The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-28

mother sat teaching lessons OF rellglon TO
her child, and he drank in those lessons.
She never knew that Lamphier would
come forth and establish the Fulton street
prayer meeting, and by one meeting rev.
olutionize the devoti0ns of the whole
earth and thrill the eternities with his
Christian influence. Lamphier said 1t
was his mother who brought him to Jesus
Christ. She never had an idea that she
was leading forth such destines. But,
oh, when I see mother reckless of her
influence. rafting on toward destruc-
ton, garlanded for the sacrifice with
unseemly mirth and gOdlessness, gayly
tripping on down to ruin, taking her chill
dren in the same direction, can not help
but say: There they go, there they go
Hagar and IshmaelP 1 tell you there are
wilder deserts than Beer -sheba in many
of the domestic circles of this day. Dis
sipated parents leading dissipated chill
dren. Avaricious parents leading avari-
cious children. Prayerless parents lead
! ing prayerless children. They 90 through
every street, up every dark alley, into
every cellar, along every highway. Hagar
and Ishmael! and while pronounce their
names, it seems like the moaning OF the
death wind-Hagar and Ishmaeli
Blessed be God that there is in every
wilderness a WELL if 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: "If any man thirst, let him come
to me and drink" AlLthese other fount-
aims you find are mere mirages Of the
desert. Paracelsus, you know, spent his
time in trying to find out the elixir of life
"a liquid which, il 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
,1s yIresN
| bursting from the "Rock of Ages" and
that drinking that water you shall never
get DID, and you will never be sick, and
you will never die. tHo, every one
that thirstetb, come ye to the waters"
All, here is man who says: II
have been looking for that fountain a
great while, but can't f1nd it." And here
is some one else who says: II believe
all you say, but / have been trudging
along in the wilderness, and can't find the
fountain" Do you know the reasonI 1
will tell you. You never looked in the
right direction. "O," you say, I have
looked everywhere. 1 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 point
/ ing 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 will
| derness. "Look unto me all ye ends of
the earth and be ye saved, for l am God,
and there is none else" Lookl lookl as
Hagar looked.
Yes, there is a we'll for every desert Of
! bereavement Looking over the audience
to- day / notice signs of mourning. Have
4 ,VuA8 n haw oft
o, woman bereft2 have you found conso-
latiou? Hearse after hearse. We step
from one grave hillOck to another grave
hillock. We follow corDses, ourselves
soon be like them. The world is in mourn
ing for its dead. Every heart has become
| the sepulcher of some buried joy. But sing
ye to God, every wilderness has q well ia
it; and 1 come to that well day. and ]
begin to draw water from that we'll IT
you have lived in the country, you have
sometimes taken hold of the rope of the
old we'll sweep, and you know how tho
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 we'll sweep, anu 1e-
gin to the buckets coming up. Thirsty
souls here is one bucket of life come and
drink of it: ''Whosoever WILL let him
come and take of the water OF life
freely" 1 pull away again at the
rope, and another bucket comes
up. 1t Is this promise: "Weep-
ing may endure for a 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, and beautiful, and cool Here is
the promise: ''Come 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 prophesy Of evil; II cluster
: Of stars stood in another relation, that
would be prophesy Of good. What su-
perst titionI
But here is a new astrology in which I
: put all my faith. By looking up TO the
1 star Of Jacob, the morning star Of the
3 Redeemer, / can make this prophesy in
r regard to those who put their trust in
Q God: "All things work together for good
4 to those who love God" read 1t out on
4 the sky. / read It out in the Bible. read
= IL ont ip all things. tAll things work to-
Y Do you love Him? Have yOn seen the
!, Nvetanthes? 1t is beautiful flower, but
it gives very little fragrance until after
Q sunset. Then it pours its richness on the
air. And this grace Of the Gospel that
Q commend to you this day, while IL may be
= | very sweet during bue 0fAy OF pros poAlby
t it pours forth its richest aroma after sun
9 down, aud it will be sundown with you
t and me after awhile. When you come to
o go out Of this world, Will It be desert
Q march or will It be fountain for your
o soul?
Il A Christian Hindoo was dying, and his
= heathen comrades came around him and
/. tried to comfort him by reading some OF
8 the pages Of their theology, but he
IS waved his hand as much as to say
,; 81 don't want to hear it." Ther
n they called in a heathen priest
It and he said: "If you will only recitC
d the Numtra IL will deliver you" He
o waved his hand as much as 10 say: 81
Q don't want to hear that" Then they
II said: "Call on Juggernaut" He shook
10 his head as much as to say: II can't dc
II that" Then they though perhaps h
IA was too weary to speak, and they said
It NOW, il you can't say 'Juggernaut thinl
, of that God" He shook his head again
d as mucn as to say "NO, no, no." The.
a then bent down TO his pillow, and the!
e said "In what viii you trust?" His fac
1t lighted up with the very glories OF th
e, cele stiaI sphere as he cried out. roliyinl
d all his dying energies, "Jesus."
ie o come to-day TO the tountain--th
le fountain open for sin and uncleannesa.
IN viii tell you the whole story IN two o
81 three sentences. Pardon for all sin
- Comfort for oil trouble. Light for al
~ darkness. And every wilderness has