The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-01-22

~ fields. they toll
not neither dc
they spin" The
sight Of an open door leads up TO the
statement II am the Door and by me
" any man enter In. he shall be saved
At another time: II am the Vine; We
are the branches" II am the Way.
the Truth. and the Life" Thus, from
things of nature he draws spiritual les
sons which come In so easily and rat
urnlly that they seem made for the
OCCASION.
Take the case 81 the Samaritan
woman. Jesus asked her for n drink
Of water. As he drank II, you can Inn
agine him saying: This Is very good
water: but anyone who drinks II will
soon thirst again: whatsoever drinketh
Of the water that 7 shall give him-shall
never thirst. hut the water that ] shnll
give him shall become In him n well
Of water sprlnging up unto eternal
llfe."
what II that?" asked the woman.
"a water such that II you once
drink n. you never thirst again"
"Slr. give me this water. that l thirst
not. neither come all the way hither
Ia draw"
by this astounding statement he ex-
cites her curiosity and attracts at
tention 10 himself. At another time
he Is the Bread OF Life. the Good
shepherd; but. whatever the subject
Of conversation. he always leaves his
hearers face ca face with the Son Of
God and his supreme claim upon them.
"But am not the Savior" you re-
ply.
True; but II you are Christian. the
Savior dwells I'm you. and he has said !:
81 Will give you mouth and wisdom.
which all your adversaries shall not be
able 10 gainsay nor resist"
Stains and Stains
know lady 70 whom an agent
was trying to sell an article for TAX
Ing out stains. He was rubbing away,
and meanwhile eloquently describing
the merits Of his goods. Soon the lady
said; 81 know something that will
take out stains, too"
"What Is that7" asked the man Gag
erly. thinking. perhaps some other so
Hector had canvassed the town ahead
Of him.
"The blood Of Jesus Christ. which
cleanseth us from all sin. Do you
know anything about that, my friendf
Do you suppose that man would
show his goods again for six months
without thinking OF that other some
thing that could take stains out II a
sinful hearth believe he would re-
member that lesson 10 his dying day.
A friend Of mine at the Mortified
conference was asked by an express
man 10 direct him TO a certain mans
tent.
II am sorry" he replied. that !
cannot tell you where TO find him; ;
but. II you had asked me the way TO
heaven. could have told you. DO
you know the way to heaven"
"No," said the man, II cannot say
that do"
swell, II is Just this way" said my
friend and he went on to explain II.
The result was that the man was
led 10 Christ right then and there.
Surely that was an easy way TO open
religious conversation. Anyone could
do that. You could do II.
A Salvation lassie's ReJoInder.
A Salvation Army girl was selling
the War Cry In saloon. when a man
said 10 her: "You don't believe In
the Bible, do your"
81 do" said the girl. cor wouldn't
be IN this place, can assure you"
"You don't mean 10 say that you
believe that story about the whale
swallowing JonahT
certainly ! do; God says so, and
I believe H."
"Pshaw!" said the man; nobody
believes that story nowadays"
well" said the girl, "when | get
to heaven. | will go 10 Jonah and ask
him II he had real experience In a
real whale"
"But you won't find Jonah In heav-
en- he isn't there"
"rhen suppose you ask him." re-
piled the girl quietly, intimating that,
II Jonah was not In heaven. he might
be In the other, place.
THAT girl was bright" you say.
vwry true, but who gave her that wit
and wlsdomf The Holy Spirit. and
he will give you all the wit and wis
dom you need for the work TO which
he has called you. "rhe amounting
which We have received Of him abldeth
In you. and We need not that any man
teach you" Il John 2:2D. II Chris
tians would only believe what God
says. they would have more confidence
to engage In personal work.