The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-23
FOaTY.FOURTa STREET SYNAGOGUE.

The Story Of Mammals LeprOsy-The Char
acter IntrOd uced-SermOn by Rev. =. Nj.
Isaacs.
comparatively small congregation gathered In
this synagogue yesterday morning. to whom the
sanitary laws Of Judaism were read, and subse-
quenlly Rev. Mr.. Isaacs preached short discourse
the four characters introduced TO in the story
OF Naaman's leprosy and cure, as found in Kings,
chapter v. The immediate text was the thirteenth
verse-"And his Naaman's) servants came
near and spaKe unto him and said, My father, II
the prophet had bid thee do some great thing
woudst thou not have done t9 how much rather,
then, when he saith to thee
WASH AND BE CLEANUP
The four characters introducedlin this narrative
Naaman, q Jewish maiden, the Prophet Elisha and
his servant, Gehazi. On three OF them we can look
with favor but the fourth with disgust The first
character we behold Is Naaman, the captain Of the
host OF the King Of SYRIA great man with his
MASTER and honorable, but he was leper, shut out
from the associations Of home and from contact with
his fellow men. All his glory seemed to have de-
parted from HIM. He was wretched, and hardly
knew what to 40. But In this his extremity. our
second character appears, in the person Of little
captive Jewish maiden, who had been brought
into Syria and placed in Naaman's fam.
lily and waited upon his wife. She
had heard OF the sickness OF Naaman, and In con-
versation with her mistress recommended the great
captain to go TO Samaria where the prophet OF the
Here was an Illustration. by this captive Jewish
girl. OF sanctifylng the Lord. Women Of Israel
exclaimed the RABBI, here you
HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.
she ala not say, "Let HIM HE; leu him rot with his
S and 6a Ne Is the Of
her faith overcame her prcjudices, II she had any
such. and she showed him where ne might ind re.
lief and healing. That poor little girl, captive and
alone, stranger In strange land-tne
death ess,nl.,, Of Naapan might have been her
she did what she could to save his life. Her recon-
mendatlon came to the ears OF Naaman, whose KING
sent letter TO the King Of Israel but without avail:
The leper himself must 60 to the prophet II he would
now now, sadly y. SisappSnisd liz stood the
come out 10 him, and stand, and call in the name OF
the Lord hts God and strike his hand over the place
dean to see him. lie sen, S 60 oGs tel se
great chieftain that he should 20 and wash In Jor-
Dan seven times, and his flesh should return unto
NAAMAN WENT AWAY IN A RAGE
m n audbly TO himself Are not ALBANIA and
Pnarpar, rivers OF Damascus, better than all the
waters OF Israeli Humbug I'll not 60 TO Jordan
and wash ther eseven times. III 60 back again TO my
or prophets" But MS he went along mutterIng thus
his servants came near, and in the words OF the
do some great thing wouldst thou not have done
~ HOW much rather, then, when lie saith unto
But mark the Z beautiful spirit OF Elisha He ala
not refuse to serve this man because he was a
heather ana an enemy to Israeli the prophet saw
MAN AND A BROTHER
and gave MIN such advice as when taken, demon
strated that there was prophet In lsrael-that
tnere was palm In Giead, and there the physician
resided. And when Naaman came up out OF the
JORDAN the seventh time, with his mesh restored ike
unto tnat OF q little child he and all his company re-
turned unto the man OF God rejoicing In the great
change ne had experienced, and recognizing the God
OF Elisha as the only nving and true Ged. And so
III az we may INFER rom the narrative he remained
stcadfast In tins faith unto the end OF his mortal
me- In the exuberance OF his Joy he pressed Elisha
10 accept present. q blessing at his hand. But the
prophet steadily and percmptorily refused. Then