Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-01-15

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as the days 20 by. With the hone that we
might learn thc lesson together to-day (
have brought before you these two springs.
Whether the strict cXegesis of the text will
allow the Interpretation or not, | am very
sure that all will agree that it is a perfect
illustration. To drink at the neither
spring is salvation. but to drink at the up.
per spring is a high privilege that is Of
fered to every child of God. | could bring
so many passages of Scripture to you
which would serve as an illustration of
what mean. Take Ephesans i: 3:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus"
Or, Col: ii: II: ."Huricd with Him in hap.
tism, wherein alsO we are risen with Him,
through the faith Of the operation Of God,
who hat h raised Him from the dead"
Or, take Col iii: l.3 IF we then be risen
with Christ seek those things which are
above, where Christ sitteth on the right
hand of God. Set your affection on things
above, not on things on the earth. For We
are dead, and your life is hid with Christ
in God" Or. take Phil. iii: 90: For our
conversation. is, in heaven. from, whence
also we look for the Saviour, the Lord
Jesus Christ
| would that VIC might all drink at the
upper spring. What peace would then fill
our hearts! When we drink at tho lower
spring we come to be at peace with God,
but when we learn to drink also at the
upper spring we have the peace of God,
and there is a great difference between
the two 1t is something like the differ.
ence between a microscope and a telescope.
With the first we can see things near, and
in bulk not larger than grain of sand |
can find a thousand million animalculac,
but with the latter ! can sec things afar
off. I can actually study the Milky Way,
which is removed from nc thousands and
thousands of miles At the neither spring,
first of all, l see myself and all my sinful
ness; then sec Christ in all His righteous.
ness; then ] hear Him say that though
my sins be like scarlet they shal. be as
white as snow, and there at the neither
spring | am made whole. but with the up
per spring it is different. Like the tee.
scope it is all about the things which are
above. and as drink at its waters find
myself being lifted above this world, and
my conversation, not only. but my very
life. may be in the heavcnles.
And the way to this upper spring is
pointed out very plainly to lis. | rcmem.
Der the dream of Jacob as he was going
from Beersheba to Iaran 1t was of the
ladder which was set upon earth, the top
of which reached up to heaven.
This ladder is set for us. 1t reaches to
the very brink of the upper spring. The
ladder is Christ; His feet rest upon the
earth His brow is bound with the glory
of heaven. The events Of His earthly life
are the carthward end of the ladder; His
divinity. His finished Messiahship. His
perpetual priesthood the topmost end In
distant city fire was raging. 1t was
thought that all the inmates had been
saved. when to the horror of the bystand.
ers two children were seen standing at
thrdstorv window 1t was before the
days of the almost perfect appliances for
the saving of lives. Two ladders we're
hurriedy spliccd together and lifted to
the side of the building. There was
shout of terror when it was found tha.
the ladder lacked six feet of reaching the
children. In moment brave fireman
was mounting the ladder he reached the
topmost round, and then stood for mo.
mcnt balancing himself until he had caught
the window sill with his hand and then
over his body. which supplied the gan be.
tween the ladder and window the children
came slowly down until outstretched hands
reached them in safety. And this is what
the Lord Jesus Christ did for you and for
me! There was no way for us back tc