Oxford eagle., 1908-03-26

| ~ and religious.
| He went into the
streets. the markets and tho lanes
proclaimiug the gospel 10 the wicked
and irreligious. lie opened the gates
of heaven that he might eutice his
people into the Fathers house. He
opened the gates Of hell. that they
might see the nre that Is not
quenched.' and the worm that disth
not" II WAS Jesus who did this
not Milton nor any medieval monk
And he did II because love prompted
him To be faithful and tell the Whojs.
truth. lie went into every depart
ment Of human life from the cook
mixing the meal In the kitchen 20 the
king on his throne inviting to his
sons marriage. that he might get an
Illustration. a handle by which the
people might take hold 81 the truth.
Let us come after Jesus in his
methods
Tact 10 Needed.
In fishing there mus, be skiIiful
adaptation There are fsh that you
cannot catch singly They Eo in
schools. They do not bite hooks II
you ever catch fish Of that kind. you
have 10 draw the seine around the
whole school There are people Ike
these nsh. They are fond q crowds.
They go together They will come
10 the great assembly. and when they
hear witnesses testify for Christ they
will believe the testimony. When
they see people 60 into the after
meeting. they will go with them.
when they hear them confess Christ.
they will b. encouraged to confess
You can reach that class of people
only through the crowd They arr 50
cial beings and you must touch them
In their social nature
There are other nsh that do not ~
in schools Like the brook trout. they
hide In out-otthe way places. They
are timld and wary A 1y out of sea.
son has no attraction for them. The
fisherman must keep out of their
sight. and II he breaks stick. he has
| lost his chance OF catching that nsh
/ There are men Of this kind They dis
like the crowd They are tirrid They
do not like the personal approach. 10
You go in the open. YOU will frighten
them away We need the wisdom Of
God In tactfuI approach. that We may
say just the right word and speak IL
in the right spirit Nicodemus could
In the right spirit.
The Heroic method.
Thar. ara ,sH.w. shat 80, .,r+,-. ,,-f..
in more heroic fashion. Saul OF Tar
sus could never have been won in a
quiet way. To have mentioned the
fact that you wanted him to become a
Christian would have led to your ar
rest. II took the light from heaven.
the flash from God. 1t took the blind
ing and the dark to bring him to con
slider and make him pray
Edward Payson. with his tones Of
tender love. put some people To sleep.
What they needed was Jonathan
Edwards with a thunderbolt against
sin in every paragraph. Gypsy
Smith. with his fascinating gypsiness.
that has in II the fragrance Of tha
wild flowers and the sweetness Of tho
tractive to some: and they are glad TO
hear the gospel as he breaches 1t.
| But there are others land perhaps
the larger numberl who need tho
sledge-hammer blows Of r. A. Torrey
and the fiery zeal Of Billy Sunday.
Do not fish for trout as YOU do
/ for sturgeon Try your trout bait
on sturgeon and you will get no fish
/ try your sturgeon bait on trout. and
you will not all your basket So DO
/ not critieise the trout fisher because
| he refuses 20 use the sturgeon meth
cd. and do not criticise the sturgeon
/ fisher because he refuses 20 use the
trout method. BY all means save
/ some"
A Word as 10 Process
A word as 10 process. Come ye
afte- me and will make you to become
fishers Of men" II you are not a soul
winner. Christ can make you one.
Just transfer the experience Of your
business to the spiritual realm and
see how IL works You are 4 meT
chant? Come ye after me- says
/ Jesus, and will make you a mer-
chant Of men. I will help you to deal
| in goods that do not perish with the
using-in merchandise better than
| gold" Are you a carpenter, Come
We after me. and | will make you n
carpenter Of men. building structures
OF character that will outIast marble
and granite" Are you a sculptor?
Come ye after me. and / will make
| you a sculptor OF men. chiseling into
shape that which will stand after the
marble OF Phidias has crumbled into
| dust" Whatever your occupation. let
your experiences in that occupation be
projected into the fishing for men
The Higher Power.
But fishing depends upon more than
skill. II depends upon the elements
above US: the sun. moon and stars.
for some fish can be caught only az
flood tide. Old fishermen tell I'd that
IL depends upon the wind. and they
make a doggerel out OF it:
| when the wind is east.
The fish bite least.
When the wind is west.
The nsh bite best
You can argue with the science of
It: but when you go fishing you find
that the catching Of fish depends upon
the wind. weather and tide. Our sue
cess in fishing for men depends upon
the wind that comes from God. the
tides that are moved by heavenly inhu-
ences, the atmosphere that co-iel
FROM Fentecostal prayer and preaeh
lag.