Dodge City times., 1889-07-04

wilderness has we'll in il. Hagar and
sank within her ~ she heard her child
crying: Water! water! vater!' All
she says, my darling, there is NO water
This 10 desert" And then Gods angel
said from the cloud: What aileth thee
Hagar?" And she looked up and saw
him pointing to we'll Of water, where
she filed the bottle for the lad. Blessed
be God that there is in every wilderness
q we'll, if you only know how to find il
fountains for all these thirsty soula
to-day. @On that last day, on that great
day Of the feast, Jesus stood and cried:
II any man thirst, let him come to me
and drink" All these other fountains
you find are mere mirages of the desert.
Paracelsus, you know, spent his time in
trying to find out the elixir of life-s
liquid which, if taken, would keep one
perpetually young in this world, and
would change the aged back again to
youth. OF course, he was disappointed;
he found not the elixir. But here tell
you to- day of the elixir of everlasting
life bursting from the Rock of Ages,
and that drinking that water you shall
never get old. and you will never be
sick. and you will never die. -Ho, every
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All, here is q man who says: Il have
been looking for that fountain a great
while, but can't find it." And here is
some one else who says: Il believe all
you say, but have been :rudging along
in the wilderness, and cant find the
fountain. Doyou know the reason? I will
tell you. You never looked in the rignt
direction. %" you say, Il have looked
everywhere. have looked everywhere.
have looked north, south, east, and
west, and l haven't found the fountain
Why, you are not looking in the right
direction at all. Look up, where Hagai
looked. She never would have found
the fountain at all, but when she heard
the voice of the angel she looked up,
and she saw the finger pointing to the
supply. And o, soul, if to-day, with
one earnest, intense prayer you would
only look up to Christ, he would point
you down to the supply in the wilder
ness. Look unto me all We ends of the
earth, and be ye saved; for 1 am God,
and there is none else" Look! look! as
Hagar looked.
Yes, there is a we'll for every desert of
bereavement. Looking over the audi
ence to- day, notice signs of mourning.
Have you found consolation? o man
bereft, o woman bereft, have you found
consolation? Hearse after hearse. We
step from one grave hillOck to another
grave hillock. We follow corpses. our
selves soon be like them. The world is
in mourning for its dead. Every heart
has become the sepulcher of some
buried joy. But sing ye to God, every
wilderness has a we'll in it; and come
to that we'll to- day. and begin to draw
water from that we'll. If you have lived
in the country, You have sometimes
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 to- day, and l begin to draw
on that Gospel we'll sweep, and l see the
buckets coming up. Thirsty soul! here
is one bucket Of life! come and drink
of it: -Whosoever will, let him come
and take Of the water of life freely"
pull away again at the rope, and another
bucket comes mp. 1t Is this promise:
Weeping may endure for a night, but
Joy cometh in the morning" 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 ye who are weary and heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
The old astrologers used to cheat the
people 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 stood in one relation,
that would be prophecy of evil; if a
cluster of stars stood in another relation
that would be prophecy of good.
What superstitution! But here is a new
astrology in which 1 put ali my faith.
By looking up to the Star of Jacob. the
morning star of the Redeemer, l can
make this prophecy in regard to those
who put their trust in God: All thinos
work together for good to those wig
read it out in the Bible. 1 read it out
in all things: All things work together
for good to those who love God" Do
you love him? Have you seen the Nye-
tanthes? 1t is beautiful flower, but it
gives very little fragrance until after
sunset. Then it pours its richness on
the air. And this grace of the Gospel
that commend to you this day, while it
may be very sweet during the day of
prosperity, it pours forth its richest
aroma after sun down, and it will be sun
down with you and me after awhile.
When you come to 60 out of this world,
will 1t be a desert march or will it be
fountain for your soul?
A Christian HindOo was dying, and
his heathen comrades came around him
and tried to comfort him by reading
some of the pages of their theol-
ogy, but he waved his hand as much as
to say: Il don't want to hear it." Then
they called in q heather priest. and he
said: IF you will only recite the Num-
ira it will deliver you" He waved his
hand as much as to say: Il don't want
to hear that" Then they said: Call
on Juggernaut." He shook his head as
much as to say: Il can't do that Then
they thought perhaps he was too weary
to speak, and they said: Now,
if You can't say Juggernaut, think
head again, as much as to say: NO,
no, no." They then 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
energies: Jesus"
o come to-day to the fountain the
fountain open for sin and uncleanness.
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
we'll in it.
Our Defenseless Coasts.
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