The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-15

6o.ncr Trx7-- Wers there no, ten clesnscds
- sheso ere Ne nineS-Luke l7;I7.
CrrrnAs. TRUTn- We owe God au the graft
s.,Ie az our hearts for HE wonderful salvation.
rms Probably March. \. D. 70 Several
~~eks altar me iast lesson.
U,Acr--Ou the frontiers between Gulilec and
GemsnA
srrrnvEuSN0 HISTORY Soon after the last
s.~.on Jesus vun summoned from Perca be.
~~use Lazarus was dying ~ bethany. lie died
Sruy days before Jesus reached him. but Jesus
r,ised him from the dead John 40. The Phari.
sees we're % excited over this miracle that
Ieous hsd 20 retire for time 10 Ephraim. an
obecurc town IN the mountains twenty miles
norsh o. jerusalem. From there lie went
-<rxhvard 70 che borders Of GalIlcc and Sauna.
- thence eastward 70 the Jordan. and down
ne Jordan toward Jericho 10 jerusalem
HEiPs OVER HAND PLAcEsil. Through
shc midst" bctween- ~ 'Lcpcrs:" men a.
0,cted with the leprosy. foul. ceformng. IN
curabIa hereditary. contagious painful disease
thae ahuts men out from the companionship OF
the pure. Tho hair falls from the head and
eyebrows, the nails loosen and decay and drop
az: 1oint ofter joint OF the fingers and toes
shrink up. and slowly fall away: the gums are
Absorbed. and the teeth disappear: the nose.
~ eyes the tongue. and the palate are slowly
consumed; and finally the wrctchcd victim
oinks into the earth and disappears. - Land
ana Book. "Stood MAR oR:" because lepers
were NOT permitted 70 come near any person.
for fear Of giving them the disease Mum. Sc.
Lev. $500. "a Have mercy" this prayer
allowed that they had some faith H. Go
show yourselvcs" ETC.; this must be done BY
those cured Of leprosy LEV. 1l:2). The com
before there were any signs Of = cure. Is
'sTurned back and glorined Cod" he was afraid
nat be would not ind Jesus unless he went To
Him Immediately. and then he could 60 TO tho
priest u. where ARE the nine" Jesus felt
deeply their ingratitude ~ 90 thy way" 20
she priest Thy faith hath made thee whole"
complete IL good health and safe condition.
This refers 20 bis spiritual healing. new bless
ing beyond shat Of the others. He Was healed
IN BODY before Faith was necessary In order 10
"a AXE the healing accomplish the moral purpose
q Jesus. a. q IN illustration and object les
CON for spiritual healing. and (2l Is
means q leading the one cured 70
sin. FOR men, having free wills and
moral nature. can not. In the nature OF things.
Be saved without faith that accepts and
chooses and obeys-
IEpRosY As TYPE or SfN-"Sin Is dead
n lcprosy which has involved our whole race II
one common ruin" ~ Sin Ike leprcsy. IL
the most losthsome polluting. deforming. un.
clean thing IN the universe. 'Leprosy Is Gods
knnguaee By which He described sin Is Il mp.
ears In his sight" ~ Sin. like leprosy.
narates from tho pure and clean The sin.
4 Il utterly unit for Heaven. and the society
pure and holy beings One Of the saddcst
1ngs about the lcprosy Is this separation
IN the healthy and clean. 80 Sin. like
~Drosy Il In 3 sense cont agious by intimate
cntact q when the sin Of Others Is received
20 the sout. BY yielding 70 temptation. or fol
u1ne ho6 examples. Lcprosy Is not contag-
Inc ecarletfcver or smallpox. but II can
Domnunicsted by the incubation Of the
Nth the morbid sccretions OF an affected
y" ~ Sin like leprosy, Is deceitful in
eso4ngA some. Is they look on infancy.
voyith horror the thought that sin exists
Eleu Rut 90 might any one say. who looked
~nn'n Beautiful babe In the arms OF leprous
upoa tn But time brings forth the fearful
noiner Newborn babes q leprous parents
naiaayNs pretty and - healthy In appear
~; but By and BY It's presence and
.nce ~ Acome visible In some OF the signs
o'nngsyn the thirteenth chapter Of Levitt
ussenne4d and Book 90 It's widely e.
US LISTING In China. India Eastern Africa
srnuea' eswcden. Mexico. and especially the
Ssv' tPlands. There are said 10 DO over
na"'ch Thousand lepers IN India. In 1850
ttwccn nifty and one in tho
& sns 90 In many cases leprosy. like,
= - s'at6ring immediate pain and death.
y Z. - human wisdom Or power. No
nsuf...r ever been certified The end.
~@ 49, } shorter time. Is death.
r.s. cTs-Onc day the Master
- 1880 80, x near 70 village. when on
>esKirts ten men met Him. They
err all lepers. and therefore al in
rablc. They I'D not venture to como
ear Him. for that was forbidden to
pcrs, SO. standing afar OF, they lifted
their voices and began TO cry: Jesus,
lister. have mercy on us!" Jesus took
on them. and answered: Go, show
orselves unto the priests !" They
ucrstood At once that this meant that
icy were 70 be clcansed. and 1t once
icy started to show themselves 70 the
s1ests. who were to declare that they
E2cleanscd. Then, 1T some place on
road. we are not told where. they
scovercd that they had been cleansed.
bat moment that must have been in
Dir experience when the first one %
I'm saw that the abhorred marks OF
~ loathsome disease had disappeared,
d that his flesh was as healthy as thai
little child. II must have almost
crwhclmcd them Is they realized that
bw they need no longer stay away
rom the dwellings, OF men. as they had
Sor years been forced to do. but that
they might 20 To their homes and live
8 other men did Sec them now. as
they come near TO tho blessed Master.
They are all alike In ono particular.
That IL. In their need. All need tho
same thing. namely, health. When lie
said: Go, show yourselves to the
priests" there was not one Of them
who refused to obey. But just at
this point they parted company.
For one Of them. as soon as
be saw that he was clcansed. rushed
back TO the Master 70 pour out his soul
IN gratitude to Him for what Hc had
done TO him. He fell down on his face
and gave thanks. This man was .
Samaritan. from which we infer that
the other nine were Jews. But Just as
this man rushed back, filled with graft
tudc. 50 the other nine rushed away,
hllcd with joy, but with no gratitude in
their hearts to Him who had thus sig
nally blessed them. This filled the
heart OF tho blessed Saviour with sor-
row, for Ho felt kcenly tho ingratitudc
OF those TO whom He had given what no
earthly power could bestow. Quick
enough had they been to beg fer what
they wanted: but alasl how slow 70