Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-09-18

had a stone on it. which must be removed
before the sheep could be watered: and
find on the well of salvation TO-DAY impedi-
ments and obstacles, which must be re-
moved in order that you may obtain the re
freshment and life OF this Gospel. In your
case the impeachment is pride OF heart. You
cannot bear to come to so democratic foun-
tain; you do not want TO come with so
many others. It is TO you like when you
are dry, coming TO town pump, as COM
pared TO sitting in parlor slipping out OF
chased chalice which has just been lifted
from silver salyer. Not SD many puoli-
cans and sinners You want to get to
heaven, but it must be in special car with
your feet on Turkish ottoman and a band
OF music on board the train. You do not
want to be in company with rustic jacob
and Rachel, and to be drinking out of the
fountain where ten thousand sheep have
been drinking before you. You will have
10 remove the obstacle o pride, or never
find your way IT, the we'll You will have
to come as we came willing to take the
water OF eternal life in any wav, and at any
hand, and in any kind Of pitcher, crying out:
~ Lord Jesus, am dying of thirst. Give
me the water Of eternal life, whether in
trough or goblet; give ME the water Of life;
care not in what it comes to me-" Away
with all your hindranceS of pride from the
wells mouth.
Come, all ye thirsty! You have an un-
defined longing in your SOUL You tried
money-making; that did not satisfy you.
Yoo tried office under government; that
did not satisfy you. You tried pictures
and sculpture, but works OF art did not
satisfy you. You are as much disconnected
with this life as the celebrated French au-
thor who felt that he could not any longer
endure the misfortunes of the world. and
who said: 'At four O'Clock this afternoon I
shall put an end to my own existence.
Meanwhile | muSf foil 70 hot
for the sustenance of my family" And he
wrote on his book until the clock struck
four, when he folded I'D his man
uscript, and, by his own hand,
concluded his earthly life. There are mon
here who are perfectly disconnected I'm
happy in the past, unhappy to-day, to be un-
happy. forever. unless YOU come to this
Gospel well. This satisfies the soul with a
high, deep, all-absorbing, and eternal
satisfaction. It comes and it offers the
most unfortunate man SO much of this
world as is best for him. and throws all
heaven into the bargain. The wealth of
Croesus and OF all the Rothschilds is only
q poor, miserable shilling compared with
the eternal fortunes that Christ offers you
Today. In the far East, there was king who
used once year to get on a scales, while on
the other side the scales were placed gold
and silver and gems; indeed, enough were
placed there TO balance the king; then,
at the close of the weighing, all those treas
ures were thrown among the populace.
But Christ to-day steps on one side the
scales and on the other side are all the treas
ures of the universe, and He says: 'All
are yours-an height, all depth, all length,
all breadth, all eternity; all are yours"
We don't appreciate the promises of the
Gospel. When an aged clergyman was
dying-a man very eminent in the church
a young theological student stood by his
side, and the aged man looked up and said
To him. HhtSan1t comfort
in my dying hou1%' mo" said the Young
man: II can't talk to you on this subject
you know all about it, and have known it so
long" ''Well," said the dying man, lust
recite to me some promises" The young
man thought moment, and he came to this
promise: The blood OF Jesus Christ cleans
eth from all sim" and the old man capped
his hands, and in his dying moment said:
That's just the promise have been waiting
for The blood OF Jesus Christ cleansath
from all SIM" Oh the warmth the gran
deur, the ma nifi snce Of the promises!
Come, also, to this Gospel well, all We
troubled. l do not suppose you have
escaped. Compare your view OF this life
at fifteen years of age with what your view
Of it is at forty, or sixty, or seventy. What
a great contrast of opinion! Were You
right then, or are you right now? Two
cups placed in your hands, the one
sweet cup, the other a sour cup. A cup of
Joy and a cup Of grief. Which has been the
nearest 10 DellS 1uII. anu OuJ OL WHICH nave
you the more frequently partaken? What
a different place the cemetery is from
what it used to be. Once it was to
you a grand city Improvement, and you
went out on the pleasure excursion, and
you ran laughingly up the mound, and
you criticised in a light way the epitaph.
But since the day when you heard the bell
toll at the gate as you went in with the
it is a sad place, and there is a
food of rushing memories that suffuse the
eve and overmaSter the heart. On. you
have had trouble, trouble, trouble. God
only knows how much you have had. It is
a wonder you have been able to live through
it. It is wonder your nervous system has
not been shattered and your brain has not
reeled. Trouble, trouble. If could gather
and could put them in ons
scroll, neither man nor angel, could en-
dure the recitation. Well what
do you want? Would you like to
have your property again? 'No," you say,
as a Christian man, 81 was becoming AFRO
CANT, and [ think that is why the Lord took
it away; I don't want to have my property
hack" Well, would you have your departed
friends back again? NO" you say. 81
couldn't take the responsibility of bring
ing them from a fearless realm to
realm v0 of tears I couldn't
want! A thousand voices in the audience
cry out: Comfort, give us comfort" For
that reason l have rolled away the stone
from the wells mouth. Come, all ye wound
ed Of the flock. pursued by the wolves, come
to the fountain where the Lords sick and
and bereft ones have come.
"Ah," says some one, you are not old
enough to understand my sorrows. You
have not been in the world as long as I have.
and you can't talk to me about my misfor-
tunes in the time of old age" Well have
been a great Geal among old people, and
know how they feel about their failing
Eealth, and about their departed
friends, and about the loneliness that some