Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

What Jesus teaches us at His rest
times; or, In other words. How Christ
rested this is the lesson for this week.
and Is found In John 4: Y-26. Jesus at
Jacob we'll Some OF US, who call our
sci es disciples and apostles, have
been resting for q season. Is tpere any
regret a. we look back on the we'll
curb, opportunities that have Teen
granted? Has it been meat and drink
after all, was there anything more re-
lreshing than the priv lege, haply
ours, OF saying that kind word one day,
OF doing that kind deed? May the
Lori teach us here again His own So
cret OF refreshing!
"Sir, thou hast nothing to draw
with. An instance of the worlds slow
apprehension. She was thinking Of
the natural well. Christ does not leave
her or even rebuke her. He rather
seizes upon the thought, taking the
natural we'll as a to xt, aud leads her on
into a knowledge of the we'll and water
OF life. Here also he teaches us q les
son. Living water" l. O., water Of
life. Or, to pursue the physical an
alogy, water that keeps on flowing.
Christ himself explains it, "The water
that shall give him shall be in him
we'll OF water springing up into ever
lasting life." The word "springing up"
means literally and graphically to
leap. 1t has buoyancy and power with
in itself: it is fed from the heights and
leaps toward the he .ghts.
Sir, l perceive that thou art q
prophet" Just quiet acxnowledg-
ment OF her sin and OF Christ's presog-
alive as one sent of GCd to rebuke sin.
But is she trying to change the sub
ject. when in the next breath, little
more glibly, perhaps, she begins the
mooted question, "Our fathers wor-
She has not yet apprehende1 who Ii Is
that is speaking with her. She Is
talking with a rabbi, q teacher; not
yet sitting at the feet OF Jesus Sa-
vior. For the Father seeketh such. :"
The accent seems to us to be upon the
seeketh. AS much as to gay: God
is not in any one favored lace where
some chance selected or restricted
people can find him. He may now DO
worshiped anywhere in spirit and in
truth i. e., where the sincere heart
cries out to him. Yes, he Is out even
now, seeking such worshiper5, and
hence am come. And now the woman
looks up with strange new light in
her eyes, we may imagine. born of the
dawning Apr hension. Il know that
Messiah cometh which is called the
Christ" She is looking inquiringly,
yearningly az him. And he, he is look
ing at her, very directly. and very
lovingly, |; he says, Il that speak unto
thee am he" And now she Is at his
feet: the sinner has found Savior.
Hints and Illustrations.
At Jacobs Wei we get new view
of lie, its privileges and responsible
it es. From this standpoint, the up
lift of the well-curb OF Sychar, what
do you discol er regarding the work OF
the kingdom: Get an answer from
each. What do you see! What do
you? Do you behold the true symbol
ism of wafer? DO you see how liberal
is the gospel, how it reaches all, how
it finds an entrance to every heart.
DO you discover what makes q place
holy ground, the name of Jesus spoken
there DO you find the way to re-
cuperation and strength? Do you lift
up your eyes and even now behold the
whitened harvests near at hand? Get
good look from the Obser, atory Of
Jacobs Well.
This woman, whatever else she was
not, was teachable. She was humble,
ready to receive help. 1t was George
ID. Prentiss who said, "The man who
has great iden of himself will never
have another great idea" And yet
this woman was n5t weak. She was
strong in her asking, as she was after
wa d strong in her testimony, strong
in the Lord. IL is such so ils that OBJ
tain. Someone tellStf overhearing an
-, se II
was lifting up his hands and saying
over aud over again, 20 Lord, do YOUR
best with me. . Lord, do your best
with me-" 1t was the best that came
to this woman at the well. Ask for
nothing less. Our Lords own Inquiry
meeting. We learn lesson here as
TO its conduct A quick but profound
searching of the heart, then bringing
the soul straight to Jesus. Christ did
not check this heart He let Ter speak
her mind. that she might herself know
it, and then he showed her himself
The Jews haze no dealings with the
Samaritans." The saying was that q
Jew would not tell a Samaritan his
way, il lost nor give him a drink, IL
thirsty. Thank God the Jew died
when Christ came. Such exclusiveness
and bigotry Is now entirely pa an in
spirit A missionary visitor preach
ing by an interpreter to an attentive
audience in heather lands suddenly
saw half his hearers arise and uncere-
moniously betake themselves to the
outside of the inclCsure. What did l
do. what say, that offend d." he
asked at the close. Nothing was
the answer. simply low caste man
cane in and sat down on one of tho
seats" Think of these needy souls
about us. hungry and thirsty, and we
do not seem to know. dying for the
water of life, with help just at hand.
Jesus interpreted the ha f-spokel cries
of men and taught us how to look about
and discover the real want that speaks
from lip and eye. Lord Jesus, give US
thy quick vision for souls.
GOLDEN TEXT. d ink
eth of the water that shall give him
shall never thirst. John 4: IA.