The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-08-14
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TMn- Probably MARCH, q. D. % several
weeks after the lsss Lesson.
PLAcs-on the frontisrs between osliiee and
0smariA
irTrRvsrrxo HisronY--Goon after the last
lesson Jesus was summouod from PereA be.
cause Lazarus wss dying q Bethany. He died
four days before Jesus reachod him but Jesus
soeo were % excited over this miracle tnas
Jesus had 70 retire for . time 10 Ephrsim. an
obscure town In the mountains, twenty miles
north OF Jerusalem. From there He went
norshward 70 the borders Of oalilee and sams-
ia thence eastward 70 the Jordan, and down
the Jordan toward Jerioho " Jerusalem.
HELPS OVER HARD Pf.Acns-if. Through
the midst;" between. n 'Lepers," men sf.
aicted with the ieproey, > foul defcrmin6. In
thss shuts men out from the compsnionship OF
the pure. THE hair fails from the head and
eyebrows; the nails loosen end decay, and drop
on; ioint after Joint Of the fingers and tocs
shrink up. and slowly fall away; the gums ere
absorbed, and the teeth disappear; the nose,
the eyes, the tongue, and the palate are slowly
consumed and finally the wretched victim
sinks into the earth and dissppesra LAND
and Book. "Stood afar oif:" because lepers
were not permitted 10 come near any person,
for fear Of giving them the disease (Num. b:2;
Lev. I8:l6). IS. Have mercy:" this prayer
showed that they had some faith. IL go
show yourselves" etc., this must DO done BY
those cured Of leprosy Nev N:0. The COM
mand was test Of their faith. They must start
before there we're any signs Of cure. iA
'sTurned back and glorined Gods" he was AFRAID
that he would not and Jesus unless he won't to
Him Immediately. and then he could go to tho
priest II. 'TWhere ere the nine:" Jesus felt
deeply their ingratitude. 10. 'Go thy ways" to
the priest Thy faith hath made thee whole:"
complete, in good health and safe condition.
This refers TO bis spiritual healing. new bless.
ing beyond that Of the others He was healed
In body before. Faith was necessary in order 70
make the healing accomplish the moral purpose
Of Jesus, ~ as an illustration and object les
son for spiritual healing, and 0 80 .
means Of leading the one cured 70
faith In Jesus % the Saviour from
Gin. For men, having free wills and .
moral nature, osn not, in the nature OF things.
% 08VeU WlbuOub AoASn sAoS ocoopsob oAAss
chooses, and obeys
LHPRosY AZ TYPE OF SM-"Sin is dead
" ieprosy which has involved our whole race In
one common ruin" ~ Sin, like leprosy, II
the most loathsome, polluting, deforming. un.
cloan thing In the universe "Ieprosy Is Gods
language by which He described sin as It sp.
pears In his sight" ~ Bin, like leprosy.
separates from the pure and clesn The sin
ner 10 utterly UNIT for Heaven, and the society
Of pure and holy beings. One Of the ssddest
things about the leprosy 10 this separation
from the healthy and clean. 0) Sin, like
loprosy 10 In Q sense contagious by intimate
contact, as when the sin Of others Is received
into the soul, by yielding 10 temptation, or fol-
lowing bad examples. Leprosy = not contaS.
''be communicated BY the inoculation OF the
blood with the morbid secretions Of IN affected
person." ~ Sin, like leprosy, y deceitful In
It, workingA "Some, % they look on infancy,
reject with horror tho thought that sin exists
within. But so might any one soy, who looked
upon the beautiful babe tn the arms Of o leprous
mother. But time brings forth the fearful
msisdy. Newborn babes Of ieprous parents
are often % pretty and - healthy In appear.
anoe - any; but by and BY it, presence and
workings become visible in some Of the signs
described in the thirteenth chapter Of Levitt.
cua."-Lsnd and Book. (S II % widely OF.
tended. existing In China, India, Eastern Africa
Norway, Sweden Mexico and especially the
Sandwich Islands. There arc said to be over
ono hundred thousand lepers in India. In 1850
there were between hfty and ono hundred In the
United States. (o) In many cases leprosy, like
sin, does not bring immediate pain and death.
II u IN anpsthetio malady. % II is practical.
" incurable by human wisdom or power. No
oortain cure hos ever been certified Tho end,
after longer or shorter time. Is death.
Lesson FAcTs-One day the Master
was drawing near TO village, when ON
its outskirts ten men met Him. They
were all lepers, and therefore all in
durable. They did not venture to come
near Him, for that was forbidden to
lepers, 80, standing afar of, they lifted
up their voices and began to cry: "Jesus,
Master, have mercy on usl" Jesus took
pity on them, and answered: "Go. show
yourselves unto the priests" They
understood at once that this meant that
they were to be cleansed, and ct once
they started to show themselves to the
priests, who were to declare that they
were cleansed. Then, ct some place on
the road, we are not told whore, they
discovered that they had been cleansed.
What moment that must have been in
their experience when the frst one Of
them saw that the sbhorred marks Of
that loathsome disease had disappeared,
and that his flesh was as healthy % that
Of little child. II must have almost
overwhelmed them as they realized that
now they need no longer stay away
from the dwellings Of men, as they had
for years been forced to do, but that
they might 20 to their homes and live
% other men did. See them now, as
they come near to the blessed Master.
They are all alike In one particular.
That is, in their need. All need the
same thing, namely, health. When He
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
he saw that he was cleansed, rushed
back to tho Master to pour out his soul
in gratitude to Him for what He had