Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

word, meaning tired out or spent IL Is
translated toiled at Luke 8; 8, and labored
at John 4: 3s.-Thus, 1. e.. thus wearied.
His attitude perhaps suggesting wearl-
ness.--On the we'll. At It's edge. the we'll
curb.--The sixth hour. III we adopt the
Roman time card and say this was SIX
o'clock p. M. ought wc not then to say that
"the tenth hours OF John L: 30 was, accord
ing TO the same notation, ten a. M?
A woman. One of the customs OF the day
and place TO draw water Or dip, from
antics a sink. The same word used con-
corning the water, made wine. at Cana OF
Galilee. John q 8.
For his disciples wer, gone. Hence no
one to draw for him.-To buy meat From
the word for market-place. So. then. the
Jews, after all, did have some sort OF deal
ings with the samaritans. Some OF our
Lords disciples. as. have not yet return
ed from their marketing tour.
Answered. He was waiting for such an
opportunity.-The gift of God. Or. the
free gift !. e., grace.-Thou wouldst have
asked. The thou is emphatic.-Living
water. An expressive phrase, water. liv-
Ing. Is Il running water, water that keeps
on in it's supply? CT springing up ofSv. ~.
Nothing TO draw with. The word antlos
OF v. We'll. Not the same as In v. 6.
where spring Is referred to. Here IL
means cistern or pit.-That living water.
Or the living water. just spoken of.
WV s.I,u -
Jesus answered. AS IL to reply 10 her
query. Yes, for here you thirst again
Whosoever. Better, every one that. as In
Variations.
Never thirst. Not thirst into the eterni-
ties (eis ton aiona). Shall be. or shall be-
come.--A we'll, l. G., fountain, as In W O.
not as In v. 11.--springing up Pictorial
expression. Leaping up. Same word used
OF the lame man who leaped at Acts 3: 8.
Everlasting life. Same word AS In the
opening clause OF the verse (anevern) 1. e.,
aionios.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Wearied with his journey. Jesus was
tired Thus. also. was he touched with
feeling of our infrmities. These feet of
uur 10 the thorn and the sharp stone;
that brow not easily bore the fierce heat OF
the eastern suns He was weary and worn,
| want to apprehend 1t clearly that 1 may
get the lesson right. He was just as tired
as would have been. possibly more so, IL
had Travelled afoot the miles that stretched
between Jerusalem and SychaE 1 can see
him resting there just moment ere other
feet drew near. tired, hungry, thirsty. This
earth was his. for he made IL. The cattle
OF tho hills, the fountains, and springs. all
MS, ana ne IN wan~ Tnis ne ala FOR rse.s-r-
"Thou didst leave thy home and thy kingly
crown
When thou earnest to earth for me,
But In Bcthlehem's home there was found
no room
For thy holy nativity.
@Foxes have their rest and the birds have
their nests
In the shade OF the cedar tree,
But thy couch was the sod. o, thou Son of
God,
In the deserts of Galilee.n
Give me 10 drink. Thus may 1 learn TO
make virtue out of a necessity. Dr. Cor
don happily renders the opaque Biblical
expression AIN season out of season." I'M
seasonably In season, !. e., making an op-
portunity out OF that which seemed mop
perfume. Christ was tired, but not too
tired to speak good word. We sometimes
excuse ourselves by saying, al was too tired
to do or say anything Dear friend, do
you not know that the best things that have
pcen done in this world have been done by
reached the ttrsu pbTntsp <tEfr wenN,nrRnR has
are thoroughly rested the good work will
never be done. Let us do as did Christ
He made his very weakness an occasion, he
utilized his earthly wants. he rested TO the
glory OF God and met this needy woman.
Thirsty, he asked drink and made IL the
occasion for one OF the sweetest sermons OF
help and comfort In all the sacred page
Lord, make my inhrmities occasions for
good. May be tired to rest some one else;
may my thirst lead to the opening of FUN
tains In other arid souls.
How Is IL that thou. being Jew? 1t Is
the worlds wondering query still. But
their Sthou" is too small They shall never
understand 1t until they shall know that
Christ was more than q Jew. The saying
was that jew would not tell Samaritan
the way IL lost nor give him a drink of
water IL thirsty. This was not Jesus He
found a Sam rltan who had lost her way to
the spring. and Jew though he was by line
age, he must pause to set her right He
saw woman thirsty Tor everlasting foun-
tains, and he dipped cup full in the in
efabe refreshing and held IL to her lips
This man was more than man; he was
God. His feet might be on earth but his
abode was in the heavenlies In that
serene elevation all earthly distinc-
tions were obIiteratei. Even as we climb
at times some mountains brow, and see the
uncouth hedges and fences that hug the
s earth dsaPp ear and an Inns styeteh 0gt
dwelt too high for the petty dcmarkations
that vex and mar the clay. Oh. for Gods
vision of things To fit us for Gods work.
Living water That is better than the
boasted water Of Lourdes. however high
they pile their cast-away crutches-helps
that ought possibly to have been put away
long Eefore-around about IL. IL is better |
than the fountain OF perpetual youth for |
which poor Ponce de Leon sought, and |
sought vainly, and to his loss. Or rather IL |
is that fountain. Youth is here, youth |
that renews itself as the eagle. that runs |
and ls not weary, because IL has meat to |
eat that men know not Of that walks and |
does not faint. because IL laves Its brow in |
the waters OF eternity. Living water Is the |
word, not dying. The latter was the kind |
poor, misled Constantine thought to find |
waiting till death for the waters of conse- |
Grafton. Christ brings US n refreshing that |
is 10 be to-day enjoyed. 1t springs up here |
and now into everlasting life o! that all |
life might be refreshed OF IL. Educational |
life, industrial life, social life. God means |
that eternal life that Is in his Son to flow |
like q river right down by our schools OF |
learning and marts OF trade, and TO water |
all the homes of the land
In spirit and In TRUTH Then 1 can wor- |
ship him anywhere, any time, ain spiritr |
spiritual worship; ain truths--sincere /
worship. II Gods spirit be with me and |
my spirit be with God. there il Gods tenn
pie, there Is true worship. need no |
cathedral. I need no pulpit; 1 need only /
God, and him have sBrother. what do |
you get out of this passagefn Ny friend /
looked up out OF his bed of sickness and |
there was strength In his eyes II not I'm his /
voice as he murmured. 1.-TWO worlds. not /
far apart" No, indeed. Spirit and truth /
are the two spans OF the bridge on which /
We cross Yea, I'm the spirit we even now
anticipate the glorles of heaven, and ia /
truth We enter Into its songs and rejoiciDgs. 1
What else Is worship than thisf-to enjoy /
God here aud now.