Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-09-12
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Thirsty Souls Can Be Satisfied
at the Gospel Well.
All Tongues, All Nations, All Peoples In
vited 20 Drink-stones OF Pride and OBJ
duracy Must First be Rolled Away
-Christ's Glorles Unbounded.

at Elmira, N. Y, last Sunday to q
great audience OF farmers, horsemen,
drovers and stock raisers from near
and far as we'll as citizens from the adj
jacent cities. Secretary Stanley OF the
Young Mems Christian association oil
Elmira presided. DIR. Talmage's text
was Genesis xxx. 8: sand they said,
we can not, until all the fiocks be gath
cred together, and till they roll the
stone from the wells mouth; then we
water the sheep"
There are some reasons why 1t is APP
propriate that should accept the invi-
tation to preach at this great interstate
fair, and TO these throngs OF country
men and citizens, horsemen just come
from their fine chargers, the king. OF
beasts, for take the crown from the
lion and put it on the brow OF the horse,
which is in every way nobler, and
speak to these shepherds just come
from their focks, the Lord Himself in
one place called Shepherd, and in an
other place called a Lamb, and all the
good are sheep, and preach to the cat
tlemen come up from the herds, your
occupation honored by the fact that
God himself thinks II worthy OF immor-
tai record that he owns "the cattle on
thousand hills" 1t is appropriate that
l come because / was farmers boy,
and never saw any city until / was near
ly grown, and having been born In the
country never got over II, and would
not dwell in cities day II my work was
not appointed there. My love to you
now. and when get through Twill give
YOU nv hand, for though have this
summer shaken hands with perhaps for
ty thousand people in twenty-one states
Of the Union all the way through to
Colorado and north and south | will not
conclude my summer vacation I'LL
have shaken hands with You,
You old farmer out there. How you
make me think OF my father. You ell
derby women out there with cap and
spectacles. How you make me think OF
my mother.
And now while the air OF these fair
grounds is filed with the bleating OF
sheep, and the neighing OF horses, and
the lowing OF cattle, can not find q
more appropriate text than the one |
read. 1t is scene in Mesopotamia,
beautifully pastoral. A we'll OF water
of great value in that region. The
fields round about it white with three
fiocks of sheep lying down waiting for
the watering. l hear their bleating
coming on the bright air, and the
laughter OF the young men and maidens
indulging in rustic reparee. look of,
and see other flocks OF sheep coming.
Meanwhile Jacob, stranger, on the
interesting errand OF looking for wife,
comes to the well. A beautiful shep-
herdess comes to the same we'll. |
see her approaching, followed by her
fathers flock o! sheep. 1t was a mem
orable meeting. Jacob married that
shepherdess. The bible account OF 1t
is: Jacob kissed Rachel. and lifted up
his voice and wept." 1t has always been
a mystery to me what he found to cry
about But before that scene occurred,
Jacob accosts the shepherds and asks
them why they postpone the shaking OF
the thirst OF these sheep. and why they
did not Immediately proceed to water
them. The shepherds reply TO the ef-
feet: 'We are ali good neighbors. and
as q matter OF courtesy we wait until all
the sheep OF the neighborhood come up.
Besides that. this stone ~ the wells
mouth Is somewhat heav, and several
Of us take hold OF it and pnsh it aside.
and then the buckets and the troughs
are filed, and the sheep are satisfied.
We can not. until all the iocks be gath
cred together, and till they roll the
stone from the wells mouth; then. we
water the sheep"
o, this is thurstv world! Hot for
the head, blistering for the feet, and
parching for the tongue. The worlds
great want is q cool, refreshing, salts
flying dranght. We wander around and
find the cistern empty. Long and
tedious drought has dried up The worlds
fountains, but nearly nineteen centuries
ago. Shepherd, with crook in the
shape OF cross. and feet cut to the
bleeding, explored the desert passages
OF this world, and one day came across
q we'll thousand feet deep, bubbling
and bright, and opalescent, and looked
to the north, and the south, and the
east, and the west, and cried out with
voice strong and musical that rang
through the ages: "Ho. every one that
thirsteth, come We to the waters"
Now q great flock OF sheep to-day
gather around this gospel well. There
are q great many thirsty souls. won
der why the aocks of all nations do not
gather-yhy so many stay thirsty-and
while am wondering about it my text
breaks forth in the explanation, saying:
1--WE can not until all the Aocks be
gathered together, and till they roll
the stone from the wells mouth: then
we water the sheep"
Go out into the highways and the
hedges and compel them TO come in. Go
10 the rich and tell them they are indi-
rent without the gospel OF Jesus. Go
70 the poor and tell them the afiuence
there e. In Christ Go to the blind and
tell them Of the touch that gives eter-
nal Illumination. Go 10 the lame and
tell them Of the Joy that win make the
a ILL., AowsA GufhnV all