The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-05
1SVERY REFRESHING
Dr. Talmage, in This Discourse. So
Represents Religion. Et !
He lavites All the World e Come aud
Receive lt-Christ's Eternal
Foastains Satisfy the
Soul,
copyright lsol, by Louis klopsch, N. "
Washington. Aug. II.


Washington. Aug. II.
In this discourse DR.. Taimage repre-
senh religion as a great refreshme mt,
and invites all the world TO come and
receive it; text, Genesis, 29:s. ave
cannot until all the focks be gathered
together and till they roll the stone
from the wells mouth; then we water
the sheep"
A scene in Mesopotamia, beautifully
pastoral. A we'll Of water Of great
value in that region. The fields around
about it white with three focks of
sheep lying down waiting for the wa
tering. / hear their bleating coming
on the bright air and the laughter of
young men and maidens indulging in
rustic repartee. look of, and see
other flocks Of sheep coming. Mean
while Jacob, stranger, on the inter
esting errand of looking for a wife,
comes to the well. A beautiful shep-
herdsss comes to the same we'll. see
her approaching, followed by her ia
theirs sheep. 1t was a memorable
meeting. Jacob married that shep-
herdess. The Bible account Of it is:
Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his
voice and wept." 1t has always been a
mystery to me what he found to cry
about! But before that scene oc-
Cured Jacob accosts the hepherds and
asks them why they postpone the
slaking Of the thirst Of their sheep
and why they did not Immediately pro-
ceed to water them. The shepherds
reply to the effect: 1--WE are all good
neighbors, and as q matter Of cour-
tesy we wait until all the sheep of the
neighborhood come up. Besides that,
this stone on the wells mouth is some
what heavy, and several Of US take hold
of it and push it aside, and then the
buckets and the troughs are filled and
the sheep are satisfied" 1--WE cannot
until all the focks are gathered to-
gether and till they roll the stone from
the wells mouth; then we water the
sheep"
Oh, this is a thirsty worldi Hot for
the head, and blistering for the feet,
and parching for the tongue. The
worlds great want 10 q cool, refresh
ing. satisfying draft We wander
around and we find the eistern empty.
Long and tedious drought has dried
up the worlds fountain, but CEN
turies ago Shepherd, with crook in
the shape Of Q cross and feet cut to
the bleeding, explored the desert pas
sagss of the world and one day came
across well Thousand feet deep,
bubbling and bright and opalescent, t,
and looked to the north, and the south,
anl the east, and the west, and cried
out with voice strong and musical,
that rang through the ages: "Ho.
everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the
waters!"
Now a great flock Of sheep to-day
gather around this Gospel we'll. There
area great many thirsty souls. 1won-
der why the focks of all nations do
not gather, why so many stay thirsty,
and while am wondering about it my
text breaks forth in the explanation,
saying: 1--WE cannot until all the fiocks
be gathered together and till they roll
the stone from the wells mouth; then
we water the sheep"
II herd Of swine come 70 q we'll,
they angrily jostle each other for the
precedence; If a drove Of cattle come
to we'll, they hook each other back
from the water, but when q flock of
sheep come, though hundred Of them
shall be disappointed, they only ex-
press 1t by sad bleating, they come to-
gether peaceably. We want q great
multitude to come around the Gospel
we'll. know there are those who do
not like q crowd; they think q crowd
vulgar. If they are oppressed for
room in church, it makes them posi-
lively impatie and belligerent. We
have had people permanently leave
church because 80 many other pc ople
came to II. Not 80 did these orie ntal
thepherds. They waited until all the
nocks were gathered, and the more
hocks that came the better they liked
IT, And so we ought to be anxious
that all the people should come. Go
outdnto the highways and the hedges
and compel them to como in. 90 to
the rich and tell them they are indi-
gent without the Gospel Of Jesus. Go
10 the poor and tell them the afiiuence
there is in Christ. Go to the blind
and tell them Of the touch that gives
eternal illumination. Go to the lame
aud tell them Of the Joy that will make
The lame man leap like hart. Gather
all the sheep off all the mountains,
None so torn Of the dogs, none so sick,
none SO worried, none so dying S to
oe omitted. Why not gather a great
hock? All this city is flock, all New
York is a flock, all London is flock,
all the world is flock.
This well of the Gospel is deep
enough to put out the burning thirst
OF the 100000, 900 of the race. Do
not let the church by a spirit of ex-
eiusiveness keep the world out. Let
Gown all the bars, swing open all the
gates, scatter all the invitations.
Whosoever will, let him come" Come,
white and black. Come, red men of
The forest Come Tanlander ont