Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-09-11
DROVES AT THE WELL
SERMON PREACHED AT ELMIRA, N
", BY REV. Or. TALMAeE-

The Subject Rendered Appropriate by this
Fact That They Are Holding an Inter
state Fair There-Text OF the Sermon
Genesis, XIX, 8.
EIMIRA, Sept. 6-The Rev. DR.. Talmagi
preached here today to the immense multi
tude who have come to attend the New
York and Pennsylvania exposition, which
Is being held here Sept. to Sept. y 1t Il
a combined exposition Of cattle, sheep
horses and valuable stock Of all kinds from
the two states. The sermon was preached
on the fair grounds to a great audience o
farmers, hOrsemen, drovers and stocl
raisers from near and far, as well as cltl
zens from the adjacent cities. Secretary
Stanley, OF the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION of Eimira, presided. Dr. TAI
IMAGES text was Genesis xxx, 8, "An1
they said, we cannot, until all the hoeks b
gathered together, and gill they roll tn
stone from the wells mouth then VI
water the sheep"
TIKI HORSE THE KING OF BEASTS.
There are some reasons why it is appro
Driate that should accept the invitation
10 preach at this great interstate fair, ant
TO these throngs Of cOuntrymen and citl
zens-horsemen Just come from their nm
chargers, the king Of beasts, for take tn
crown from the lion aDd put it on tn
brow OF the horse, which is in every wa.
nobler-and speak to these shepherds JUS
come from their flOcks-the lord himsel
in one place called a Shepherd and in an
other place called Lamb, and all the goo'
are Sheppard preach to you cattlemel
come up from the herds, your occupation
bonored by the fact that God himsel
thinks it worthy of immortal record tina
he owns "the cattle on thousand hills
Il Is appropriate that come, because
was a farmers boy, and never saw cit.
until was nearly grown, and, having beel
horn in the country, ! never got over II
and would not dwell in cities day ii m.
work was not appointed there. My Low
n Won now. and when / get through ! viii
give Won my hand, for though have thi
summer shaken hands with perhaps fort,
Thousand people in twenty-one states 0
the Union, all the way through to Colorado
and north and south, will not conclude
INV summer vacation till ! have shaker
hands with you You old farmer on
there! How you make me think or m,
fatherl You elderly woman out there will
cap and spectaclesl How you make m
think Of my motherl
And now, while the air Of these fai
grounds is filed with the bleating o
sheep, and the neighing Of horses, and tn
lowing Of cattle, cannot find more ap
Dropriate text than the one read 1t IS
scene in Mesopotamia, beautifully pastoral
A well Of water Of great value in tina
region. The fields around about it whit
with three fiocks Of sheep lying down wait
ing for the watering. hear their bleatiqi
coming on the brighSair, and the laughte
of Young men and madens INDUCING Il
rustic repartee look of, and ] see othe
| Aocks of sheep coming. Meanwhile, Jacob
a stranger, on the interesting errand o
looking for a wife, comes to the well. !
beautiful shepherdess comes to the sam
we'll. / see her approaching, followed b
/ her fathers flock of sheep. 1t was mem
orable meeting. Jacob married that sheT
/ berdess. The Bible account Of it IS, "Jaco
kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice an
wept."
II has always been a mystery to me wha
| he found to cry about But before tina
scene occurred Jacob accOsts the sheT
herds and asks them why they postpone tn
shaking of the thirst of these sheep, an
why they did not Immediately proceed
water them. The shepherds reply TO th
effect: I'VE are all good neighbors, and q
a matter of courtesy we wait until all tn
sheep Of the neighborhood come up B,
sides that, this stone on the wells mouth
somewhat heavy, and several Of us tax
hold of it and push it aside, and then th
buckets and the troughs are filed and I'll
sheen are satisfied. We cannot, until a
the 6ocks are gathered together, and ii
they roll the stone from the wells mouth
then we water the sheep.