The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-08-08

which he takes men to destruction-
One man he takes up and through one
spree pitches him into eternal darkness.
That is rare case Very seldom, in
deed, can You find man who will be
such fool as that When a man goes
down to destruction Satan brings him
to plane. 1t is almost a level. The
depression is so slight that you can
hardly see it The man does not 40
tually know that he is on the down
grade, and slips only little toward
darkness-justa little -
And the fitst.mile tbs elaret and the
second mile it lis sherry. and the third
mile Il Is punch. and Ole fourth mile il
is ~ and thS fifth @hes It IS porter,
and the sixth mile 1t is brandy, and then
| 1t gets sleeper and sleeper and the man
gets frightened and says, 20. let me
on" mo-" says the conductor, ''this
is an express train. and y does not stop
until it gets to the grand central station
atSmasAuptown-"
My friends, whetheez you tarry at
home-which will. be quito as safe and
perhaps quite as cousfortsble-or go in
to the country, arm yourself against
temptation. The grace of God is the
only safe shelter. whether in town or
country. There are Watering places ac-
cessible-to all OF us. you can not open
a book of the Bible without finding out
some such watering place Fountains
open for sin and uncleanliness; wells of
salvation; streams from Lebanon; a
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 ef which if man drink
he shall never thirst; vells-oi water IN
the valley Of BacA; living fountains of
water; a pure, river of water clear as
crystal from under the throne of God.
These are watering places accessible
TO all of=us. We do not have q, labori-
lfAHs pe@dhg uR before We start-only
kthe fhf0Sang away Of our transgressions.
mo expensive hptels hdlfss to pay; it is
Z " tthoe tsmOneS and Without price" No
long and dirty travel before we get
there; it is only one step away. In CAL
ifornia in five minutes walked around
and saw ten fountains all bubbling up,
and they were all different And in
i've minutes 1 can go through this Bible
parterre and find you fifty bright, spark
ling fountains bubbling up into eternal
life. t:~.-
n Chemist Will go 10 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
magnes:a- Lc9me to this Gospel well,
this living fountain and anslyze the
water. and 1 find that its Ingredients
are peace. pardon. forgiveness. hope
comfort, life. Heaven. ''Ho. every one
that thirstest, come ye'' to this water
ing place.
Crowd around this Bethesda to-day
o. you sick, you lame, you troubled, you
dying-crowd around this Bethesda
Step in it! o, step in It'll The angel of
the covenant to-day stirs the water.
why do you not step in ltP Some of you
are too weak to take step in that di-
rection. Then we take you. up in the
arms of our closing prayer and plunge
yon clean under the wave, hoping that
the cure may be as sudden as with Cap
tain Naaman, who. blotched and car
buncled, stepped into the Jordan. and
after the seventh dive came up his skin
roseate and complexioned as the flesh
of little child .-.-- go.