The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-04-05

New York. Jan. 20
On the occasion Of the twentieth an
niyersary Of the Bowery mission. Jan
uary l3, DR.. Tamage preached to vas
audience at the New York Academ.
Of Music. Ministers Of all denomina
tions were present. The text was
John 10:16: "Other sheep have whicl
are not of this fold"
There is no monopoly in religion The
grace Of God is not a little property
that we can fence off and have ail G.
ourselves. 1t is not a kings park. at
which we look through a barred gate
way. wishing that We might 90 in and
see the statuary and the deer and the
royal conservatory. No; IL is a Fa-
theirs 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
schoolhouse there was an orchard OF
apples owned by a very lame man. who.
although there were apples in the
place perpetually decaying and bl
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 a 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 lame
ness 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 a
rough and unsympatheiic way Of ac-
costing outsiders. as though they had
no business there, though the Lord
wants TO come and take the choicest
and the ripest fruit on the premises.
Have you an idea that because YOU were
baptized at eight months Of age. and
because you have an your life been uu
der hallowed influences. YOU there
fore have a right TO one whole side Of
the Lords table. spreading yourself
out and taking up the entire room?
! 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"
Mcdonald, the Scotchman. has thou
sands Of head of sheep. Some of then
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 an around in many places
Cameron. his neighbor, comes over and
says Il see you have SO sheep. have
just counted them NO" says Me
Donald. II have a great many more
sheep thanyoufound in this yard. Some
are here, and some are elscW here /
have 1000 or 5000 in my focks Other
sheep ! have which are not of this
fold. So Christ says 10 us. Here rs
a knot of Christians and there a knot
Of Christians but they make up small
part Of the flock. Here is the Episco-
pal fold, the Methodist fold. the Luth-
sran fold. the Congregational fold. the
Presbyterian fold, the Baptist and the
Pedo-Baptist fold the only difference
between these last two being the way
n which they wash the sheep. and so
hey are scattered an over. And we
come with our statistics and say there
ire so many thousand OF the Lords
heep, but Christ responds: NO. no;
'ou have not seen more than one out
If a thousand of my flock. They are
all over the earth. other
sheep l have which are not Of this
sld.'"
OF all the merciful institutions which
less this city not one more thorough
y enters into the spirit Of the tex.
han does the Bowery mission. whose J
wentieth anniversary we to-day cele- S
rate. During the past year 1900 souls
ave been saved through its instru- G.
lentality. and during its existence il "
as put its temporal and spiritual j
enediction upon hundreds of thou b
lnds of the poor and suffering and 3
ST. With the bread of this life in one f
and and the bread of eternal life i'm d
he other ii is doing a stupendous a
ork, and to all of its patrons Christ O.
saying: 81 was hungry, and We fed q
le. naked, and ye clothed me. sick and
prison, and We visited me. Inasmuch e
S We did ii unto one of the least Il
these We did il to me-" lis through n
lis Gospel that New York is TO be +.
lken for God, and America for God. Il
nd the world for God. There are two d
asses Of hearers in this audience 81
HON | especially address. the friends a
this institution who have come out b
show their interest in the work. and o
Ie other class made up of those who a
e astray, but want TO get back. have d
lien. but want to rise. o.,
We need as churches to get into SYM HI
THY with the great outside world O..
I'd let them know that none are so al
or hard beset that they nl
III not be welcomed. NO" saws SOM ai
stidious Christian. 81 do not like fo 81
crowded in church. DO not put any OF
Ie in my pew My brother. what Iu
il you do in Heaven when a great ai
altitude that no man can number as ta
mbles? They Will put 80 in your W.
W. What are the people assembled SO