The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-09-10


want To tel. them there Is perfect en-
ehantrnent In the promises Of this Cos
pei, and / come to them and I offer
them my arm, or take their arm. and
I bring them TO this Gospel well. Sit
down, father or mother, sit down. See
IL there is anything at the well for you.
Come, David, the psalinist, have you
encouraging TO offer theml
Yes" says the psalmist. They shall
still bring forth fruit In old age; they
shall be fat and aourishing, To show
that the Lord is upright, he is my rock,
and there Is no unrighteousness In me-"
Come, Isaiah, have you anything to
say out of your prophecies for these
aged peoplel Yes" says Isaiah;
Down to old age / am with thee. and
to hoary hairs will carry thee" Well,
if the Lord is going to carry you, you
ought not 10 worry much about your
failing eyesight and failing limbs. You
get little worried for fear sometime
you will come to want, DO your Your
children and grandchildren some times
speak little sharp at you becauseof
your ailments. The Lord will not
speak sharp. Do you think you viii
come to wantl Who do you think the
Lord Isl Are his granaries empty2 VIII
he feed the raven and the rabbit, and
the lion In the desert, and forget you2
Why, naturalists tell US that the por-
poise will not forsake its wounded and
sick mate. And do you suppose the
Lord of heaven and earth has not as
much sympathy as the fish of the seai
But you say, II am so near worn
out, and I am of no use to God any
more" think the Lord knows whether
you are Of any more use or not If you
were of no more use he would have
taken you before this. Do you think
God has forgotten you because he has
taken care of you seventy or eighty
years. He thinks more of you today
than he ever did, because you think
more of him. May the God Of Abra-
ham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Paul,
the eyed, be your God forever!
DRIVE THE FLOCKs TO THE WELL.
But gather all the promises today
in group, and ask the shepherds to
drive their flocks of lambs and sheep
up to the sparkling supply. Behold,
happy is the man whom God correct
eth" Though he cause grief, YET
will he have compassion" Many are
the Affections of the righteous but the
Lord delivereth him out of them all ="
Weeping may endure for night, but
Joy cometh In the morning" 1 am de-
ter1nined today that no one shall go
away uncontrolled.
Yonder is a timid and shrinking soul
who seems to hide away from the con-
solutions am uttering, as a child with
q sore hand hides away from the ply
sician lest be touch the wound too
roughly, and the mother has to go and
compel the little patient to come out
and see the physician. So / come to
your tiInid and shrinking soul today,
and compel you to come out In the
presence of the Divine Physician. He
will not hurt you. He has been heal
ing wounds for many years, and he
will give you gentle and omnipotent
medicament. But people, when they
have trouble. 60 anywhere rather than
to God.
De Quincy took opium to get rid of
his troubles. Charles Lamb took to
punch. Theodore Hook took to some
thing stronger. Edwin Forrest took to
theatrical dissipation. And men have
run all around the earth, hoping in the
quick transit to get away from their
misfortunes. 1t has been dead fail
ure. There is only one well that can
Stake the thirst of an afflicted spirit,
and that is the deep and inexhaustible
we'll of the gospel
But some one says In the audience,
Notwithstanding eli you have said
this morning. find no alienation for
my troubles" Well, am not through
yet. have left the most potent con-
sideration for the last. am going to
soothe you with the thought of heaven.
However talkative we may be, there
will come time when the stoutest and
most emphatic interrogation will evoke
from us no answer.
AS soon as we have closed our lipe
for the final silence, no power on earth
can break that taciturnity. But where,
Oh, Christian, will be your spirita In q
scene of infinite gladness. The spring
morning of heaven waving its blossoms
IN the bright air. Victors fresh from
battle showing their scars. The rain OF
earthly sorrow struck through with the
rainbow of eternal joy. In one group,
God and angels and the redeemed-Paul
and Silas, Latimer and Ridley, Isaiah
and Jeremiah, Payson and John Milton,
Gabriel and Michael the archangel.
Long line of choristers reaching across
the hills Seas of JOY dashing to the
white beach. Conquerors marching
from gate to gate. You among them.
AROUND THE CELESTIAL WELL.
Oh, what great flock of sheep Coo
, will gather around the celestial we'll. Nc
stone on the wells mouth, while the
shepherd waters the sheep. Their
, Jacob will recognize Rachel the shep
} herdess. And standing on one side O
} the well of eternal rapture your chill
, dren, and standing on the other side 0
} the well of eternal rapture your Chris
, tian ancestry, you will he bounded OF
, all sides by Joy SO keen and grand
| that no other world has ever been per
mitted to experience it.
Out of that one deep we'll of HEAVIER
t the shepherd will dip reunion for tn
bereaved, wealth for the POOR, healtl
3 for the sick, rest for the weary. An
o then all the flock of the Lords shee
I viii lie down In the green pastures, an
: world without end we will praise tn
:, Lord that on this first autumnal Sal
:, bath of 1891 we were permitted to stud
I among the bleating aocks and lowin
: herds of this fair ground the story {
Jacob and Rachel the shepherdess @