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acam the “dl* of water which they had dialed in the day* of Abraham, ha fath"Vberr are three name* in the New TcaUment Ui*rt>arably bound together. We rarelv think of one without having immediately Miggejtcd to u* the name* of the other two Theme three are Peter. Jamea and John. They were *pecially ehoaen of Chnat for ron*nicuou* *e* vice, and we the particular objteu of Ilia divine affi

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md. one can M-arcely mpeak the name o one of the three without fimlinK himaei running a: once in •pcech to the other two. Abraham. Isaac and Jacob form the Old Temtaraent trio. 1 do not know- how familiar you are with the atory of Haac. I hare found mymelf that I knew very little about him. I wa» quite familiar with

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other incident* of hi* life I knew very littie. Aa A matter of /act Isaac doe, ‘ ahow off to advantage hctw«n Abral on the one mide of him and Jaeob on other, Abraham becauae of what he t

other incident* of hi* life I knew very liton the one mide of him and Jaeob on *•>* cau*e of what he became, lor by the pc of God he warn changed from Jacob, the cheat, to Israel the prince, having power with God and with men. and one cannot help but feel a* he read* the whole *tory of laaac'm life that it would have been better for him had he died upon the altar. Ho-made a splendid start in lift, but ao did Noah and Lot. and so haw many of you. but that n not enough. At »hc beginning of his career I*aac goe- away beyond the Other* whose tame* I have mentioned. We are mo taken up with Abraham and hi* willingne** *‘0 offer hi* mon that somehow we have forgotten Isaar * wiUingne** to he offered. He really made a splendid *tart. and was a most estimable young man. H we look at a single verac in hi* career we *ay what an excellent man. and if we look at other* we find ourselves exclaiming. "How mean he is,” and yet mo it i* with onr own live*. Men must not be judged by one paragraph in our cxP The subject of wells is interesting. In Oriental time* a well of water wa* a fortune. When a king dog a well he became as famou* «■ if he had built a pyramid. Great battle, were fought to gain po**e* erected to secure their possession. Abraham dug at least four wells; how many text. I like to speak of wells because there is music in the very sound of the word.

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d you have never had a drink of spnng water j* yon have been weary in your tramp up the mountains or across the

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ure you have wondered if there could ever be rc*toration; stoop and drink tbit morn-&-Sf iS .?!< K SS “S ‘ of victory over sin. Some of yon tecedingly weak, and you dare not

arc exceedingly weak, and you dare not and you will find a strange new strength ' taking potw-srion of yoo. Isaiah 55: 1-2.

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raac to find the ncmes given to the and likewise singular that in these

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striving for success; ye lave met homes as we have aimed to conduct ies should ever be conducted.

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dig wtih in this world we-must expect opposition. We cannot belct alone, and this mtriic will come from one of three source*, «id'„ ns diacipif-. ‘-Nfarrcl not if the world hate you. ' Wc must expect to hear from thej devil. It is rather old-fat bionid in these myself. and have seen ha work mo perfectly in the lives of oth- . era that 1 know he i* a pen on, but szs&zrjLZnJrxitsi neaa to Ham and wealth to Lot. the desire for vmiann «„ Isaac, lor when he was dying and hi* thought* should have lietn ,n >>■*" ba»red t ra poor bn

. ''Therefore, if tboa bring alty, and tbne remember-

cannot pray, he Matthew 8: 23.

thy gift to the i ter waters of Morah were made sweet by the .camting in of the wood of a cnjtain tree. I tell you of a tree on which Christ died; get the peace of this Christ into your expenenee. live for othera suffer for oth, era, die lor others if need be. and the bittense* of your life will be inefaatJy Third —"Room." This. too. i. a «1 range

trsas ft? SriiM'iSi'rftftdrJicis drink and to be satisfied. It may be /hat that well ij in . foreign laml, perhaps it which was given to the fourth well. We must pass through discipline. It it not sr esjr a ft;.3a"-“d

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have^ffe?ed U| and ht nevCT T *'^eT th^dUdS of character and the wonder it that we have not been cut off altogether." But I 5 iESSSsi ;ft/iv:- „TS2,r .if iwfs But you will notice that luac digged sff.&r-'-i'iftn; .'-‘s.v.'ftftr I am very sure that there are some old customs which in thefe days we need tr

have revived.

First—The old custom of making the home a haven of rest, a type of heaven Ste ft»V<££*' w. Ki«l=a=,sl

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laterMltoul Letsoe Joly «. Sutyect: Tbs Qfv'aiel Maaaa. Ex. *H, US— O.hfei Te/t, Matt vl, ll-Meaory Yarses, i I — ConoitaUry oa (be Bey’* UtMn oi. srJftytfsv"' A’lss.'a; with two peaks; one of which waa called Horeb, the other Sinai. Sinai mean* renmj when the new moon was first di§2. "ilurmured.” For want of bread. It teem* they had taken a month's provitional proof of the hardness of their heart*. 23 K 5E.roi h ’-. k "f"f3"..TX host of Pharaoh mlain, bnt these are all for“r 1 ®

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W« need better borne, to-day. homes fo* our children should lie parent,' homes were for u*. If we go si: z *ft d i z a fault or a virtue that their parent* have where the father acts a* a pnest and the mother aa a saint; we could stii the whole One of my dearest friends waa profligate JFji v a- szzJs y-airE

then it dawned upon him that it was his mothers Bible given him to read. He walked across the room to pick it up just to show her some mark of respect, and read upon the fly leaf written in her own

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the past by those who are and this morning 1 seek to

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have lad it in our bOniness as wc have (athera drank and make you «* the Sa-

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o7Zio:”fti^ o fc l zr.T a "iz lo truth or reason: none talk more absurd4. "Gn'to’MSla." God made known Hi* purpose* unto Moses in order that Efforts have been made to do away with the supernatural aspect of this incident aftarsfSSJhKSia-KSis which the name manna ha* been given: but tkc are certain that this gum could not hive been the bread that i* heic said to have come from heaven. The manna i* |5TTcal of Christ who came down from ttss aa- Si tar^ssrsaThe manna was like a roiall grain. "A rer WJSS JZUSS? "W" Jftft

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manna mast he gathered fresh every mornas, ifts'iswrsSft’.jrftia trust Him and depend nnon Him for fresh impplie* each day. and if they would keep pie gathered the manna and “ground ii in tgiU*. or lieat it in a mortar, and baked it •ixth day of tbe week they were told to

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natural prodnetion it would have fallen on that dav a* at other times. B. 'Then ye *hall know." That tb» I-ord had brought them out ol Kevpt waa

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KAt IS SBf&W riou* work of God in giving you bread from heaven, or the glorious anpearing of God in the cloud, mentioned in verse 10. "Again*! the Lord." From thi* we are that when we murmur against God'* servant* ftr-sa rsf'dSTT.'iiss: obeying His commandment*. Wc hive not brought you out of your slavery. God by

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!5ft3S?£,*iftS srls •■.w v eth your rminnurings." Hon offensive to God niu«t their murmuring* have been, and yet He bore with them and had mercy .0. "Conic .near before the I-ord." - Fvidently some particular place which had

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give thorn enrooTggeTnent. and cause them M . ■■ gun, -rr, l.rn M now

with tbe King, rejoice; be eannot eoroe to

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jsid in one of hi, sermon* on this aame

text that wc hare stopped singing, “Come ye *innero poor and needy." for we have reached the time when me* do not conn* thcnuclre* tinner*. I wo«M to God that wc might, revive the old custom of preaching aa men who preached in other day*.

When Livingstone preached the sermon,

that led 600 souk to Christ be was describing the human heart in it* uncleannea*. When Edward* nre«lied tbe aertbat stirred all New England his i was. ".‘■mnera in the hands of an -—w Ood." Whan M bit field preached the sermon, tbe power of which it still felt hJn^aSto.^'''ft)'Toa'proaeh ” mas to me, ‘That teen are lost ciUwot

afraid in a eon-

refreshed.

I would open the well of the g of the gospel. Dr. Talmage has

•ist, and are you not afraid in

i‘- I.anooM be afraid that God would be offended »l I did not preach it. Now bear me, ye men of wealth and women of no*Uon, without Cfanat you are lost, ft ii

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meu would ^op trifling with God's word, twiating iU statement* so as to draw forth ■n Hi* word was not ttae when He de-

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