The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-28
lren al the house with laughter and SOM.

ttC Nuole uOuscuOIu OIL III even
tide crying Fathers coming." will never
sound on the door-sil again. A long. deep
grief plnwcd through all that iightncss Of
domestic life. Paradise lost! Wiiowhoo,l!
liagar in the wilderness!
How often il is we zee the weak arm of
rough world. Who is she. going down tho
| street in the early light of the morning, pnle
with cXlnnsting work. not haltslrpt out with
the slnnbcrs of Inst night. tragedies of s,i fer
in" written all over her fncc, her lustcrcss
| eyes looking far ahcnd ms though for the
coming of some other trouble? Her pnrents
| called her Mary. or BERTHA. or Agnes on tho
day when they held hrrmp to the fount, and
| The Christian minister sprinkei on the ill.,
| tnnts ince the Mnshings ofn holy baptism.
| Her llalnc is changed now. hear it in the
| shuttle of the worn-ont shoes. | see it in tho
figure Of the faded calico. find it in the
linraments Of the woe brgonc countcnancc.
| Not Mary, nor Brrtl, nor Agnes, but iIagar
| in the wilderness. May God have mercy mn
on women i'll her tolls, her struggles. her
| l,arlships. her dcs"lation. aud may tlicgrcat
| heart of divine sympathy inrlos. her forever.
| Again: | find in this Oriental s,rnc tho
| fat that every mother leads forth trcmcn,l-
GUS dcs.incs. You say: Tint isn't an ,In-
usual scene. u mother leading her child by
the hand Win is il that she liz leading.
| lshmncl. Won say. Who is lslmacl. A great
nnlion is to BE- founded: a nation so strong
against all the armies of the world. Egypt
and AsSyria Numbered against it: but in
| vain. Ga,,lns brings up his army; aud his
army is smittcn. Alexander decides upor u
campaign, brings up his hosts and dies. For
II long while that nation munopozcs the
| learning Of the world. II il the natiou of
the Arabs. Who founded il? Isl,mncl. the
lad that llngar led into the wilderness She
| had no idea that she WAS leading forth such
Dies: iuics. Neither does any mother. You
pass along tile street and see boys and girls
who will yet make the earth quake with
| Pool. Plymouth. England, hnrctno,c,l. wad-
ing down into the slusl and slime, until his
bare foot comes upon II piece OF glass and hc
liHis it, bleeding aud lnn struck? That
wound in the foot decides that he hr sr,lrn-
| tary in his life. decides that he lr n student,
| That wound by the glass in the fi,ud decides
tla, he shall hr John Kitto, who shall pro-
vide tho hest religious encyclopedia the world
has ever had provile.', ind. with his other
writings ns we'll. throwing light upon the
! Word of God such as has come from no 9th
ar man in this century. Omotl,cr, mother
may yet lc lifted % Murl thunicrhnlts of war
ar drop lencdc,ions. Tlm, little voirc may
| hlusplcinr tod in The grow shop orrry For.
ward" to tile Lords hosts as they 20 out
for their last victory
| Nv mind to-day rnps thirty wears nhrnd.
|
une stroke of his pen brings ship out of
Canton. Another stroke OF his ren brings a
| ship into Madras. He is mighty in all tho
money markets of the world Who is he.
He sits To day beside YOU in the Tabernacle.
| NV mind leaps thirty wears forward from
| This time. aud lind mysrl, in IL rcies nsso.
citation. \ great multtul, of Christian
women have met together Tor /; general pur-
| pose. There is one woman in that crowd
| who seems To hav" the confidence of all the
F! ut"rs aud they all look up To her counsel
| and for her prayers Who is she. Today
you will fni her in the Sahlmthschool while
thu te;lclirr tells her OF that Christ who
clothed thu naked and fed HE hungry aud
| healed the sick; My mind leaps forward thr.
! ty year. now and | find mySrl. in an African
! Jungle: aud there is II missionary ut thcrross
| addressing the natives. and their duskv
tiliugs of great joy and salvation Who is
! he: Did Won not hear his voice today in the
| first Sung of he service My mini leaps for
ward thirty yrars from now and find my
self looking through tile wirkets ola prison.
! SIC Il face SCARED with every crime. Ills
! chin ON his open rn!m Ills elbow on his
knm-a picture OF despair. As OPEN the
| wicket he starts aud hear his chni,, rlank.
The Jail keeper tells me that he has been in
there now three times. First for theft. then
4 for arson. now for murder. He steps upon
| the tran door, he ropc is iustcuci 10 his
neck. tile piunk falls, Ills body swings into
| the air. his soul swings into eternity, Who
is he. aud where is h.! To-day plnyinw Kite
on Ii" city commons. Mother you are to.
day hosting II throne or forging Il chaiu-
4 good many years AFRO II Christian moth
or sat tenrhing lessons o: religion to her
child aud hc drank in those lessons. She
| never knew that Inn,pllirr would com" forth
and establish, he Fulton street prayer meet
inn. aud by olr meeting revontonixc the
| Lrv"iinns "ftlr whole earth aud thrill the
r,,rni,"s with his Christian influence Lam
par said il WAS Ills mother who brought
him o Jesus Christ. She never had an en
That she was leading forth such Lestinies.
hut, oh. when | srr II mother reckless of her
influence. ratting ON toward dcst rpction,
sar!aneA for the sacrifice with unsccmly
mrtl, and go.ilessncsS gaylv tripping OH
| down To ruin. taking her children in the
sam" direction. can not help hut saw:
"'rlrre they 20. there they go-IIupar and
lsllnar'.' ] tell YOU there arr. wilder deserts
,llnn I,rer-sheha in many ofthe domestic
! ing dissin,r,l children. Avarcions parents
lending :lvnrirous children. rraycrless par
rnts leading prayerless children. They 30
through every street. up every dark alley, in.
tn every cellar along every highway Hngar
and lsli.l,arl, and while pronounce their
death win-Hug,r aud Ishmnrl.
learn one more lesson from this oriental
scene, and that is that every wilderness has
II well in it. II,gar and lshInlr gave IN to
die. Hayar's heart sank within her as she
heard her child crying Water! wnter
| water" "Ah,' s. saws. INV darling. there
is no water. This is I, desert" And then
| Gods angel said from the cloud: what
alcth thee llI";lr." And She looked up
aud saw linn pointing to IL well of water.
| where she iille tho bottle for the lad
| Blessed he God that there is in every will
rrnss !, well. il You only know how to find
| l--nun,ains Grail these thirsty souls to-
div ",,n that last ,lay. on that great ,lay
of the feast, Jesus stood aud cried If any
| man thirst let linn come to me and drink
! All ll,rsn o. her fountains you lind are mere
mr.grs %! the DESERT laracelsus: you know,
sn"nt his time in trying to find out the
elixir OF lir--', liquid which il taken, would
Keep one perretnhlly, young III this world,
ANA would chang" the aged back again to
found not the elixir. By" here tell you to-
lay ot tn" elixir OF everlasting life bursting
rom tile Rock ut Ages, and that drinking
that water You shall never get old, and YOU
WI never be Sick. ami you VIII never die.
| ON every one that tlilrsteth. come ye to
th" waters All. here is man who says:
~ have been looking Tor that fountain IL
great while, hn; cant find it,. And here is
some ON" else who says: II believe I'LL You
, shy, but have been trulSing along in the
| Wilderness but can't find the fountain" DO
You know the r'lson? will tell you. You
never locked i'll the right direction. co."
you say, II have looked everywhere. have
looked north: south. east aud west. and
haven't found the fountain: why. you
are not looking in the right direction ut nll.
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