The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-10-09
JACOB AND RACHEL.
In Historical Mesopotamia DR.. Tai
mage Finds His Text,
And His Pointed Remarks Thereon Voice
tho Crying of Thirsty World.


DR.. Talmage preached on Sunday a,
Elmira, n. Y. The text was Genesis,
xxx, s. And they said, we can not
until all the flocks be gathered to-
gether, and till they roll the stone from
the wells mouth; then we water the
sheep"
There are some reasons why IL is APP
propriate that ] should accept the invi-
tation TO preach at this great interstate
fair, and u these throngs of country
men and citizens, horsemen, just come
from their fine chargers, the king of
beasts, for ] take the crown from the
lion and put it on the brow of the horse.
which is in every way nobler, and speak
to these shepherds just come from their
focks, the Lord Himself in one place
called Shepherd and in another place
called Lamb, and all the good are
sheep, and preach to you cattle men
come up from the herds, your occupa-
ton honored by the fact that God Him.
self thinks it worthy of immortal record
that He owns 1.-The cattle on a thousand
hills" 1t is appropriate that come,
because was farmers boy, and
never saw a city until I was nearly
grown, and, having been born in the
country, never got over it, and would
not dwell in cities day if my work
was not appointed there.
My love to you now, and when I get
through ! will give you my hand, for
though | have this summer shaken
hands with perhaps 10000 people in |
twenty-one states of the union all the |
way through to Colorado and north and |
south / will not conclude my summer
vacation till have shaken hands with |
you. You old farmer out there! How
you make me think of my father! You
elderly woman out there with cap and
spectacles' How you make me think
of my mother! And now while the air
of these fair grounds is filled with the
bleating Of sheep and the neighing of
horses, and the lowing of cattle ! can
not find more appropriate text than
the one ] read.
IT is scene in Mesopotamia, beauti-
fully PASTORAL A we'll 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 hear their bleating COM
ing on the night air, and the laughter {
Of young men and maidens indulging ,
In raStic repartee. look off, and see |
other foclls of sheep coming. Mean I
while, jacob stranger on the inter ,
esting errand of looking for wife, i
comes TO the well. A beautiful shep- ?
lerdcss comes to the same well. see c
her approaching, followed by her IA
hers flock of sheep. 1t was a memoir '
lble meeting. Jacob married that shep- d
lerdcss. The Bible account of it is: 0
jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his v
'oicc and wept." S
IL has always been a mystery to me +
What he found to cry about! But be- v
ore that scene occurred, Jacob accosts e
he shepherds and asks them why they h
'ostpone the shaking of the thirst of il
hese sheep, and why they did not inn Il
lediately proceed to water them. The Ii
hepherds reply to the effect: 1--WE are II
IL good neighbors, and as a matter of it
ourtesy we wait until all the sheep of h
he neighborhood come up Besides II
hat. this stone on the wells mouth is
heavy, and several of us Fl
axe hold of it and push it aside, and a
hen the buckets and the troughs are n
lied, and the sheep are satisfied. We fc
an not, until all the flocks be gathered y,
ogcther, and till they roll the stone HI
'om the wells mouth; then we water OF
ne sheep. in
oh. this is a thirsty world! Hot for q
lie head, and blistering for the feet, e'
nd parching for the tongue. The sc
orld's great want is q cool, refresh SO
lg, satisfying draught We wander h;
round and find the cistern empty. til
ong and tedious drought has dried up al
lie worlds fountains, but nearly nine e.
ZEN centuries ago a Shepherd, with a -
'ook in the shape of a cross, and feet al
1t TO the bleeding, explored the desert III
assages of this world, and one day
me across a we'll thousand feet he
,ep, bubbling and bright, and opales- Y
mt and looked to the north and the fr
nth, and the east and the west, and tn
led out with voice strong and mu- fr
cal, that rang through the ages, "1o, w
'ery one that thirsteth, come We to the fe
atersp' G.,
Now, great flock of sheep to-day ca
ither round this Gospel well. There I'll
g great many thirsty souls. Won pc
n why the fioclSs of all nations do not INV
Ither-why so many stay thirsty; and, vi,
nile am wondering about it, my text III
eaks forth in the explanation, say ch
g; I'VE can not until all the flocks ge
gathered together, and till they roll to
e stone from the wells mouth; then
water the sheep" pu