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<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">ONE LOST SHEEP<br />
<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">ONE LOST SHEEP<br />
Delivered On Lord's-day Morning, April 28th, 1889,<br />
Delivered On Lord's-day Morning, April 28, 1889,<br />
By [[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]],<br />
By [[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]],<br />
At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.<br />
At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.<br />
Moreover, great apprehensions were aroused. We feared that he was not the Lord's and that he would go back unto perdition. We trembled for him. That black dread is all over now - the sheep is safe - the doubtful one is saved and restored to the fold. In proportion to the weight of the apprehension is the intensity of the relief. The Shepherd had exercised, also, great labor over the lost one. He went up among the mountains to find His sheep. But now His labor is fully rewarded, for He has found His lost sheep. He remembers no more His travel and travail for joy that the sheep is safe.
Moreover, great apprehensions were aroused. We feared that he was not the Lord's and that he would go back unto perdition. We trembled for him. That black dread is all over now - the sheep is safe - the doubtful one is saved and restored to the fold. In proportion to the weight of the apprehension is the intensity of the relief. The Shepherd had exercised, also, great labor over the lost one. He went up among the mountains to find His sheep. But now His labor is fully rewarded, for He has found His lost sheep. He remembers no more His travel and travail for joy that the sheep is safe.
Besides, in this newly-restored one, there are marks of salvation which cause joy. He has been torn with the briars but he is resting now. See how he lies down in the tender grass! He was weary and worn and almost dead with his wanderings. But now, how happy he is in the presence of his Shepherd! How closely he keeps to his Shepherd's footsteps! All this goes to make the shepherd glad. The Shepherd rejoices when He brings back the lost sheep because He makes that rescue an occasion and opportunity for having a special gala day. He wishes all His sheep to learn His delight in them all by seeing His delight in one. I know it is so in the Church. I bless the Lord when He keeps the feet of His saints - I bless Him every day for preserving Grace. But when some grievous wanderer is restored - then we bless Him more emphatically. Then we have music and dancing. The elder Brother wonders what these overflowing joys can mean - but everybody else can see good reason for special mirth when the lost one is found. Shepherds and their flocks cannot have holiday every day. But when a lost one has been recovered, they feel such mutual delight in each other and such a common delight in the saving of the lost that they seize upon the occasion for rejoicing. I want you all to recognize that. If you love the Church of Christ you are bound to keep a feast day when fallen ones are raised up. And that you may hold that festival, you are bound to put out all your strength to bring in the lost one.
Besides, in this newly restored one, there are marks of salvation which cause joy. He has been torn with the briars but he is resting now. See how he lies down in the tender grass! He was weary and worn and almost dead with his wanderings. But now, how happy he is in the presence of his Shepherd! How closely he keeps to his Shepherd's footsteps! All this goes to make the shepherd glad. The Shepherd rejoices when He brings back the lost sheep because He makes that rescue an occasion and opportunity for having a special gala day. He wishes all His sheep to learn His delight in them all by seeing His delight in one. I know it is so in the Church. I bless the Lord when He keeps the feet of His saints - I bless Him every day for preserving Grace. But when some grievous wanderer is restored - then we bless Him more emphatically. Then we have music and dancing. The elder Brother wonders what these overflowing joys can mean - but everybody else can see good reason for special mirth when the lost one is found. Shepherds and their flocks cannot have holiday every day. But when a lost one has been recovered, they feel such mutual delight in each other and such a common delight in the saving of the lost that they seize upon the occasion for rejoicing. I want you all to recognize that. If you love the Church of Christ you are bound to keep a feast day when fallen ones are raised up. And that you may hold that festival, you are bound to put out all your strength to bring in the lost one.
IV. Now we come to the tug-of-war, that is, to look upon our Divine Shepherd as HE SETS US A STRIKING EXAMPLE.
IV. Now we come to the tug-of-war, that is, to look upon our Divine Shepherd as HE SETS US A STRIKING EXAMPLE.
Dear friends, as you cannot, all of you, go abroad to the heathen - though some of you ought to do so - I ask you to do what you can do. Contribute to the collection which is for the support of mission work. Here is a small opportunity. And if you do not avail yourselves of it, you are not likely to do the greater thing to which I have invited you. The Lord bless you! Amen.
Dear friends, as you cannot, all of you, go abroad to the heathen - though some of you ought to do so - I ask you to do what you can do. Contribute to the collection which is for the support of mission work. Here is a small opportunity. And if you do not avail yourselves of it, you are not likely to do the greater thing to which I have invited you. The Lord bless you! Amen.
==External Links==
==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=X30PAAAAIAAJ&q=%22if+the+wanderers+are+to+be+brought+in%22&dq=%22if+the+wanderers+are+to+be+brought+in%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAmoVChMI5OXCs7yayAIV0FqICh0FdQq3 The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons, Parts 405-416]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=X30PAAAAIAAJ&q=%22if+the+wanderers+are+to+be+brought+in%22&dq=%22if+the+wanderers+are+to+be+brought+in%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAmoVChMI5OXCs7yayAIV0FqICh0FdQq3 The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons, Parts 405-416]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=OOGoBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT308 The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 35: Sermons 2062-2120]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=OOGoBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT308 The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 35: Sermons 2062-2120]
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons35.xxii.html Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889]
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/spurgeon/sermons35.xxii.html Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 35: 1889]
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