Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-09
ALL ARE Invited
Gods Love and Tenderness
Shown in His R~eiteration of
the Word "Come."

This little word come" is n OF
the sweetest in the Bible. The Bible
begins with come and it ends with
come" The Lord said unto Noah,
Come thou and all thy house into
the ark" The word occurs il nearly
every section of the Bible, and in the
last chapter we have this precious
invitation, And the Spirit and the
bride say, Come. And he that heareth,
let him say. Cone. And he that will,
let him take the water of life freely"
The invitation Of the text gives us
a beautiful conception Of the heart OF
God in its tenderness and love for hui
manity. While it is in III Old Tesla
ment setting, it has a New Testament
ring, Messianic in it's nature, evan
gelist;c in its intensity. 1t speaks forth
with wonderful power. Here God ad-
dresses the world.
"Ho, every one that thirsteth." This
refers to the class of people who are
dissatisfied with worldly things. Soul
thirst is the souls anxiety and long
ing for that which is holy and spir-
ituaI.
A professor in psychology once
asked his class for a definition of the
soul. One pupil gave the following:
The soul is that which feels and
thinks and acts" After this, a little
girl spoke up and said, Professor, is
the soul that thing within u breasts
that aches so hard sometimes? YES,
that's it." said the professor, who him
self was a child Of God.
What m%ultitudes of thirsting souls
throng this land today! They are
seeking in vain for the satisfaction
and peace which are to be found only
in reconciliation with the heavenly
father. They have wasted their sub
stance in riotous living; they have
spent all; they are in want; they burn
with an u~neuenchable thirst. To them
is opened up that well of water, spring
ing up into everlasting life, which is
able to quench the thirst Of the soul
and give them eternal satisfaction.
Invitation Is to All.
"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come
re to the waters" Here the invita-
ton includes everybody. The pro-
vision Of grace is as free as the air
we breathe. The river of salvation
flows past US and the proclamation Of
the Lord is, "He that will, let him
take the water Of life freely"
"Hearken diligently unto me-.
Incline your ear, and come unto me-"
An active, responsive hearing is one
of the conditions Of salvation. The
written word has been the means Of
the conversion Of some, notably OF
Augustine and Luther. But very Of
ten it is by the spoken word that the
truth is brought hom-=to @su
Hear, and your soul shall live is
the Old Testament Gospel. The New
Testament is like unto it: take heed
therefore how ye hear" He thai
hath ears, let him hear"
BUY wine and milk without money
and without price," We might think,
from what has already been said, that
is q strange way Of buying when no
money is in use; yet It is not 30
strange when we understand the AN
guage Of Christ. To the church OF
Laodicea he said. II counseled thee
to buy of me gold refined by fire, that
thou mayest become rich; and white
garments, that thou mayest clothe thy
SELF" There are some few things that
one cannot buy, for the simple rea-
son that they are too valuable to be
purchased with money. No price can
be set upon them. Wisdom cannot be
purchased with gold. Isle is more
precious than rubies." Salvation, the
supreme blessing to the human soul,
is beyond a money valuation. BLOOD
and not gold is the price Of our re-
demption.
Perfect Blessings.
The provisions named In the text
are likewise threefold. Let your soul
delight itself in fatness." The bless
inss which Jesus gives are not only
good, but they bring to the soul CONF
olete satisfaction. The longing sour
receives an abundant and free suppl +
CT grace. 1 read some time ago Of +
man in Wales who, along the roi
on a hot and sultry day, met a lit,
girl, carrying an earthen pitcher =
of spring water Oh her head. He 81
to her, my little girl, will you 80 d
me a drink of water?" She leu p
the jug from her head and he Gun Il
from it, and it was so cold and ue u
that it quenched his thirst, a no
asked, where do you get II re
freshing water?" She said tnim
DO you see up yonder a spril now, c.
ing through the hedge?' anu ty
does that spring ever dry W lhe pr
little girl said, Eyes, in the,mmei pII
time it dries up" And whoo you OF
do them he asked her. ~ YOU 'N
see a path up the hill tano.ner
spring. she said. "Well, g IL ever
ar, D2o ha innuired eS, Sue