The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03

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proper service Tor v onion iii thoset days
line customs had not materially changed
since Rebekuh, The future bride OF 51saac
came out with her pit cher to dra " water
while the servant OF Abra ham %sat8hy the
lswcll in MesopotaIIltn (Ge n.+1xiv:l7) nearly
nineteen hundred years before. N or was
there any danger OF exposing women. rc
! the casual meeting o f.stran ers. The 81 m
OF penalty upon Offenders were iii hem.
selves sufticlent prot ton. Accordingly
| there appears ,toS have been nell ,irrfsssu Z
prise nor tindlty- when the woman ar
| rived at the well and found Jesus there
I%With much gentleness and frcedoIn lie
asked her for drink. The secrets;of the
request was that as the well was deer
saw wax ny methd she a OBJ
tanning rcfreshment.s What could be more
acceptable to the weary than u drink OF
water? (Matt, x, S:!2) Z y,
ished the woman. SHE. took Him for a
Jew.5 and such He was In all utWard ap-
pearance, whereas she was %. Sanlarlt tan,
s,asS greaty basspssa s
away captive Into Assyria people were
Of Sa maria who were left behind produc-
whereas tho jews Of our Lord s time were
tho posterlty OF those who returned from
Babylon under. Cyrus Ezra l:s) and .Wn ,
insritut9ns 9ft5her
selves superior In; blood and. c(araeter3An
would not permit their northern neighboss
to assist them In building the second tenn
pie tI1zra. iy:3) That feeling was PERFECT
.deAle was allowed between Jews and
lsnmar!tans (yerse o., hence the.womani
was surprised when j esus asked water,
How Is It that He has broken over this
'preiudice? She did mot hesitate to ask
Him the question plainly and bluntly. i
N PROPoSAL~--Ther was an exc llent op-s
Reatsdl disoasslon eeoncernns t thS relations
JESUS dismissed :allH that, ana adroiuy in
PRODUCED Himself as nysuitlcient eXpann-
her that she would not hive raised the
beea hs g S she haa knoW Wh a
Elsatsr an pYag f sHs s ood s sa
ths o Hq called Spt Hlmself se git 81 81 God
adter the manner Of HisSeemxersat with
proposed to give her upon request Flo
called living water, seeking to bring tho
truth t9 the ,leyel Of her eonceptlons,,lhe
sS9resaiGn hGYe sa Ehy mX 5 @
He He Hoped 10 reeaIl u lierr mind Certain
prophetIe VT ttrapces (Jer,,iitlS). THE
Sbamatans, TeGe 2 ASs wGi9 9 fne pa q
speech are always pre- ferable. Ia dealing
With those ofsIlmted cultivation y tPs'i:3
lXXViil
Z II ERPLEXlI'Y,-v'rh The preston, living
water. used tbygthet ews. had ~ splrltyal-
Which the woman failed to-
era sp., t liad another. severy~day nea-n-j,
Ing. Which was intelHgible to her, signi,
Tying sprlngipE or spring water H. el, n
posed to staliflns water (Gnnesls ,SXyi: Il
l9) This Kind off wa teE was !sip posed to
possess curative properties. and 81 was
ordered IN certain ceremonnls (Iep. XVI
81 The Samaritan naturally w put Ibis
construction upon the snYlour's remark,
that He proposed to, give her
water from. the very DEPTHS OF the well,
MS they were sprirging clear and fresh
from tho earth benent til, Atsthis SHE was
Oversees II and I'D. Tho patri-
arch, Jacob, had caused this well to be
dug, and he was sn listed to rink from
1t, as the people had been since his time.
Besides tile well Yps. very acep, and tho
Jesus had nothing with which to draw.
How would EIe make goda, ! bis offerY Was
had not done, What onaafts,r
and she did not hesitate to exprdss her'
7 TtiisAc Hin y psryt hlng' now TUNED on
tv IN maalsH sg Ra 9Fa woS es yasa
modes % dennltlon by aeriyat ION tlsaee g,
etc. Like a. good tea cher, 5our Lord ax-
ana Observation-Disclosures Verses isllas ilild 4l
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