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

w "a %NA4s AtFeE AsfNse~ N4sAAA A%&SSA %AAfA
frvu the water; bn. when the fscck q
sheep come. though hasdrvsi og them
-ylIl he disappointed. they oafy Ell
rrcs it by sad hlsatlns. tfsgy sotJe to-
gothcr pcesrefally We waIEe gtaxs
nnltffuds to come around tia Gospel
well know thers ara taoso who DO
not like crowd--they think a crowd
Is vulgar II they are oppressed for
room Ia church In makes them poss-
lively impatient and belihesrns Not
- did t,sese oriental shepherds They
wrsee1 until AL she tiecks wero GATH.
cred, and tho snore ficcks s,at came
she better tfeS liked IT,
And 90 we osEht q, lie anxious tbai
all the psopse should come. Gro out
Into the highways add e,e hedges and
cornpal them TO come I'm. Go 10 the
-ich and ten them they aro INDECENT
without the Gospel Of Jesus 90 to
nIe poor and tell them the afarnco
there Il In Chlrss DC 10 sfo bind and
tel them OF the touch that gives cter-
Gal illumination Go 90 the lame aad
tell thesa Of the ioY THAT win make the
lame man hap like hart Gather all
tho sheep of OF all the xlountalns.
Meme SO torn of tho dogs, none SO sick,
none 80 worried, none 50 dying ne 20
be omitted
When tho fail elections eeinS tito
whole lalfd Is secured for voters, and II
man ts toc weak or sick TO walk 10
the polls carriage Il sent for him; but
when the question Is whether Christ or
the devil Snail rule this world. how few
there arc 10 como out and seek tls sitk,
and the lost, and the suffering, and tho
Sersft. and tho lame and indueo sseh
suffrascs for t1fe Lord Esos. Whyn not
gather great Hockl IN America In
flock; all tho world In flock. This
veil OF the Gospel ts dces enough 20 put
| out the burning thirst O. the fourteen
hundred million of the race
| Do not let the church by spirit os
| excIusiveness keep the world out. Let
down all the bars, swing open all the
| gates scatter all the invitations, who
soever will, lot him cc.uo." Come,
white and black. Come, red srien of
the forest, Come, Iaplandsf, out ef
tho snow Coma Patmgonian, out OF
/ the heat Come La furs. Come, part
ing under palm leaves. Come one.
Come all Come now. As at this well
ef Meeopotasnia Jacob and Rachel were
betrothed. so now, at this well Of sal
/ L-yde aha,,txI xx&g1
you coming up with your long fiocks
OF ceres and snxieties. and he viii
stretch out his hand in pledge of hi.
affection, while all heaven viii cry out
Behold the bridegroom ec,neth; go "
out to meet him."
TMPEDInIENTs MUST ER REMOVED.
You notice that this well of Mesopo
tamia had stdne on it. which must be
removed before the sheep could bs
watered; and find on the we'll of sal
vation today impediments and obstacles
which must be ramoved in order that
you may obtain the refreshnent and
life OF this Gospel. In your case the i'm
pediment Is pride of heart. You can
not bear to come TO Sd democratic Q
fountain; you do not want TO come
with so many Others 1t Is to you like
when you are dry, coming to towr
pump, as compared TO sitting in a par
lor slipping out of g. chased chalice which
has Just been lifted from silver seiver
Not 50 many pub,icans and sinners
You want to got to heaven, but It mus
be In n special car, with your feet on {
Turkish ottoman and band of musi,
on board tho train.
Yon DO not want 20 be In oompan,
with rustic jacob and Rachel, and t.
be drinking out of tie fountain wher
ten thousand sheep have been drinkin.
before you You viii have to ren,ov,
the obstacle Of pride or never find you
way to the we'll. You viii have Il
come as We coTne. willing to take th'
water of eternal lifo in any way and a
any hand snd in any kind OF pitcher
crying out: 20 Lord Jesus, am dyinI
of thirst. Give me the vnter OF eterna
life, whether in trough or goblet; Civ
me the water Of life I caro- not h
what It con,es TO me-" Away with al
your hindrances of pride from the we'll
mouth
Here is another uIan who is KEEP
back from this water OF Life by tn
stone of an obdurate heart, which lie
over the mouth OF tllc well. You hav
, no more feeling upon this subject thal
If God had yet TO do you the frst kind
ness, or yoa had to do God the fir<
WRONG. Seated Oh his lap ali thes
years. his everlasting arms sheiterin
you, where is your gratitude. Wher
Is your morning and evening praye,
: | Where are your eoDsccrated lives?
say TO you, as Daniel said to Belstla.
zar. The God IN whose hand tn
; breath is, alsd al thy way. tftoa ha,
not glorifled.
If yor treated anybody as badly 9
you have treated God you would hay
innde five hundred apologies yor
whole life would have been an apoioe!
Three times day you have besa seate
at Gods table Spring. summer, al
7 tu1nn and winter hc hiss appropriated
!. agpareled you Your health from bin
yoar companion from him. your cbi
!. ar1 from him, your homo rom hin
q All tho bright surroundings Of your III
Q from him o fnasi what dost tho
. with that hard hearth Censt thou N
s feel one throb of gratitude toward ii
G God who made you, and the Chri
who caind to redeem you, and the Hol
. Ghos. who has all these years been In
$ portuning you7 II you could sit dow
9 five minutes under the tree of Sa
q iour's fnartyrdosn, and feel his war
9 life t1cl1ling on your forehead al
a cheek and hands. Inethinks you woul
= get some appreciation of wilat you css
y to crucifled Jesus.
Heart of stone, reient. relert,
= Touched By Jesus' cross subduek
~ See his body. raal2ied, rent.
Covered with gore Of blood