Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-09-11

ali heaven will cry out. behold the bride
groom cometh; 90 We ont to meet him."
THE WELL OF SALVATION.
You notice that this well Of Mesopotai
mia had a stone on il, which must be re
moved before the sheep could be watered,
and fluid on the well Of salvation tosiay
impediments aud obstacles. which must be
removed in order that you may Obtain the
refreshment and life Of this Gospel In
YOUR case the impedimenti is pride OF heart
You cannot bear to come to so democratic
a fountain; you do not want to come with
so many Others. It is TO you like when
Won are dry, coming to a town pump, as
compared to sitting In parlor slipping
ont of a chased chalice which has Just
been lifted from silver salver. Not so
many publicans and sinners. You want
10 get to heaven but it must be in Especial
car. with your feet on Turkish ottoman
and a 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 ten thousand
sheep have been drinking before you, You
will have 70 remove the obstacle OF pride,
or never find your way to the well. You
will have to 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, crying out; 20 Lord Jesus, am
diving Of thirst. Give me the water OF eter-
nal life, whether in trough or goblet Give
me the water Of life; ! care not IN what It
comes to me-" Away with all your hin
ORANGES Of pride from the wells mouth.
Here is another man who is kept back
from the water of life by the stone OF an
obdurate heart, which lies over the mouth
faeltnU
nDou this subject than II 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 shelter
inp Won. where is your gratltudeS Where
Is your morning and evening pTayerS
Where are your consecrated hvesf / say
TO YOU. as Daniel said to Belshazzar, The
God in whose hand thy breath is, and all
tbv way, thou hast not gloriied'
II you treated anybody AS badly as you
have treated God, you would have made
five hundred RpOlogies-yea, your whole
life would have been an apology. Three
times a day you have been seated at Gods
table Spring summer. autumn and
winter he has appropriately appareled
YOU Your health from him, your com
panion from him, your children from him,
YOUR home from him. All the bright sur
roundings Of your life from him. Oh, man.
what dost thou with that hard hearth
Canst thou not feel one throb OF gratitude
toward the God who made you, and the
Christ who came to redeem you, and the
HOLY Ghost who has all these years been
importuning your If you could sit down
Ave minutes under the tree Of a Saviour's
martvrdom. and feel his warm life trick
ling on your forehead and cheek and hands.
metbinks you would get some appreciation
of what you owe to u crucified Jesus.
Heart of stone, relent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross subdued;
See his body, mangled. rent
Covered with gore Of blood.
Sinful soul, what Aast thou done!
Cruciled the Eternal Son.
TAKE THE sToNE From THE WELL
Jacob. with good deal Of tug and push,
! took the stone from the wells mouth SO
I that the Gocks might be watered. And
| would that today my word, blessed OF
/ God, might remove the hindrances to your
getting up to the Gospel well. Yea, take
/ Il for granted that the work is done and
now, like oriental shepherds, ] proceed to
/ water the sheep.
Come, all We thirsty You have an unde,
fined 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 scuIDtures. but works Of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much dlscontenE
ed with this life as the celebrated French
author who felt that he could not any
longer endure the misfOrtunes Of tht
world. and who said: AT 4 o'clock this
afternoon / shall put an end to my owl
existence Meanwhile, ! must toll on ~
TO that time for the sustenance Of my fam
ilv." And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck 4, when he folded up his man
uscript and, by his own hand, concluded
his earthly life.
There are men here who are perfectly
disconnected. Unhappy in the past, IN
happy today, to be unhappy forever, unless
YOU come to this Gospel well. This salts
fies the soul with high, deep, all-absorb
int, and eternal satisfaction. It comes ant
il offers the most unfortunate man 81
much Of this world as is best for him, ant
throws all heaven into the bargain. Tit
wealth of Cruasus and Of all Of the Roths
ehilds is only a poor, miserable shilIn;
compared with the eternal fortunes tina
Christ offers you today. In the far cas-
there was a king who used once year Il
get on a scales, while on the other side
the scales were placed gold and silver an'
gems: indeed. enough were placed there L
balance the king: then, at the close Of tn
weighing, all those treasures were thrown
among the ponllace But Christ toda.
stems on one side the scales, and on tn
other side are all the treasures Of the uni
verse. and be says; "All are yours-al
height. all deuth, all length, all breadth
nll eternity; all are yours" We don't ar
preciafe the promises Of the Gospel.
When an aged clergyman was dying
man very eminent in the church-a youni
theological student stood by his side an'
tbe aged man looked up and said TO him
HCan't YOU give me some comfort III m
dving hour9" "No,n said the young man
d can't talk to you on this subject; yol
know all about it, and have known II
lonq." WELL" said the dying man, Jus
recife IN me some promises. :" The youn
man Thought a moment, and he came I
This promise. 1.-The blood Of Jesus Chris
cIesnsetb from all sin;, and the old ma
claoped his hands and in his dying nc
meut said. 'sThat's just the promise ] hav
mem waiting for. The blnod Of Jesu
Christ cleanseth from all sim Oh, tn
warmth. the grandeur. the magnlheene
If the promises!
cOME ALL YE TROUBLED.
Come, also, 70 this Gospel well, All y
troubled. do not suppose you have e
caped. Compare your view Of this lie
! fifteen years Of age with what your we
Of it is at forty, or sixty, Orseventy Wh'
great contrast Of opinion Were 70
right then. or are you right nows fw
! cups placed 10 Your hands, the one swe
e Gun, the ofiser sour cup. A cup OF j
! and cup Of grief Which has been +
] nearest to being full and out OF VIM
E have sou the more frequently partake
E What a different place the cemetery
0 from what it used TO bel Once it was
o you. a grand city improvement, and y
. went ont on the pleasure excursion a.
e ran laughing up the mound, and you crl
S cised in light way the epitaph.
: But since the day when you heard |.
+ bell toll at the gate AS you went IN vi
i the procession, it is sad place, and th'
9 is a flood Of rushing memories that sum
e the eye and overmaster the heart. {
d YOU have had trouble, trouble, troub
!, God only knows how much you have ~
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