The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-11-22


a. Set entirely we'll" Tae message comes
out. "What !" says the commandor-in-chiet
OF tho Syrian forces, his eye kindling with
an animltiou which Il hal not SHOWN for
weeks and his swollen foot stamping on the
bottom Of the cnar,ot. regardless OF pain,
"What Isn't no comm; out 10 sec msi
! Why. thought certainly he would come and
utter some clbaiistic words over mo or make
some enigmaticll p uses over M woun Is.
Why, / don't think hs knows who
am. Isn't he coming out? Why, when
the Shunamite woman cams to him, ho
rushed out and cried: IS II well with thee?
Is II well with thy huspani? Is 1t well with
thy chidY And will hc treat u poor un-
known woman like that and lot mo, "a titled
! parsonage, sit here In my chariot AM wait
aud wait? | won't en- lura IL any longer.
Cnarioteer. drive on. WASH in ths jordan I!
lia, ha The Shiny jordan the muddy Jor-
| dau-the monotonous Jori ian! wouldn't
| be seen washing in such u river as that.
| Why, we watered our horses in better river
| than that on our way hsra-tha beautiful
| rivar,the jaspar paved river OF Pnarpar. Be-
! sides that wa have in our country another
| Damascene river. Abana, with foiiagei bank
and torrent over swift and ever clear, under
| the Pickering shadows OF sycamore and ole
ander. Are not Abint and Pnarpar. rivers
OF Damascus, better than all tho waters OF
Israeli"
/ suppose N,laman felt very much as
Americans would feel IL, by way OF medical
| prescription, some oLe should tell Us to go
wash in the Danube or the Rhine. We
would answer, "Are not the Connecticut an "A
| this Hudson just as gooi?' or rs an Eng
/ l!shman would feel II hs wero told, by way
OF medical prescription, he must 20 and
wash In the Mississippi or tho st. Law
renee. He would cry out. "tre not the
Thames and the shannon just as well?"
| The fact was that naughty Nnumun needed
10 learn what every Engiishman aud every
American needs TO leIrn-that when Col
tells you to DO thing you must go and do
| it,whether you understand the reason or no.:
Take the prescription, whether YOU like il or
not. One thing IL certain. Unless naughty
! Naaman does as E,sha commands htm, hs
will die OF his awful sickness. And unless
you do as Christ commlnls you you will bs
seized upon 10y an everlasting wasting away.
| Obey and live disoOey and de. Thrilling
oyerarching, undrrSrdins, s,upendous
alternative
Well. General Nanman could not stand the
test. The charioteer gives "a jerk TO the right
| line until the bit snaps inthe horses mouth,
and the whlr OF the wheels ana Che dying OF
| the dust show the indignation of the great
| commander. "Ha turned aud went away In
Il rage" So people now often get mad at
religion. They vituperate against minister's
| against churchrs, against Christian people
| One would think from their irate behavio,
| that God had been studying how TO annoy
and eXaspera;e and demollsh them. WHAT
has He been doing? Only trying to cure
their death dealing leprosy. Tnat is all.
Yet they whip up their norsss, they dig in
the spurs, and they 30 away in rage.
so, after all. 1t seems that this health ex-
| cursion OF General Nauman Is 10 be dead
| failure. That LITTLE Heorew captive might az
we'll have not told him OF tho prophet, and
this long journey might as well not have
hsen taken. Poor sick. dying Nanmau !!
| Are YOU gong away IN high dudceon and
worse than wnen you came? As his chariot
halts moment his servants Chamber up in
It and coax him TO do as Elisha said. They
say; "It's easy. II tho prophet had told
| you to walk Tor mile on sharp spikes in or
der TO get rid Of this AWFUL disease, you
would have done it, II Is easy. Come, my
lord just get down and wash In the Jordan.
You take u bath every day anyhow, and in
this climate II is so hot tnat 1t will do you
| good. Do II on our account, ana for the
| sake OF the army you command, and for the