Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21

Satan brings MN 20 plane. I. Is almost 9
level. The depression is 50 slight tnat yos
can hardly see it. The man does not ctu
ally know that he is on down grade. and
it tips only little toward darkness-just a
little. And the first mile it is claret and
the second mile it is sherry, and the third
mile it is punch, and the fourth mile it is
ale. and the fifth mile it is porter, and the
sixth mile it is brandy, and then it gets
sleeper and sleeper, and the man gets
frightened and says, "Oh, let me get offn'
NO" says the conductor this is an ex-
press train, and it does not stop until it gets
to the Grand Central Depot of Smashup-s
ton" All, ''look not thou upon the wine
when it is red, when it giveth its color in
the cup, when it moveth itself Alright At
the last it biteth like serpent and stingeth
like an adder
My friends, whether you tarry at home
which will be quite as safe and perhaps
quite as comfortablc-or go into the coun-
try, arm yourself against temptation. The
grace of God is the only safe shelter,
whether in town or country. There are
watering places accessible to all of US You
cannot open book of the Bible without
finding out some such watering place
Fountains open for sin and uncleanliness:
wells of salvation; streams from Lebanon:
flood struck out of the rock by Moses;
fountains in the wilderness discovered
by Hagar water to drink and water to-
battle in; The river of God, which is full of
water; water of which if man drink no
shall never thirst; wells of water in tho
Valley of Baca; living fountains of water:
| q pure river Of water as clear as crystal
from under the throne Of God.
These are watering places accessible to
oil Of do hov n 1a1,
incelp before we start--only the throwing
away of our transgressions. No expensive
hotel bills to pay; it is without money and
without price" No long and dirty travel
before we get there; it is only one step
away In California in five minutes, l
walked around and saw ten fountains all
bubbling up, and they were all different.
And in five minutes can go through this
Bible parterre and find you fifty bright,
sparkling fountains bubbling up into
eternal life.
A chemist will go to one of these sum-
mer watering places and take the water
and analyze it and tell you it contains so
much of iron, and so much of soda and so
much of lime, and SO much of magnesia I
come to this Gospel WE'LL this living foun-
tain and analyze the water and find that
its ingredients are peace, pardon, forgive
ness, hope, comfort, life, heaven. "Ho,
every one that thirstest, come ye'' to this
watering place
| Crowd around this Bethesda to-day! Oh,
you sick, you lame, you troubled, you dying
crowd around this Bethesda! Step in it
Oh, step in it! The angel of the covenant
| to-day stirs the water. Why do you not
step in it! Some of you are too weak to
take step in that direction. Then we take
no 0fn ,,r10
and plunge you clean under the wave, hop
ing that tho cure may be as sudden as with
Captain Naaman, who, blotched and car
buncled, stepped into the Jordan, and after
the seventh dive came up, his skin roseate-
| compleXioned as the flesh Of little child.