New-York tribune., 1902-08-18

HOW HIS HEART WAS REACHED.
And then stepped little nearer to his bed . and
nv dear man now many inns when YOU have been
plotting that steamer Of yours. the only thing that
has kept her of the rocks has been your clear eye
strait Of death and the current is running against
you. and the fog is on and you need pilot. Jesus
And he gathered W what proved to be afterward
ms dyihs SeS'h alld MiC @ f ar
ment. and the old man died. And Just as ne was
dying l started the familiar Gospel hymn and the
family took it up:
Jesus. Saviour pilot me.
over Ife'S tempeStuoUs sea:
Hiding rock ard treacherous shoal:
Chart and compass came from thee:
Jesus, Saviour. pilot me!
And the old man died And when they brought
funeral and Stoned to the edge of the platform
of the pulpit commit his body to the ground, as
is my wont. saw light on his face. which never
kindness OF his face seemed to be saying with a
redeemed voice, Il met my pilot face to face and
Now, what is the point Of that incident, went
back afterwaTd TO inquire a6o4t me & oG man an, 5
version as that-so instantaneous, without pre-
there It seemed to me before it could thus grow
up in a moment and yield its iastantaneous Tultt
past his religious life She said: our father was
man Of great profanity. He would lose his temper
daily. and he would swear 50 that we chIld.t .th
wanted to leave the room and get away from the
But" she said, last winter; when his veSsei
happened to be over Sunday III New-fork dockea
downtown. he came up home Just ABOUT chaac66 ha 81
time and was @ Passg sn25ebng hGGF ea MIN in and he
Went uTstairs and took his seat in the last pew
after the service and for tie first time in lives
we saw fathe- get the Bible down ana go IP i u
to read it. and whe he went to bed father was
SUI SUI S1ns Tahs Een his boat was in New-Y or he
would go the same Pace in tbe same me- chgGe bur T.
after we had gone bed"
SOWING OF THE SEED.
There was the sowing Of the seed. That man
doubtless would never have been brought 10 O4raSI ~ ISL
If the seed had not been previously soWl s anu vs.
are strewing the seed on ground already covered
to break down our old conventions and be wIlhns h
to 90 to men if they will not come TO US ana "Ieh
we have got the men before Us. give them simple,
pure. straightforward evanGellc4I ana eVaiget'SG
sermon, Gospel TO grip men hearts I rS lie[ man @
6hsir miadS aod 10 Pue soil f i' Sseu
But there is one lire that I want TO suggest
much more emphaticaIly than any other Dear
friends with all living and with All our pray
ing and with all our preaching l believe there here Is
needed in order to render any one Gi these tl-
choose to cal in these days personal work and
aitogetber@too 5Sl neglesJf9i personal work that
rea he's man where something else has tallea
IN our chuTches 30 hat az are nHSaved men
lIpon our preaching. We may he afraid to go and
boarg Of trustees that woman is one of the social
leaders OF our church; nomIrally they are Chris
tians but they have never taken stand Tor CAilst
they are dIshon9Ting Him openly DelOI" the rest
q We are depending on our sermons and our ser
mons are proving uEdepcncab bic We need TO say
pe-fence. such men have been surprisd for years
that have never said the word TO then9- IneS
have wondered why have not come and talked
TO them on me su3eTf @ ol I}s3Snn s6uaTe Church
adams trustee ~ I1 1slsJi ,is 5roa m Of
sunday night after the service, to Ia. with him
aS baysnt man VOC tSo done this beore For months
have wondered why my pastor never sag a as slnsIe @
indiyidSai Salvation Men are waiting for IT, and
men are wondering why we do not give IL
FOR INDIVIDUAL WORK
Did Won ever go over your church and pick out
the who have pws and the men6zrs 9i tneE
families sitting in those pews who were ullSaVed
anti,,e ~ cb,rcn ,,on.en to your workers who were
active in everything else, but were shrinking oach
service? went oHet it ~ aSs II asto3shed me- ana
body of our church, and told Elder 80 ana 30
men ana women, right around him in church sun
day after olndv that had never co~hIssSta ~ =, NJ NJ
So and So or Mrs So and So. and he confessed
ing of the Gospel WASH as elecuVe a.. a. IL rt ~
10 be in THAI church Are you cong tIat soIs & 0a
M %it9 S me poiT hack ana avtng you are going TO
neiG aiaG no Sqs S5rs s Won nave never worked before
and YOU gu are afraid TO co personal work in your
own cnQrcn and among your own acqualntances!
How about that hoy in your family? You 60 to
,,oI,r min and to kim: l don know
whv il is that l cannot get mold of my boy: won
YOU come and talk with MIN and pray with him.
nd YOU have failed to say the personal word and
give The personal touch il tactfulness and kindi-
ness and persistence and there is WueTe your Whoie
effort and u hole aspiration and desire have
hToLen down. and broken down at your own door
Personal work. It is the summons 1 give this
morning / have no other summons to give TO
church to-day. Personal work on the part of the
minister on the part OF the church officer, the
mart of the Sunday school teacher. on the part Of
the rank and file Of membership. and until we
have conSecrateI ourselves 10 that tlnd or work
believe me- nzy dear ftiends, we shall pray to an
una nsyyerirg heaven and feel not so much as the
frst drops of rain In the shower for which we have
upon wears God make us personal workers!
REACHING 4 COLLEGE BOY.
came up here in New England to preach my
yearly sermon 10 one Of the colleges. A splendid
college II is. and there is a strong religious NE
though enough. II seems to me OF evan
geistic life. and certainly not enough or personal
work ! preached my sermon TO the poyS. choSe
had expected preach, ignoring the o.d professors
back the peWs and their cultured tainlleS
and Just trying get hold Of the boys hearts with
q simple almost commonplace. Gospel message.
I had preached them every year for years
had lived among these boys for whenever go
there ] stay in the chapter house of the frater-
nifty Of which am member. hved my NE pts
fore them | prayed for those boys / had preached
to them. / say. and had preac ched my best ser
mons to them with this thing in mind. the best
Gospel sermons ] could preach. but many of them
a member had never been brought to confess Christ
7 made an appointment that afternoon in the
Young Mems Christian Association building where
/ would those who wanted to talk to me
upon the subject. and of the members of the
fraternity chapter said, Il will go and show you
the way" He knew perfectly well that knew
The way' and / thought there was something in
the wind. | took him along with me. and when