Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-13


!. and your friends tonighty The strange
( thing is that you do not weep In an
snish for their salvation. ship was
, wrecked on the northwest coast OF
Ireland and mother tried In vain to
} have her son. who had volunteered to
board the ship. to give up the periious
task. She pleaded that her father and
brother had never come back from the
sea and that she would be left alone
III he were lost. He resisted her en-
treaties and put out to the sinking
vessel. When the boat came bnck
through the surf. the crowd on the
shore shouted, Have you got your
man?'' The reply came. Yes. tell
mother that Ii is brother William
Are You sure that the imperlled souls
around us are not our brothers. and
sons. our daughters?
| Haven't Time for Religion.
| Many do not do this work because
they say, II don't have time for it."
But people seem to find time for ev-
/ ''''"'hE eiat iuI tue DaIl, the cara
party. the theater, but no time for
religion. Many people have the world
on their minds so strongly that when
they try TO do Christian work they
make failure of IT,
Many Opportunities.
Some say have no opportunities to
speak to people AT the close OF an
evangelistIc meeting conducted by
Rev IT. w, Pope woman came to
him and said; "Mr, Pope. | can't ac,
oepI all you said this afternoon. am
a Christian but | have no opportuni
ties to lead others to Christi" Mr..
Pope said, DO your nolghbors never
call?" Sometimes" Does the gro.
ceryman call?" yes" rs he a Chris.
tian? Il don't know" Does the
milkman ever call at your house?"
Yes. every day" rs he a Christian"
Il don't know, | don't consider It my
business to ask him. either" And the
woman went away very agnry. But
she couldn't rest wen after she went
to bed lhat night. and finally deter
mined that she would make II her
business 10 find out whether these
men were saved. The next morning
the mi!kman ran up the steps, emptIed
his milk, started to run out when the
woman gasped--" Mikman; oh, an ex.
ira quart today" And he empties an
other quart into the pail. "Oh. no."
said the woman, but are you Chris
tian7" The man turned on her with
a look she never forgot mo, and |
don't care fig about being one either.
Do you remember the meetings held
here last winter? Well. | was interest
ed then. and II had been invited
would have attended Somehow
thought perhaps that you might like to
talk to me about 1t but you didn't and
no one seemed to care whether was
"A Christian or not; now | tell you ]
don't care. have lost all interest In
such things;" and he turned on his
heel and ran down the steps The
poor woman threw herself pfostrate
on the floor and in an agony of spirit
promised ..er Lord If he would forgive
her past neglect she would not let
another opportunity pass without
speaking word for her Master. Mr..
| Pope came two years later to hold
| meetings again, and she related her
| experience. adding, six OF the seven
men who called regularly Mt my home
In business way are now Christians,
|
these two years--all but the milkman"
There are opportunities on every hand.
protesting Christians II you would
only look for them and II Is useless for
you to pray for God to use you In
some great way as "A soul winner until
you are willing to speak to those that
You are constantly coming In contact
with.
| No Love for Souls.
/ There is yet one other reason why
many do not speak 10 people about
their souls, that Is. they have no com
passion for the lost The great soul
winners. botn In Bible times and in
me history OF Christendom, have been
| ultn anu Noni'u WIN tompaoSioh ict
souls.
Mr.. Lowry closed the sermon with
the following illustration.
/ shepherd one night, when the
storm was fierce. counted his sheep
and found that two were lost Go
Ing to the kennel where his shepherd
dog was lying with her young, he
pointed TO the wilderness which was
ever growing darker and said. Two
sheep are missing. Col" She looked
for moment to her little ones an"
then up Into her masters face N
hurried away into the night and came
back with one OF the sheep which was
lost The storm had grown fierce and
the night darker and the shepherd
came again to fhe dog and pointing
out, said once more. "One sheep yet
missing. Col" Looking down once
more to her crying little ones and up
into her masters face with utter de-
cnair cha arosa and hurripd away