Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-09-17

put out the burning thirst Of the fourteen
hundred million OF the race. Do not let
the church by a spirit Of exelusiveness
keep the world out. Let down all the bars,
swing open all the gates. scatter all the In
yitations, "Whosoever will. let him come"
Come. white and black. Come. red men
of the forest. Come. I.aplander. out Of the
snow. Come, P~atagonian. out Of the heat
Come in furs. Come, painting under palm
leaves. Come one. Come all. Come DOW.
AS at this well Of Mesopotamia Jacob and
Rachel were betrothed, so now. at this wei!
of salvation Christ our Shepherd will meet
you coming up with our long iocks Of
cares and anxieties. and he will stretch out
his band in pledge OF his affection. while
all heaven will cry out. Behold the bride
groom cometh: 20 ye ont TO meet him"
THE WELL OF SALVATION.
You notice that this we'll Of M~esopota-
mia had a stone on il. which must be re-
moved before the sheep could be watered;
and | find on the well Of salvation today
impediments and obstacles. which must be
removed in order that yoa may obtain the
refreshment and life OF this Gospel. In
your case the impediment 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 70 You like when
you are dry. coming 10 a town pump, as
compared to sitting in a parlor slipping
out Of a chased chalice which has just
been lifted from a silver salver. Not so
many publicans and sinners. You want
10 get TO heaven, but II 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 10 be in company with
rustic Jacob and Rachel, and 10 be drink.
ing out OF the fountain where ten thousand
sheep nave been drinking before you. You
will ave to remove the obstacle Of pride,
or never End your way to the we'll. You
will nave TO come as we came, willing 10
take the water OF eternal life In any way
and ut any hand, and in any kind OF
pitcher, crying out; 20 Lord Jesus, ! am
dying 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 il
m 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
OF the we'll You have no more feeling
upon this subject than II God had yet TO
do you the first kindness, or you had 70 do
God the first wrong Seated on his lap all
these years, bis everlasting arms shelter
ing you. where is your gratitude' Where
is your morning and evening prayeri
Where are your consecrated livesf ! SAY
to you. as Daniel said to Belshazzar. 'The
God In whose hand thy breath IS, and all
thy way. thou hast not glorihed.n
II you treated anybody as badly as you
have treated God. you would have made
five hundred apologies-yea. YOU whole
would have been an apology. Three
times a day you have been seated ut Gods
Spring. summer. autumn and
he has appropriately appareled
you. Your health from him, your com
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
.anst 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 youf II you could sit down
minutes under the tree Of a Sayiour's
nartyrdom, and feel his warm life trick
ing on your forehead and cheek and hands,
nethinks you would get some appreciation
what you W. 70 a crucifed Jesus.
Heart Of stone. relent, relent.
Touched by Jesus cross snbdned.
See his body. maugled. rent,
Covered with a gore Of blood.
Sinful soul. what hast thou done7
Crucihed the Eternal Son.
TAKE THE Ton FROM THE WELL
Jacob, with a good deal OF tug and push,
iook the stone from the Wells mouth, so
hat the hocks might be watered. And l
would that today my word. blessed Of
sod, might remove the ~hindrances to your
up to the Gospel well. Yea, I take
{ for granted that the work IS done. and
like oriental shepherds. / proceed 70
water the sheep.
Come, all ye thirsty You have an unde-
longing in your soul. You tried
money making; that did not satisfy you. ,
lou tried Office under government: that
lid not satisfy you. You tried pictures
nd sculptures. but works Of art did not
you. You are as much discomfort
d with this life as the celebrated French
uthor who felt that be could not any
endure the misfortunes OF the
gorld. and who saidi AT I o'clock this
fternoon | shall put an end to my own
xistence. Meanwhile, | must toll on up
o that time for the OF my fam
And he wrote on his book until the
struck I, when he folded up his man.
script aud, by his own hand. concluded
is earthly life.
There are men here who are perfectly
iscontented. Unhappy in the past. I'M
Apply today, to be unhappy forever, unless
gu come to this Gospel wen. This salts
IS the soul with a high, deep, all-absorb
and eternal satisfaction. It comes and
offers the most unfortunate man so
luch OF this world as is best for him, and
hrows all heaven into the bargain. The
Of Cresus and Of all Of the Roths-
bids is only a poor, miserable shilling
Ompared with the eternal fortunes that
offers you today. In the far east
here was a king who used once a year to
ct on a scales. while on the other side of
scales were placed gold and silver and
ems; indeed, enough were placed there TO
alance the king; then, at the close Of the
'eighing, all those reasur We're thrown
mong the populace. But Christ today
cps on one side the scales, and on the
side are all the treasures of the uni
erse, and he says: "All are yoars-all