The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-21

her child; and he drank In those lessons
She knew that Lamphier woult
como forth and establish the Fulton strse|
prayer meeting. and BY one meeting revo.
utioniss the dsvotions Of the whole earth.
and thrill the stsrnities with his Christian
influence. Lsmphisr said il was hil
mother that brought him to Jesus Christ
She uever had an idea tha she was lead.
Ing forth sucn dsstinies. But O. when ]
see . mother reckless Of her influence,
rafting on toward destruction, Rarlanded
for the sacrifice with unseemless mirth
and go~dlessness, gayly tripping ON down
to ruin. taking her children In the same
direction. I car not help but say: There
they 60. there they 60. Hagar and lsh.
maely" tell you there are wider deserts
than Beershsba In many Of the domestic
circles Of this day. Dissipated parsats
leading dissipated children. Avsricious
parents leading a~variciou, children.
Prayerless parents leading prayerl.ss
children. They 60 through every street
up every dark alley. into every cellar
along every highway. Hagar and Ish.
mael! And while pronounce their names
50 0OOA1S INV bo0 A0VouIuK VI tQ0 OO8t0
Wind-Hagar and Ishmael!
Ilearn N moro lesson from this ORR.
entail scene, and that is, that every wilder.
ness has . we'll in it Hagar and lshmasl
gave mp to die. Hagar's heart sauk with.
In her a. she heard her child crying:
"Water! water! water!" "Ah," she says,
my darling. there IL no water. This 10 .
desert" And then Gods angel said from
the cloud: what ailsth thee, Hagaft''
Aud she looked up and saw him pointing
to . we'll OF water. where she filled the
bottle for the lad. Blessed b Cad that
there 10 in every wilderness q well, il you
only know how to and it-fountains for
all these thirsty souls to-day. 'On that
last day, on that great day Of tho feast,
Jesus stood and cried: II any man thirst
let him come to mo and drink" All these
other fountains you find are mere mirages
OF tho desert Paracslsus. you knd&,
spent his time in trying { ind out the
elixir Of life liquid which IL taken
would keep ono 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 I tell you to-
day Of the elixir Of everlasting life
bursting from the 'Rock of Ages," and
that drinking that water you shall
get old and you will never get sick and
you will never dia "Ho. every ono that
thirsteth, como 70 to the waters" All.
here il q man who says: II have been
looking for that fountain . great while.
but can't find it." And here is some one
else who says: 81 believe all you say but
l havs been trudging along in the wilder.
ness and cane find the fountain" Do you
the reason? l will tell you. You
never looked in the right direction. TO-"
you say, II have looked everywhere. ]
have looked north, south. east and west,
and haven't found the fountain" Why,
you are not locking in the right direction
1t all. Lock up where Hagsr looked.
never could have found the fountain
1t all, but when she heard the voice Of the
angel she looked up and saw the finger
pointing to the supply. And q. soul, il to.
day. with n earnest, intense prayer you
would only look up to Christ, He would
point you down to the supply in the viii. |
Look unto Me, all ye ends OF |
the earth. and be ye saved; for I am God. |
md there 10 one else" Look ! look ! a. |
Hagar looked
Yes, there is q well for every desert of
Looking over the audience
Today: l notice signs Of mourning. Hive
you found consolation? U man bereft, O
woman bereft have you found consoia.
tiony Hearse after hearse. We step from
'ne grave hilIoct to another grave hiilock
follow corpses, ourselves soon to be
ike them The world 10 in mourning for
to dead. Every heart has become the
'epulcher of some buried Joy. But sing
10 God. every wilderness has . we'll in
{, and I come to that we'll to-day, and I
Begin 10 draw water from that we'll II
'ou have lived in the country you have
,metimes taken hold Of the rope Of the
I'D we'll sweep, m you know how the
'ucket came up dripping with bright,
:ool water. And l lay hold of the rope
II Gods mercy to-day, and l begin to
lraw on that Gospel well.sweep and l see
he buckets coming up Thirsty soul!
lere 10 ono bucket Of life! come and drink
# it ''Whosoever will, let him come and
Of the water Of life freely" I pull
way again At the rop and another
'ucket comes up. It is this promises:
Weeping may endure for . night but Joy
'ometh in the morning." I lay hold Of the
ope again and / pull away with all my
strength, and the bucket comes up bright
md beautiful and cool HIRE IL the
'Come unto M. all ye who are
weary and heavy laden and I will give
'ou rest"
The old astrologers used to cheat the
'eople with the idea that they could tell
rom the position of the stars what would
ccur in the future. aud il . cluster of stars
TODD In ono relation that would be
Of evil; il . cluster of stars
TODD in another relation that would be
Of good. What superstition!
sut hero 10 . now astrOlogy in which
mt all my faith By looking up to the
lar Of Jacob the morning o Of the
I ~ make this prophecy in 70.