The New York herald., 1871-12-24

aesti that is the word. Resrl Christ says THISTLE
who was driven through the streets to Calvary, was
m0cKed at Ebed At spit up0n endured the agony
s&s ps s pS no
that all y right with you. A man perfectly con.
tented with himself is very near fool for he Is NOT
such very important parsonage after ALL A WORD
OF direcnon now. II any man thirst, let MIN come.
He does not say CO. He does not say 60 TO the min
be sought In that manner it would be difficult for
JACK to lnd him. But He SAYS 'Oome to me-" You
reply u cannot 60 20 neaven !, fqT Dr., am cannot mot
can 60 by prayer; by earnest, supplicatory
prayer. Many OF you have kind Old mothers.
have prayed for and with YOU You are thinking Of
her now. can see lr IN your faces. And So per,
% gun % or In your nsmmocs but be assured If earn
est 1t will be heard. saw q few days since large
cross with the inscription .Soss nam mm,oanne tne
banner or the Gross then, be unfurled at che mast
head Many OF you know the River Amazon-per-
That had heavy weather ana was blown out OF her
course. She suffered from want Of provisions
where sSs Was ha n knowing her %
thought she was still az sea. Seeing anothe. ship
Bhe hailed her and asked for water. ''Wny," was
fresh water.n Now, 80 it Is with salvation. You
have nothing TO do but DIP It up The poor Hindoo
his nesn. all to get what you can obtain by simply
''dipping 1t up" remember poor idiot BOY with
whom once conversed, and 70 wnom said that ne
have once, but Christ took It away and has II In
l5ts keeping" Let us al give our souls % IN !, ais
great Thing. christ likes . trusting faith. was
once near the Mansion House. in London. IN great
10 So S
Ana II grSudeed the time; but he sald,, Il
Hist me.n Tnis decided me. HIS simple
taitn won me at once. 4 yon trust ana man you must
port you take pilot on boara who directs the mo-
tions Of the ship. He gives an order which is dis
Sbeyed You DO not trust tn. him II you are sica % you
TONS and orders you some medicine. You do not
ike IT. It may De. but ne tells you if you trust me
there were two sailors who had been drinking, as
sailors sometimes do. They took their boat to pull
O d n q
OF effort Again they tried, but with no better
success Finally after ,. an hours hours work when aa,
"W6y, Sandy, we haven't pulled the ,oaa anchor
mold them fasti but II they WIN pun up
these slns through ChrisI's forgiveness they can
pun %ScS one
pass without leave; but had the captains card,
which admitted me at once. l mad confidence I
deceived. II you will but only ship on board the
vessel Of iaitn. under CHRIST as commander, you
once, when in Court in London, . witness was
wanted, and the various officers called his name
aloud A little. Insignificant man was pushing and
elbOwinG MS way forward, and ne was stopped
with the question:, "Wnat are you pushing for y,
'.Why," said he, ''did you not hears l am called. /"
deemer wants you. stand away, devils; stand
away, doubts; stand away, tears; stand away,
angels, everybody Christ calls me.
There is q sad story Of poor woman at New
castle-0n-Tyne who had daughter who went
astray. The poor mother prayed for her nightly,
return Of the girl sne left the back door on the Jar
always. sure enough, one night she was startled
by sr 81
This being freely accorded, sno asked VINO left the
door open. Her mother told her that fearing that
she might come and try 1t and 60 away because 1t
was fast, she had left It open purposely. The girl
replied that, truly enough had the door been last
leaves the door ajar for all You have only try it.
push tt-and enter into His kingdom. talked with
SS wSo oud not
Christ would pardon them. They could not place
their trust 10 Him, they said. told them tnat
who had been bad; but that 1t was no reason Tor
NOT trusting Christ, who had never done wrong.
Egyptians followed the children or Israel and al
tempted to cross the Red Sea the pursued looked
back, and when the waters rolled together behold,
all were swallowed up. Then came Miriam with
song and dance, sounding her timbrel and lifting
her voice joined In fun chorus oy the daughters Of
Israeli the burden OF the song being mot one, not
one, not one. not one p SO mighty was the wrath
In the deserts OF Arabia wnen the caravan be.
comes short OF water and 1t becomes vital neces
sly to procure 1t Of the number is mounred on
tho swntest dromedary and starts away full speed
IN search. He is followed at the distance OF q mile
BY another rider, who keeps the foremost one IN
sight; the AecOnd is followed by third, the third
by fourth, the fourth by NTH, until long line Is
formed In which sight OF the caravan Is kept by the
hindmost rider. When the leader discovers the
cherished water he turns to his follower
ana In . loud, prolonged note calls, "C0men
The word iS passed to the next and 10 the and
to the next until the desert resounds with the 10y
ful news and the caravan ls safe. SO 1t Is with
religion. Those who have iound this fountain OF
living water, years ago, have turned and called
aloud, "OOme" !" The sounds have reverberated
and re-echOed down to our time and still the cry Ii
'Uome p l entrea5 l beg, | implore you to
come" Christ calls you cOntinualy-is always
ready. You Will be always welcomed. and Will Join
TO increase the happy sound, 'Vome, come, come,
Gomez
The exercises were closed by the singing Of
hymn, and the benediction.
comparison between Mr.. Beecher and Mr..
SpurgeOn (tho latter mas great desire to hear the
iormer) Is not in place here but will, perhaps form
the basis OF another letter.
On Thanksgiving Day the men had an excelleny
dinner, and general jollity prevailed.