Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-06-27

Ishmael gave up to die. Hagar's heart sank
within her as she heard her child CRYING:
Nv aterl waterl waterp "Ah,n she says, s'rnv
darling, there is no water. This is a DESERT
And then Gods angel said from the cloud:
What aileth thee, HagarT And she looked
up and saw him pointing to a well of water
where she filed the bottle for the lad Blessed
be God that there is in every wilderness a
well, if you only know how to find it-fount-
aims for all these thirsty souls to-day. 'sOn
that last day, ON that great day of the feast,
Jesus stood and cried: ''If any man thirst.
let him come to Me and drink /"
All these other fountains you find
are mere mirages of the des-
ert. Paracelsus, you know, spent his time in
trying to find out the elixir of life-a 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 Crock
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 one that thirsteth, come We to the
waters" All, there is a man who saws:
II have been looking for that fountnin a
great while, but can't find it.n And here is
some one else who says: II believe all you
say, but l have been trudging along in the
wilderness and can't find the Fountain Do
you know the reason? / will tell you. You
never looked in the right direction. 10" you
say, II have looked everywhere. l have
looked north, south, east and west, and /
haven't found the fountain" Why, you are not
looking in the right direction at ALL Look up
where Hagar 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, in
tense prayer you would only look up to
Christ, He would point you down to the sup
ply in the wilderness. Look unto Ne all We
ends of the earth, and be We saved; for am
God, and there is none else.n Look look as
Hagar looked
Yes there is well for every desert of be-
reavement Looking over the audience to-
day, notice signs OF mourning. Have you
found consolation o man bereft, woman
bereft, have you found consolation? Hearse
after hearse. We step from one grave hilloclS
TO another grave hillock. We follow corpses
ourselves soon be like them. The world
is in mourning for its dead. Every
heart has become the sepulcher
of some buried joy. But sing We to God,
every wilderness has q well in it, and | come
10 that well to-day. and / begin 10 draw
water from that well If you have lived in
the country, you have sometimes taken hold
of the rope of the old well 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 well sweep.
and | see the buckets coming
up Thirsty soul. here is one bucket
of life! come and drink OF it, whatsoever
win, let him come and take of the water OF
life freely" | pull away again at the rope,
and another bucket comes up. 1t is this prom
leo. % aapfupr ma ap1lgFa fin pfghf httf
JOY cometh in the morning. | lay hold Of
the rope again, and ! pun 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 win give you rest
The old astroloeers 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 superstition!
But here is new astrology ia which
/ put all my faith. BY looking up to
the Star of jacob the morning star Of
the Redeemer / can make this prophecy in
regard TO those who put their trus. in God:
"All things work together for good to those
who love God" | read it out on the
sky / read il out in the Bible. | 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 Nyetanthes? Ii is a beautiful
flower, but it gives very little fragrance
until after sunset Then il pours its
richness on the air. And this grace of the
Gospel that ! commend 10 you this day,
while il may be very sweet during the day
of prosperity, it pours forth its richest
aroma after sun down, and II will be sun
down with you and me after q while. When
YOU come to 20 out of this world. viii IL be a
desert march or win it be a fountain for your
soulg
A Christian Hindoo was dying, and his
heather comrades came around him ana tried
to comfort him by reading some Of the pages
of their theology but he waved his hand as
much as to say: II don't want to hear it."
Then they called in a heather priest, and he
said: IF you viii only recite the Numtra it
win deliver YOU He waved his hand as much
as to say: 81 don't want TO hear that"
Then they said: "Call on Juggernaut"
He shook his head as much as
to say: az can't do that"
Then they thought perhaps he was too weary
TO speak, and they said: Now, il you can't
say 'Juggernaut,' think of that God He
shook his head again, as much as TO say;
''No, no, non They then bent down to his
pillow, and they said: ''In what will you
trustg' 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. 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 wilder
ness has well in it,
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