Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-07
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the forest Come, Laplander, out OF
the snow Come, Patagonian, out of
the heat Come in furs. Come pant
ing under palm leaves. Come one
Come all Come now. As at this well
| OF MesOpotamia Jacob and Rachel were
betrothed SO now, at this we'll of sal
walton, Christ our shepherd will meet
you coming up with your long fiocks
of cares and anxieties, and he will
stretch out his hand in pledge of his
affection, while all heaven will cry out,
"Behold the bridegroom coIneth; go ye
out to meet him. "
IMPLEMENTS MUST BE REMOVED.
You notice that this well of Mesopo-
tamia had a stone on it, which must be
removed before the sheep could be
watered and | find on the we'll of sal
walton today impediments and obstacles
which must be removed in order that
you may obtain the refreshment and
life of this Gospel. In your case the i'm
| pediment is pride of heart. You can
not bear to come to SO democratic
| fountain; you do not want to come
with SO many others. 1t is to you like,
when you are dry, coming to a town
pump, as compared to sitting in a par
| lor slipping out of chased chalice which
| has Just been lifted from IA silver salver.
| Not SO many publicans and sinners.
You want to get to heaven, but it must
be in a special car, with your feet on a
| 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 drinking out of the fountain where
| ten thousand sheep have been drinking
before you. You will have to remove
| the obstacle of pride or never find your
way to the we'll 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, l am dying
of thirst. Give me the water of eternal
life, whether in trough or goblet; give
me the water of life | care not in
what it comes to me-" Away with all
your hindrances of pride from the wells
mouth.
Here is another man who is kept
back from this water of life by the
SlOu0 Oh I'LL OOQUIdG0 Wl11CI AlSS
over the mouth of the well. You have
no more feeling upon this subject than
| if God had yet to do you the first kind
ness, or you had to do God the first
wrong, Seated on his lap all these
| years, his everlasting arms sheltering
you, where is your gratitude? Where
is your morning and evening prayer?
Where are your consecrated lives? l
say to you, as Daniel said to Belshaz-
Ear, THE God in whose hand thy
| breath is, and all thy way, thou hast
| not glOrified."
If you treated anybody as badly as
you have treated God you would have
made five hundred apologies-yea, your
whole life would have been an apology.
Three times a day you have been seated
| at Gods table. Spring, summer, au-
tumn and winter he has appropriately
appareled you. Your health from him,
your companion from him, your chill
dren from him, your home from him.
All the bright surroundings of your life
from him. 0 mani 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 i'm
portuning you? If you could sit down
five minutes under the tree of a Saw
iour's martyrdom, and feel his warm
life trickling on your forehead and
cheek and hands, methinks you would
get some appreciation of what you owe
10 crucified Jesus.
Heart of stone, reIent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross subdued;
See his body. mangled. rent,
Covered with a gore of blood
Sinful soul. what hast thou done?
Crucifed the Eternal Son.
Jacob with q good deal of tug and
push took the stone from the wells
mouth, so that the flocks might be wa
iered And | would that today my
word, blessed of God, might remove
the hindrances to your getting up to
the Gospel we'll. Yea, l take it for
granted that the work is done, and now
like oriental shepherds. I proceed to
water the sheep.
COME, ALL YE THIRSTY.
Come, all ye thirsty You have an
underlined longing in your soul. You
tried money making; that did not sat
isfy you You tried Office under gov
eminent; that did not satisfy you. You
tried pictures and sculptures, but works
of art did not satisfy you You are as
much Disconnected with this life as the
celebrated French author who felt that
be could not any longer endure the
misfortunes of the world, and who
said: ''At four o'clock this afternoon
shall put an end to my own existence.
Meanwhile, l must toll on up to that
time for the sustenance of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck four when he folded up
his manuscript, and, by his own hand,
concluded his earthly life
There are men here who are perfect
Iy discontinued. Unhappy in the past,
unhappy today, to be unhappy forever,
unless you come to the Gospel well.
This satisfies the soul with high, deep,
all absorbing and eternal satisfaction.
1t comes and it offers the most unfortu-
nate man so much of this world as is
best for him, and throws all heaven
into the bargain. The wealth of
Cresus and of all the Rothschilds is
only a poor, miserable shilling COM
pared with the eternal fortunes that
Christ offers you today.
In the far east there was a king who
used once a year to get on a scales,
while on the other side the scales were
placed gold and silver and gems; in
deed, enough were placed there to bal
ance the king; then, at the close of
the weighing, all these treasures were
thrown among the popnlace. But
Christ today steps on one side the
scales, and on the other side are all the
treasures of the universe, and he says,
''A1 are yours-au height all depth,
all length, all breadth, all eternity; all
are yours" We don't appreciate the
promises of the Gospel.
When an aged clergyman was dying
"a man very eminent in the church
young theological student stood by
his side, and the aged man looked up
and said to him, Cant you give me
some comfort in my dying hour?''
NO." said the young man; 81 can't