Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-11
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[For the Alexandria Gazette
Parsonage Papers, No. 6.


For the Alexandria Gazette.
Parsonage Papers, No. 6.
By Rev. DR.. KILLGoRE, Pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church, Alexandria, Va.
THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA AND HER DIVINE
TiACHER
"Then saith the wJuIau Uf Samarla to him,
How is it that thou, being jew, a>kest
drink of me, which atn d woman Ut San.arla
for the Jews have no dealings with he Sauiarl-
tans. Jesus answered aud said unto her, it
thou knewest the gift Of Gvd, and who it is
that saith 10 thee Give ME to drink; thou
wuuidest have asked of hlu, and he would
have given thee living water john ". ., 10.
The fourth chapNr uf our Lords Gospel as
recorded by St. john, is one OF special Interest.
The SCENES it portrays, the customs 1t exhibits,
aud the doctrines it illus'rates-al unite III
rendering it attractive. Instructive, aud lroht
abe. For ages Jacob Well has Leen visited,
and highly venerated by pllgrims aud travellers
FROM both Christian aDd Manouiedau countries
|, is hrwu out OF firm ro.k; Is about niue leet
in diameter, aud seventy five III depth. Ii Is
situated a"out lorty uiles from Jerusalem. ht:y-
two from Jericho, and at sluall III -tance trum
Syci.eu-a place of great celebrity account
OF its ancient sepuclire>, aud as tasting as ne
rock, wherein they are heWn; aDu Where the
remains of Jnsrph, Elrazar, aud Joshua were
depost,d The We'll has bccome immortalized
in the Divine records, Oh account OF the Saviour
having there halted III Que OF his Journeys, auu
given instruction to a woman OF Sauarla.
Let us contemplate, first the Dlvlue teacher;
secondly, the prrsuu taught; thirdly, the H.
stuctiou communicated; aud tourthly, the Ell
tects produced.
l. THE DIVINE TEACHER.
We will consider
|. Ills persou.-He is called Jesus His
naule Is Que Ut vast import, anu signifies de-
hverer We have read aud heard ut persOns
who have procured great dcilvcrauces tur lnd'-
vlduals, cities, kingdoms aud natlons, v hoe
pra-es have been >uug, aud whose nauies have
b,eu interviewer in their Cuuutry history.
Wheu L auinuS, R,uIan General, procaluled
liberty to the Greeks at the l>thmlau galucs,
the leople salu,ed him with the tlle ot oa-
ylour P.utarh says, The vast cuncvurse
shouted So loudly that the air was rent
with the concuS>lon. But what ale all
tempo al dellveranccs of this description When
compared with spri u i delivcrancc secured ~
him VII, s tn SUI jec, o. or meditation! he
angel SAID lv Juscph, thou SHAT Call his lame
Jesus, iur he shall save his people from their
sins" Aud Siueon, as he held the child III his
aims, exultiugy exclaimed, Lord. now let
test thou thy servant depart III peace according
to thy word; for mine eyes have seen thy sal
vati,,u. which thou has Prepared beiore ali peo
pie; light TO tighten the Genlllcs. .aAd the g.ory
OF Thy people Israel He is the author aud
comtuunicalor OF salvation. He delivers trom
su, iruu, the fear vi death, aad trou he'll he
Communicates pardon. peace. huIlness, aud
Aeaveu II is salvation full, free. present aud
etcrual. He is associated with AL that Is llu-
portant, delis httul aud valuable in the Chris
iiaus experience: iu life. He is his iusplra-
ton in death his watchword, aud In heaven
his endless song. Being justified by faith, We
have acc with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
2 lis attitude. He sat thus on the we'll. y
The jewish teachers sat- but sOme thought his
sitting on the we'll an illustration OF the doc
triue of his humanity. As u man he wa, sui Ject
TO weariue>s, aud hence sat down To rest hun
sell: Some have said that "he only ASSUMED
the appearance of human nature; that 1T Was
not reality; only spectral illusion. But this
idea is uu'ounded 1t is exposed by Johu III his
first general epislle Every spirit that c'n-
f.s,.th that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is
of God; aud every spirit that contesseth not
tl,at Jesus Christ i, come in the flesh Is not OF
ti d. But We must also remember that he Was
Gud as well as man. He was the root aud of
spring of David his l. rd and his Son, Em
manuel G d with u! The Great Gud aud
our Saviour! What theme for contemplation!
Deity clothed in the garb of humanity ln-
fnity iulabiting flute form! without
controversy great is the mystery of godllness:
God was manifest in the flesh.
VITALITY IN GRAIN-"A Young Farmer
inquiries If seed OF the different kiuos OF grain
a year or more old will grow as we'll as fresh
Il h, SaiN
as fresh as it can he had for although some
seed will germinate after it has been kept
wears. yet these are exceptions. We do not
know of any distinct experiments on old and
new grain, except it he u single tra! which We
made 10 pots. Fresh seed wheat was sown III
pots in autumn, one inch deep, and kept pro-
perry moist In another pot, subj Jacted to the.
same temperature and the same degree OF
moisture, was suwn wheat kept over one year.
In other puts, seed five years old was sown un-
der similar eli cuu,Stauces The first or flesh
seed came up in eleven days, the weather be-
ing rather coil the second seed. one year
old, came up in thirteen days. The live year
seed in the other puts came up lrrcgulary, the
first in eighteen days, and atterwar Is ior near
Iva mrnth. The sraius of all were counei
wh..n ,.laced in the earth, aud the result was
that all the fresh seed grew all or nearly all
the one year but not one half the n'e year
seed ever grew at ALL From these Hunted eX
ppriments we may infer that fires h seed IS al
ways the best if only year old it may d"
we'll, although the plants viii hardly have the
vigor Of the first but setd several years old
should be employed only FIR rresersl"gor or >ecur-
inySome desirable variety. We h"pe some vi our
rea,lers will repe 1t tn. experiment on oats
barley. etc., BY accurately coun ing III 'aSue-
Ing depth, recording dates, etc.-County Ge"
Hemm
rINO THE CITIZENS OF ALEXANDRIA
AND V1CINJTY-AS much dist uSt e&