The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-01-18
,nc or THE LEPER.

Fspecls,1r. vr-Mark $50
Lesson l-s.l1.rAs soon as He had spoken,
GOLDEN i, ~ ~ leprosy departed from him.
.onediates ,saSonsed.-Mark 1:42.
and be Wa ST1RsUTH-Sin is 2 terrible eVl'
CENTRAL 1, 1--we all who go to Him 10
Int Jesus W.
faith .oril to June, a. D. y. Jesus.
TINE-A. - PRAYER was early SUNDAY
sSWeet hOul a 5aF after His Sabbath duties
morning., e = me last lesson. The first mis-
described II ~ rs. SO, 39) straightWay toi-
s;ouary tour v ,orer was healed probably
Owed, ana ' after part Of the tour: May or
June, c,-Cspornaum and the region q
GsIlee. AocoUNrs-Matt. 4:23-25; 8:24;
Parallel s.1o15. Jesus between 81
Luke 80 - old, about the middle OF the
snd % - If His ministry Jonn tne
second yoo- r;son at Castle Macherus since
Nsrcn,1 ,,osr MISSIONARY TOUR IN GALlLEE-
TEE - haoins series OF missionary
Jesus nU me- 6rst one with His disciples con-
tours. ~ - EIGHT weeks in May and June,
a Y. SO.r4r4oS-Jesus, in our last lesson,
= reached and healed al gay lOng, anu
Dsu 4 me evening. He slept Dut rose very
~ Nv The next morning 1or seaSon =
prsys sas Owe OVER HARD PLACEs-35. a great
ia.ntfoye dop this was Jesus only metnoo
s ss.Dc alone for prayer and communion
On God. Every one neeos sonCary
w. S.ors Of prayer. and mere pT6Veo'
SO q Jesus needed communion with
~ Fsnecially as now He was about 70
~ unon a new plan ofWol K, ana go 1ortn
el.si ne disciples on their first missionary
VIZ "a And Simon: Peter, as usual, TAX
wv. IL lead. 30. Therefore came 1 J0rth:
~ n Heaven and His Father. 49, Ieper:
lIOui afa;cted with the leprosy, q foul, de-
~ ;rc ;ncurable, hereditary, contagious,
iOllu s.1 decase that shut men out from the
palu aan,onsbp Of the pure. (THE LEPRosY
NJ. j an endemic, chronic, malignant,
.1s.;tutional disease, characterized by al
-a.;oDe IN the cutaneous, nerve and bone
'..,otrres. resulting in anRsthesia, necrosis,
$50 atrophy and deformity. -ArthatT Van
kss.a,ton M D. "The disease, like the
.".hrononhagous ghouls of the Arabs,
,..,reIv eats ND its victims in one long re-
a.saIass mealn The hair falls from the
soos and eyebrows; the nails loosen and
5aoov and drop of; joint after joint Of
49,, and toes shrink up and slowly fall
.,r.S. the gums are absorbed and the teeth
s.onnesr: the nose, the eyes, the tongue
"a ia paIate are slowly consumed; and
finally the wretched victim sinks into the
earth and disappears. aud BOok.) 40.
NOu vii, thou cGast' this was the nrst
time leper had asked to be healed, so far
y recorded; but the man knew that many
had been healed of terrible and deadly dis
easas By Jesus and therefore knew He
cuN heal him. But he feared that Jesus
would not want to help deformed, impure
ou,cast. A. Touched Him to show that the
healing came from Him. 1t expressed Jesus
rmpasson It could not detile Jesus, for
lheciratiye power was in Him. aOiH: men
hsslby instrumentalitie Jesus by the act
MHs viii. A. Say nothing to any man: O
Hemust not touch others till he was cere-
mnaaly clean. 90 Jesus did not wish to
unettenti0n to His miracles, but to lay en-
ghnsis On His teaching. 81 It would draw
nnany to be healed that He would have no
inc to preach. Offer for thy cleansing:
IMN:+7. For Testimony: he must go
Jerusalem, and let the authorized priests
declare the healing perfect. 1t testified
iothat Jesus obeyed the law.
COnENTs-There were many afflicted
people Gin Palestine, in the time of our
Saviour But among them all none called for
sympathy 50 strongly as did the poor lep-
on For, in addition to the terrible disease
that afflicted them, they were outcasts from
society. They were not allowed to come
into the haunts Of men, and when any one
approached them they were obliged to give
lAe warning cry: "Unclean! uncleanm
Aprosy was regardeda as special affection,
sno q 81 type Of sin, and the poor leper was
MOgect Of the utmost adherence to all,
even ns nearest friends and relatives. It
Wss aman afflicted with this disease who
Oue uay approaches the Master and, lifting
Spus voice, cries for mercy So far as we
anOW' 20 leper had been healed since the
uVs y Naaman, the leper, hundreds
n. Y years before, and what reason
- pOOr man had to believe that Jesus
vO.d nsal hln We do not know, excepting
-. pfooaOy be had heard that Jesus had
s SOus many wonderful things in the way Of
hs uaessea But the man seems to
Sa'e nag iath enough to come and make
~. pOaL Snu, like all who venturGd to do
- 80 - reserved exactly what he asked
NJ. instead Of driving him away, the
n. 49, reached out His hand, and, touching
ia -. salu: Twill; be thou clean" In an
- .ssaus nls leprosy left him, and he was as
l.s 80 g any Of those who a moment before
- WOKeo upon him with loath,ng, Like
49,, SIN is loathsome spir-
49, disease. That we do not real
az. 80 ooes not prove that this
, 49, 1rue' See, is not the drunkard, as he
lssCrs nome, with his blear ewes and his
~ glance, loathsome obiectl Those
sls. uase nad much to do with criminal
60 $3.50 Know what lines are written on
80 aaces, showing how crime makes it,
S;n, manifest in the countenance Of the
AHA. .lM' But whether that be 50 or not.
any. 70 doubt that sin makes its marks
n, ~ soul; and If we could see the effects
T0e. ~ mere produced, we should be con.
- = once Of the loathsome character
4, go. . every case. That we are SO leni
hS., Swsrds il IS . sign, not that It IS :
nc~s.s 1ung' but that we are onlv too MUCK
ho-ss'nsa % It, and so have lost that alb
nipsas Ce mat we ought to experience. Fa
perA..v mas bred indifference, and tha
49, sSsps Is one OF the worst evils n IN.
urht i s'.sOer; Tor if we loathed sin as W.
aSOr. = ! y, we should quickly make ever
d S.asu ourselves Of its chains.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
aad prayer uS seasons q retlremen