3‘ 'cI'
, them \viIiI your swords!
m”---
THE WELL OF BETHLEHESf
DISCOURSE BY REV. DR. TAL‘JAGE
AT THE TABERNACLE.
the run-pet theI Fountain of I‘erpetud
Youth—K‘keptiqu Mmuro Eternity with
in “our fills“ and the throne of God
with - Tani .‘Wick.
BROOKLYN. Nov. 27. —This morning
tt the Tabernacle. after explaining appro-
pliantI . Ivzscages of Scripture. the Rev. '1‘.
De Witt 'l‘uimage. D D7. gave out the
«follonin; hymn that was sung by the
// oungreg: m. «I with great he IIrIiness:
Dune-d in Borrow and III sin
At hell‘s (lurk door In- lav:
But we trt‘v by mm divine,
To Ire A glorious dav
The subject of the. sermon “as ~ Thirst
in a t'mern;' and the text: “Uh I)“:
one would giI e me drink of the water of
the well of lkIthleliem. “inch is by the
gatel”.~ ll Samuel xxui. t3
\Var. :IlIIIaIs distressing l\ espcciIIllI
ruinous in haruNt time. \\ llt II the I ”tops
are llready {or tlIII sic kle to u: no it" In
trodden down by IIII :dry houses and
haivy supply trains millymg the fields. is
enough to make any man‘s heart suk.
\Vhen the lust grutt \IIIr broke out in
Europe. and France and Germany were
(uniting: into horrid IIollIsIIIu. l rode :icrnss
their golden fields. and \‘l\\' “a“ tents
pitchul. and the trenches dug in Ilm IIII-y
:II-ei‘tnof Ihc’riI-«I fields. the ion; sIIItlIe
of battle si :u‘peniu: to mow down lliil‘I
vmts of men in great “‘ittt‘IIHs of the
(lead. It was :It llIIi season of the bar
TIM that the army of the l'il.i:~ll!lv‘.i
cuIiIedowu upon l’nAthlelIem. Hulk to
the IIizmi-Ir I. f Iheir voices. th~ .,!:III:
the“ I‘lI IN. lllt‘ bldn- II ”III"
trumpets. and the clash of their shields!
lAIt lkn id and his men full buck? The
lmrd‘s host :«IIIIIItIIIIes lIN‘S the Iiu} . Hut
IIIII til kn. \\ where to hide. He had
lren bring-L: up In IlI.II I'nuzatr). l‘mys
are inIpIim‘II-Iund they know all about
the region “here they were born 331.1
brought up. If youshould gole-Ik to
the old llI-Etl!‘\li‘il\l. you could. With your
eyes shut. tEIul your way In the IIIIziIl-Iw.
(III the orchard. or the hill bruit vi the
know. \\l!l1 \\l7.i!’ll you were fnmzhur
thirtv IIr titty y-zin 39:0. IA: IIIIvIl
k!‘.r\\ ll.e' c..ve If .\ EIIlYLIm. l‘- ring-s. In
his luIy‘lIAs-i i.t).\. he lIIId played “libis‘
and sec-k” \Izah lit< IIIIIIIrII-ies :Iil Iiluut
the IIiIiI.i\e and though when II ._:II ht
milk"- iv m I; It. lkIIId dIIi 'l‘rquIIA ..\
my III-In- xix one wm of :I‘llllIL Into
tint <I.III 31.2: ;- in :I \er narrow
pat... E I; II. II..~ I: 41:. .IxIIl stI-Idy
harlot-.3 A .II and and so. IIII‘I
hb' tlir- .I. 2. I‘il‘.<'t'l>‘ he goes
along .I - . , . .I, .s his \\;I_\ into the
cave. -II- . . "vx‘ :IrIIIIIIIi. t the roof
and I: , .»-..:’ ILII III I.II LII‘I.
ftVIi~ I : ‘Ig . III Th liIII t I l III.II h.
and III‘I»: l. II 1% " .I.~ .; .1. . 1....
not k‘II. \\ in: I: ~ I~ In: 1‘ l. Cl\l I-Ie II dro} _\
tricking ti III II the ~II I. u! :b- II I|\I‘ I‘II. \‘r
that tin-n II i-.I\- I-uII‘; \IIIIIII “iiit'r in
tin L-ozf. Iv ins -Iz' Riv: but that
“'zss tin! “ out he \\:I! oi. le “antwl it
Ilvr IA. foil :3. IIIII. . szIIIlI :t\ :I mun gets
III. iv IIIII ..o .-.=: ..;.i IIel \III'II [thus ”w-
erui L I. inn III II-IIIIrIIIlrI'IId that
ti ..t c.III-I of _\~lIIli:IIIi there
:I~ that. .I well In which
11“ Itfisl to gun: lsxylzIaI-l (hi-“ell of
lLItlIlelIesn, mad he aim-Vt IIIIIImIIes that.
he can lo 21' Ibo liquid plush of tluII \\t“|l.
and his vuifi‘lusl tougIIo-movm through‘
\‘Il\ li‘I If
“us >ttI h i I\--Zl
IIH let 3.!“ as he SH“: “Uh. that one
Would LII:- I: _. drink of the water of the I
“vii III‘ 3‘»: EA. hum, \\l:lt‘l| is by ‘tlIe
{Ith‘lu
lt \\Zl~ to \Inzwr smd thIIn dun-I. The
three lIrmI- ~I..Il' I-tlicI-rs bound to their
feet and dart. llr;I\e soldiem will take
even a hint :rIIIII their commander. But
between tlu II: and the well lay the host
(If the l'lI‘I.i>’.llitI‘2 and what could three
nnIII with 3 great :Irmy? Yet where
tin-n» iI :I xvii": there, H II way. and. with
their ~IIIIIIr-is Id IslIiIIg this way lllbl that.
they IIIII‘Iu- llII .I‘ pnth to the well. “'hilu
the l’l.III~ .‘ll‘t‘ :IIIqunl :It the seen)-
illil f:~Iil..tI'<|ltIrIs§ IIf ilit‘St‘ “lift“ "it‘ll.
‘ 3 . make up lllIIl!‘ minds exactly
.. the llil‘t‘t‘ men have come
1h;- II lh- I drop the bucket.
They bri: . II; ItliI- water. They pour it
in the pol . and I’IIIIII $3111 for the cave.
"Stop ill-‘2?" I‘t‘y the l'hilistines. “t'lil‘
Stub tlIrm With
your sp-AIIIQ Stop those three me 11'”
Too lzitef MI I lIIIv-Igotv- Iround the lull.
The hot "III .ts :tl' spl. I-Ihctl II xth the over»
flowing from the viasel :Is it is
carried up Im- chtls. The three men
go alonc the dangerous path. and with
(‘liu ks f. : "Id II ah the t‘\t‘llt‘lllt‘lll. and
all I III II.‘ lIr» :eth in their Im‘zn. they
fling tip I \“I-lIix rnl \\ Elli the skIerIIslI.
tothI-sAdII-If the IIIIIII. and cry out to
David. “T captain of the host. is
what you \\;:!:h\l. It'drink (If the well of
Bethlcb» EH. which isl Iy the gate. ‘
.A\ text l~ «If no use to me LAunb I\\ 1 can
find t'hn—z '.‘l It. and Iiyaleqa I IIIIII bring a
£052le III? II: ZlIIIsIIII‘IIIrIls th:It IIIIil :Ii‘ousa‘
and comb "i :md l»les<.'l blmil widI I had
never Sci-:1 :?z~ 221‘ for your time would be
wasted. [Sm inst my soul the dark
record IIII-nlIl if made‘ that this day I
atom! in I} :I treat audience of shining.
sull'eriig- Id dying: men. and told them
(If no res. :Ie. It} the cm“ of the Sun of
God. In the throne cf the eternal judg-
mIInI. iI - t >hnll not be! May thc Lord
Jesus ll' Inc to tell _\ou lltt‘A truth to-
day! ,
You l:.I-I~w tlIIIt carrier pigwuis have
sometIIIII-s letters ti<s§undcr the wing.
and they fly hundreds of mileselou
miles in an lxoixr~IIarrinIg :IIIIeas‘Igc.
So I have thought I would like to have it
now. Uh. heavenly Dove! bring under
thy “i2 :iIdIIy. to my soul and to the
acute IA: Ibis people. some mes sage of
light. and i. I‘i‘ and peace:
It is I . i an unusual thing to so? peo—
\\_.‘3I ‘
in h‘.
«i.—
pie gut :ar mound a well in summer
time. husbundmzm puts down his
cradle a: I?» well curb: the builder puts
down l; I. trowel; the traveler puts down ,
his pm < Then one draws the II .ItI l‘ for
Ill the rest. himself taking the In I last. ~
The cup is mused around. and the tin-s I
If thirst are put out: the travelrr starts
In his IIIIIIII-y. and the workman mkc»
0?, his Worden.
My ;;- . :1le we come today aIroIIIII.
the LiIb I III ii “1! put down our pack
of harm us and our Implements of toll.
_Onc man must draw the water for those
II-ho have gathered around the well. lg
will try and draw the water today . and .
it. after I have poured out from this liv
ing fountain for your soul. 1 just taste of
flammvou‘iauotbegmdgemea;
’ new we must die.
/.
. rusalem [Br gain maker.
-NI\~IIIH of hisuiu ~I
. men in the Lord‘s
“drink from the
Bethlehem, which
This Gospel well .n
of in the text. isa , ”mam.
David had knewn h ndrcdé of wells of
, water. but be wan. to drink from that i
iculnr one. he thought nothing
could stake his 1 . I like that. And un-
less your soul: d mine (xiii get. access to
the fouxmun open for sin and unclean»
That fountain is the
IIIII‘l of lh'tlilchem. ,It was dug in tlief
night! It was dug by the light of a lau- I
imIHIJIe star that hung down over the-
manger. It was dug, not at the gate of l
( awn ‘s mlaces not in the park of a Je—
It was dug in a
barn. The camels lifted their weary
heads to listen as the work went on. The
shepherds unable to sleep because the
heavens were filled with bands of music,
Inme dotvn to see the opening of the.
III-ll. The angels of God at the first
gush of thvI living water. dipped their
cluiliccs of jov into it and drunk to the
he: IltlI of cnith and lIeIiII-u us they cried: I
(“my to (bid in the highest and on
earth peace " Sometimes in our modern
burns the water is brought through the
pipes of the citv tn the vIIII instrils 0f
the horses or c Ittle: but this Ivcll in the
li llllt hvm lern II .Is not so much for the
ll':I>l.\ that perish :Is for our race. thirst
smitten. desert travelml Iind simoon
struck. (lb. my soul. Iveary with sin.
stoop down and drink todIIy out of that ,
Bethh lIIIIII Weill
I.\s the Inn: pnizteth after the IIIIIIII‘
bio- ks so my soul pIIIIte th :Ifter 'lhec. 0
Had!“ You would get u better under-
~It.IIIdiII: of this amidst the Adirondacks
in .summcr time. Here comes a swift
fIIIIIIsi IlIIIIt'. 'l‘lIII bounds are t‘lth‘t‘ U"
the truck: it has leaped clmsmsund scaled
.chils; II is mused out: itscycs III‘IIrolling
In death; its tongue is lIIlilllg; from Its foIIuI~
mg mouth. l-‘nstcr the dam. faster the
dogs. until it plunges iuln Sehroou litht‘.
and the bounds cam follow it no further.
:lllIl it pins down us ln-IId nnd mouth
llhlll the Ix-IsiIIil H clIIuII submerged III the
I‘txtl'\\‘.‘\\'t‘ and I understand it: “.\s the
hurt pnntcth for the \\':llI‘l‘ brook. so
tIIItItclh my soul after ‘l‘hcc. t) Hui!“
tlh. bring the wider from that well!
lanle- eluld. who luis learnnl of Jesu‘. In
the Sabbath school. bring llli‘ sI-IIIIIIII‘IEIIII
hung IIIII-II‘. Hid "Inn. \\ ho titty
:e 7.. didst 13ml the Well. bring me somv «If
I: .ll II llh t'. .‘ti'uixucr in ti simngo Lind,
II ho IIsIsi to hIIzu' sun: amid-t the High
y curs
LII-.Il‘ of N‘IIIIJYIIl. III tlIII tune of “llonmo
l'III‘H. ‘ “Thu \tdtfthc war of llt‘llllt'I
hum.’ iAIIII; me bottle of that \\‘.’llt‘l‘.
\\ liilsluwrl‘ Ill'llib-‘lll of that \\;Itcr .Ilmll
never third. “Uh. that one Ivould 3.l\t\
‘I:~ I II?~ lll" \\ilitIl‘ IIf lllII “I‘ll Hf
lhItiIlI . II i:.I h iI l.) tllII 5:;Ilri“
Again. \\t'li. like the
elwkrlt of the IIIII. II :I cud-lured u. ,1.
thId Dimple-nil the tune \IlII‘tt litill
Ins-Ii water of lirthlviw‘th Ivris III the
II-I~. ll: ~ fzithey I!II.IIIk
llIIIt‘I‘. ll‘n IIIIIliIIIt III .mk llII‘l‘I‘. litI t‘c-
member-Id how the \\.Ib r Listed when he
was II boy. and came up there from play.
\\.II llt‘\ I‘l‘ {I‘l'gIIl llItI IIlIl \VIIll \"t‘ lts’IIIl lIl
drink out of “llI‘ll III- were boys or girls.
There was NIlllt‘llllllf: in it that blessed
the bps IIn-l rvItIhIstIcIl the brow lII-ltII!‘
I'lmn Imytlu- .. Ive have found since. A‘-
we think \ that dear old \\!'ll. thqI memo~
ries of the past flow into each other like
crystalline Ilroivs‘. sun gliIItI-d. and all the
more Ix." “I‘ remember that the hands that
Ilsnl to lay ho’ul the rope and the hearts
t‘lIIIt beat {Iguiiist the well curb are still
now. We nIIII-r get over these reminisA
cences. George 1‘. Morris. the grcnt
song writ-Ir of this country, once said to
me that b is NIIII; II\\'ooIlni: In. \‘IvIr-I That
Tree." II .Is stun: in II great I om ert hull.
and the im -IIIoIIesof eIIIly hie \IIIIIII
wrought upon the .Iudn qu lI\ that son ..
(but. after the siin'InI' IIIIs dune . :III and
man arose in the uudIIInI e. on III ln hucd
\Iith rnII-Iion. Imd snid. “hit. “'1” you
please In tell me win-{her the Ivoudmzm
really \pzired that tree?" \VII never for~
get the tree under which we played. \\‘e
never forget the fountain III which \\t‘
drunk. .\l;Is for the man who has In
early memories!
“in id thought 0! that Well. that boy-
lIood well. and he wanted II drink of it.
but he reIIII-mbcrei that the l‘bilistincs
bud cup-Hm d it. When those three men
tried to come up to the Well in behalf of
. (Lu-.143: III».-
l" u.»
SI)
‘ lkivid they saw swords gleaming: IIround
this Is true of this
Gospel Well. The l‘lIilistiiII-s have :22
times captured it. \\'lIII:I we come to lake
:I full. old fashioned drink of pardon :uxd
comfort. do IIIII their swordi of Indignw
tion and sarcasm dish? \\‘hy. the skeptics
in“ us that we cannot come to that foIm~
about ll. _\tIIl
tum! 'l‘lIuIy my the water is not it to
drink Im} how . “If you are really thirsty
now. llu‘l’I' isIlII-wellot‘philosophy. there
is the \\\ll of art. then l\ the III” of
science.” They tryt tosubsx: Ime instead
of o_ur lo) hood faith. :I modIru mixture. ,.
They say :I great many beautiful things
inbout the soul. and they try to feed our
inIInorLd hunger on I'oxelcnvcs. Imd mix
:I mint ju‘I-Ip of “urbiiy stinmlams. II hcn
III-thing “id satisfy Iis but “IIIh‘iIIk of
the II. uter of the well of Bethlehem. II hich
is III the gate,“ They try to starve [130!)
husks. when the lI‘IIIlIer‘s banquet is
ready. and the best ringis taken fromthe
II'IIslxIIt. and the sweetest th‘p is struck
for the music, and tluI swiftest foot is al-
reIIdy lifted furthchmce. They patronize
heaven and abolish bell. and try to men»
urc eternity \\ lili their hour glass. and
‘tlietlu‘onc of the gum (ind Ivith their
yard stick? I IIblIor it. I tell you the
old Gospel Will is II captured well. I
pray God that there may be somewhere
in the elect host three anointed men.
with courageenougli to go forth in the
' strength of the om'niimtent God. with the
glittering swords of truth. toliew the, way
back again to that old well. 1 think the
tide is turning. and that the old Gospel is
to take its place again in the family. and
in the university. and in the legislative
hall.
phicx and have found out that they do
not givtI any comfort; and that they drop
an arctic midnight upon thcdcntb pillow.
They fail when tliertI is a dend chill
in the house: and when thI soul comes .
to leap into the fatliorulcss ocean of cter- :
nity. they give to the man not so much ’
asa broken spar to cling to. Depend
upon it. that well will come into our pos-
session Imam. though it has hen: cap-5
tured lf there he not three uminted.
host with err-ugh con‘ i
sceration to do the work then the swords .
will leap from Jehovah‘s buckler. and the
Men have tried worldly pluloso— ‘I
’Inp II promise:
‘ trouble?
_ lievo In the Bible.
.._._........_. - .. . - . .. A-..
..ielIcm. which is by the gate. “ "1.)
.uodbeforus, who can be againstus?“
“If God spared not his own Son. but
freely "'aV.‘ him up for us all how shall
benot bwith him also freely give us all
things?" “for I am persuaded that
neither height. nor depth. nor angels. nor
principalities. nor powers,
present not things to come.“ shall take
from us into final captivity the Gospel of
my blessed Lord Jesus Christ.
Again. the Gospel well. like the one?
spoken of in my text. is a well at the
The traveler stops the. camel to- 5
gate.
day. and gets down and dips out of the
valley of the east some very beautiful
clear. bright. water. and that is out of'
the very well that DaI Id longed for. Do
you know that that well was at the gate
so that nobody could go into Bethlehem
without going: right past it? And so it. is
with this Gospel well—4t is at the gate.
It is. in the. first place. at the gate of
puritic: Itiou. We cannot wash away our
sins ImlI $3 with that \‘dlt‘l‘. I take the
responsibility of saying that there is no
' man. woman or child in this house
today that has escaped sinful defile-
Iuent. «Do you say it is outrageous
such
I II have never
and Iingnlkmt for
a charge?
me to make
Do you say.
stolenI—Il have never blasphemed-l have ,
never committed IIuclIIIstity—I have
never been guiltv I f murder?“ I reply.
you have comm}: ed a sin worse than
blasphemy. worse than Imchastity. Worse ,
than theft. worse than murder. \\'II have
all committed it. \\'e have by our sin
rc-crucified the Lord. and that is deicidc.
And if thertI be til.) who dam to plead
“not guilty“ to the indictment, then the
hosts of heaven will be impanclcd as a
jury to render II unanimous verdict against
us: guilty one. guilty IIll. \Vitli what It
ulnsbmg stroke IIIIII one passage cuts us
away from all our pretensions: “There
isnoue that doI-Ih good «no. not one.“
“Uh.“ says some one. “all we want. all
theruce wants. Is development." Now
1 quIt to tell you that the race develops
without the Gospel Into It Sodom. Ii Five
l‘omtI. II great brill LIIkc City. It always
develops downwurd. and never upward.
except nsmhu grace of God lays hold of
II. \Vllul. then. is to lwcomo of our soul
without l'hrist? lion‘duucnt. Disaster.
Hut 1 bless my la-rd Jesus t‘lirist that
there is :I well :u the gate of purification.
l-‘or gnu! sin. A“l‘\'l\l pardon. For eighty
years of tram IIIssion. an eternity of for?
giIeIIcss For crime deep as hell; on
:ItIIIII-uicnt high as lImIcn: that \Yllt‘i‘u‘
sin :Il-IquIled. so place may much mI-II-I
abound; that as sin l‘t'lglll‘l 'Imto dcuI3:
even .so may Imm- t‘I II; I through Ii: l.
I‘IIthIII .\\ titIZII IIlI‘l‘nui itiv l } .‘Ijstlsl hi .sl
our Lord. .\l‘.:t‘i of IE» I I‘IIIIIIIIIIIII. dip
ll)‘ II II»; “I liiiw lIvI: I: IIIuntznn twin}.
.‘ll‘IIl I\.I.I.II ll I-vcr {in m3. Inn :zs‘IIIIIIbLIgI.
in “tin-
which is
th.\l IIIIII Innis mu) 1c \\.I~hII«l
II (llt‘l‘ of the well of lIIII‘n’u-iwm.
by the cute.”
Further. l remark that
Ihe lix‘rln 1 is II! the grit-I of \IIIIIII‘nIIt.
you LIIIIIII “here lkIvId
uttered the words of the
in the I :i\II of .\Illlll:llll. That is where
some of you are now. Has the world
:Iluziys gone smoothly with you? “as n
IIeIeII pursued you with slander? is
your lb'Jilli :Ilwuys chad: ll:IIII~ your
fortunes I2: vcr pcIIishI-dl' .\I‘e your club
drru ull alive and well? Is there one
dead lamb in the fold?. Arv- you igno-
rant of the way to the «melon? ll. IvII
you ever heard the bail toll \IthI it
seemed It: if every stmke of the Hull
clapper beat your heart? .\l‘t‘ the skim
asbriglu when you look Into them as
they Used to bcwheu other eyes. now
closed. llN'Il to look Into them? is there
some trunk or drawer In ~Iour house thut
llll“ \\'t‘ll of
“II
IIzis \\hIItI he
tI-xt‘: lloIvIIs
you go III only on anniversary duys.
when thsre comes beating 35;. your
soul the surf of It great. ocean of agony:
It ie the cme of Adulbim. 'l‘lIII cuvo of
.\dull.IInf Is there some llIIIId here
IIlI-Iso fatherly lIIIIu‘t wayward Aiwxilnm
has broken? is there some AbI‘IIhIInI hero
who is lonely because Sarah isdend in
the family plot of Muchywlah': After
thirty or forty years of coinpcmiouship.
how hard it w: ‘ for them to part! \Vhy
not have two seats in the Lord‘s chariot.
so tluit both the old folks might have
gone up (It oucc': My aged mother. in
her last momcnt. said to my father.
iI‘IItth‘. wouldn‘t it be nice if we could
both go together?“ No. no. no. \\‘e
must ptu't.. And there are wounded
hearts here today. The world cannot.
comfort you. \Ylltlt czm iI bring you?
Nothing. Nothing. The salvo they try
to put on your wounds will not stick.
They cannot. with their bungling aur-
gcry, mend tho broken bones.
Zoppur the. NIUInIathite. and Bildad
the Shuliite. and liliplm: the 'l‘cmzmite,
come in and talk. and tzilk. and talk. but
miserable comforters are they all. They
cannot pour light into the cave of Adul-
lIIm. They cannot brim: 3 single draught,
of water from IItlIewI-ll of Bethlehem.
which is by tho gate.‘ But glory be to
Jesus Christ. there is comfort at theI gate!
There is life in the Ivoll at the gate. If
you give me time. 1 will draw up It prom-
ise for every mun. woman mid child in
this house. .-\_vc. 1 will do it. in two
minutes. 1 will lay hold tho rope (If the
old well. \YlIIIt is your troublc‘.I "Oh."
you say. “l mu so sick. so weary of BIG
-—-:Ii1mentsnftc‘ ailments.“ I will draw
"The inhabitants shall
never say. II am sick.’ “(hat is your
trouble? “Oh, it is losmd' friends—nu}
rcnvcmcrit." you say. I will draw you
up II pilmuise inch and cool out of the .
lum the r'csui iectiou and the life; .
“II ll:
be that bIIIlII IIth in me though he “cl‘e
dead. yet shall be liv.e “ “but is your
You say it is the infirmitics of
old age. I will draw you up It promise:
IIDoIvII to old age I am with thee. to
hoary baits will I carry thee.“
your trouble‘.I “Oh. “ you say
bread ‘I bring up this promise: “Iicave
thyfuthcrless children-4 will preserve
' them :IliIe and let tliv widows trust in
II
Inc. I break through the armed ranks
‘ of your sorrows today and brinI't to your
parched lips “a drink of the water of the
well of Bethlehem. Iv liich is by the
gate."
Again. the Gospel Ive-ll is at the gate;
of heaven. I have not; heard vet; one
single intelligent account of the future
IIorld fiom anybody who does notbe~
They throw such a
fog about the subject tliat I do not want?
too go to the skeptics heaven, to the
transcendentaiist‘ s heaven. tothe worldly [
nor things i
Thctrbeaveuliuno Chi-kt in it. iii] a
' heaven without Christ. though yhu could
sweep the whole universe into it, would
be a bell! Oh. they tell I]! there are no
songs them there are no coronations in
heaven—that is all imagination. They tell
1 us we will do there about what. we do
here, only on It larger scale—gmmctrize
iwith clearer intellect, and with ulpeu-
i stock go clnmbering up over the icebergs
, in an eternal vacation. Rather than
that. I turn to my Bible. and I find
Jolui' a picture of that good land that
heaven which was your lullaby in in-
Ffancv. that heaven which our children
| in the Sabbath school will sing about this
afternoon-that heaven which has a
"well at the gate."
After you have been on a long journey.
and you come in all bcdustcd and tired
to your home. the first thing you want is
G
refreshing ablution; and I am glad to:
know that after we get through the pil-
grimage of this world—tho hard. dusty
‘pilgrimage-~wo will find II well :It the
‘gnte. In that one wash away will go
our sins and sorrows.
whether cherub or serapli or my own Ile-
parted friends in that blessed land place
to my lips the cup: the touch of that cup
will be life. will he heaven! 1 was read-
ing of how the ancients sought for the
fountain of perpetual youth. They
thought if they could only find and drink
out of that well the old would become
young again. the sial; would be cured.
and evcrylnxly would have eternal juven-
csccnce. Uf course. they could not. find
it. Eureka! 1 have found ll!-~“lllt‘ water
of the well of Bethlehem. which is by the
gate.“
1 think Ive had better make II bargain
with those who leave us. going; out of
this World from time to time. as to IIIlIcI‘c
we will meet them. 'l‘rnvelers parting;
appoint II place of mu-Iing. 'I'lsey my:
II\\'II will llltIOl III Home. or we will meet
at SII‘IcklIoluI. or \‘ienmi. or Jerusalem.
or l‘IetiIlelIII.II." Now.
to stand by the death pillow of tlIIIsIIIleo
are leaving us for the fur hind. do not lct
us \I‘ccp us though we Would Iicvcr see
them again, but_ let us. then.I standing.
appoint :I place where we will InuIt.
\Vhere shall it be? Shall it be on the
banks of the liver? No. The banks are
too long. Shall it. he in the temple? No.
no. There is such a host there ten
thousand timesA ten thousand. \Vhore
'slmll we meet our loved ones? Let us
IIIIIlIe :In :IppIIIIItIIIIInt to meet at the III-ll
2
I do not cure?
when we come f
i
by the pub Uh. llt‘.l\:‘!ll Since! in men! I
hear liI‘..\I‘ll! lbInvcn. “here our good.
I'm-Ind . .ItII-l
lb :IIIIIIY
llI-ziven. where Is?
.lI'Illls‘
Heaven! '
l‘IAII while I stand here there (‘nIm-s :I .
III-vubinn of feeliu: when Hook ilil-I)IIlll‘ '
A DIBKEllMAll i; so
eyI .Imd know tiwvro :IIIII snub: LI
of thint. unto llll\l.11lIi-!5;I the \I'eil the
flute. l‘thIuIIx and the II ell of
heaven there is It great army of mo; and
though (‘3 il‘l\l is had). to chair :I _'\\:I}‘ to
that “ell IIII thI III tlu I II Id not lMiIhis
lIII II (\I ixII. u I ion.
But 1 :Im :‘md to know that you may
come yet. The \\‘IIll is here «the well of
heaven. Come: l do not care how feeble
you are. Let me take hold of your arm.
and steady you upto theII‘I-llcurh. “1le.
every one that thIrsteth. come." [would
l‘lilllt‘l‘ win one htlll to I‘lI: 'ist this morn-
m '1}: In \\I :III the Ilt\\\ll of the World‘s
doudmon. , llu tIIl let any man go away
and xiy l did not invite him. Uh.
"I. fining
3:30 :I:
if you ;
could only just look III my lord once; if '
youcould just see him {nil in the face: :ch.
‘ if you could only do as that woman did
whom I read about at the beginning of the
services just come up behind him and
touch his feet mctliinks you would live
in north-Ina New Jersey omI winter. thrcca
little children wandered oil from home
in II snow storm. Night came on.
Father and mother said. “\Vhere are the
children?" They could not be found.
They sizirzed out in haste. and the news
run to the Incicbbom. and before morn—
im: it \ins‘ Enid that there were hundreds
of men hunting the IIIIIIIIIIIIIiIs for those
three children. but found them not.
After, a while It man inmgined there was
It place that had not bwn looked at and
he went and saw the three children. He
examined their bodies.
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‘TUB’K
.tc direct from factory III Shim. «II 1nd nbuin . ample cm. which i: amused n he um um,
article. In this hue. III to us.
new-Drop Blac- hen-5e...
new-Drop Snu-
DewI III-«p A
flew-Drop 'l a- In Can-up
Dew-Dru]: Lin Bea-u.
new-[Drop Early June Penis.
Ile-w-llrun Sugar Corn.
l)-‘\!'-”rII-p Tammi-um.
"('\\'~|)' [1 Peaches.
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an an III-m agents and b In- e \cmsiu- um: ‘nr tin-n in this town.
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It you intend to upcml the day in town. )0“ will need {
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in order to Arrange ram- ctm dinner for that occasion
B. E. BEMSDNS MARKE
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qulnlilleu.
HIS I'Rll‘ E‘ ‘ll'lLl. BE REAb \ONABLE.
Choice Fruits 8t Vegetables
(If nll kinds are also to he h‘1d at hid unmet.
Obserw Chm-truss day properly by pun basin: your Turkey I cud? W5 at
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> He found that 7
the older boy hIId taken off his omit and I‘
wrapped it around the younger one. the ?
baby. and then taken 0!! his vest and i
put it around the other one: and there i
they IIll died. he prolvibly the first. for he .
had no coat or “III.
iug-IIcI-uewvhcn that was brought to
light! I was on the ground a little while
after; and it brought the whole scene to
my mind~ ' nd I thought to mysvlf of :I
more: me] .: scene than that. It is that
Jesus. on elder brother. took of? the
dry. and laid Iaide thelsst
nirtldy comfort. that he
might. w . our poor souls from the
blast. Uh, the bright. and the depth.
and the length and the breIIdIhof the
lOVI‘ (If Cl ‘ ll ‘ '
Oh. it was II. touch-
robe of re“
(if
garment
Almost us find (II: a Fire.
In 'the Leipsic Sindt theatre there is an :
overhangs the :
enormous 'cisIcIIn that
I out of town for anything
stage. froui II hicli an alarming quantity .
of \\':llt‘l‘ can be flooded down on the
boards at. Ethe shortest. warning. The
knowledgef of this provision has hitherto
been 31 great source, of comfort to the
actors. They were not. however. pro-
.parcd for, In: impromptu that occurred
several weeks ago. \Yitliout II moment's
warning. and in the presence of stalls,
pit and (IIu'ftgiiu. nearly the whole com-
pany was roundly drenched. They had
to ninkc :i very lizuty retreat from the
stage; to drop the curtain and to get
their clothes dried before thev could
=on. The audience seemed
mused. and no "demoraliz-
ing panic:
“'hut is Herald.
“1 have f
a w idou ed soul. and my children cry for
Dciith of an Investigator.
The chemists of the world have been
called upoxi to mourn the Icccnt death of
one 0f their most celebrated investigators.
. 1 refer to (austav Robert Kirchhoff. He
i was the diécoverer of spectrum analysis,
6 by- means of which astronomers have
been enabled to determine thee composi
E tion of tlioisun and other heavenly bodies.
It is today the most delicate means of
chemical imalvsis. Some idea of its pre-
cision can be formed when I tell you that
I it will detect about a 200 000 000th part
of a grain of sodium salt‘or a 6. 000. 000th
part of a grain of litbiiim salt. It has
' enabled chemists to discover sevenfl new
elements and to prove that some sub-
eternal three will descendJGod the Fa~ ; philosopher’ s heaven. I would not ex-S stances formerly supposed tube . ta
flier. God the Sun. God ttholy Ghost. I change the poorest room in your house mcpmpounds. Themed ‘
conquering for our dy race the W E for the finest heaven that Huxlev on} Stu will long be remembered. I in
MckagamtOI‘thewmdthew-ellot “(immorDax-winever dreamed of. Globe-Democrat. .\
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