The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-27

Prayerless parents leading prayerIes.
children. They 20 ihrouEh every street
up every dark alley. into every cellar,
along every highway. Hagar aud Ish.
maeii ana while / pronounce their names
Il seems ike the moaning of the ieser,
wind: 'Hagar and Ishmaelr
Well In Every Wilderness
al learn one more lesson from thi, Orr
entail scene and that Is. hat every xU-
derness has a well in g. Hagt. ana ish.
maei gave up to die Hagars heart s4nk
within her as she heard ner child cryiDrf
Water Water" An" she slvs nv
darling, there IS no water. This q desert
And then Gods angel said from =.
cloud: What aileth thee HaCary Nri
she looked up and saw MIN pointing "a
a well Of water, where she filled tha bon.
tie for the lad. Blessed De God. that tsgrs
is in every wilderness well. II sou only
know how TO find it-tountaias for -u
thirsty souls. on that great day of ne
feast. Jesus stood and cried: II snv nm
thirst. let him come 10 Ne ana drink
All these other fountains you find q
mere miraEes Of the desert PI.s..-l.s
you know. spent his tine IN trying .a .aI
out the elixir Of life--a liquid vlrh ?
taken. would keep one perpetualiy ys.r-
in this world, and would change tire aveI
back again TO youth. Of course - v--
disappointed he found rot the CiNi- IUr
mere ] tell you Of the elixir OF everlasting
life bursting from the Rock II AFes'
and that drinking that water yuU snaI
never get old. and you viii never De- sick
and you viii never die 'HO. every ono
that thirsteth, come ye TO tie waters
Looked ia the rous Flacr.
''Ah, here is man who says: I have
been looking for that fountala a great
while. but can't find g. And mere s
some one else who says: I believe all yDu
say, but | have been trudgins along N
the wilderness and can't find the Cgar-
tain. Do you know the reasonl / vii
tell you. You never looked In the riyar
direction. on, you say, Il have looked
everywhere. l have looked north. soutn.
east, and west, and | haven't found the
fountain Why, you are not l0ok'u. in
the right direction at ALL Look up who're
Hagar looked. She never would nave.
found the fountain at all. bur wnfu
she heard the voice or the angel she
looked UP. and she saw the finger poinr-
ing 10 the supply. And IL TO-DAY. with
one earnest intense PRAYER. YOU would
Only look up TO Christ, RE w1ul Dcill
you down TO the supply n the wilderness.
Look unto Me, all ye ends Of the earth.
and be ye saved; for | am Cod auI there
is none else Look look as Hagar locke!
Yes. there is well for every desert
of bereavement Looking over any audi
enee, you notice signs Of mourning and
wee. Oh, man bereft, oh, woman b.
reft, have you found consolation? Hearse
after hearse. We step from one grave
hillock TO another grave hillCck. We fol-
low Corpses. ourselves soon to be line
them. The world is in mourning for its
dead. Every heart has become the
sepulcher Of some buried joy. But sing
We to God; every wilderness has a Weu
in it; and i come To that wei to-day,
and | begin TO draw water to sake your
thirst.
Water for Thirsty Souls.
IF you have lived in the country. YOU
have sometimes taken hold OF the rope
of the old We'll sweep. and YOU know
how the bucket came up dripping with
bright, cool water. And l lay mold Of
the rope of Gods mercy and 1 begin 10
draw on that Gospel well sweep, and
l see the buckets coming up. Thirsty
soul! Here IS one bucket Of life! Come
and drink of it. 'Whosoeyer will, let him
come and take of the water q: life free
ly.' / pull away again AT the rope, and
another bucket comes UP. 1t is this prom
Use: Weeping may endure for q night,
but joy cOmetn III the morning / lay
held of the rope again, and | pull away
with all my strength, and the bucket
comes up. bright. and beautiful. ana
cool. Here is the promise: Come unto
Me. all ye who are weary and heavy
laden. and l will give you rest.
THE old astrolOgers used To cheat the
people with the idea that they could tell
s.. lei
occur ia the future, and IL a cluster 0f
stars stood in one relation. that would
be prophecy OF evil; If cluster 0f
stars stood in another relation, taat
would be prophecy of good. What sup
erstition! But here Is a new astroIpsy
up 10 the star OF Jacob, the morning
star OF the Redeemer. | can make this
prophecy in regard 10 those FhO put
their trust in God: 'All things work to-
sether Tor good to those who love Cod
Fragrant After Sunset.
Have you seen the Nyctanthes? Il isa
beautiful flower, but it gives very little
fragrance until after sunset. Then il
pours its richness on the air And this
grace of the gospel that 1 commend 10
you now, while il may be very sweet
curing the day of prosperity. it pours
forth It's richest aroma after sUndOwu.
And 1t will be sundOwn with you and ms
after awhile. When you come 10 go OUT
OF this world will il be d desert march
or will it be drinking at a fountain
"A converted HindOO was dying. and his
heather comrades came around him and
tried 10 comfort him by reading some of
the pages Of their theology. but NJ waved
his hand, az much as 10 say 4 don't want
to hear it. Then they called In a heath
en- priest, and he said: II you will only
recite the Numtra, il will deliver yOu
from hell He waved his hand, as much
as to say, Il don't want 10 heal that
Then they said, Call on Juggernaut.' He
shook his head, as much as to say, 1
can't do that Then they thought per-
haps he was too weary to speak, anl
they said. Nov, II you can't say jug
Think of him. He shook his
head again. as much as 10 say. No, no,
no" Then they bent down 10 his pillow,
and they said, In whom Will you trust
His face lighted up with the very glO-
rieS of the celestial sphere, as he cried
out, rallying all his dying energies. 'Jc-
sus' Oh, come this hour 10 the fountain
will tell you the whole story IN two or
three sentences: Pardon for all sin com
fort for all troGble; light for all dark
ness, and every wilderness has vel ~
ID"
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