Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-07-24

per1ence. Here we have three figures
of speech, three classes of needs, and
three promises to meet these diverse
aspects of our need-The three RS in
Christ.
Refuge.
"A man shall be as a hiding-place
from the wind, and a covert from the
tempest" The traveller in the East
knows the meaning of that. and even
in our western country one will find
storm-cellars and cyclone-caves, for
the day of visitation is uncertain, and
there is great need for a place of
safety.
We live an exposed and d~efenseless
life, subject to greater storms than
sweep our prairies, and more to be
feared than the cold, wild winds which
beat upon us from the North. We are
exposed to the storms of afiliction,
the terrors of a troubled conscience.
the oncoming of divine judgment If
we have lived in sin. You may fiat
ter yourself, but you have not lived
long without learning how d~efenseless
you are. Has there not been a day
when you sought for shelter-a hid
ing-place from the wind, and a o
ert from the tempest? The storms
may sweep, but God is a refuge for
all who will flee to him. Where do
you go? Think of that caravan in
the desert as the fierce bowling storm
sweeps upon it; how it presses for
ward to the distant shelter. Think
of Christ as your hiding place. The
Lords our rock, in him we hide-a
shelter in the time of storm"
Refreshment.
"As streams Of water In a dry
place" The desert is not only with
u shelter, it is without water; and
the path Of the caravan is strewn
with the bones of those who died for
lack of water. What a lack of re-
freshment there is in the world, and
how many perish for lack of the wa
ter of life!
Men seek refreshment in SO many
ways and so many false places, and
they find that the world really has
nothing to meet their deepest need. II
cannot satisfy the thirst for happi.
ness, for consolation, for reconcilia-
ton, for peace; every promise the
world holds out is not an oasis, but
a mirage, and the promised assuaging
of thirst only proves an ~aggravation
of the desire. We find out that this
world, without Christ, is not only
dangerous without a refuge. it is dry,
without hope of refreshment, we dc
dwell in a dry land where no water
is. Why not recognize the fact, and
say MY soul thirsteth for God, for
the living God?"
/ heard the voice of Jesus say,
Behold 1 freely give
The living water-thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live.
I came to Jesus and / drank
IF that nfe-giving stream;
My thirst was quench'd. my soul revived
And now 1 live in Him.
Rest.
LAS the phadow of a great rock IL
a YEA land" We do not go fal
in contact with the world until W.
find out not only is it dangerous ant
dry. but it is a wearisome place. Their,
is nothing so monotonous as life from
the worldling's standpoint. All IL
boosted pomp. power and agitation
can IVA give a moment of rest Il
the weary world; and many who hav.
tried to find rest in the world hav,
been like Gagged birds who have beat
en- out their lives against the bars o
the cage. How Infinitely wearisom,
it all Is! Study the faces OF mel
and women in sin; do they not seer
to be void of all ems OF rest or quie
or peace? Mote the nervous lf,
which SO many people out OF Chris
are living. The desert journey is 81
long. sc languid, SO monotonous. Oh
for the shadow of a great rock.
Rest, what q sweet sound. We shal
often be faint and weary, even a
was our Lord, who often was tired il
his work but never weary of it. Their,
is never a day so weary hut o ma,
have a resting place. Protected iron
the biting wind or the driving storm
and refreshed by that water of whicl
if a man drink he shall never thirst
we may rest. Il sat down under hi
shadow with great delight" Rea
Christ say, Come unto me, all "
that labor and are heavy laden, an
will give you rest" Find it in hi
compassion, for he knows your frame
find it In his intercession, for he re
members that you are dust; find it II
his promise, for taking his yoke upol
us we shall find rest unto our souls.
heard the voice of Jesus say.
Come unto me and rest;
Lay down, thol weary one. lay do wn
Thy head upon my breast.
l came to Jesus as l was
Weary, and worn. and sad:
found in Him a resting place.
And He has made me glad.
Refuge, r~efreshment, rest. A grea
hope for our great need. "A man shall
be" these things for US. Who cal
this man be? The solution of tn,
mystery is in the Lord Jesus Christ
Thank God there is a man able t.
shelter, and to give rest; the Mar
Christ Jesus, our brother, touched
with a feeling of our inirmities.