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! heard the voice Of the angel she looked up,
and she saw the finger pointing to the supply.
| And 0, 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 ye
/ ends of the earth, and be ye saved; for am
! Go6, and there is none else" Look! look! as
| Hagar looked.
Yes, there is a well for every desert of be-
reayement. Looking over the audience to-
! day, I 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
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 sepalcher
every wilderness has a well in it: and come
! to that well to-day, and I begin to 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 I begin
s9a draw oe that the gospel BBeaess %e comas sws
up. Thirsty soul! here is one bucket
Of life! come and drink Of it: "Whosoeverr
will, let him come and take Of the water Of
life freely" I pull away again at the rope,
and another bucket comes up. Its this prom
ise: weeping may endure for night but
Joy cometh in the morning" l lay hold OF
the rope again, and pull away with all my
strength, and the bucket comes up bright,
"Come unto Me, all ye who are weary and
heavy laden, and I 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
a prophecy of evil; if O cluster Of stars
stood in another relation, that would be q
prophecy of good. What superstition
But here is a new astrology in which
I put all my faith. By looking up to
the Redeemer, can make this prophecy in
regard to those who put their trust in God:
"All things work together for good to those
who love God" I read it out on the
sky. I read it out in the Bible. I 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? It 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 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 sun
down with you and me after while. When
YOU come to go out of this world, will it be a
desert march or will it be a fountain for your
soul?
A Christian Hindoo was dying, and his
heathen comrades came around him and 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 will only recite the Numtra 1t
will deliver you" He waved his hand as much
as to- say: II don't want to hear that
Then they said: "Cal on Juggernaut." !"
| He shook his head as much as
to say: CT, can't do that"
Then they thought perhaps he was too weary
to speak, and they said: Now, If you can't n
say 'Juggernaut,' think Of that God" he
shook his head again, as much as to say:
''sNo, no. no." They then bent down to his
! pillow, and they said: I'm what will you
;trusts' His face lighted up with the very
glories of the celestial sphere as he cried out,
Tallying all his dying energies: Jesus"
! o come to-day to the efountain-the fountain
open for sin and uncleanness. 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.