Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-07

cares ana anXietIes ana ne Will stretch out
his hand in pledge of his affection, while
all heaven will cry out, Behold the bride
groom cometh; 20 we out to meet him."
TIIE WELL or SALVATION
| You notice that this well Of Mesopota-
/ mia had II 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 you may obtain the
refreshment and life of this Gospel. In
| your case the impeachment is pride of heart
| You cannot bear to come to so democratic
a fountain; you do not want to come with
30 many others. 1t is to you like when
| you are dry coming to a town pump, as
compared to sitting in n parlor slipping
out of a chased chalice which has Just
been lifted from a silver salver. Not so
many publicans and sinners. You want
to get to heaven, but it must be In 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 drink
ing 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
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
dying of thirst. Give me the water of eter-
nal life, whether In trough or goblet. Give
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
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 to do
God the first wrong Seated on his lap all
these years, his everlasting arms shelter
ing you, where is your gratltudeP Where
is your morning and evening prayerH
Where are your consecrated lives? say
to you, as Daniel said to Belshazzar, "The
God in whose hand thy breath is, and all
thy way, thou hast not glorifed."
II 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 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 ell these years been
importuning your If you could sit down
five minutes under the tree Of a Saviour's
martyrdom, and feel his warm life trick
ling on your forehead and cheek and hands,
methinks you would get some appreciation
of what you owe to a crucified Jesus.
Heart of stone relent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross subdued;
Sec his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with gore Of blood.
Sinful soul, what hast thou done2
Crucifed the Eternal Son.
TAKE THE STONE FROM THE WELL
Jacob, with a good deal Of tug and push,
took the stone from the wells mouth so
that the flocks might be watered. And |
would that today my word, blessed of
God, might remove the hindrances to your
getting up to the Gospel we'll. YEA take
1t for granted that the work is done, and
now, like oriental shepherds, proceed to
water the sheep.
Come, all We thirstyi 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 sculptures, but works of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much discomfort
ed with this life as the celebrated French
author who felt that he could not any
longer endure the misfortunes of the
ba A
afternoon | shall put an end to my own
existence Meanwhile, must toll on up
to that time for the sustenance of my fam
ily." 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
DISCONTINUED. Unhappy in the past, un
happy today, to be unhappy forever, unless
you come to this Gospel well. This salts
fies the soul with high, deep, all-absorb
ing and eternal satisfaction. 1t comes and
IL offers the most unfortunate man 80
much Of this world as is best for him, and
throws all heaven into the bargain. The
wealth Of Crnsus and of all of the Roths
childs is only poor, miserable shilling
compared with the eternal fortunes that
Christ offers you today. In the far east
there was a king who used once year to
get on scales, while on the other side of
the scales were placed gold and silver and
gems; indeed, enough were placed there to
balance the king; then, at the close Of the
weighing, all those treasures were thrown
among the populace. But Christ today
steps on one side the scales, and on the
other side are all the treasures of the uni
verse and he says: "All are yours--all
height, all depth, all length, all breadth,
all eternity; all are yours" We don't a9
preciate the promises Of the Gospel.
When an aged clergyman was dying-a
man worry eminent in the church-a 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 hourf" mo" said the young man;
~ can't talk to you on this subject; you
know all about it, aud have known it so
long" "Well," said the dying man, inst
recte to me some promises" The young
man thought moment, and he came to
this promise, 1.-THE blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all SIM" and the old man
clapped his hands and In his dying mo-
ment said That's just the promise have
been waiting for The blood Of Jesus
Christ cleanseth from all SIM" Oh, the
warmth, the grandeur, the magnificence
of the promisesl
COME ALL YE TROUBLED.
Come, also, to this Gospel well, all ye
troubled. do not suppose you have es-
capped. Compare your view of this life at
fifteen years of age with what your view
of it is at forty, or sixty, or seventy. What
N rrnot contrast of oninionl Were Won