Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-02

S fields, they toll
- not neither do
they spin" The
sight of an open door leads up to the
statement: 81 am the Door and by me
If any man enter in he shall be saved"
At another time: 81 am the Vine; We
are the branches" 81 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
urally that they seem made for the
occasion.
Take the case of the Samaritan
woman. Jesus asked her for a drink
of water. AS he drank it, you can i'm
agine him saying: "This is very good
water; but anyone who drinks it will
soon thirst again; whosoeYer drlnketh
of the water that / shall give him shall
never thirst, but the water that shall
| give him shall become in him we'll
of water springing up unto eternal
life.''
what is that?" asked the woman.
"a water such that if you once
drink it, you never thirst again.
"Sir, give me this water, that 1 thirst
not, neither come all the way hither
to draw"
By this astounding statement he ex-
cites her curiosity and attracts at
tention to 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 to face with the Son of
God and his supreme claim upon them.
But 1 am not the Savior" you re
ply.
True; but if you are Christian, the
Savior dwells in you, and he has said:
81 will give you mouth and wisdom,
which all your adversaries shall not be
able to gainsay nor resist
Stains and Stains.
/ know a lady to 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 that?" asked the man eag-
erly, thinking, perhaps some other So
licitor 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 friend?''
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 Of q
sinful heart? / believe he would re
member that lesson to his dying day.
friend of mine at the Mortified
conference was asked by an express
man to direct him to certain mans
tent.
'I am sorry" he replied. "that
: cannot tell you where to find him
but, if you had asked me the way to
heaven, I could have told you. Dc
you know the way to heaven?"
NO" said the man, st cannot say
that do"
: "Well it is just this way" said my
). friend and he went on to explain it.
The result was that the man was
led to Christ right then and there
I Surely that was an easy way to opeI
I religious conversation. Anyone coult
do that. You could do it.
A Salvation Lassie's Reioinder.
= A Salvation Army girl was sellin:
the War Cry in saloon, when maj
said to her: "You don't believe il
]. the Bible, do your
= 81 do" said the girl, cor I wouldn'
= be in this place, can assure you"
\ "You don't mean to say that yo1
"a believe that story about the wha1
swallowing Jonah?"
= Certainly I do; God says so, ant
"a I believe it,"
- 'Pshaw!" said the man; "nobod
~ believes that story nowadays"
"Well,'' said the girl, "when ge
~ to heaven, will go to Jonah and as
- him if he had real experience in
o real whale"
sBut you won't find Jonah in heay
en-; he isn't there"
'Then suppose you ask him." re
:. piled the girl quietly, intimating thai
- if Jonah was not in heaven, he Nigh
be in the other place.
- "That girl was bright" you say
. Very true, but who gave her that wi
e and wisdom? The Holy Spirit, an
IL he will give you all the wit ande wis
dom you need for the work to whic
he has called you. "The anointfn
VI which We have received of him abidet
~ in you, and ye need not that any ma
II teach you' q John 2:2O. If Chri
III tians would only believe what Go
~ says, they would have more confdenc
~ to engage in personal work. 4