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brought him out all right9
The Bible tells us, also, that Joram the son of
Ahab 'was sick OF the wounds which the
Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought
against Hazaei king OF Syria; but the modern
nne-spun authorities Will probably hold that what
allied him was only little uneasiness OF the stom-
ach, arising from something he had eaten
Likewise Is 1t written that Elisha was fallen
sick OF the sickness whereof he diedr and that,
after giving directions toward the freeing OF his
country from the Synans, she died. and they buried
him.; but this was also probably case OF "nlness
not sickness" as was reported at the time
Furthermore it is said that SIN those days was
Hezekiah sick unto death" but his life was pro-
longed for fifteen years, this must have been case
OF sure-enough sickness" according to the new
Interpretation; and the cure was probably brought
about by the use OF little homeopathic pellet to
prevent nausea instead OF I'm pursuance Of the sign
given by the Lord In turning the shadow on the
dial ten degrees backward, as has been recorded.
w hen Moses promised, among other blessings for
his people, that "the Lord will take away from thee
all sickness" were those alone who suffering
from nausea only to be cared for? Why were the
large number who must have been gill" according
to present good English form, to be left in their
misery?
Again, what did Moses mean when he threatened
that ''eyery sickness and every plague" should be
brought upon the people, until they were destroyed,
II they disobeyed the law9 According to the nical
critics OF these times there is only one sickness
and that is nausea"
And what did Elijah mean when he said: sand
thou shalt have great sickness by diseases Of thy
bowels" etc.2 Nausea pertains to the stomach,
not to the bowels, as Mrs Langtry, or any OF her
followers, could tell him.
Isaiah, too, says: "He will cut me or with pinlng
sickness" Do Langtry & Co. claim that the turn
ing of ones stomach is "pining sickness" such as
was meant by the prophet?
SO much for the Old Testament Let us examine
the New:
Matthew says that they brought to Jesus "all
Sick people that were taken with divers diseases
and torrents" In the view OF Mrs. Langtry and
her like, however, this statement must have been
an exaggeration or slip OF the pen the part Of
Matthew. These were plainly cases OF sflneSS"
"Himseh took our inflrmities and bare our sick
nesses," says Matthew again. Can it be that this
applies only to an unsettled stomach, as the new
teachers would have us believer
The same inspired writer tells in another
place, that "Jesus went forth and saw great null
dtude, and was moved with compassion towards
them, and He healed their sick" Is 1t to be sup
posed, as we are now taught, that the mnstrations
OF our Savior on this occasion were confined to
those who were suffering from nausea only2
Luke writes that Jesus sent his twelve disciples
''to preach the Kingdom Of God, and to heal the
sick" Again the SLIP are overlooked
According to John, "a certain man was sick,
named Lazarus, of Bethany" but as this Lazarus
died, his must have been a case Of "illness" and
John was doubtless mistaken, or careless In the use
OF the language chosen to express the fact
SO, too, as to the case OF Dorcas recorded in the
ninth chapter OF Acts, where it Is said that this
woman 'full OF good works and almsdeeds" "was
Sick and died" She surely must have been Gill"
Persons rarely die OF nausea
Eneas referred to In the same chapter must also
have been ELL" OF the palsy and not 'slck OF the
palsy" as written; since to be 'sick," as we are
now told, only indicates propensity to vomit
The father OF Publ1us, who 1t was alleged, STAY
sick OF fever on the island called Melita," must
also have been SILL because to heal him it was ne
ceSSary for Paul to pray and lay on OF hands Had
he been only 'sick," according to the new inter-
prefers, a much simpler remedy would have re-
stored him.
AS to Epaphroditus, the abrother and companion
In labor OF Paul" who twas sick nigh unto DEATH ,,
his must have been only severe case Of retching,
and the usually stouthearted Apostle was unduly
alarmed about him.
Paul must likewise have been unnecessarily ex-
cited about Trophimus, whom, as he tells Timothy,
he "left at Miletum sick" Trophmus was un-
doubleday SILL" Had he been suffering from uualm-
ishness, only, Paul would hardly have left him
behind. He would have been no worse on on the
VESSEL In winch tney 6aueQ the tredcher0uS Medi-
terranean.
And why should Matthew speak OF Jesus ssheal-
ing all manner OF Sickness and sshealing every
sickness" when there can be only kind OF sick
ness7 and that is to feel squeamsh as we are told
Many more examples OF the use of the term
s'sick" and sickness" in both the Old and New
Testament might be cited; but certainly no more
are needed to show that the common use OF those
words Is entirely correct, and that the limited
meaning sought to be put upon them by the fastid-
1ous pursts Of the present day is not sanctioned by
the highest authority we have. As to the word
'', it does not any where appear in the Bible as
an equivalent or substitute for "sick" Wherever
used, it is In another sense entirely, as SILL
favored;"''why dealt We so Ill with me?" at went Ill
with Noses" "if it seem Ill to thee;" "il In their
doings;" "love worketh no ILL.," &C., &C. The word
'lness" does not any where appear In the inspired
book, from the beginning OF Genesis to the last
word OF Revelations
So far as Shakespeare Is to be regarded as an
authority on the point In question, the new con-
structtOniStS fare little better at his hands The
great master OF the English language uses the word
sill" over two hundred times; but In only twelve
instances does it refer to bodily ailment. The
words 'ssck," sslcken," 'ssickIy" and sickness
occur In his plays over two hundred times, In the
aggregate, while the word 'lneSs" is used but oncel
In view OF these facts, isn't it about time that
these affected English people and those Americans
who affect their silly ways were sat down upon7
Bishop SIMPSONS WILL-The win Of the late
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