Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-04
NEW SERMON sERIEs
 AT CENTRAL BApTisT CHURCH

- NEW SERMON sERIEs
 AT CENTRAL BApTfsT CHURCH Rev. j. 8. sIoeum, D. D., Preached on
 old MeIIs and New Watsr at Sunday
 EssNfng Ssevssss Ezsz
 ! At the eFenins< service at the cenz fra1 Baptist church on Sunday, the pastor, Rev. Joel A Slpcun, D. D., preached the first Of a new series of g saa aeEssab sab;ga sasst ss ls Th.a sss
 mon was Old Wells and the New Wa ter. His text was taken from Gen.
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 Ms sS aha 2a geam n1ssesl SR # s0ags ksss aas as eohf1ected With sfanfdear1t fifstaricaf Fevents fn the fife is our nat Ii ea elz Bat of aH the wsEis af hisfDfy these
 q sase as Risss sFs sps msss 9setnaanE stepping stones by whiie1n we can traoe the history of q wonderfaf be6pfe. f The text declares that fsaac digged ssssn sgain the wells that eo Asbrahasn 4s his had a1ied theiii after the death of . | Abraham. In land where good wa ter was scarce, the person who could suseeed in dtggipg a water -produc cing well was entftled tH the renown Of Isome roted hero These wells were
 aheIr value @ s ae the Is psopie d tey essa9se a1se aaently' became the oecasien of bitter
 .snds .s;r between the herdsn1en .s1''sl of rival F The walls of Abraham are especial first was named ssbeer -laboi.a which meant sthe well of the lfoning one that seeth me" It was oilt in the wilder l ness and it narked the spot where the angel Of the lord met fagar and gave
 her ] great promise. And recogniz-
 said: Thou art God that seeth 2 And so the we'll nearby was given that
 long name which have pointed out
 meant, "The well Of the living one that seeth me-" z -F 'e | It would be a wonderful thing for all the people of; this old. sinful world 1 to realfze-what Hagar' had come to 1 know: Thou God seest me- It is because that people forget that God
 sees sees that they go on doing the things I The next we'll that Abraham digged | was called Beer-She1va; that is, the
 We'll of the covenant; for at that place l Abraham and Abfnelech made up their differences and ratified their agree ment in a solemn covenant at this the well of the oath. aszs TT
 Later. Isaac, the son of Abraham and Abimelech came to an understanding to the effect that Isaac should remove
 into the valley of Gerar because Isaac had become very strong in herds and decks and other possessions, and the two peoples could not be sustained SC near to each other. So Isaac acted tfavorably on Abimelech's suggestion
 and removed the valley of Gera,- @
 It was at this time that Isaac digged ngain the old wells which Abraham his father had digged and which the
 Philistines had stopped after the death of his father. -'' '5-
 He called the wells after the same thames that his father had called them | The first we'll was a gushing spring
 and so desirable was 1t that the native fheTdsnen and Isaac,s herdsmen came to blows over it. And so it was given Ia Hebrew; word which meant lcohten- tion. Esek. The next yell also became the object of strife and that was nam
 ed Sitnah. meaning emunity.. Then re Il moving from that place he digged ar- other well and for that they Strove not. And he called the name of ii i Rehoboth, meaning a broad place ol I For these people and the time of theil
 renewed prosperity had arrived. 4'77 f'fff I There are great many references Il to wells in the Bible.f It is not my f purpose to follow through with these i passages @ a but only te name these fe F the Israelites through the FwfIdernea: Ii they came at length to EliIn HWhert 4 were twelve springs of water ani seventy palm trees and they encampef there by the waters. And this histori | cal fact has been generously used a' l His people ini their journeyinss, Mann t centuries after this experience fhers arose one who touched hfsr harp ank
 sang: Jehovah in My Sthength anf vatien. Therefore with joy shall Vi draw water out of the wells Of sal l So these old wells came to sugges the water of life. There is one f1ort ipassage In t1Iess Old Testament stka. l st1ppfefs1erfs this. It is from the sd n. book of IsaihIthe opening words O ] The fifty fifth chapt CT, rs'IIe, every on, that thtstseth, come ye to the waters [ ana he that hath no money: come Vi tbuy and eat; yea. come buy wine ant
 milk without money and H without
 price," ---------
 sFhe incident that T have chosen ou lpf the, Na8 Testament seems like al answer to thfs-ths words of the Mas
 Eter to the woman at theaWeA of 5Jacol ts-that wonderful we'll that in the stim' | of Jesus was mole than seventy =iy, lfeets deep after all the centurtesa sine, tfhes time of bJacob.f Jesns said to thu Samaritan Woman dsWhoso adrinketh o Ehia, water pointing to the we'll zt ol lxhese sEurb He sat: will thirst again Ebut whoso drtnketht of the water tfa ti sba1l giye him shall never thirstla This. then. is the new water whicl f is go greatly needed in this. our day
 This is thirsty world. It wouldn' be so bad if only the longing and tn thirstinE were In =tsle direett0H of =geot things. things tha are whofesoine fo
 the body and tile mind and the soul
 But may Me not beafeYe tAat under
 neath all fha eHossHesa Of life there is