<TITLE>08. Par 47-53</TITLE>L-47 I can think of the remembrance of the Lord again at a place of refreshment in the well called "Beerlahairoi," which means in the Hebrew tongue, "The well of Him that liveth and seeth me." Hagar, misunderstood, yet in the line of duty. Misunderstood, misjudged, and was cast out with no place to go with a perishing child, and the water was spent in the bottle. And the little fellow was crying. And only a mother's heart would know what it meant to hear that cry for water, as his little tongue swelling, and his lips parched, and her baby weakening every minute. Cast out, right in the line of duty, no place to go... She'd done without, herself, till she squeezed the last drop over his little parching lips. And then the bottle was dry, and she laid it down and started on. And the little fellow screaming for water, and he got weaker and weaker, and her only child.

L-48 No doubt but what her innocent heart would cry, "O God, what have I done? What have I done?" And she couldn't stand to see the child die in her arms, so she laid him under a bush. And she went about a bow shot, probably a hundred yards or more, and seen a little tree, and she knelt down and there she begin to weep. Well, she wondered, "Why?" If she did what was right, why should this thing come upon her? Many times we think that of our sickness and afflictions (See?), but maybe it's all done to show grace and mercy. And while she thought, she heard the little faint cries as they finally faded out for water.
She heard a Voice speak and said, "Why weepest thou? What are you weeping for?" And she looked up, and she saw the well bubbling up. What a spring of refreshment. Beerlahairoi, I may have that pronounced wrong. B-double-e-r-l-a-h-a-i-r-o-i, which means, "The well of Him that liveth and seeth me, Him that can't die, Melchizedek, El Shaddai, Him that liveth and seeth me, knowing my needs, He's remembered me." And there He remembered me as I remembered Him, and I know that He liveth and He has sprung up here in the desert this well."

L-51 Oh, could we apply that in a hour's message right now, of this day now, when the desert of the churches, the denominationals, and--and the--the--the social gospel preachers and the--the fashions of the world has creeped in, and has denominated and broke up...
And then to think that there stands again tonight, at the well of Him that liveth and seeth me... That's what remembering Christ should mean to the worshipper. Yes. Oh, she was misunderstood and was cast out. Jesus said, when He was here on the earth, "I am the living Waters; I am the Waters of Life."

L-53 And I want to draw another little thought here that comes to my mind. When Jesus was on trial, and for nothing else but mockery's sake, by... He was sent from Pilate to Herod. Now, Pilate didn't have to do that, and, you know, as he tried to wash his hands of it. But once on your hands, you got to make your decision. You can't push it on somebody else. It's you as an individual. But He--He was sent to Herod, just to--to make a--a mock of, because He had quite a name of being a miracle-worker and so forth, and He was an outcast from the church. So Pilate himself, he thought he'd just send Him over to Herod, and maybe it would kinda straighten up the old grudge they had, one against the other.


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