Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-10

gospel. In your case the impairment IS
pride of heart. You cannot bear to come to
so democratic fountain; you do not want
to come with so many others 1t is TO you
like when YOU are dry, coming to town
pump, as compared to sitting in parlor
slipping out of a chased chalice which has
Just been lifted from silver salver. Not
so many publicanS and sinners. You want
TO get to heaven, but it must be in a special
car, with your feet on a Turkish ottoman
and band of music on board the train.
You do not want to be in company with
rustic Jacob and Rachel, and to be drink
ing out of the fountain where 10000 sheep
have been drinking before you. You will
have to remove the obstacle of pride, or
never find your way 10 the well. You Will
have 10 come as we came, willing to take
the water of eternal life in any way, and at
any hand, and in any kind Of pitcher, cry
ing out: ''Oh, 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.
Here is another man who is kept back
from the water of life by the stone OF an
of the well. Tou have no more feeling
upon this subject than if God had yet to do
you the first kindness, or you had to do God
the first wrong Seated on his lap all these
years, his everlasting arms Shelterlng you.
where is your gratitude! Where is your
morning and evening PRAYER! Where are
your corsecrated ivest | say to you, as
Daniel said to Beshazzar: The God in
whose hand tiny breath is. and all thy way,
thou hast not glOriied." If YOU treated
anybody as badly as you have treated God,
you would have made five hundred apollo
gieS-rca, your whole life would have been
an apology. Three times day you have
l. ! 4 I k,fE
mer, autumn and winter, he has appro-
priatcly appareied you. Your health from
him, YOUR companion from him, your chill
drCl from him, your home from him. All
the
BRIGHT SURROUNDINGS
of your life from him. . man, what dost
thou with that hard heart? Canst thou not
feel one throb of gratitude toward the God
VINO made Won. and the Christ who came 10
redeem you, and the Holy Ghost who has
all these years been importuning you! If
you could ST, down five minutes under the
tree of Il Saviour'S martyrdom. and feel his
warm life trickling on your forehead ana
cheek and hands, methinhs YOU would get
some appreciation of what you owe to 4
crucitied Jesus.
Heart Of stone. relent. re,ent,
Touched by Jesus cross SUbdued;
See his body. Inaugled. rent.
Covered with q gore Of blood.
Sinful sOIl. what hast thou done:
Cruclied the eternal son.
Jacob with Il good deal of tug and push
took the stone from the wells mouth, SO
that the fiocks might be watered. And /
would that to-day my word, blessed of God,
might remove the hlndrances 10 your get
ting up TO The gospel well. Yea. ! take it
for granted that the work IS done. and now
like oriental shepherds, / proceed to water
the sheep.
Come, Ill We thirsty. You have an IN
defined longing IN your soul. You tried
mOney-making; that did not satisfy You.
You tried office under government; that did
not satisfy YOU. You tried pictures and
sculptures. but works of art did not satisfy
you. You are as much disconnected with
this life as the celebrated French author
who felt that lac could not any longer en-
durc the misfortunes of the world, and who
said. AT o'clock this afternoon | shall
put an end 10 my own existence. Mean
while | must toll on up to that Time for the
suStenance of my family" And he wrote
on his book until the clock struck 4, when
he folded up his manuscript and by his
own hand concluded his earthly life. There
are men here VINO are perfectly diScOn-
tented Unhappy i'll the past, unhappy to-
day. to be UNHAPPY forever. unless You come
to this gospel well. This satisfies the soul
with high, deep. allabsorbing and eternal
satisfaction. it comes and II offers the most
unfortunate man so much of this world as
is best for him, and throws ali heaven into
the bargain.
TIE WEALTH OF CRGSUS
and of all the RothSchildS is only a poor
miserable shilling compared with the
eternal fortunes that Christ offers YOU to-
day. IN the far East there was king who
used once year to get on 4 scales while on
the other side the scales were placed gold
and silver and gems: indeed. enough were
Il,
the close of the Weighing al those treasures
were thrown among the populace. But
Christ TO-DAY steps on one side the scales
ana on the other side are all the treasures
of the universe, and he says: All are
yours-all height, al depth, all length, all
breadth, all eternity, all are yours" We
don't appreciate the promises Of the gospel.
When au aged. clergyman was dying-d
man very eminent in the church. a young
theological student stood by his side, and
Tie aged man looked up and said to him:
Can You give me some comfort in my
dying hour No" said the Young man,
II can't talk to YOU on this subject: You
know all about 1t. and have known
il so long Well said the diving
man, Just recltc 10 me some PROMISES
The young man thought moment and he
came to this promise: The blood of Jesus
Christ clcanseth from ali sin, - and the old
man c!appel mis- hands, and in his dying
said: That's Just the promise
Eve been waiting for, the blood Of Jesus
Christ cloanseth from all sin. = Oh, the
warmth, The grandeur, the inagnifcence of
The promises!
Come, also, to this gospel well, all We
troubled. 90 not suppose you have es-
capped. Compare your view of this life at
fifteen years of age with what your view of
il 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, one 4 sweet cup and |
the other a sour cup. 4 cup Of joy and a
,Up of grief. Which has been the nearest |
to being full, and out of which have you
The more frequently partaken2 What Il |
different place the cemetery is from What it |
used to DC. Once it was TO you 4 grand city !
and YOU went out on the |
PLEASURE EXCURSION,
and you ran laughingly up the mound. and |
YOU criticised in L light way the epitaph |
But since the day when You heard the bell |
.Oll at the gate rs you went in with the pro- |
,ession, it is sad place, and there is a |
food of rushing memories that suffuse the |
eye and over-maSter the heart. Oh, You |
have had trouble, trouble, trouble Goa |
Ouly knows how much yCu have had. 1t is |
I wonder YOU have been able to live through |
It. Il is a wonder your nervous system has |
not been shattered, and your brain has not |
reeled. Trouble, trouble. If | could gather |
all the griefS, of all sorts, from this great |
audience, and could put them in one scroll, |
neither man nor angel could endure the |
recitation. Well. what do you want2 |
Would you like to have your property back |
again, No" you say, as Christian man: |
Il was becoming arrogant, and think that |
IS why the Lord took it away ] don't want |
10 have my property back Well, would |