Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-06-27

tsumhel gave up 70 ole. hafar19 he4rt sank
within her as She heard her child CRYING;
''Watsrl waterl water' 'Ah, y she sayE '.my
darling, there Is no water. This is desert.b
And then Gods angel said from the cloud:
"What aileth thee, Hagarg" 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, II you only know how TO find it-fount-
aims for all these thirsty souls to-day. ''On
that last day, on that great day Of the feast,
let him come to Ne 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 hfe-a LIQUID
which If taken, would keep one perpetuaIly
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 'sRock
Of Ages" and that drinking that water
you snail never get old, and you will
never be sick, and you viii never die. "Ho.
svery one that thirsteth, come ye to the
waters" All, there is a man who says:
II have been looking for that fountnin
great while, but can't find it." And here is
Some one else who says: ~ believe all you
Iay, but have been trudging along In the
wilderness and can't find the fountain" Do
you know the reasone win tell you. You
never looked in the right direction. 10" you
ay, 81 have looked everywhere. 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 Me all ye
God, and there is none else" Look look! as
Hagar looked.
Yes there is a well for every desert Of be-
-eavement. Looking over the audience to-
aay, 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
10 another grave hillock We follow corpses,
ourselves soon be like them. The world
heart has become the sepulcher
Of some buried joy. But sing ye to God,
every wilderness has well in it; and come
to that well to-day, and begin to draw
water from that well. If you have lived in
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Of the rope Of the old well sweep and you
know how tia bucket came up dripping with
bright, cool water. And lay hold of the
rope Of Gods mercy to-day, and begin
to draw on that gospel well sweep,
and I see the buckets coming
up. Thirsty soul! here is one bucket
of lfel come and drink of it: whatsoever
will, let him come and take of the water Of
life freely" I pull away again at the rope,
and another bucket comes up. tits this prom
Use: Weeping may endure for a night, but
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
people with the idea that they could
tell from the position of the stars what
would occur in the future, and if cluster
of stars stood in one relation, that would be
prophecy of evil; if cluster Of stars
stood in another relation, that would be
But here is a new astrology in which
I 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 trust in God:
,'An things work together for good to those
who love God" / read it out on the
sky. 1 read it out in the Bible. I read
it out in all things: "All things work
together for good to those who love
seen the Nyetanthes? 1t is a 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 I 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 SUI
down with you and me after while. Wher
you come to go out of this world, will it be 9
desert march or will it be fountain for youl
| soul?
A Christian Hindoo was dying, and hi.
| heather comrades came around him and trieC
! to comfort him by reading some of the page:
of their theology, but he waved his hand a:
| much as to say: II don't want to hear it,
Then they called in a heather priest, and ht
said: IF you will only recite the Numtra j
will deliver you" He waved his hand es mucl
as to say: II don't want to hear that
Then they said: "Call on Juggernaut.'
He shook his head as much q
Then they thought perhaps he was too wear,
to speak, and they said: "Now, if you cam
say tJuggernaut,' think of that God" H
shook his head again, as much as to say
'sNo, no, no." They then bent down to hi
pillow, and they said: "In what will yo1
trustp' His face lighted up with the yer,
glories Of the celestial sphere as he cried out
rallying all his dying energies: Jesus"
Ocome to-day to the efountain-the fountai
open for sin and uncleanness. will tell 20
the whole story in two or three sentence:
Pardon for all sin. Comfort for all trouble
Light for all darkness. And every wildel
ness has q well in it.