Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-02-26

streets, the markets and the lanes |
proclaiming the gospel to the wicked
and irreligious. He opened the gates |
of heaven that he might entice his |
people into the Fathers house. He |
opened the gates of hell, that they |
might see "the fire that is not |
quenched," and "the worm that dieth !
not" 1t was Jesus who did this
not Milton nor any medieval monk. |
And he did it because love prompted |
him to be faithful and tell the whole |
truth. He went into every depart !
ment of human life from the cook
mixing the meal in the kitchen to 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 of the truth
Tact Is Needed.
IN fishing there must be skillful
adaptation. There are fish that you
cannot catch singly. They go in
schools. They do not bite hooks. If
you ever catch fish of that kind, you
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 So
cial beings and you must touch them
in their social nature.
] There are other fish that do not go
in schools. Like the brook trout, they
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. If
| you go in the open, you will brighten
| them away. We need tho wisdom Of
God in tactful approach, that we may
say just the right word and speak it
in 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
fact that you wanted him to become a
|
rest. 1t took the light from heaven,
the fash 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
Edwards with a 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
tractive to some; and they are glad to
hear the gospel as he breaches it.
But there are others (and perhaps
the larger number) who need the
sledge hammer blows of R. A Torrey
and the fiery zeal of Billy Sunday
Do not fish for trout as you dc
for sturgeon. Try your trout bait
on sturgeon and you will get no fish
try your sturgeon bait on trout, and
you will not fill your basket. So dc
not criticise the trout fisher because
he refuses to use the sturgeon meth
cd: and do not criticise the sturgeon
fisher because he refuses to use the
trout method. by all means save
some"
A Word as to Process.
A word as to process. Come "
after me and will make yor to become
| fishers of men," If you are not a soul
} winner. Christ can make you one
Just transfer the experience Of you
:
see how it works. You are a mer
chant? Come We after me-" say!
Jesus, and l will make you a mer
!. chant of men. l will help you to dea
in goods that do not perish with thu
n using-in merchandise better thar
/ gold" Are you carpenter? Com,
|, we after me, and l will make you
t carpenter of men, building structure
l. of character that will outlast marbl,
b and granite" Are you a sculptor
t Come We after me, and 1 will max,
you a sculptor of men, chiseling int
4 shape that which will stand after tn
n marble of Phidias has crumbled int
o dust" Whatever your occupation, lie
your experiences in that occupation b.
n projected into the fishing for men.
o But fishing depends upon more thai
d skill. 1t depends upon the element
8 above US; the sun, moon and stars
s for some fish can be caught only a
l food tide.
y You can argue with the science o
l. it; but when you go fishing you I'm,
that the catching of fish depends upo
y the wind, weather and tide. Our SUE
cess N fishing for men depends upo
e the wind that comes from God, tn
y tides that are moved by heavenly Unfit
ences, the atmosphere that come
e from Pentecostal prayer and preach
o ing.