The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-02

~ the lilies of the
fields, they toll
not neither do
they spin" The
sight Of an open door leads up to the
statement: II am the Door and by me-
II any man enter In, he shall be saved"
At another time: II am the Vine; ye
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 1t, you can inn
Agine him saying: 'Thls is very good
water; but anyone who drinks it Will
soon thirst again; whatsoever drinketh
Of the water that shall give him shall
never thirst, but the water that l shall
give him shall become in him a well
Of water springing up unto eternal
life."
"What is that?" asked the woman.
"a water such that If you once
drink 1t, you never thirst again"
"Sir, give me this water, that 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 / am not the Savior" you re-
ply.
True; but If you are Christian, the
Savior dwells in you, and he has said:
~ 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: II know something that will
take out stains, too"
"What is that?" asked the man Gag
erly, thinking, perhaps some other so
licitor had canvassed the town ahead
of him.
1.-THE blood Of Jesus Christ which
cleanseth us from all sin. Do you
know anything about that, my friendT
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? l believe he would re-
member that lesson TO his dying day.
A friend of mine at the Mortified
conference was asked by an express
man to direct him to a certain mans
tent.
81 am sorry" he replied, shat 1
cannot tell you where to find him:
but, II you had asked me the way to
heaven, l could have told you. Do
you know the way to heavenT
NO." said the man, 81 cannot say
that l 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 to 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 Lassle's ReJoinder.
A Salvation Army girl was selling
the War Cry In saloon. when man
said to her: "You don't believe IN
the Bible, do your"
81 do" said the girl. cor wouldn't
Be In this place. l can assure You"
you don't mean to say that you
believe that story about the whale
swallowing Jonahr
Certainly I do; God says 50. and
I believe It."
"Pshaw!' said the man: NOBODY
believes that story nowadays"
well" said the girl, when 1 get
to heaven. I win go to Jonah and ash
him II he had a real experience In .
real whale"
"But you won't find Jonah In heavA
en-; he isn't there"
Then 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 sag.
Very true. but who gave her that Wit
and wisdomi The Holy Spirit. and
be will give you all the wit and wis
dom you need for the work 70 which
he has called you. The anoinEfng
which ye have received Of hIin abIdefh
In you. and ye need not that any man
teach you" Il John 2:2D. II Chris
Hans would only believe shat Cad