The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-21


discovered that star and won the prize and
the admiration of all the astronomical
world that stood amazed at her genius.
And so it is often the case that grown
people cannot see the light, while some
little child beholdS the star of pardon, the
star of hope, the star of consolation, the
star Of Bethlehem the morning star Of
Jesus. Not many mighty men. not many
wise men, are called, but God 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 are" Oh, do not despise the prattle
Of little children when they are speaking
about God and Christ in heaven. You see
the way your child is pointing. VIII you
take that pointing or wait until, In the
wrench Of some awful bereavement, God
shall lift that child TO another world. and
then il will beckon you upward? Will you
take the pointing, or will you wait for the
reckoning? Blessed be God that the lit
tie Hebrew captive pointed in the right
direction. Blessed be God for the saving
ministry Of Christian children.
Seeing the Prophet.
No wonder the advice of this little He
brew captive threw AL Naaman's man.
sion and Ben-hadad's palace into excite
ment. Good-by, Naaman! With face scarf
fed and ridged and inflamed by the pesti-
lence and aided by those who supported
him on either side. he staggers out to the
chariot. Hold fast the fiery coursers Of
the royal stable while the poor sick man
lifts his swollen feet and pain-struck
limbs into the vehicle. Bolster him up
with the pillows and let him take a lin
gering look at his bright apartment, for,
perhaps, the Hebrew captive may be mis-
taken, and the next time Naaman comes
to that place he may be a dead weight on
the shoulders Of those who carry him, an
expired chiefJain seeking sepulture amid
the lamentations Of an admlring nation.
GoOd-by, Naaman. Let the chariOteer
drive gently over the hills of HermOn. lest
he jolt the Invalid Here goes the bravest
man Of all his day, captive OF horrible
disease. As th6 ambulance winds through
the streets OF Damascus the tears and
prayers Of all the people go after the
word renowned invalid.
Perhaps you have had an invalid go
out from your house on a health eXcur-
sion. You know how the neighbOrS stood
around and said: All he will never come
back again allver' Oh, it was a solemn
moment, tell you, when the invalid had
departed, and you went into the room
to make the bed, and TO remove the medi-
cine walls from the shelf, and to throw
open the shutters, so that the fresh air
might rush into the long-clOsed room.
Good-by, Nalmani There is only one
cheerful face looking at him. and that is
the face Of the little Hebrew captive, who
is sure he will get cured, and who is so
glad she helped him As the chariot
winds out and the escort of mounted
couriers. and the mules, laden 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 Naphtali and Ephraim look down
on the procession and the retinue goes
right past the battlefieldS where Naaman,
in the DAYS Of his health, used TO rally
p fearful and then the
procession stops and reclineS awhile in
the groves of olive and Oleander, and
Gen. Naaman so sick, so very, very sick,
How the cOunrymen gaped as the pro-
cessiOn passed. They had seen Naaman
go past like a Whirlwind in days gone by
and had stood aghast at the clank of his
war equipments, but now they cOmmiser-
ate him. They say: Poor mani He will
never get home alive. Poor mani"
Gen. Naaman wakes up from a rest
less sleep in the chariot, and he says to
the chariOteer, How long before we shall
reach the Prophet El;sha?" The char
iOtecr says to a waysider How far is ii
to Elisha's house," He says, Two miles"
1.-TWO miles?" Then they whip up the
Iathered and tagged out horses. The whole
procession brightens up at the prospect of
speedy arrival. They drive up TO the door
OF the prophet The charioteers shout
Whoa to the horses, and tramping
hO6fs and grinding wheels cease shaking
the earth. Come out. Elisha, come out.
You have company The grandest com
pany that ever came TO your house has
come to it now. No stir inside Elisha's
house. The fact was the Lord had in
formed Elisha that the sick captain was
coming and just how 10 treat him. In
deed when you are sick and the Lord
wants you to get well he always tells the
doctor how 10 treat you, and the reason
we have so many bungling doctors IS be-
cause they depend upon their own
strength and instructions and not on the
Lord God. and that always makes mall
practice. Come out, Elisha, and attend
TO your business.
Pulled Up with Pride.
General Naaman and his retinue waited
and waited and waited. The fact was
Naaman had two diseases-pride and lep-
rosy. The one was as hard to get rid Of
as the other. Elisha sits quietly in his
house and does not go out. After awhile,
when he thinks he has humbled this
proud man, ne says TO a servant, Go
out and tell Gen. Naaman to battle seven
times in the river Jordan out yonder five
miles, and he will get entirely we'll
The message comes out. ''Whatr' says
the commander-in-chief of the Syrian
forces, his eye kindling with an ami
nation which it had not shown
for weeks and his swollen foot
stamping on the bottom of the chariot, re-
CARELESS Of pain. What Isn't he COM
ing out to see me? Why, / thought GER
tainly he would come and utter some ca
balIStfc words over me or make some eng
madcal passes over my wounds. Why, l
don't think he knows who L am. Isn't
he coming out? Why, when the Shuna-
mite woman came TO him, he rushed out
and cried: Is it well with thee? Is it Wei
with thy husband Is it well with thy
child? And will he treat poor unknown
woman like that and let me, a titled per-
s0nage, sit here in my chariot and wait
and wait? / won't endure it any longer.
Charioteer, drive on Wash in the JOrdani
Hal hal The Shiny Jordan, the muddy
Jordan, the mOnotCnous Jordan. L
wouldn't be seen washing in such river
as that. Why, we watered our horses in
a better river than that on our way here
the beautiful river, the jasper paved
river Of Pharpar. Besides that we have
in our country another DamaScene river
ALBANIA with foliage bank and torrent ever
swift and ever clear under the Pickering
shadows Of sycamore and Oleander Are
not ALBANIA and Pharpar, rivers of Damas-
Gus, better than all the waters of Israel?'
/ suppose Naaman felt very much as
Americans would feel if. by way of med
ical prescription, some one should tell us
to go and wash in the Danube or the
Rhine. We would answer, Are not the
Connecticut and the Hudson just as
good?" Or as an Englishman would feel
IL he were told, by way of medical pre-
scription, he must go and wash in the
Mississippi or the St. Lawrence. He
would cry out, Are not the Thames and
the Shannon just as well?' The fact
was that naughty Naaman needed to
learn what every Englishman and every
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