Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-11-19

frws the third time into the flood and
comes up, and the .shriveled flesh has
got smooth again. He bows the fourth
time into the flood and comes up, and the
hair that had fallen out is restored in
thick locks again all over the brow. He
bows the fifth time into the flood and
comes up, and the hoarseness has gone
out of his throat HI bows the sixth time
and comes up, and all the soreness and
anguish have gone out Of the limbs.
"Why," he says, 81 am almost well,
but I will make complete cure, )" and
he bows the seventh time into the flood,
and he comes up, and not so much as
tester or a scale or an eruption as big as
the head Of a pin is to be seen on him.
His Wonderful Cure.
He steps out on the bank and says, els
it possible?' And the attendants look
and say, cts it possible?' And as with
the health Of an athlete he bounds back
into the chariot and drives on there
goes up from all his attendants q wild
"Huzza, huzzal" Of course they go
back to pay and thank the man of God
for his counsel SO fraught with wisdom.
When they left the prophets house,
they went off mad. They have come back
glad. People always think better of a
minister after they are converted than
they do before conversion. Now we are
to them an intolerable nuisance because
we tell them to do things that go against
the grain, but some of us have great
many letters from those who tell Us
that once they were angry at what we
preached, but afterWard gladly received
the gospel at our hands. They once
called US fanatics Or terrOrists or enc
mics. Now they call us friends. Yonder
is man who said he would never come
into the church again. He said that
two years ago. He said, ''My family
shall never come here again if such doc
trines as that are preached. But he
came again, and his family came again.
He is Christian, his wife Christian,
all his children Christians, the whole
household Christians, and you shall
dwell with them in the house Of the
Lord forever. Our undying coadjutors
are those who once heaYd the gospel and
event away in rage.
The True Remedy.
Now, my hearers, you know that this
General Naa,nan did two things in or
der to get well. The first was, he got
out of his chariot. He might have staid
there with his swollen feet on the stuff
ed ottoman, seated on that embroidered
cushion, until his last gasp he would
never have got any relief. He had to
get down out of his chariot And you
have got to get down out Of the chariot
of your pride If you ever become Chris
tian. You cannot drive up to the cross
with coach and four and be saved
among all the spangles. You seem to
think that the Lord is going to be COM
pIimented by your coming Oh, no, you
poor, miserable, scaly, leprous sinner
get down out OF that. We all come in
the same naughty way. We expect to
ride into tho kingdom Of God. Never
until we get down on our knees viii we
find mercy. The Lord has endorsed us,
uncharioted rs Get down out Of your
pride. Get down out Of your self right
eOusness and your hypercriticisn. We
have all sot 20 do that. That is tie
Journey we have to mako on our knees.
Tt is our informal pride that keeps as
from getting rid Of the leprosy of sin.
Dear Lord, what havo Wo to be proud
Of? Proud Of our scales? Proud OF CUR
uncleauucss? Proud Of this killing in
lection? Bring US down a6 Thy feet.
weeping, praying, peoiccrt believing
surpliants
For. sinners. Lord, thou ca-2'at 10 bleed,
And Iizl a,Sizlcr, vie -s-t.. "a.