The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-01-04

oAcn otner thoy n oil -. hey
want. Tho daisy In the cup on TIC
table may mean as much rs q score Of
artistic garland, fresh from the hot
house. When q daughter goes off from
home with nothing but a plain fathers
blessing and a plain mothers love, she
Is missed as much as though she were a
Princess. II seems hard, after the par
ents have sheltered her for eighteen
years, that in a few short months her
affections should have been carried of
by another; but mother remembers how
IL was in her own case when she was
young, and so she braces up until the
wedding has passed, and the ~banqueters
are gone, and she has a good cry all
alone.
Well, we are to-day at the wedding in
Cana of Galilee. Jesus and His mother
have been invited. It Is evident that
there are more people there than were
expected. Either some people have
come who were not invited, or more In
vitattons have been sent out than 1t was
supposed would be accepted. OF course
there is not enough supply of wine. You
know that there is nothing more embar-
RAISING to n h~ousekeeper than a scant
supply. Jesus see the embarrassment
n He comes up Immediately to relieve
1t. He sees standing six water pots.
He orders the servants to fill them with
water, then waves His hand over the
water, and Immediately 1t is wine-real
wine. Taste OF 1t, and see for yourself;
NO logwood in IL, no s~trychnine in 1t,
but hrst-ratc wine.
will not now be diverted to the cues
ton 30 often discussed in my own coun-
Gy-whesaer 1t Is right to drink wine.
] am describing the scene as it was.
When God makes wine He makes the
very best wine, and one hundred and
thirty gallons of 1t standing around in
these water pots-wine SO good that the
ruler Of the feast tastes 1t and says:
"Why, this is really better than n
thing we have hadi Thou has kept the
good wine until now" Beautiful mira
ole! A prize was offered to the person
who should write the best essay about
the miracle in Cana. Long manuscripts
were presented in the competition, but
q poet won tho prize by just this one
line descriptive of the miracle.
ne uncon scIous water saw It's o and
blushed.
We learn from this miracle, in the
arst place, that Christ has sympathy
with housekeepers. You might have
thought that Jesus would have said: 'I
- not be bothered with this household
4tf5t<p1ey OF wine. Its not for me, Lord
~ |t4Fen, OF earth, to become caterer
~ his least. ! nave vaster things than
this TO attend . s"Not so said Jesus.
The wine gave out, and Jesus, by mirac-
ulous power, came to the rescue. Does
there ever como a scsnt supply in your
household? Have you to make q very
close calculation? Is 1t hard work for
you to carry on things dccently and re-
specially? II so, don't sit down and
CRY. Don't go out and fret; but go to
Him who stood in the house in Cana of
Galilee. Pray in the parlor! Pray in
the kitcheni Let there be no room in
ell your house unconsecrated by the
voice Of prayer. II you have a micro
scope, put under 1t one drop of water
and see the insects floating about, and
when you see that God makes them,
and cares for them, and feeds them,
come to the conclusion that He will take
care Of you and feed you, oh, ye Of little
faithl
A boy asked IL he might sweep the
snow from the sten, u a house. The
L. : l Eyes. you
re aaJ
She says: bon mes get
discouraged, AN feet Una e. : going
to let you
The lad a ui ans face
and said: yin y let
no slagvc. IS H,n Ila oi 'Hcp
10 tn tt ! cta
Tor oh ph j-Htt to t-l .a
the bsst you can. ..-4C u. @oiu-
ments Of Housekeeping go TO nllm; He
will help you to control your temper,
and supervise your domestics, and en-
tertain your guests, and manage your
home economies. There are hundreds
Of women, weak, and nervous, and ex-
hausted with the cares Of housekeeping.
I commend you TO the Lord Jesus CIefst
a. the best advisor and b most efti-
Client aid-the Lord Jesus who per-
formed His first miracle to relieve .
housekeeDer.
Learn also from this miracle that
Christ does things in abundance. !
think q small supply Of wine would have
made up for the deficiency. i think
certainly they must have had enough
for half Of the guests. One gallon OF
vine will do; certainly five gallons will
be enough; certainly ten. But Jesus
0oes on. and He gives them thirty gal
Ions, and forty gallons, and hfty gal
Ions, and seventy gallons. and one hun
dred gallons, and one hundred and
thirty gallons OF the very best wine.
IL IL lust like Him, doing every thing
an the largest and most generous scale.
Doos Christ, our creator, go forth to
make leaves? he makes them by the
whole forest full; notched like the fern.
or silyered like the aspen, or broad like
t,a palm: thickets in the tropics, Ore
- forests. Does He 20 forth TO make
Nowers? He makes plenty oil them;
thsv aame from the hedge, they hang
from the top OF the grapevine in bios
coma thew roll In the blue wave OF the
~wtoIats. thew toss their white surf into
sha spirwa-enough for every ohild's
e.,d 4 flower, enough to make for every
BROW A chaplet. enough with beauty 70
oover IN the ghastliness OF all the
graves. Does He 20 forth TO create
WNtOfT no pOuTS Y cNb
ful. but by q river full, o lake iulh an
ooeAn full, pouring it out until all the
earth has enough to drink. inc enough
With which to wash.
Does Jesus, our Lord, provide redemp'
taou IL is not a little salvation Tor this
-, n little for that, and q little for the
other. but enough for all-"Whosoever
iii. let him come" Each man an
the Young, promises for the old, prom
ises for the lowly, promises Tor the
Mind. for the halt, for the o~utcast'
Cor the abandoned. Pardon Tor all,
comfort for all, mercy for ALL HeaVen
Cor an: NOT merely acupful Of gospel sup
NV but one hundred and thirty gallons
Az the tears Of godly~ repentance are al
~sthered up into Gods bottle, and SOM
Sav. standing bafore the throne, we WI
Sist our cup OF delight and ask that \
he allied with the wine OF Heaven; anC
Jssus, from that bottle Of tear, VII %