Mormon further admonished the Nephite Saints who stood or sat before him-that was their custom-to continue walking together in the path of peace, and thereby he emphasized his great appeal to them for good works and good gifts. "Behold," he said, "a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water.") Springs or fountains are called living, when they never cease, but are always sending forth their waters. He then declared the solemn truth which was the high point of his sermon: "A man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil."
The Bible, that good and precious Book says, however, in different words: "No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Luke 16:13)
James, the brother of our Lord, in a letter to the Twelve Tribes "Who are scattered abroad," notes of those who are worldly wise and those of their own number who speak good and evil at the same time, "blessing and cursing out of the same mouth," says: "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh." (James 3:10-11)
Here may we add that Waters of Life drawn from the Wells of Salvation are good waters; they are the Words of the Lord, and in drinking of the cup in which those waters are contained, we think of the Lord's servant and his exclamation of gladness: "Behold, God is my Salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is my Salvation. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the Wells of Salvation." (Isaiah 12:2-3)