The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-04-01

and he lifts &c, bleeding aud pain
struc59 Phat wound in the foot de-
Cides that he be sedeutary in his lite,
decides that he be a student That
wound By bhe glass ina the foot decides
that he shall be John Kitto, who shall
provide the best religious encyclopae-
dia the world has ever had provided,
and, with bis other writings as well,
throwing a light upon the word Of
God such as has come from no 0th-
er man in this century. o mother,
mother, that little hand that wanders
over your face may yet be lifted to
hurl t~hunderbolts Of war or drop bene-
dietionsl That little voice may bias
pbeme God In the groggery or cry
Forward" 10 the Lords hosts as they
60 out for their last victory. My mind
this morning leaps 80 years ahead, and
/ see a merchant prince of New York
One stroke OF his pen brings a ship ont
OF Canton. Another stroke of his pen
brings a ship into Madras lie is
mighty in all the money markets
Of the world Who is he 2
He sits ON Sabbath beside you in
church My mind leaps thirty years
foryyard from this time and I Bn5 INV
self In a relief nss,riation a oreot
at2stude Of CHRISTIAN women have
met together for a generous purpose,
There is one woman in that crowd
who seems TO have the confidence of all
the others, and they all look up to her
for I'm counsel ana her provsrs
Who Is shaq Tbis afternoon you
win and bar i'm ibe Sabbat scbonl
while the teacher tells her of
that Christ who clotbpd the naked and
fed the bunprv. and healed the sick.
NV mind leans forward "a Years from
nov ana IBpd mrsptf in nm African
i@ppp1e. and tbere "a A missionary Of the
cross addressipp the natives and their
dusyv eo-untenapees are irradiated
with the Glad tfdings 81 grant iov and
salvation. Who a hep Did You not
hear Ills voice TODAY in the opeuine
song of your church service?
IIparn one more lesson from thig
oriental scene. and that is, that every
wilderness has a we'll In Il Hapar
and Ishmael gave M to die. Ha0ar.s
heart sank within her as she heard her
child CRYING: Water! Wnterl Waterla
aAbrr she saws. umv darling. there is
no water This is a desertln And
then Gods ANGEL said from the cloud;
aWhat ailetb thee. TIagar2o And
she looked mn and saw him point
inc To a well of water. where
She RIlcd the bottle for the
lad blessed he God. that there is in
every wilderness a we'll. if Won only
know how 10 find Mountains for ali
these thirsty souIs On that last day.
on tbe GREAT dav of the fe8sl ,Ies1s
stood and cried. "f any man thirst.
lei him come to me and drink AM
these and other fountains you and are
mere miragas of the desert. Paracelsus.
,,,, ly,,n5 g,.nt biz +in,a +, t,.ri,a
~ Fnd o1t tbe aIfvir of 1ffea
1ionid ybich f tsl,or would
Eaan nne na~rnetn,Ily vgnn@ IN fbiq
ryorid and syorld eha1gs tba AREA bgci
amin to v,ptb az co5rso he was ala
a9,,irf.3. he f,rrd ,at tba aliyir
INT bora tell vopoft be sIivir Of ever.
l~asting ma bprstipg fr1n M ,.RorIr ~
hges and tbat driptying tbat ,yafsr
ven Shall navsr rat oId and Won viii
1e,,or he sicly sn5 Van Viii ,Syer dia
.ITo e,or,. ~. thaf fhirstotL cor,e ~
+othe y,G,rs y AbrLn.e 10 an,an- ,yio
says, ,,rbage haon noI,{nr Fart baff arn.
fain 1 a,.s,t ,gbua bnf ean,t gpd T. :
And be,.o a sam. o,s alse u,bo gays, ~
Laliore a1I yon say bnf bav, h,en
trrdginr ,1onr in tba wilderness and
oa,.t ana +be fountain . m yo,, ,no,y
fIa vsosan2 Dan taII I'm VII, nar,ar
Looked In the rfqbt direction con .
ron ssy uTb.vsi oolye5 ayarv,ybara T
H. 49, nortb sontb oasy and rgest
and 7 bayan,t fopnd tba ~fonntafn
VIZ yo, IA ,ot I~noI,inr in M rirb+
direction I'D mi.
f.ook nm where Uagar looked She
meyer yvonld have found the fountain
| at ALI hint when She heard the voice of
| HE pngsl She looked nm and She saw
fbe 8nger nointino 10 the supplv Ana.
o souI.7 if TODAY WIN one earnest in.
tense praver v6u yyouId onlv look mo
~ chris ga ygopl5 noint Vol doyn to
the supnIv in The wilderness, Look
unto nae, ali Ne ends Of the earth. and
he "a sawed lar am cod ana there ii
none elsep LookI Look AS Hapar
looked
Yes. there is a well for every desert
Of bereavement. Looking over INV au.