The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-27

never looked In the right direction, no."
you say, II a 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.
wo uld have found the fountain at oil, 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 today, with
one earnest, intense prayer, you would only
look up to Christ. he would point you down
to the supply in the wilderness: Look un.
for l am God, and there is none else" Look
look! as Hagar looked.
Yes. there is a well for every desert OF be-
reavement. Looking over the audience to-
day ! notice signs OF mourning. Have you
found consolation? q, man bereft! o, won
Hearse after hearse. Westep 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 sepulcher ofsome buried
joy. But sing 70 to God. every wilderness
has a well in it: and como to that well to.
day, and begin to draw water from that
we'll. II 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 l begin to draw
| begin to see the buckets com.
ing Up. Thirsty SOUL here is one bucket Of
life! come and drink OF it: "Whosoever will,
come and take of the water of life freely"
l pull away again at the rope, and another
bucket comes up. 1t is this promise:
Weeping may endure for . night, Put 10y
the rope again, and I pull away with all my
strength, I'M the bucket comes up bright,
and beautiful, and cool. Here is the prom
Use: "Come unto me oil ye who are weary
and heavy laden. and l will give you rest"
The old astrologers used to cheat the people
position of the stars what would occur in the
future, md if a cluster Of stars stood in one
relation, that would be q prophecy Of evil;
il u cluster ofstars stood in another relation.
that would he q prophecy of good. What
superstitionl
all my faith. By looking up to the star of
Jacob, the morning star of the Redeemer, l
can make this prophecy in regard to those
who put their trust in God: "All things
work together tor good to those who love
Cod l read 1t out on the sky. l read it
out in the Bible. read it out in all things.
IAN things work together for those who
love God" DO yon love him? Have you
seen the ~Nyetanthes? 1t is a beautiful
flower, but l. gives very little fragrance until
after sunset. Then it pours its richness on
the air. And this grace Of the Gospel that l
commend to you this day, while it may be
very sweet during the day OF prosperity, it
pours forth it's richest aroma utter shutdown,
and it will be shutdown with you and me aft
er awhile. When you come to go out of this
world, will it be a desert march or will it be
O 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 he waved his
hand as much as to say: Il don't want to
hear it," Then they called in q heather
priest. and he said: "If you will only recite
the Numtra it will deliver you" He waved
his hand as much as to say: 81 don't want
to hear that" Then they said: Call on
Juggcrnaut." He shook his head as much
as to say: 81 can do that" Then they
thought perhaps he was too weary to speak,
nj they said: "Now, if you can't say jug
gernaut, 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: ss"In what will you trust?" His face
lighted up with the very glories of the celes-
tial sphere as he cried out. ra.lying' all his
dying energies, Jesus"
0 come to-day to the fountain-the foun.
tain open for sin md uncleanliness. l will
tell you the whole story in two or three SEN
fences. Pardon for all sin. Comfort for all
trouble. Light for all darkness. And every
wilderness has q well in it.