The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-26

cross addressing the natives, and their
dusky countenances are irradiated with
glad tidings OF great Joy and salvation.
Who is be? Did you not hear his voice
to-day IN the first song OF the service? My
mind looks forward thirty years from
now, and ! find myself looking through
the wickets of a prison. / see a face
SCARED with every crime. His chin on
his open palm, his elbow on MS knee-a
picture Of despair. As / open the wicket
he starts and hear his chain clank. The
jail-keeper tells me that he has been in
there now three times. First for theft,
then for arson, now for murder. lie steps
upon the trap-door, the rope is fastened
to his neck, the plank fa ls, his body
swings off into eternity. Who is he and
where is he? To-day playing kite on the
city commons. Mother, you are to-day
hosting throne or forging 4 chain-you
are hndling n star or digging dungeon.
| learn one more lesson from this orr.
entail scene, and that is that every will
derness has a well in il. Hagar and lsh-
mael gave up 10 die. Hagar's heart sank
within her, as she heard her child crying:
Water waterl water" "Ah," she says,
my darling there is no water. This is
desert" And then Gods angel said, from
the cloud: what aileth thee, Hagar ?"
And she looked and sew him pointing TO
a well of water, where she filled the bowl
for the lad. Blessed be God that there is
in every wilderness a well, il you only
know how to find it-fountains for all
these thirsty souls to-day. "On that last
day, on that great day OF the feast, Jesus
stood and cried: II any man thirst, let
him come TO me and drink" All
these other fountains you find are
mere mirages OF the desert Paracelsus,
you know, spent his time IN try
ing to find out the elixir OF life-a liquid
which, II taken, would keep one. pepetu-
ally young in this world, and would
change the aged back again 10 youth. OF
course, he was disappointed. lie found
not the elixir But here | tell You to-day
Of the elixir OF everlasting life bursting
from the "Rock OF Ages" and that drink
ing that water you shall never get old, and
you will never be sick and you will never
die. clio, every one that thirsteth, come
We 10 the waters" All, here is man who
SAYS: II have been looking for that foun-
tain n great while, bat cant End It," And
here is como one else who says: 81 be-
lieve all you say. but ! have been trudging
along IN the wilderness, and cant hnd the
fountain" Do you know the reason2 ]
will tell you. You never looked
in the right direction. "Oh,' you
say, 81 have looked everywhere.
have looked north, south. east and west
and haven't found the fountain" Why,
Won are not looking in the right direction
at all. Look up, where HaPar looked,
She never would have found The fountain
nj all, but when she heard the voice of
the angel she looked up and she saw the
finger pointing 20 the supply. And. oh,
soul, II to-day. with one earnest, intense
prayer, you would only look up 10 Christ,
He would point you down 10 the supply in
tho wilderness. look unto me, all ye
ends OF the earth, and be yc saved for
am God, and there is none else Look
look as Hagar looked.
Oh, come to-day 10 the iountain-the
fountain open Tor sin and uncleanness
will tell you the whole story in two or
three sentences. Pardon Tor all ain.
Comfort for all trouble. Light for all
darkness. And every wilderness has n
well In II.