St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10

with Infinite wisdom and patience to-
ward the thought of the coming Mes
siah, the One Who when He came
would tell them all things, and then
with sublime simplicity declared I'M
to her: Il that speak unto thee an
He The world stands to-day with
the readiness of the Samaritan WON
an to argue the question as to which
is the proper place to worship, at the
Mount Gerizim of this school OF
thought, OF at the Jerusalem OF that
advanced learning and thinking, and
while the argument goes desperately
on, and while the learned searchers
are delving down deep and taking the
four winds of heaven to gather their
knowledge, the lowly presence OF the
Eternal Truth of God stands in their
midst. As He spoke to the Samaritan
woman so He will speak to every
heart and make His presence known.
| Oh, that the world would turn its gaze
| from the Mount Gerizims and the
Jerusalems and see the mighty rock
| of Eternal Truth in its midst!
The Bright Light of Hope.-"It is
case of life and death. The doctors
say there is no hope for me in this
climate, that must get away as quickly
as possible and spend the rest OF my
days in the sunny, flowery land OF Cal
ifornia" And off the poor, sick, worn
out body goes in quest of life. Sweet
life! Anew hope burns brightly within
the feverish heart, and the change,
and the soft breezes and the gentle sun,
seem to give new grip on life, and the
days may be prolonged. All, how far
the journey will be taken if the bright
hope of renewed life burns in the dis
tance Seas will be crossed, CONT
nents covered, mountains scaled in the
ceaseless search for the fountain OF
life and youth. This shows how pre-
cious life is. 1t is the boon that money
cannot buy. It is the vital spark in
the house of clay, which is clung to
with such piteous tenacity as to ma Ike
deathbed scenes narrowing memory.
And if life is SO sweet and precious,
the life that is but span, that covers
possible three score and ten or four
score and ten, and then disappears into
the grave, what must It mean to come
into the presence of Him, who said:
81 am the Life" The mind Of finite
man cannot grasp the thought OF
eternity Did you ever try to think out
what eternity meant? Begin to set
down the figures for the years, pile
them up as fast as you can write until
they touch the moon, keep on and on
and pass the sun in it's glory, and write
and write and write on and on and on
to the farthest star, and the border
land of eternity has not yet been en-
tered. Take even the span of life and
you cannot compass it in thought.
Break the so years up into their separ-
ate cycles, count back through the
years and the months and the weeks
and the days, trace the moments and
hours of the day as they are counted
off in the life. Who is there who can
take in the scope of life in all of its
detail at single stretch of the mind ?
It cannot be done. And yet Jesus
comes to you and me and says: Il am
the Life" 81 give to you Eternal
Life" Don't try to grasp the thought,
don't try to understand it. You cam
not. You must just believe it, and
when the ages of eternity roll beneath
your feet, as they rest within the
eternal city of God, you will only begin
to understand something Of the match
less gift of Eternal Life.
Count Ponce de Leon sought the
springs of perennial youth in the ever
glades and garden spots of Florida.
He braved the perils of the almost
unknown sea and faced the hardships
of a sojourn in a wild and unbroken
country that he might search out the
tabled spring and drink of its miracu-
lous waters. He died in disappoint-
ment. Old Mother Earth has been
lavish in her gifts of health-giving
waters, but none have the power to
restore the vigor of youth or ward OF
the stroke of death. No, the Hand
which nodded the earth and caused
the gushing springs to burst forth has
done better than that. He has given
to all the world the Eternal Life of the
Son, and whosoever will may drink at
the Divinely -appointed fountain and
never thirst again; for the draught of
Living Water, which Christ the Life
will give, will "become well of water,
springing up into Everlasting Life"
Jesus the Way, and tn ; Truth and the
Life; no one cometh unto the Father
but by Him. Is it strange that when
God has so wondrously provided for
the needs of the soul in Christ, the
Way. the Truth and the Life, that IL
should be absolutely the only way into
the presence of God and the eternal
glories of Heaven? o soul, as you look
down into the unmeasured lengths OF
the years and gaze across the border
land of death, in what are you trust
ing? Hear Christ speak, the Son of
the Living God. the One Who is all He
claims to be: II am the Way, and the
Truth. and the Life: no man cometh
unto the Father but by Me-" Hear
the multitude of the saints in all ages
KIT their voices as they sing:
''Thou art the Way-to Thee alone
From sin and death we flee:
And he who would the Father seek,
Must seek Him, Lord, by Thee
"Thou art the Truth-Thy Word alone
True wisdom can impart;
Thou only canst instruct the mind,
And purify the heart.
''Thou art the Life-the renGing tomb
Proclaims Thy conquering arm;
And those who put their trust in Thee,
Nor death nor he'll shall harm.
"Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life:
Grant us that Way to know,
That Truth to keep, that Life to win,
Whose joys eternal foW."
He Hated to Tell IT.