
look at the 10000 dying for lack Of sur
gical attendance" NO" say the three
doctors standing their tanning their pa
tents, ''we have a half dozen important
cases here, and we are attending to them
and when we are not positively busy with
their wounds it takes all our time to keep /
the flies off" In this awful battle Of sin /
and sorrow, where millions have fallen on
millions, do not let us spend ali our time +
IN taking care Of a few people, and when
the command comes, "Go into the +
world say practically: NO, | cannot /
90. | have here a few choice cases, and /
/ am busy keeping off the flies We /.
need. as churches, to stop bombarding
the old ironclad sinners that have been
proof against thirty years Of Christian /
assault and take aim in other directions. 7