Sermon XII, "The Wells of Salvation" (Isa. 12:3), in Alexander Maclaren, The Secret of Power, and Other Sermons (London: Macmillan, 1882), p. 218

Christ has taught us what "drawing" is. To the Samaritan woman He said, "Thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." So, then, Drawing is Asking. To the crowds in the Temple courts He said…