The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-09-10
SERMON TO FARMERS.
DR.. Talmage Addresses the Apri-
culturists.
The Multitude Invited to Drink at the
Gospel Well-AH Classes Welcomed
Glorious Offering of Christ
Healing Worldly Sorrows.

III II Is hcV. a. lie Witt Tai
mage took his text from Genesis Ssix
p: And they said, we cannot unttl Al
Inc hooks be gathered together, and Til
they roll the stone from the well',
mouth; then we water the sheen.
A1ter abiding to his early training Oh
tne farm and the. appropriateness of al.
addressing an assembly Of farmers and
stock raisers, pr. Talmage said:
Ano now while the air of these fair
grounds IS filled with the bleatinr Of
sheap, and the neighing of horses. an
lie lowing Of cattle, cannot ind a
more appropriate text than the one /
read. 1t is a scene In Mesopotamia
beautifully pastoral A well Of water Of
great value in that region. The fields
around about it white with three flocks
Of sheep lying down waiting for the
watering look off, and See other
hooks Of sheep coming Mean
while Jacob, stranger. IN
1he interesting GRAND of lnoltinr-
ing for wife, comes to the we'll. a
beautiful shepherdess comes to thu
same well. | see her approaching, fol-
lowed by her fathers dock of sheen
1t was e memorable meeting. Jacob
married that shephcrdess. The Rible
account Of it is; "Jacob kissed Rachel
ana llfted up his voice and went" #
has always been a mystery to me what
ne louno to cry about! But before that
scene occurred, Jacob accosts the
shepherds and asks them WIN thev
postpone the shaking of the thirst IL
1lese sheep' and why they did not i'm
nneulatelv proceed to water them. The
shepherds reply to the effect. .sWe ara
AL good neighbors, and as matter of
courtesy we wait until all the sheen If
Ine nelghhorhoOd come up. Besides |
ohaC tnls stone on the wells mouth il
somewhat heavy, and several of Us
.ake hold Of it and push it aside. and
Cnen Sne buckets and the trouphs are
nliei, and the sheep are satisfied Wa
cannot, until all the fiocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stona
from the wells mouth; then We water
the sheep"
v this is thirsty worldl Hot for
the head, and blisterinp for thu fat
ana parching for the tonrue Tha
worlds great want is a cool. refrasbinr
satisfying draEght we wander around
anu hts me cistern empty Long and
seulous drought has dried up the worlds
fountains, butnearly nineteen centuries
ago shepherd, with a crook in the I,
snaps o1 cross, and feet cut to bleed J
~ explored the desert passages Of !.
In-s world, and one day came across \
W. a Thousand feet deep, bubbling
anu bright and opalescent and looked
70 the north, md the south, and the EAST
ms me west, and cried out with a voice 4
strong and musical that rang through J
tne ages: "Ho, evere one that thirsteth !
cOne We to the waters!"
NOW q great flock Of sheep TODAY I
gamer around this gospel well. There I
area great many thirsty souls. | Won !
ger why the flocks Of all nations do Mt I
SO many stay thirstv-and 4
whlle 4 am wondering about it nv text j
Dreaks forth'ln the explanation, saving: II
We cannot until all the focks be n
sathered together, and till they roll the i
'eonc from the wells mouth; then We !.
water the sheep"
II herd of swine come To wall II
'ney angrily jostle each other for the I.
precedence; if drove Of cattle come Fl Il
2 well, they hook each other back u
lofA the water, but when the flock IF u
Tsp come, though hundred Of them Il,
hall pc disappointed, they only ex- III
ress it by sad bleating, they come -
ogether peacefully. We want GREAT ID
to come around the rosnel N
'elL know there are those who III III
Of like crowd-they think 4 crowd ~
suigar' they are oppressed for NJ
'om IA church it makes them posi- IL
velY impatient and belligercnt Not IL
uld these oriental shepherds. They III.
alted until all the flocks were gath II
'ed, and the more hocks that came. II,
le better they liked it, And 50 VIZ III
lght TO be anxious that all the peonle e-
lould come liz Y
70 out into the highways and the tro
EDGES and compel them to come n. esc
70 the rich and tell them they arc life
ulgent without the gospel Of Jesus. you
to the poor and tell them the aflu- sew
Se mere II ia christ Go to the blind OPT
% tell them Of the touch that gives YOU
s,na, illumination. Go to the lame you
y tell them Of the joy that will make 9TH
lame man leap like hart Gather cur
the sheep off of all the mountains. est
'ne 50 torn Of the dogs, none SO sick. YOU
ne 50 worried. none SO diving, AZ III IF
omitted. When the fall elections sort
me the whole land is secured for coul
ters, and if man is too weak or sick man
walk to the polls, carriage is sent ton
him; bnt when the question II Won
ether Christ or the devil shall rule agai
world, how few there are to come man
and seek thessiclz, and the lost, and thin
suffering, and the bereft, and the / al
le, and induce their suffrages for the back
n Jesus. Why not gather a great depa
X? All America in q flock; all the Won
rid IN flock. This well Of the COS biltv
y deep enough to put out the burn reair
thirst OF the fourteen hundred mil do |,
Is q the race Do not let the church. thou
spirit Of exclusiveness, keep the "Cor
'id out Let down all the bars. reasr
ne open all the gates, scatter all the from
ltations: 'Whosoever will, let him Won
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