The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10


the Godhsad STOPPING down toFvlsit and
care for one solitary one shining soul.
It Is the Good Shepherd casting His
eye OF, straying sheep-nay, rather
going inter the stray sheep by the way
side and bending over to pick 1t up so
as to carry II on on His own SHOULD ers.
God Himself meets with the individual
sinner God deals with him alone, face
to face. God speaks to him, and he to
God. There must always be this close
personal dealing, this individual trans.
action OF the soul Tor eternity, this set
tlernent OF the question between God and
man. It must be alone--not in n crowd
but directly and alone. s
Any day. anyhow Will do. And any
place. Not the temple only. or the
closet; but q sycamore tree, a tax-gatl,-f
erer's Office, or even well-sfde, ]. as here
snmaria, Jericho. Tyre, Jerusalem, are
all the same to tim. His grace lis not
crcumscrlbed by temple wallis nor tied
TO ceremonies, nor limited TO hours. The:
temple, the highway, the hillside, tho
senshore, the house, the graveyard, are.
all nliks to Hin, and open to His grace. 5ss5
The meeting looks occidental, but Il isi
not. Jesus was seeking one OF those
whom His Father, had given Him when
He travelled that forenoon and sat down.
at length wearled by the vol. II was!
not the woman seeking Christ, but Christ
seeking her. Shh came for one thing; y
1Ie gives another. She came In quest
OF the earthly; He gives the heavenly.
She neither knew or cared for Him !. He
both knew and cared for her. And So In
spite Of sin, and unbelief md ignorance
ana hardhenrtedness, He draws her to-
Him, lays hold Of her, and wins her to-
Himself.
Christ was weary: yet II was thus that
He found rest. DO we ind our rest where
He found His? He was hungry and
thirsty, and here He found both meat and
drink. Do we satisfy our hunger and
o,ench our thirst where He did? The,
doing Of His Fathers will, the gathering
In OF this lost one, was to Hin refresh
s,nent and rest, sas well as meat and d rink.
Is it thus that we are refreshed 81 Is II;
thus that we eat and drink II
When Jacob dug this well, how little
he thought what was 70 be Transacted
here: who was TO sit here; what eternal
words were TO be spoken here; and that8
5herc assoul was to DO saved, which would
cause 10Y lin heaven T. In building e g
sanctuary, we naturally think Of those
who may be born there; but who. in dtig-ss
gng c we'll, would ever think Of such g
thing /? The most simple act may be-
fraught with destiny centuries after. the
actor has passed away s1s's q
And this gift OF God q It ~ ct ernal life.
through Jesus Christ our Lord. s n
q This weary, hungry Jew Is the bringeri
bf the glorious git In Him is life, and
all fitness Of life dwells In Him. This
Jesus, this Man, like ourselves, has come
down from the Father. filled with this this
eternal life to give us. Gould It be
brought nearer 8S.s
This woman did not know OF the gift
nor its, bringer. She had no sense8of Its
value, nor OF her need of Him. The water
OF Jacobs we'll she priced, but not theE
living water ;. suchEis man everywlere!
He knows not God, nor the love Of God.
( nor the gift Of God, nor the Son Of God
sss4 Thou wouldest have asked, and Il He
would have given. This Is all! NJ How
simple, how easy how near. how free!j
Living water That is what the son$of8
God has to bestow. Living water! That
Is the Holy Ghost Himself. There must
be direct application on our part, and
there will be direct bestowal on II His
But how close at hand is this divine
life! How welcome we are to \ It from
the hands Of the Son OF God .t$..A Ask and
we shall receive s ss
EFF thou knewest." It is the Saviour,
yearning over the needy and the thirsty
Oh!s that you would come unto Me for
this living water. Ell III
"Let him that is pthirst come. And
whosoeyer will, let him take the water
Of life freely. 4. Ss3it
The r.. Spence Smith bill for the Sregu-s
Slation Of wooing is an even warmer
measure than The Times-D Dispatch had
estimated. Immediately after its intro
duction in the Louisiana State egisla-5
5turo. the Capitol caught fire. Spence
Is warm member. sI.5 /. is,3 By
II a u S. senator was elected to tho
Russian Douma, he would II d oubtless