The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-18

TIE Brooklyn Preacher Presents the Gos-
pei Well to a Multitude atthe
New York and PennsyIya-
MIA Exposition.

Z Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage delivered
lha following discourse on the Fair
grounds at Elmira, ~. ". taking for
his text:
And they said. we cam net. until all the
Socks Dc gathered together. and tin they
roll the stone from the Wells mouth then
we water the eheep.-Genesis xxx. s.
There are some reasons why IL In ap-
propriate that should accept the invi'
sation to preach az tins great inter
state fair, and to these throags of coun-
trymen and citizens, horsemen Just
come from their fine charges, the king
of beasts, for / take the crown from
the lion and put il on the brow of the
horse, which is in every way nobler,
and speak TO these shepherds just come
from their focl1s, the Lord Himself in
one place called a shepherd and in an
other place called a. lamb, and all the
good are sheep, and preach to you cat
tlemen come up from the herds, your
occupation honored by the fact that
God Himself thinks il worthy
of immortal record that He owns
''the cattle on thousand hills" 1t is
appropriate that come because was
IA farmers boy, and never saw a city
until I was nearly grown, and having
been born in the country never got
over it, and would not dwell in cities
day il my work was not appointed
there. My love to you now. and when
i get through / wiz give you my hand,
for though have this summer shaken
hands with perhaps forty thousand peo-
pie in twentY-one states of the union
all the way through to Colorado and
north and south. ! will not conclude
my summer vacation till have shaken
hands with you. You old farmer out
therei Hew you make me think of my
father! sFoh elderly woman out there
with cap and speetaclesl How you
make me think of my nrotherl
And nov while the air of these
fair groands is filed with the
bleating Of sheep. and the neighing of
horses, and the lowing of cattle, can
not find a more appropriate text than
the one / read. 1t is a scene in Meso-
potamia, beautifully pastoral A well
of water of great value in that region.
The fields around about IL white with
three hocfSs of sheep lying down wait
ing for the watering. / hear their
bleating coming on the bright air, and
the laughter of, young men and maid
eos indulging in rustic repartee. I
look OF, and see other foclSs of sheep
coming. Meanwhile Jacob, a stranger,
on the interesting errand of looking for
a wife, comes to the well. beautiful
shepherdess comes to the same well.
] see her approaching, followed
by her fathers flock of sheep.
1t was memorable meet
ing Jacob married that shep-
herdess. The Bible account of it is:
Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his
voice and wept" 1t has Away 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 eff
feet: 1--WE are all good neighbors, and
as a matter of courtesy we wait until
all the sheep of the neighborhood come
up. Besides that, this stone on the
wells mouth is somewhat heavy, and
several of us take hold of it and push it
aside, and then the buckets and the
troughs are filed and the sheep are
satisfied We can not. until all the
flocks be gathered together and till
they roll the stone from the wells
mouth; then we water the sheep"
Oh. this Is thirsty world Hot for
the head, and blistering to the feet, and
parching for the tongue. The worlds
great want is cool, refreshing, satisfy
ing draught. We wander around and
find thecisterns empty. Long and tedi-
Gus Drought has dried up the worlds
fountains, but nearly nineteen cent
uries ago. a Shepherd, with crook in
the shape of cross, and feet out to the
bleeding. explored the desert passages
of this world, and one day came across
aSvell one thousand feet deep, bubling
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: 'sHo, every one that
thirsteth, come We to the waters
Now great flock of sheep to-day
gather around this Gospel well. There
are a great many thirsty souls. 1 won
der why. the foclxs of all nations do not
gather why so many stay thirsty; and
while + am wondering about il, my
text breaks forth in the explanation,
saying: eve can not, until all the
focks be,-gathered together. and till
they rolIf the stone from the wells
mouth; then we water the sheep"
III herd OF swine come TO well
they angrily jostle each other for the
precedence; if drove of cattle come to
a well, they hook each other back
from the water. but when the flock of
sheep come, though hundred OF them
shall be disappointed, they only ex-
press it by sad bleating, they come to-
gether peacefully. We want a great
multitude to come around the Gospel
well. know there are those who do
not like a crowd-they think crowd
Is vulgsr. If they are oppressed ,for
room i'm church it makes them positively
Impatient and belligerent Not so
did these oriental shepherds. They
waited until all the focks were
gathered, and the more hocls that
same the better they liked it. And so
we ought to be anxious that all the peo-
pie should come. Go out into the high
ways and the hedges and compel them
20 come in. Go to the rich and tell
them they are Judgment without the
Gospel OF Jesus Go to the poor and
tell them the influence there is in
Christ Go 20 the blind and tell them
of the touch that gives eternal illumi-
nation. Go to the lame and tell them of
10 ~mr,n ha lama