“ONE man can lead a horse to water, but ten men cannot make him drink,” is an old saying, and a true one. Except horses are thirsty, though the water may be near, they do not care for it, and will not draw up one drop. They are only thirsty horses which drink.
How thankful must many poor horses be on a hot, dusty, summer day, for the clean, cool and refreshing drinking fountains provided for their use in many of the large towns and cities, and how slow they often are to leave the water given to them freely.
The water of life has been provided freely for men and women, boys and girls.
At infinite cost the blessed God has provided salvation for needy sinners. In order that the water of life might be free for all who come, the Son of God has suffered, the Son of God has died; and now that God has been glorified about sin, and Jesus is risen and glorified as the result, the message is sent out to you, now, as you are,
Dear children, are you not thirsty for God’s salvation? Do you not wish to have Jesus as your Saviour? Come to Him now, just as you are, and accept what is freely offered to you.
Today the Saviour calls; today He bids you come. May you be able to say, truly from the heart,
“I heard the voice of Jesus say,
Behold I freely give
The living water, thirsty one,
Stoop down and drink and live.
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.”
God has provided the fountain of the water of life, that lost and guilty sinners may freely partake. Will you not drink now?
ML 04/21/1918