Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-08-12

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watered. md l find Oh the we'll OF sal
vat:on today impediments and obsta-
cieS which must be removed in order
that you may obtain the refreshment
and life Of this gospel. In your case
the impeachment is pride of heart. You
cannot bear to come to so democratic
q fountain. You 90 not want to come
with so many others. 1t is rs though
you were thirsty and you were invited
to Stake yCur 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 q special car, with your feet on a
Turkish ottoman. and a band Of mu-
sic on board the train. You do not
want to be in company with rustic ia
cob and Rachel and to be drinking out
of the fountain where 10000 sheep
have been drinking before 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 eter-
nal life in any way and at any hand
and in any kind of pitcher, crying out:
90 Lord Jesus, l am dying of thirst!
Give me the water of eternal life,
whether in trough or goblet. Give me
the water of life. l care not in what
it comes to me-" Away with all your
hindrances of pride from the wells
mouth.
Gratitude Lacking.
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back from this 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 subject than
if God had yet to do you the first kind
ness 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? l
say to you, as Daniel said to BelShaZ-
Zar, 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
your whole life would have been an
apology Three times a day you have
been seated at Gods table. Spring,
summer, autumn and winter he has
appropriately appareled you. Your
health from him, your companion from
him. your children from him, your
home from him, all the bright sur
rOundings Of your life from him. Oh,
man, what dOSt thou with that hard
heart? Canst thou not feel one throb
of gratitude toward the God that made
you and the Christ who came to re-
deem you and the Holy Ghost who has
all these years been importuning you?
II you could sit down five minutes I'M
der the tree Of Saviours martyrdom
and feel his lifeblood tricklng on your
forehead and cheek and hands, me-
thinks you would get some apprecia-
ton of what you owe to a crucifed
Jesus.
Heart Of stone relent, relent,
Touched by Jesus cross, subdued;
See his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with gore of blood
Sinful soul, what hast thou done?
Crucifci the Eternal Son?
Jacob with Il good deal Of tug and
push took the stone from the wells
mouth so that the fiocks might be wa
tered, and l would that this day my
word, blessed of God, might remove
the hindrances to your getting up to
the gospel well. Yea, | take it for
granted that the work is done, and
now. like oriental Shepherds l proceed
to water the sheep. Come, all ye
thirsty! You have an underlined long
ing in your soul. You tried money
that did not satisfy you. You
tried office under government; that did |
not satisfy you. You tried pictures and |
sculptures, but works of art did not |
satisfy you. You are as much discon- /
tented with this life as the celebrated |
French author who felt that he could |
not any longer endure the misfortunes I
of the world and who said: 'At |
o'clock this afternoon l shall put an
end to my own existence. Meanwhile |
must toll on up to that time for the |
sustenance Of my family" And he |
wrote on his book until the clock struck |
4, when he folded up his manuscript |
and by his own hand concluded his
earthly life.
God Unappreciated.
There are men who are perfectly dis |
Unhappy in the past, I'M
happy today, TO be unhappy forever I'M
less you come to this gospel we'll. This |
satisfies the soul with a high, deep, ali |
absorbing and eternal satisfaction. 1t |
comes. and it offers the most unfOrtu-
nate man so much of this world as is |
best for him and throws all heaven in
to the bargain. The wealth Of Croesus
and Of all the Rothschilds is only a
poor. miserable shilling compared with
the eternal fortunes that Christ offers
you today. In the far east there was a
king who used once a year to get On a
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