The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27

proclaimlng the gospel to the wicked
and irreligious. He opened the gate.
of heaven that he might entice hi,
people into the Fathers house IA
opened the gates of he'll, that Tho,
might see the fire that is M,
quenched," and "the worm that dintb
not 1t was Jesus who did this
not Milton nor any medieval monk
And he did it because love promntad
him to be faithful and tell the whole
truth. He went into every denart.
ment OF human life from the comb
mixing the meal in the kitchen to ths
king on his throne inviting to b,s
sons marriage, that he might get an
illustration, a handle by which the
people might take hold of the truth
Tact Is Needed.
In fishing there must be skillfuI
adaptation. There are fish that Won
cannot catch singly. They 20 in
schools. They do not bite hooks, II
you ever catch fish of that kind Won
have to draw the seine around the
whole school. There are people like
these fish. They are fond of crowds
You can reach that class Of people
only through the crowd. They are 50.
cial beings and you must touch them
in their social nature.
There are other fish that do not 20
in schools. Like the brook trout thew
hide in out-of-the way places. They
are timid and wary. A fly out of sea-
son has no attraction for them The
fisherman must keep out of their
sight; and if he breaks stick, he has
lost his chance of catching that fish.
There are men of this kind. They dis.
like the crowd. They are timid. They
do not like the personal approach. II
YOU go in the open, you will brighten
them away. We need the wisdom Of
q d in tactful approach, that we may
say just the right word and speak it
Ill the right spirit. Nicodemus could
in the right spirit.
The Heroic Method.
There are others that you must win
In more heroic fashion. Saul of Tar.
sus could never have been won in a
quiet way. To have mentioned the
TACT that you wanted him to become a
Christian would have led to your ar.
rest. 1t took the light from heaven,
the flash from God; it 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 a Jonathan
with thunderbolt against
sin in every paragraph. Gypsy"
Smith, with his fascinating gypsiness,
That has in it the fragrance of the
Wild flowers and the sweetness of the
birds song in the woods, is very at.
'ractlVe to some; and they are glad to
near the gospel as he breaches 1t.
BUT there are others land perhaps
he larger number) who need the
'ledge-hammer blows of R. A. Torrey
md the fiery zeal of Billy Sunday.
DO not fish for trout as you do
or sturgeon. Try your trout bait
IN sturgeon and you will get no fish;
ry your sturgeon bait on trout, and
'ou will not fill your basket. So do
lot criticise the trout fisher because
le refuses to use the sturgeon meth.
"a; and do not criticise the sturgeon
Usher because he refuses to use the
rout method. "By all means save
ome."
Word as to Process.
A word as to process. Come ye
tier me and | will make you to become
shers of men," If you are not a soul.
winner, Christ can make you one.
ust transfer the experience of your
usiness to the spiritual realm and
ee how 1t works. You are a mer.
hant? Come We after me-" says
esus, "and l will make you a mer.
hant of men. will help you to deal
goods that do. not perish with the
s1ng-ln merchandise better than
DID, Are you carpenter? Come
g after me, and l will make you a
arpenter of men, building structures
character that will outlast marble
nd granite" Are you a sculptor?
Come We after me, and I will make
gu sculptor of men, chiseling into
nape that which will stand after the
larble OF Phidias has crumbled into
ust." Whatever your occupation, let
our experiences in that occupation be
rejected into the fishing for men.
But fishing depends upon more than
Kill. 1t depends upon the elements
oove US; the sun, moon and stars,
II some fish can be caught only at
bod tide.
you can argue with the science Of
+; But when you go fishing you find
lat the catching of fish depends upon
10 wind, weather and tide. Our sue
'ss in fishing for men depends upoa
le wind that comes from God, the
des that are moved by heavenly influ-
ices, the atmosnhero that 5000.