hey strike what they call a
lower stream, and then it becomes an artesian well, which needs no
labor, as the water rises spontaneously from the depths beneath.

Now I think God wants all His children to be a sort of artesian well;
not to keep pumping, but to flow right out. Why, haven't you seen
ministers in the pulpit just pumping, and pumping and pumping? I have,
many a time, and I have had to do it, too. I know how it is. They
stand in the pulpit and talk and talk and talk, and the people go to
sleep, they can't arouse them. What is the trouble? Why, the living
water is not there; they are just pumping when there is no water in
the well. You can't get water out of a dry well; you have to get
something in the well, or you can't get anything out. I have seen
these wooden pumps where you had to pour water into them before you
could pump any water out, and so it is with a good many people; you
have to get something in them before you can get any out. People
wonder why it is that they have no Spiritual power. They stand up and
talk in meeting, and don't say anything; they say they haven't
anything to say, and you find it out soon enough; they need not state
it; but they just talk, because they feel it is a duty, and say
nothing.

Now I tell you when the Spirit of God is on us for service, resting
upon us, we are anointed, and then we can do great things. "I will
pour water on him that is thirsty," says God. O, blessed thought--"He
that hungers and thirsts after righteousness shall be filled!"

OUTFLOWING STREAMS.

I would like to see some one just full of living water; so full that
they couldn't contain it; that they would have to go out and publish
the Gospel of the grace of God. When a man gets so full that he can't
hold any more, then he is just ready for God's service.

When preaching in Chicago, Dr. Gibson remarked in the inquiry meeting,
"Now, how can we find out who is thirsty?" Said he, "I was just
thinking how we could find out. If a boy should come down the aisle,
bringing a good pail full of clear water, and a dipper, we would soon
find out who was thirsty; we would see thirsty men and women reach out
for water; but if you should walk down the aisle with an empty bucket,
you wouldn't find it out. People would look in and see that there was
no water, and say nothing." So said he, "I think that is the reason we
are not more blessed in our ministry; we are carrying around empty
buckets, and the people se