Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-27

| throw gb, ana Then ne tainted away anu
Law 40 the bottom of the well as though
dead, until hours after recovery he came
to the surface.
1t is not like other wells digged down to
a fountain that fills it, but a reservoir to
catch the falling rains, and to that Christ
refers when speaking to the Samaritan
woman about spiritual supply he said he
would, if asked, have given her living
water" that is, water from a flowing
spring in distinction from the water of
that well, which was rain water. But why
did Jacob make a reservoir there when
there is plenty of water all around and
abundance of springs and fountains and
seemingly no need of that reservoir Why
did Jacob go to the vast expense of boring
and digging a well perhaps two hundred
feet deep as first completed, when, by go
ing little way off, he could have water
from other fountains at little or no ex-
penses All, Jacob was wise. He wanted
his own well. Quarrels and wars might
arise with other tribes and the supply of
water might he cut Off, so the shovels and
pickaxes and boring Instruments were or
dered, and the well Of nearly four thousand
years ago was sunk through the solid rock.
When Jacob thus wisely insisted on hav-
ing his own well he taught us not TO be
unnecessarily dependent on Others hide
pendenee of business character indepen-
dence of moral character Independence
of religious character Have your own
well of grace, your own well of courage,
your own well of divine supply If youare
an invalid you have a right to be Deepen
dent on others. But if God has given you
good health common sense, and two eyes
and two ears and two hands and two feet,
he equipped you for independence of all the
universe except himself II he bad meant
you to be dependent on others you would
have been built with q cord aroand your
waist 10 tie fast TO somebody else. No; you
are built with common sense to fashion
your own opinions, with eyes TO find your
own way, with ears to select your own mu
sic, with hands to fight your own battles
There is only one being in the universe
whose advice you need and that is God.
Have your own well aud the Lord viii fiji !
it. Dig it if need be through two hundred
feet Of solid rock Dig il with your pen.
or dig it with your yard stick, or dig il |
with your shovel, or dig itwith your Bible. |
YOUNG MANI BUILD FOR YOURSELF.
In my small way ! never accomplished /
anything for God or the church. or the |
world, or my family, or myself except in |
to human advice aud In ODE
dieuce 20 divine counsel God knows every
thing, and what is the use of going for adj
vice 60 human beings who know so little
that no one but the al seeing God can real. I
lie how little it isg fsupposc that when
Jacob began TO dig this well on which we
are sitting this n0ontide people gathered
lround and said, s'N Inst a useless expense
gou are going TO- when rolling down from
ronder Mount Gerizim and down from
Tonder Mount Ehal and ont yonder in the
valley is plenty Of waterr "Oh, p replied
Jacob, that is all true, but suppose my
leighbOrs should get angered against me
md cut off my supply Of mountain bever
lge, what would do, ald what would my
amily do, and what would my iiocl.s and
lerds dor Forward, We brigade OF pick
'xes and crowbars, and go down into the
lepths of these rocks aud make me indie
,endent of all except him who fills the
,ottles Of the clondsl must have my own
velln
Young man, drop cigars and cigarettes
nd wine cups aud the Sunday excursions,
nd build yoar own house, and have your {
wn wardrobe, and be your own capitalist Z
Why, ] have only five hundred dollars in
ONE a yearln says some one Then spend {
our hundred dollars Of il in living, and 10 !
err cent. Of it. or fifty dollars, ia benevo !
snce, and the other fifty in beginning to
ig your own we'll Or IL you have thou {
and dollars a year spend eight hundred {
ollars OF it in living, 10 per cent, or one
undred dollars, in benevolenoe. and the j
one hundred in beginning to dig q
our own we'll The largest bird that ever t
ew through the air was Matched out Of q
ne egg, and the greatest estate was brood !
! out Of one dollar t
GOD WILL DO HIS PART. 4
suppose when Jacob began to dig this 4
ell, on whose curb we are now seated this I
ecember noon, il was dry season then B
now, and some one comes up and saws: o
Now. Jacob, suppose You get the well o
Ity feet deep or two hundred feet deep d
I'd there should be no water to fill it, a
ould YOU not feel sillyf' People passing d
ong the road and looking down from o
cunt Gcrizim or Mount Ebal near by
ould laugh and say, THAT is Jacobs
ell, a great hole in the rock. illustrating 6
e man's folly" Jacob replied. There d
'ver has been a well in Palestine or any &
her country that once thoroughly dug q
rs not sooner or later filled from the b
buds, and this viii be no exception "
For months after Jacob had completed b
e well people went by. and out Of respect p
r the deluded old man put their hand %
er their mouth TO hide smoker and d
e well remained as dry as the bottom of "
kettle that has been hanging over the n
e for three hours. But one day the sun IL
IS drawing water, and the wind got 81
und to the east and it began to drizzle. b
d then great drops splashed all over the il
I'll curb, and the heavens opened their Ii
seryoir and the rainy season poured its 81
ods for six weeks, and there came maid
5 to the well with empty pals and car b
d them'away full, and the camels thrust OF
cir mouths finto the troughs and were =
tisfied, and the water was in the well b
rec feet deep, and fifty feet deep. and h'
o hundred feet deep, and all the Bed. to
ms of the neighborhood and all the b.
ssersby realized that Jacob was wise in fl,
wing bis own well Ny nearer, il is m
ur part to dig your own well, and it is at
IDS part 70 Gil it. You do your part and OF
viii do his part
Much is said about good luck. =" but ra
ople who are industrious and self deny tn
Z almost always have good luck You G.