The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-09-30

are not looking in tho right direction at
all, Look up, where Hagar looked. She
never would have found tho fountain at all,
but when she heard the voice of the angel
she looked up and she saw the finger point
Ing to the supply. And, o soul, if today
wlth one earnest, intense prayer you would
only look up to Christ, He would not point
you down to the supply in the wilderness.
Look unto me all ye ends of the earth and
be ye saved; for | am God aud there is none
else" Look look, as Hagar looked!
Yes, there is well for every desert of be-
reavement. Looking over the audience this
morning l notice an unusual number Of
signs of mourning and woe. Have you found
consolation man bereft. o woman bereft.
nave you found consolation Hearse after
hearse. We step from one grave hillock to
another grave hillock. We follow corpses,
ourselves soon to be like them. The world
is in mourning for its dead Every heart has
become the sepulchre of some buried Joy But
sing ye to God, every wilderness has a well
i'll 1T; and | come to that we'll to-day and I
begin to draw water from that well. If you
have lived in the country you have some
times taken hold of the rope of the old we'll
sweep and you know how the bucket came
up, dripping with bright, cool water. And
lay hold of the rope of Gods mercy this
morning and begin to draw on that Gospel
well-sweep and | see the buckets coming up.
come and drink of it: "Whosoever will let
him come and take of the water of life free
ly." pull away again at the rope and an
other bucket comes up. 1t is this promise:
"Weeping many endure for a night but Joy
cometh in the morning" l lay hold of the
rope again and / pull away with all my
strength and the bucket comes up bright and
beautiful and cool Here is the promise
Come unto Me all We who are weary and
heavy laden and will give you rest"
The old astrologerS used to cheat the peo-
pie with the idea that they could tell from
the position of the stars what would occur
in the future and if a cluster OF stars stool
in one relation, why, that would be prophecy
OF evil, II cluster of stars stood in another
relation that would be prophecy of good
What superstition! But here is new as
trology in which l put all my faith. By look
ing up to the star of Jacob the morning star
of the Redeemer can make this prophecy
in regard to those who put their trust
in God: "All things work together for
love hims Have you seen the Nyctan-
thes' 1t is beautiful flower, but it
give very little fragrance until after sunset.
Then it pours into richness on the air. And
this grace of the Gospel that | commend to
you this morning, while it may be very
sweet during the day of prosperity, it pours
forth its richest aroma after sundown, and
~ VII bO WIN Ou anu lle dlJeI
awhile. When you come to 90 out of this
world, will it be desert march or will it be
drinking at a fountain:
Christian Hndoo was dying and his
heather comrades came around him and tried
to comfort him by reading some of the pages
of their theology; but he waved his hand as
much as to say: 'l don't want to hear it
Then they called in heather priest and he
said: "If you will only recite the Nuntrn it
will deliver you from hell" He waved his
hand as much aS to say: II don't want to
hear that. " Then they said: "Call on jugger-
naut." He shook his head as mu h as to say:
II can't do that" Then they tn ught
perhaps he was too weary to speak and they
said: Now, if you can't say 'Juggernaut,'
think of himF' He shook his hea again as
much as to say: mo, no, no." Then they
bent down to his pillow and they said 'In
what will you trust'' 'His face lighted up
with the very glories of the celestial sphere
as he cried out, rallying all his dying euer-
gies: 'Jesus." Oh, come this morning to
the fountanl l will tell you the whole story
in two or three sentences. Pardon for all
sin. Comfort for all trouble. Light for
all darkness. And every wilderness has
well in it.