Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-09-26
REV. DIR. TALMAG +
The Brooklvn DivincS
SUNDAY Sermon.

oil the focks ty ootie1e1 together. ard till
they roll the stoay from thp mstfs mouth,
the" ~ lcoter the shesp -trenesls xxx, ;.
There are some reasons why Il is appro-
pirate that | should accept tae invitation &c
preach al thIs great Interstate fair. AMI 10
these tLrDngs Of countrvuei and riti1sn<-
hofSenen iusr ZONE iron tleir tine cLarZ-
~. the King Of teasEs 81 ! take the crowd
from the !idn AMI paf i on tie bro" Of tie
horse when j. il eyer. NAY not.ef1. ana
peak 10 these -nepG-rJs Just come from
fteir focn, the Lord Himself III ole place
called a Shepherd ald il another place
called Il Lamb. aLii al the cooi are sheepf.
end preach - ypu ritfit-!n+n come up from
the birds, vcn. o@a3pau0n nunore1 by the
fact. that tiol Himself tninA, IL worthy %
immortal recnrl that He o"si. 'tne cartia on
a thousand hills II j. appropriate
thar ] come because | was a far
MRS boy, ana never saw u city until
| was nearly grown. and having been
torn IN the countr. / never got over il,
ana would 10, a"ell ln.citisS q dav il nay
work was not APPOINTED there. Ny love
TO you now aud zwhen | get through !
will give sou my hand. for though | nave
this summer Shaken hands with perhaps
forty thousand people IN twenty-one
States Of the Union all the way through
to Colorado and North aud Soutl | will not
onclude my summer }Aetiion TIL | have
-hasen hands with you. You old farmer
out there. How you make NE think Of my
father! You %eiier.s woman ont there
with cap and spectac,e- How YOU make
ne think II my mother! And nov
while the air Of these fairgrounds
Is filled with the bleating " sheep, and the
neighing II horses, ana tue loving Of cattle.
| cannot find d more appropriate text
than the one I read. II is a scene
In Mesopotamla, beautifully pastoral. A
well OF water Of great value III thai
region. lie fields around about il white
with three focks q Sheep living down
waiting for the watering. ! near their
J. eating coming On the fright air, and
the laughter Of Young Eel and maideus
lndulging III riolI. rapar{ee / looA OF,
and ! see other iiocIs OF sheep coming.
Meanwhile, Jacob, Il stranger, Ola the III
t~eresting errand OF boxing for d wife,
comes 10 the wei A beautiful shepherd
ea> comes to tue same well. | see hei APP
preaching, followed Nv her fathers flock OF
sheep. II was a memorable meeting. Jacob
married that snepLrrtie>s. Tie Bible account
o. 1t i: jacob Kissed Rachel. and lifted up
his voice and wept 1t has always been a
mystery to lie what he found to cry
about But before that scene occur
REQ, jacob acco>to the shepherds ana
asks them why they postpone the siaisln,
OF the thirst of these sheep, aud why they
did not Immediately proceed to water
them. The shepherds reply 10 the effect
We are all good neighbor-, and as a mat
ter OF courtesy we wait until all the sheep
Of the neighhorhood come up. Besides
that. JIls stone on the wells mouth Is
somewhat heavy, and several Of Us take hold
of it and push i asise. aud then the buckets
and the troughs are filled, and the sheep are
satisfied. We cannot, uutil all tue fiocks be
gathered together. aud till they roll the stone
from the wells mouth; then we water the
sheep.
Oa, this is a thirsty world, Hot tor the
head. and blistering Tor the feet. and
parching Tor the tongue. The worlds
great want is u cool. refreshing, satisfying
draught. We wander abound and find
the cistern empty. Long ami tedious
drought has dried up the worlds fount-
aims, but nearly nineteen centuries ago
u Shepherd, with crook i'll the shape
OF Il cro,s, and feet cut 10 the bleeding, ex-
plorcd tie desert passages Of this world, and
one day came across d we'll a thousand feet
deer, bubbling and bright, and opalescent.
and looked to the north. aud tue south, and
the east aud the west, and cried out with a
Voice strong and musical that rang through
the ages. "Ho. every one that thlrstett,
come We TO the waters
Now a great flock of sheep today gathered
around this Gospel we'll. There are a great
many tnirsty souls. | wonder Why the
fiocks of all nations do not gather-why SO
many stay thirsty: and while l am wonder.
ing about it, my text breaks forth IN the ex-
planation, saving " cannot. until all the
fiocks be gathered together, and till they
1otI the stone from iue WellS luOuCu, Iuen
We water the sheep.
II d herd OF swine come 10 u We'll they
angriiy iostle eacn other tor tue precedence
) 1T It drove OF cattle come to a well, they hool
/, each other back from the water; but Whei
the tloCk OF sheep cunIe. though d hundred
OF them sIa!l De appointed they oni
q express it by sad b.earing, they come &c
getnsr peacefully. we want a great mu
tltute tocotle arounl the Gospel we'll.
know there are those wLo DO not like ii crow,
they think ii crowds is vulgar Ii they ar
opprrSss / Ior room IN church 1t makes then
positively impatient and belllgerent. Not 5
a did these Oriental shepherds They waite
4 nnul all the Jocks We're together. ana tn
1 more rochS that cams, the better they like
y. And $" We ought to bs anxio'
: that all the peop!e should com
! 90 out INTO tile highways and tt
I iedges ana eoDp-l them to CON
IN 60 = the rIcu AMI tell them they al
l~nnlgent without the Gospel of Jesus. &
to tue poor and tell tay.n the aftiusnee the,
: IS in Christ. Go to the blind and tell ther
OF the touch tLat gives eternal illumination
TO to the lame and tell them of the JOY tha
Will MAKE the lame mar leap like
= hart. Gather all the sheep of Of all til
mountains. None - torn OF tfle dogs, non
/. 50 SICK. noue 50 worried. none 50 dying, as [
be omlttei When the fall elections COM
the whole land IS secured FOR voters, and if
; inau Is too weak or sick to walk to IA
: t0iS- u NtiiitHt il sent ICf MIN. bit
J. when tie question X whether Christ o
5 tue devil shall rule this world, how fe'
there are 10 come out and seek the sick. an
: the lost, and the sutf sr,ng. and the beref
and the lame. and induce their suffrages fc
fhe Lord Jesus. Why not gather a grea
flock All America i'll "A tiock; all ia
world III a tiock This well of th
. Gosaoei. : deep enough 10 put Out the burr
+, ing thirst OF tue fourteen hundred miliiu
vi ;.e race. DO not lei the church by
+ splr.- q exc,u>lyenesS keep the world gu
IT Gown ai Ing lars. swing open all I'll
gates, scatter ali the invitations: "Whost
-Ntf Viii. let hltH come Come, white an
lsark Cone, ret men OF the forest. Com,
t-aplauler. our 81 the SNOW. Come, Pat.
eoa'Gn. out 81 the heat. Come in Iur.
ootne painting under palm leaves. Con
III ONE al. Come DOW. As az til
well OF Ie>opotamia, Jacob and II
90! We're hetrothed, so-now. al this we'll
: >tFauoa Christ our Shepherd Will meet vo
.ttlng up With Your long focks OF cares al
stA.tiA2>, and He will stretch out His han
"a. -lSe Of His affection. while all heave
y VIII ~ III Behold the bridegroom
; GnfuttN. 90 W cil- =, D,-4. HIM :"