Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-01-25
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE DOOR OF CHRISTIAN RE-
LIGION OPEN TO ALL.
Timely Discourse on the Occasion OF
the Twentieth Anniversary of the
Bowery .Issions in New York City
Broader SympstSy Required.


Broader sympathy Required.
Copyright. 1901 by Louis Klopsch. n y
New York, Jan. 20.-On the occa-
sion of the twentieth anniversary OF
the Bowery mission Jan. -. DR.. Tai
mage preached to a est audience al
the New York Academy of Music. NJ n
listers Of all denominations were pres
emit The text was, John Y, 16, "Other
sheep | have which are not OF this
fold
There is no monopoly in religion.
The grace of God is not d little prop
erty that We may fence OF and have all
10 ourselves. 1t is not a kings park,
at which We look through a barred
gateway, wishing that We might go IN
and see the statuary and the deer and
the royal conservatory. No; it is a
Fathers orchard, and everywhere
there are bars that We may let down
and gates that we may swing open.
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 unsympathetic way OF ac-
costing outsiders as though they had
no business there, though the LORD
wants all 70 come and take the choic-
est and ripest fruit on the premises
Have you an idea that because you
were baptized at eight months of age
and because you have all your life been
under 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?
I tell you no. You will have to haul
IN your elbows, for we will place on
either side OF you those whom you
never expected would sit there. for,
as Christ said TO his people long ago.
so he says to you and 10 me. "Other
sheep I have which are not of this
fold
sheep of Many Foid-.
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: Il see you have thirty
six sheep. I have just counted them.
No. says Mcdonald. Il have a great
many more sheep than you found in
this yard Some are here. and some
are elsewhere. l have 1000 or 5000 in
my focks Other sheep | have which
are not of this fold So Christ says
TO US Here is a knot of Christians and
there is a knot OF Christians. but they
make up a small part of the flock.
Here is the Episcopal fold. the Metho-
dist fold the Lutheran fold, the Con-
greg2tional fold. the Presbyterian fold.
the Baptist and the PedO-BaptiSt fold.
the only difference between these last
two being the way in which they wash
the sheep, and so they are scattered
all over And We come with our sta
tistics and say there are so many
thousand of the Lords sheep, but
Christ responds: No, no: you have
not seen more than one out of a thou
sand of my flock They are scattered
all over the earth. Other sheep have
which are not of this fold. "
Broader sympathy Required.
We need as churches to get into
sympathy with the great outside world
and let them know that none are so
broken hearted or hard beset that they
will not be welcomed. No" says
some fastidious Christian. Il do not
like to be crowded in church. Do not
put any one in my pew" My brother,
what will you do in heaven. when a
great multitude that no man can num-
Der assemblies? They will put fifty in
your pew. What are the people as
sembied in Christian churches COM
pared with the mightier millions out
side? Some churches are like a hos
pital that should advertise that it's pa
TENTS must have nothing worse than
toOthache or runarcunds, but no broken
heads. no crushed ankles or fractured
limbs. Bring there for treatment mod
crate sinners. velvet coated sinners and
sinners with a gloss on. 1t is as if a
man had farm of 1000 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 inclDsure But the field
is the world. That means Europe,
Asia. Africa. North and South America
and all the islands of the sea.
FxcIusiveness In Religion.
Years ago / visited New England
factory village. | went up to the door
of factory, and | saw on the outside
the words, No admittance" Of course
j went in. and. coming to the second
door, l saw the words, No admit
lance" Getting clear on into the fac
tory 1 saw they were making pins,
useful pins. and nothing but pins. SO
think there is sometimes an exclus We
ness among some Of the churches. The
outside world comes up and looks at
the door. and there is something which
seems to say, mo admittance," and
the world comes up to the pew door
and sees written over it. mo admit
lance" and looks at the pulpit. and
there ia something there which seems
to say. No admittance." while we
stand inside OF the same churches ham,