The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-18
RaIMaGE'S SERMON.
Thirsty Soule Can BE Satisfied
at the Gospel Well.
An Tongues, an Nations All Peoples In
vftedto Brink-stones of Pride and OBJ
duxacy Must First be Rolled Away
-Ohrist,s Glories Unoounded.

DR.. Tarmage preached at the
New YORK; and Pennsylvania
exposition on the fair grounds
at Elrnirs, N. Y. last Sunday to g
great audience OF farmers, horsemen,
drovers and stock raisers from near
and far as we'll as citizens from the ad.
iacent cities. Secretary Stanley of the
Young Mems Christian association Of
Eimira, presided. DIR. Talmage's text
was Genesis xxx. s: "And they said,
we can not, until all the fccks be gath.
cred together, and till they roll the
stone from the wells mouth; then We
water the sheep"
There are some reasons why it is APP
propriate that should accept the invi-
tation to preach at this great interstate
fair, and 70 these throngs of country
men and citizens, horsemea just come
from their fine chargers, the king OF
beasts, for / take the crown from the
lion and pat ft.on the brow of the horse,
which IL in every way nobler. and
speak to these shepherds just come
from their focks, the Lord Himself in
one place called q Shepherd, and In an
other place called q Lamb, and all the
good are sheep, and preach to the cat
tlemen come up fren the herds, your
occupation honored BY the fact that
God himself thinks It worthy of imnor-
tai record that he owns "the cattle on a
thousand hills." 1t is appropriate that
come because I was a farmers boy,
and never saw any city until was near
Iy grown, and having been born in the
country never got over ii, and would
not dwell in cities day If my work was
net appointed there. Ny leFe to you
now, and when 1 get through Twill give
yos my hand, for though have this
summer shaken hands with perhaps for
ty thousand people in twenty-one states
Of the Union all the way through to
Colorado and north and south I viii Rot
conclude my summer vacation till I
have shaken hands with you
You old farmer out there! How yeu
make me think OF my father! You ell
DERBY women out there with cap and
spectaclesl How you make me think of
my mother.
And now while the air OF these fair
grounds is filled with the bleating of
sheep. and the nsighing OF horses, and
the lowing Of cattle, can not find
more appropriate text than the one l
read. Il is a scAne in Mesopotamia,
beautifully pastoral. A well Of water
of great value in that region. The
fields round about it white with three
hocks OF sheep lying down waiting for
the watering. I hear their bleating
coming on the bright air, and the
laughter Of the young men and tnaidens
INDUCING in rustic reparee. / look of,
and see other 1ocks Of sheep coming.
Meanwhile Jacob. a stranger. on the
interesting errsnd Of looking for wife,
comes to the well. A beautiful shep-
herdess comes to the same well. |
see her approaching, followed by her
fathers flock of sheep. 1t was mem
orable meeting. Jacob married that
The bible account OF it
is: Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up
his voice and wept" 1t has always 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 10 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 filled, and the sheep are satisfied. |
we can not, until all the focks be gath /
cred together, and till they roll the |
stone from the wells mouth; then we |
water the sheep"
o, this is a thurstv world! Hot for |
he head, blistering for the feet and
parching for the tongue. The worlds
treat want is cool, refreshing, salts
wing dranght. We wander around and
ind the cistern empty. Long and
tedious drought has dried up the worlds
but nearly nineteen centuries /
ago, a Shepherd, with a crook in the
shape of cross, and feet cut to the
bleeding, explored the desert passages
Of this world, and one day came across
/ well thousand feet deep, bubbling
Ind bright, and opalescent, and looked
% the north. and the south, and the
EAST, and the west, and cried out with a
7oice sstrong and musical that rang
through the ages: "Ho, every one that
come We to the watersi"
Now a great flock OF sheep to-day
gather around this gospel we'll There
ire a great many thirsty souls. l won
Ter why the focks OF all nations do not
50 many stay thirsty-and
: lille I am wondering about it my text
breaks forth in the explanation, saving:
I'VE can not until all the focks be
gathered together, and till they roll
he stone from the wells mouth; then
re water the sheep"
Go out into the highways and the
hedges and compel them to come in. Go
20 the rich and tell them they are indi-
rent without the gospel Of Jesus. Go
@ the poor and tell them the affluence
here is in Christ Go to the blind and
ell them of the touch that gives eter-
,al illumination. Go to the lame and
ell them OF the Joy that will make the
anne man leap like hart Gather all
he sheep of Of all the mountains
None so torn of the dogs, none so sick,
lone 90 worried, none so dying, as to be
,nitted. When the fall elections come .
he whole land is secured for voters,
md il a man is too weak or sick to walk
o the polls, q carriage Is sent for him;
,ut when the question is whether
Christ or the devil shall rule this world,
low few there are to come out and seek
he sick, and the lost, snd the suffering,
md the bereft, and the lame, and in |
luce their SURFACES for the Lord Jesus.
Vhy not gather q great flock? All ]
America in flock; all the world in a
lock. This well OF the gospel is deep
.nough to put out the burning thirst of {
ourteen millions OF the race. Do not
ct the church. BY aspirit of exclusive
less, keep the world out