The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-07-24

Dissipated parents leading dissipated chill
dren. Avaricious parents leading aVari-
cious children. Praverless parents leading
prayerless children. They so through every
street, up every dark alley, into every cellar,
along every highway. Hagar and lshmaell
and while pronounce their names, 1t seems
like the moaning Of the death wlnd-Hagar
and Ishmael!
learn one more lesson from this Oriental
scene, and that is, that every wilderness
has a well in 1t. Hagar and 1shmael gave
up to die. Hagar's heart sank within her
as she heard her child crying: Water!
water! waterr' 'tAh," she says, ''my dar-
ling, there is no water. This is DESERT
And then Gods angel said from the cloud:
What aileth thee, HagarFh And she
looked up and saw him pointing to we'll OF
water, where she filled the bottle for the
lad. Blessed be God that there is in every
wilderness well, If you only knew how to
lind it-mountains for all these thirsty souls
to-day. .'On that last day, on that great
day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried: III
any man thirst, let him come to NE and
drink" All these other fountains you find
are mere mirages in the desert. Paracelsus,
you know, spent his time in trying to dnd
out the elixir of life-a liquid which, II
taken. would keep one perpetuaily young in
this world, and would change the aged back
again to youth. Of course, re was disap-
pointed; he found not the elixir. But hers
| tell YOU to-day of the elixir Of everlasting
life bursting from the ''Rocl OF Ages, and
that drinking that water you shall never
hp and
YOU will never die "Ho, every one tina:
thirsteth come ye to the waters" An,
here is man who says: u 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 have been trudginS along IN the
wilderness, and can't find the fountain
Do YOU know the reason: l Will toll YOU
You never looked in the right direction
''O," you say, have looked every where.
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. intense prayer you would only
look up to Christ, he would point you down
to the supply in the wilderness. Look
unto Me all We ends Of the earth, and ye
saved; for 1 am God, and there is none
else.' 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 bcreft, Owoman
bereft, have YOU found consultations Hearse
after hearse. We step from one grave hill
ock to another grave hillock. We follow
corpses, ourselves soon to be like them. The
world is in mourning for its dead. Every
heart has become the scpulcher OF some
buried Joy But sing ye to God, every VII
derness has well in it; and l come 10
that well to-day, and l begin to draw
water from that well. If you have
lived in the country, you have some
times taken hold Of the rope Of the o.d well
sweep, and you know how the bucket came
up dripping with bright, cool water ana
I lay hold Of the rope of Gods mercy to-day,
and I begin to draw on that gospel well
sweep and I see the buckets coming up.
Thirsty souls here is one bucket OF lie!
come and drink of it: "Whosoever will, Let
him come and take Of the water Of life free
ly.n 1 pull away again at the rope and
another bucket comes up. 1t is this prom
-ise: .NeeQins -raaE- endure for q night, but
ioy cometh in the morning" l 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 prom
ise: ''Colne unto me, all ye 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 a cluster Of stars
stood in one relation. that would be a
prophecy of evil; if a cluster of stars stood
in another relation, that would be u prophe-
cy of good. What superstition! But here
is a new astrology, in 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
things work together for good to those
who love Cod | read it out on the
skv. read it out in the Bible. read
it out In all things: 'All things work to-
pether for good to those who love God" DO
YOU love Him! Have you seen the Nyetan-
thes! 1t is beautiful flower, but 1t 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
it's richest aroma after sun down, and It Will
be sun down with you and me after awhile:
When YOU come to go out Of thisworid, will
it be desert march or will it be q fountain
for your soul!
A Christian Hindoo was dying, and his
heather comrades came around him and
tried to comfort him by reading some OF the
pages of their theology, but ne waved his
hand as much as to say: Il don't want to
hear it." Then they called in d heithen
priest, and he said: IF you will only rccite
the Numtra it will deliver you" He waved
his hand as much as TO say: Il don't
want to hear that" Then they said:
Gall on Juggernaut." He shook his head
as much.as to say: II can't do that" Then
they thought perhaps he was too weary TO
speak and they said: Now, if you can't
say 'Jugseruaut,' think of that god.' He
shook his head again, as much as TO Say:
NO, no, no. They then bent down to his
pillow and they said: In what will you
trustY'' His face lighted up with: the Very
glories of the celestial sphere and ne cried
out, rallying all his dying energies, Jesus
o come to-day to the fountain-thc foun:
tain open for sin and unc!eanness. | Will
tell YOU the whole story in two or three
sentences. Pardon forall sin. Comfort for
all trouble. Light for all darkness. And
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