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the little captive maid ~ know something"
wcR was o hs5 Soen there IS ceraa
prophet known by the .name Of Elisha, who
can cure almost everything, and shouldn't
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the highest medical talent In all the land eau.
not cure that lcper, there is no need Of your
not sco DO not S sneeT The % ngeE Of that little
captive maid is pointing In the right direction.
She might have said; ,sThis is a Judgment on
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ing my fathers aud mothers heart 7and many
time kave laid and cried all night because
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Good Tor them; Pm glad Naaman,s got the
leprosy: wish all the SYrians had the lep'
rosy" No: Forgetting her own personal sor1
her master and recommends him tothe famous
Hebrew prophet
And how often is 1t that the finger of child.
direction. Oh, Christian u soul, how long IS il
since that you got rid of the leprosy OF sin?
You say: "Let me see. It must be FIVE years
ESv to the Divine sy
'it was my little Annie, or Fred, or Charley,
that clambeTed up on my knees and looked In
Christian, and, all the timc stroking my cheek
why didn't have family prayers" There arc
Shrst By tSes ts Fhere
are. many Christian mothers here who had
their ,heir attention first called to Jesus by their
leprosy Of sin? How did you fnd your way to
the Divine Physician? "Oh." you say, ''my
child. my dying child with , wan and wasted
forget,h you say, "that scene at the cradle and
the crib that awful night 1t was hard, hard,
very hard; but II that little one on It's dying
] ever would have got rid of my leprosy." Go
into the Sabbath school this afternoon and
you Will find hundreds OF little fingers pointing
In the same direction, toward Jesus Christ and
toward heaven.
Years ago the astronomers calculated that
there must be world hanging at certain
point In the heavens, and large prize was
offered for some one who could discover that
world. The telescopes from the great obserya-
tories were pointed In vain, but girl at Nam
tucket, Mass. fashioned a. telescope and look
ing through II discovered that star, and won
the prize and the admiration Of all the astro-
nomical world that stood amazed at her genius.
And SO II is often the case that grown people
cannot see the light, while some little child be-
holds the star of pardon. the star OF hope tho
star of consolation, the star of Bethlehem, the
morning star OF Jesus. "Not many mighty
hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the mighty, and base things and
things that are not to bring TO naught things
that aro.h Oh do not despise the prattle of
little children when they are speaking about
God, and Christ and heaven! You see the
way your child is pointing; will you take that
awful Bereavement God shall liz that child to
another world and then 1t will beckon you up
ward? Willyou take the pointing or will you
wait for the Teckoningl Blessed be God that
the little Hebrew captive pointed In the right
direction Blessed be God for the saving min
ttry OF Christian children
No wonder tho ADVICE Of this little Hebrew
captive threw all Naaman's mansion and BEN
had0ds palace into excitement, Goodbye,
Naamanl With face scarifled, and rldged, and
intamed by the pestilence, and aided by those
~ n g1nnOTtn1 m n gid n oh
out to the chariot. Hold fast the fiery coursers
Of the royal stable while the poor sick man littS
his swollen feet and pain'struck Limbs into the
vehicle Bolster him up with the pillows, and
let him take lingering look at his bright
apartment for perhaps the Hebrew captive
may be mistaken, and the next time Naamau
comes TO that place he may be dead weight
on the shoulders of those who carry him-an
expired chieitain seeking sepulture amid the
lamentations OF an admiring nation. Good
Let the charloteer drive gently over the
hills OF Hermon lest he jolt the invalid. Here
goes the brayest man OF all his day, captive
winds through the streets of Damascus the
tears and prayers of all the people go after the
woTld'renOwned invalid Perhaps. you have
health excursion. a. You You know how the Neigh
bors stood around and said; "Ah, he will
never come back again alive" on,
You, when tho invalid had medicine
departed, and you went into the room %
rake the bed, ana TO remove the phials nom
the shelf, and to throw Open the shutters 80
that the fresh air might rush into the long
closed room. Goodbye, Naaman, There Is
only one cheerful face looking at him, and
that Is the face of the little Hebrew captive,
Nho Is sure he viii get cured and VINO 'is 81
glad she helped him. AS the chariot wludS
out, and the escort of mounted courtiers, and
hemules lad, n with sacks Of gold and silver,
and embroidered suits of apparel, went
through the gates of Damascus and out on the
long way, the hills of Naplhali and Ephraim