The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-20

gift of God. They do not look beneath
the surface, and consequently do not
recognize the true glory, the Divine
power, which are the real attributes of
the Son OF man. Hence, to these.
Jesus must say as he said to the wo-
man OF Samaria, If thou knowest the
gift of God, and who it is that saith to
thee, give me to drink; thou wouldst
have asked OF him, and he would have
given thee living water Ignorance
prevented the woman from asking for
the living water 1t prevents men
today from calling upon Jesus. and be-
cause of it they fail to ask, thus they
remain unblest. They fail to ask either
because they do not feel the need of
the living water or because they do
not think of Jesus as being che one
who alone can supply it. If We are
unsaved, unblest, unbelieving, unhop-
ing, unloving, If no deep spiritual
stream runs through our nature, it is
because we keep away from the foun-
tain that Jesus has opened up. The
woman of Samaria came to know the
gift of God and when she knew she
went and told her people about him,
and many of the Samaritans believed.
Bethren if you FAINT to save men, learn
to know the gift of God And if you
make men believe that you know the
gift of God you can't stand around
and damn your preacher, and ether
must you begin to tear his sermon to
pieces before you leave the church
grounds. This has been done in Keo-
kuk within the last two months; men
have stood on the corner by the
church, before getting into the street, 4
and have picked the sermon to pieces,
criticising, adversely, in the presence
rof men outside of the Kingdom, the
preacher and his sermon. Before you
tell the preacher how to preach, learn
your own trade!
Why Jesys Wept.
II find but two places In the scrip
lures where it is recorded that Jesus
wept One of these is in the pres
ence Of death-at the tomb of Lazarus
in sympathy with the weeping SIS
tiers. The other is in the presence OF
ignorance and its impending doom.
And when he was come near, he be-
held the city. and wept over it, say
ing, if thou hadst known, even thou,
at least in this thy day, the things
which belong to they peace! but now
they are hid from thine eyes Silent
ly he wept at the tomb Of Lazarus, but
when he beheld Jerusalem he wept
aloud. Mockery and torture were pow
erless to extort from him single
groan, Or to wet, his eyelids with one
trickIing tear but when he beheld the
city all the pity that was in him over
mastered his human spirit, and he not
only went but broke into a passion Of
lamentation in which the choked voice
seemed to struggle for its utterance.
The spiritual arrogance, religious eg-
otism, fearful pretentiousness, deep
seated hypocrisy. 'heartless cruelty.
and the whitewash Of ceremony with
out, with all it's corruptness and sell
fishness within. there were the things
in Jerusalem which caused the weep
ing Of the Master. These were con-
looks uron the city, he was conscious
would be rejected The eyes Of the
city were blinded by its own deceived
heart, and all that remained was
1uin Thus it is with men today, for
still men hear their own passions and
inclinations, not the voice of the
prophets whom He rises early and
sends. But. brother, tonight there is
still time, there is still this hour, be
fore possibly your terrible trialtime
begins, which will fill up the measure
of your iniquity. Still one more hour
in which if you know the things which
belong to your peace you may win
forgiveness for all past sins. How
wise is immediate action. How wise
for us to know the time Of our vista
ton, to recognize our great and price
less opportunity to flee to the seeking
Saviour. lest the golden chance be
gone, the gate of opportunity be clos
ed! If thou knewest the gift Of God,
and the things which belong to thy
peace!"