Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-02-02
DOOR OPEN FOR ALL.
There Is Not Monopoly in the
Christian Religion.
Or. Taimsre's Timely Discourse ON
Occasion OF the Twentieth An
nf~er.nry os the Bowcry
GIx~Ion I'm New York.

lCopNrisnt. l<Vt. by Louis htoRSCnl
New York. Jan. 20.
On the occasion OF the twentieth an.
niversary of the Bowery mission. jan
uary Is, DIR. Talmags preached TO q vast
audience at the New York Academy
OF Music. Ministers of all cenomina-
tions were present. The text was.
John 1916: "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 can fence of and have al 10
ourselves. II is not a kings park, at
which we look through barred gate
way. wishing that We might go in and
see the statuary and the Ceer and the
royal conservatory. No; il is a Fa-
Tiers 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 very lame man. who
although there were apples in the
place perpetually 6ecaying and by
scores and scores OF bushels. never
would allow sSy 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 l 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 unsympsthetic way OF ac-
costing outsiders. as though they had
no business there. though the Lord
wants 10 come and take the choicest
and the ripest frui; on the premises
Have YOU n idea that because YOU were
baptized at eight months Of age. and
because you have all Your lie been un-
der hallowed influences. YOU there
fore have a right 10 one whole side OF
the Lords table. spreading yourself
out and taking up the entire room =?
l tell you no. You will have TO haul in
your elbows. for we viii place on either
side OF you those whom you never eN-
pected would sit there, for, as Christ
said to His people long ago. so lie says
70 you and 10 me: "Other sheep have
which are not OF this fold"
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 al around In many places.
Cameron. his ncighbor. comes over and
says Il see Won have sc sheep. have
just counted them" NO" saws Me
Donald. Il have a great many more
sheep than you found in this yard. Some
are here, and some are elsewhere. I
have 1000 or 5000 in my f,ocks. Other
sheep ! have which are not Of this
fold " So Christ saws TO US. Here is
knot OF Christians and there Q knot
OF Christians. but they make UP a smai n
part Of the flock. Here Is the Episco-
pal fold, the Methodist fold. the Luth-
eran fold. the Congregational fold. the
Presby terrain fold, the Baptist and The
Pedo-Baptist fold. the only difference
between these last two being the way
Ia which they wash the sheep. and "a
they are scattered all over. And We
come with our statistics and say there
are 50 many thousand of the Lore 5
sheep. but Christ responds: NO. no;
you have not seen more than one out
OF thousand OF my flock They are
scattered al over the earth. other
sheep ! have which are not of this
fold"
o. all the merciful institutions which
bless this city not ore more thorough n
u enters into the spirit of the tex
than does the Bowery mission, whose
twentieth anniversary we to-da. ce!e-
brate. During the past year 1900 soul.
have been saved through its instru.
mentality, and during its existence il
has put its temporal and spiritual
benediction upon hundreds Of thou
sands OF the poor and suffering and
lost With the bread of this life in one
| hand and the bread OF eternal life in
the other il is doing a srupendous
| work, and 10 all of its patrons Christ
Is saying: ~ was hungry, and We fec
me. naked, and ye clothed me, sick ans.
IN prison, ana We visited me- lnasmuch
as ye did IL unto one Of the least
OF these. yc did IL 20 me- IN is through
this Gospel that New York Is To be
taken FOR God, and America for Ccd.
and the world for God. There are two
classes OF hearers in this audience
whom J especially address. the friends
OF this institution who have come out
TO show their inter-: - the work, and
the other class made up Of those who
are ss'ray, but want 10 get back, have
| fallen. bat want 10 rise,
We need as churches to get into sym.
pathy with the great outside world