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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 6, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 17.

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A Wonderful Fountain

By G. B. T.

THE Lord has promised that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled. The fountain of life is accessible to all; the water is free. “Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
A wonderful fountain is this. It is a fountain that pours forth blessings for all mankind,—
A fountain that sends out the invigorating water of life eternal.
A fountain from which we may drink and thirst no more.
A fountain which, unlike the fountains of earthly joy and pleasure, satisfies the desires of every heart.
A fountain where the beggar from the hovel may drink as freely as the millionaire from the mansion.
A fountain where the child and youth may partake of this life-giving stream.
A fountain where the aged and infirm, with hoary locks, tottering on the brink of the grave, may stoop and drink and live.
A fountain where the bereaved, as they stand by the open portals of the grave, may drink the water of comfort.
A fountain where those whose souls are bowed down with bitter sorrow or affliction, may drink and find peace and consolation.
A fountain where those who sit in darkness and the regions of death, without hope, may come and drink and find light and joy.
A fountain where those who are tempted and buffeted by the enemy may drink and secure strength to resist all the adversaries of the soul.
A fountain where the most crimson sinner may freely drink and find pardon for all his sin and iniquity.
A fountain where the servants of God, worn and weary with the burdens borne in the heat of the day, may drink and be refreshed.
A fountain, boundless and exhaustless in its fulness, the waters of which sparkle in purity and pour forth a stream of endless life and blessing to all.
Truly, those who come to this fountain and drink, may say that their cup runneth over.
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isa. 55: 1.
G. B. T.