Sharp County record., 1891-09-17
GOSPEL WE'LL.
hvsRev. T. Dewitt Tai
,age TAB Elmira, N. y,

0&ore an Audience Oh f"rhiers'
nM. stock-Raisers and 9th
-comfort for the Thirsty
Tired and Troubled.
flowing discourse was deliver
y 4. Dewitt Talmage on the
N.Y. Fair grounds. lie took
- said, we can not, until all the
cathered together, and till they
8one from the well's mouth; then
the sheep. -Genesis xxx, s.
are some reasons why it is APP
fhat | should accept the inyi-
3 III breach at this great inter-
irr'end to these throngs of coun-
.rrd citizens, horsemen Just
,a><heir fine charges, the king
sNfor / take the crown from
and put it on the brow OF the
shich is in every way nobler'
sxto these shepherds just come
~ Hooks, the Lord Himself IN
e called a shepherd and in an
ace called lamb, and'al the
I sheep, and preach to you cat
come up from the herds your
Io8 honored by the fact that
iinsolf thinks it worthy
mdffal record that He owns
tile on a thousand hills" 1t is
late thai I come because ! was
RS boy, and never saw a city
was nearly grown, and having
,rn in the country I never got
and WOULD notdwell in cities a
my work was not appointed
My love to you now, and when
rough l will give you my hand,
agn Ihave this summer shaken
With perhaps forty thousand peo-
wentF-one states of. the union
way through to Colorado and
md south, | will not conclude
ifnervacation till l have shaken
With you. You old farmer out
How you make me think OF my
You elderly woman out there
ap and spectacles! How you
ne think Of my mother!
now while the air of these
rounds is filed with the
got sheep, and the neighing of
and' the lowing of cattle, | can
4 a more appropriate text than
9 | read. 1t is a scene in Meso-
d, beautifully pastoral. A well
IL Of great value in that region
Ids around about it white with
locks Of sheep lying down wait
+ the watering. | hear their
lg coming on the bright air, and
ghter Of young men and maid
idulging in rustic repartce. l
4, andI see other nocks of sheep
|, Meanwhile Jacob, a stranger,
interesting errand of looking for
!, comes to the well, A beautiful
,rdess comes to the same well.
her approaching, followed
er father's flock of sheep.
vas a memorable meet
Jacob married that shep-
5. The Bible account of it is:
B kissed Rachel, and lifted up his
md wept." 1t has alway been a
" to me what he found to cry
I But before that scene occurred
accosts the shepherds and asks
Why they postpone the shaking of
rst.of thcse sheep, and why they
I Immediately proceed to water
The Shepherds reply to the ef-
We are all good ncighbors, and
after Of courtesy we wait until
sheep Of the neighborhood come
esidcs that, this stone on the
mouth is somewhat heavy, and
Of US take hold Of it and push it
Ind Then the buckets and the
$ are filled and the sheep are
d;Wc can not, until all the
DO gathered together, and Til
Dll the stone from the wells
''then'we water the sheep"
his Is 'hirsty world Hot for
I'd and | 'tcring to the feet, and
lg Tor u 'ongue. The worlds
want is refreshing, satisfy
aught Wander around and
9 cBterr '. Long and tedi-
ought has wed up the worlds
l1ang~but nearly nineteen cent
30, 2 Shepherd, with a crook in
lpe 4 d cross, and feet out to the
q, explored the desert passages
world, and one day came across
one thousand feet deep, bubling
|ght,and opalescent, and looked
north, and the south, and the
nd the west, and cried ont with
atrong and musical that rang
4 the ages; "llo, every one that
tn, CONC ye to the waters"
p great flock of sheep to-day
around this Gospel well. There
rcat many thirsty souls, won
, the ilocks Of all nations do not
so many stay thirsty; and
4 an w ddering about 1t, my
onk forth in the explanation,
We can not, until all the
pe gathered together, and till
ollythe stone from the wells
then we water the sheep"
herd Of swine come to u well
lgriE jos'le each other for the
snco; If u drove of cattle come to
, hey hook each other back
1e M ter but when the flock of
a