The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-17

pofamia had a stone on it, which
must be removed before the sheep
could be watered, and l find on the
well OF salvation to-day impediments
and obstacles which must be re-
moved in order that you may obtain
the refreshment and life of this Cos
pei. In your case the impeachment is
pride of heart. You cannot bear to
come to so democratic a fountain;
you do not want to come with so
many others. 1t is as though you
were thirsty and you were invited to
Stake your thirst at the town pump
instead OF sitting in a parlor slipping
out OF a chased chalice which has
just been lifted from a silver salver.
Not SO many publicans and sinners.
You want to get to Heaven, but you
must be in a special car, with your
feet on a Turkish ottoman and a
band of music on board the train.
You do not want to be in company
with rustic Jacob and Rachel and be
drinking out of the fountain where
10000 sheep have been drinking be-
fore you. You will have to remove
the obstacle of pride or never find
your way to the well. You will have
to come as we came, willing to take
the water of eternal life in any way
and at any hand and in any kind of a
pitcher, crying out: "Oh, Lord Je-
sus, 1 am dying of thirst! Give me
the water of eternal life, whether in
trough or goblet Give me the wa
ter of life! 1 care not in what it
comes to me-" Away with all your
hindrances of pride from the wells
mouth!
Here is another man who is kept
back from the water of life by the
stone of an obdurate heart which
lies over the mouth of the well. You
have no more feeling upon this sub
ject han If God had yet to do you
the first kindness or you had to do
God the first wrong. Seated on His
lap all these years, His everlasting
arms sheltering you, where is your
gratitude? Where is your morning
and evening prayer? Where are your
consecrated lives? I say to you, as
Daniel said to Belshazzar: 1.-The God
in whose hand thy breath is, and all
thy way, thou hast not glorified.'
| If you treated anybody as badly as
, you have treated God, you would have
, made 500 apologies; yea, your whole
/ life would have been an apology
Three times a day you have beer
, seated at Gods table. Spring, sum
. mer, autumn and winter He has ap
%propriately appareled you. You
health from Him, your companion
from Him, your children from Him
s, your home from Him, all the brigh'
surroundings of your life from Him
= Oh, man, what dost thou with tina
hard heart? Canst thou not feel on
! throb of gratitude toward the Co
that made you, and the Christ VIII
came to redeem you, and the Hcl,
= Ghost who has all these years bee
importuning you? If you could 81
down five minutes under the tire
:, of a Saviour's martyrdom and fee
His lifeblood trickling on your fore
head and cheek and hands, methinli
4 you would get some appreciation c
I what you owe to a cruciied Jesus.
=, Heart of stone, relent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross, subdued;
See His body mangled, rent,
Covered with a gore of blood.
y Sinful soul. what hast thou done?
> Cruciied the Eternal Son!
There are men who are perfect
discontented. Unhappy in the pas
unhappy to-day, to be unhappy fol
ever, unless you come to this Gospt
= we'll. This satisfies the soul with
high, deep, all absorbing and eterns
II satisfaction. 1t comes, and it offer
- the most unfortunate man so much
- this world as is best for him, an
}, throws all Heaven into the bargain
-, The wealth of Croesus and all til
-, Rothschilds is only a poor, miserab,
i, shilling compared with the e%ternalfo.
~ tunes that Christ offers you to-da,
In the far east there was a king VIII
used once a year to get on the scale
= while on the other side the scales wei
y. placed gold and silver and gems-i'
~ deed, enough were placed there
balance the king. Then, at the clos
cd of the weighing, all those Treasure
were thrown among the popu(ace. b.
81 Christ to-day steps on one slue u
W scales, and on the other side are
w the treasures of the universe, and I
IL says: "All are yours; all height, g
~, depth, all breadth, ell eternity-all a
no yours" We do not appreciate the prof.
no Uses Of the Gospel.
"a Come also to this Gospel well,
-. We troubled. l do not suppose y
nave escaped. Compare your vie
.ss of this life at IS years of age wi
~ what your view is of it at 40 or
Al; or 70. What a great contrast of OPP
ion! Were you right then or are y
no right now? Two cups placed in yo
~ hands, the one a sweet cup, t
,as other a sour cup. A cup of joy a
mo a cup of grief. Which has been
'ke nearest to being full, and out
,er which have you the more frequen'
partaken? What a different place t
cemetery is from what it used to
~ Once it was to you a grand city /
sot provement, and you went out on I