Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-11-29
. SUNDAY IN DODGE.
6 THE Wafer of Life. >

| At the Union church Sunday evening Rev. Mr.
GEORGE delivered an interesting lecture or ''Bible
Reading the subject being water an emblem
Of the Word and Spirit He eaid types and sym
bols have as well as abuses. Ar in other de-
partments Of knowledge, 20 in religion, we must
learn the unseen ~ comparison with the seen, the
unknown through the known; first the NATURAL
then that which IL spiritual" Few, il any. are so
fully developed in Christian life that they do not
need the symbols and types which Christ as well
as Moses used in reaching through the eye and ear
of both cultured men, like Nicodemus, and inlet
| tered hearers, like the woman of Sarnaria
The New Testament gospel TO-DAY i. most richly
and deeply understood by those who come to il by
way Of Genesis through the interpreting lights Of
| types and symbols. Low views of Christs atom
! ing work the natural result Of study Of the
New Testament gospels without previous exam
! ination Of the deep blood stained foundations in
| the Old Testament gospels Of Moses and the pro-
phets In Gods word find, among the many
symbols used, water the spirit and word of God
| and its workings in and through us.
He said water necessary to life: and that
! this il a proposition that hardly requires proof
! You all admit it. Sometimes may not realize
! how necessary il IL but to the fact we agree We
may fail to see Gods providence in the abundant
supply Of water in the word-the mighty ocean,
| the great seas and lakes, the many rivers vending
their ways gracefully through the broad fields, and
| the innumerabe number of smaller streams laugh
| ing Ms they flow onward, apparently happy and
| joyous at the fact they are blessing mankind the
| springs and fountains bubbling forth to seek the
light the dew in its mist and yet mysterious form,
| the gentle sprnkng summer showers and the
more copous rains are all given for lifc-of veget
able, Of animal and especially of man.
Christ, in his talk with Nicodemus, knowing
that the factpf the necessity of water to life, was
accepted, made the spiritual application when he
| answered in John ill., s.
Verify, verify, say unto thee, except man be
born of water and OF the Spirit, he cannot enter
| the kingdom of God.
The minister spoke of the Value Of Water, and
read beautiful poem written by Eliza Cook:
| Should you ever be one of a faintng band,
With your brow to the sun and your feet to the
| sand,
/ l would wager the thing I'm most loath to spare,
That your bacchannal chorus would never ring
| there.
Traverse the desert, and then you can tell
What treasures exist iu the cold, deep we'll;
Sink IN despair on the red parched earth,
And then you may reckon what water is worth.
Famine is laying her hand Of bone
! On the ship becalmed in Il torrid zone
| The gnawing Of hangers worm is past
But fiery thirst lives on to the last
| The stoutest one OF the gallant crew
Hath Il cheek and lips of CHASTITY hue;
The hct blood stands in each gloomy eye,
| And "Water, o, God.'' is the only cry.
There's drought in the land, and the heritage is
| dead
| No ripple is heard in the strcamlct's bed;
| The herds low bleat and the sick man pant
Are mournfully telling the boon we want
| Let heaven this one rich gift withhold,
How soon We shall find it is better than gold;
And water, say, hath right to claim
The minstreIs song and the 1.-THE of fame.
We recognize the misery that comes from lack
Of water but Paul tells us that the sufferings of
| this present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in
1t Quenches Thirst, said the minister. There is
nothing that satisfies the thirst like good cold wa
| ter Nothing can be substituted for it. Even in
the lowest and viest Of grog-shops can be found
| the pitcher Of water. Some drink may be used
and relished for a time but sooner or later the
drinker returneth to the God given beverage to
meet the wants Of his nature.
| Water clcanses, said Mr. George. Water has al
ways been used for cleansing purposes, and hence
is fit emblem Of purity. We read in Ezekiel
where God catalogues some of the things he will
do for his people notwithstanding their "deflc-
ment' and "uncleanliness' that he says to them:
Twill sprinkle clean water upon you, and We shall
be clean: from ali you 1thness, and from all your
| idols will cleanse you.
Water enriches said this speaker. You have
| o1l, tho lonE riy IN I ho
green, the sudden bursting Of the buds, the put
ting forth of the young growth of trees and plants
after gentle rain. God says in the book of Deut.
My doctrine shall drop the rain, my speech shall
distl as the dew, as the small rain upon the ten
der herb, and as the showers upon the grass
This water always flowing. Always flowing be-
| cause from an eternal God. Nothing else will
meet the requirements Of man. A temporary sup
ply is only an aggravation. SIS thy heart left
ptys None but God its void can fill. Nothing but
a ceaseless Fountain can its ceaseless longings
fll''
1t is abundant and free to all God does not in
vite to an empty table but to royal feast. The
fact he says come is guarantee that all things are
| ready.
And the spirit and the bride cay, come. And let
him that heareth say, come Ard let him that is
! athrrt come And whatsoever will, let him take
the water OF life freely.-Rey XXIl:1
This ''water of life'' is heaven-it is river from
| the throne of God and of the Lamb. Speaking Of
heaven Or. Ferguson, an English divine, asks:
| And is there nothing in the sevenfold light of
that mountaineering in the goodly fellowship
which is there being so rapidly perfected-nothing
| in the bright and loving spirits which there
| nothing in the deep and living communion which
is there enjoyed-nothng in the sublime service
which is there carried on-nothing in the fountain
fullness Of joy which is there flowing forth in
crystal purity-nothing in the perpetuity of the
scene and the society and the fellowship Of the
place-and above all is there nothing in the abid
ing presence and glory Of the Lamb he stands in
| the midst Of the throne to attract us thither?
| All the light of earth is but a shadow and all
| the joys of time are but dream compared with
| the brightness aud blessedness Of the world to
come.
All this is for him who takes this water of life
and by faith in Christ has in him well Of water
springing up unto everlasting life.
The Growth of Grace.
"But grow in grace and in the knowledge Of our
| Lord and Saviour Jesus Christi Peter 3 ch.,
! lSv,
| Rev. Mr.. Shelton, Presbyterian minister of
Topeka, occupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday last The minister chose the
above text for his morning sermon He said every