The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-11-28

childish indignation, she might have
said: "Good for them. I'm glad
Naaman's got the lcprosy." No. For
getting her personal sorrows, she
sympathizes with the suffering OF her
master, and commends him to the fa-
nous Hebrew prophet.
And how often is it that the finger
of childhood has pointed grown per-
sons in the right direction. Oh, Chris
tian soul, how long is it since you got
rid of the leprosy of sin? You say:
'sLet me see. 1t must be five years
now" Five years. Who was it that
pointed you to the Divine Physician2
"Oh," you say, "it was my little Annie,
or Fred, or Charley, that clambered up
on my knees, and looked into my face,
and asked me why didn't become
Christian, and, all the while strol1ing
my check so couldn't get angry, in
sisted upon knowing why didn't have
family prayers" There are grand
parents who have been brought
to Christ by their little grandchil-
dren. There are hundreds of Chris
tian mothers who had their Mt
tention first called to Jesus by their
little children. How did You get rid
of the leprosy of sin? How did you find
your way to the Divine Physician?
''Oh," you say, 'my child-my dying
child, with wan and wasted finger,
pointed that way. Oh, shall never
forget" you say, shat scene at the
cradle and the crib that awful night.
1t was hard, hard, very hard; but if
that little one on its dying bed had not
pointed me to Christ, don't think
ever would have gotrid of my leprosy."
Go into the Sabbath-school any Sun
day and You will find hundreds of lit
tie fingers pointing in the same direc-
tion, toward Jesus Christ and toward
Heaven.
Perhaps you have had an invalid go
out from your house on a health ex-
cursion. You know how the neigh.
bors stood around and said: "Ah,
he will never come back again
alive" Oh, it was solemn mo-
ment, tell you, when the in
valid had departed and yoi went
into the room to make the bed, and to
remove the medicine phials from the
shelf, and to throw open the shutters,
so that the fresh air might rush into.
the long-closed room. Good-by, Eaa-
man! 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 we'll, and who is so glad she
helped him. AS the chariot winds out
and the escort OF mounted courtiers,
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 Ephriam look
down on the procession, and the ret
inue goes right past the battlefelds
where Naaman, in the days Of his
health, used to rally his troops for
fearful onset, and then the procession
stops and reclines awhile in the groves
of olive and oleander; and Gen. Naaman
is sick-so very, very sick!
How the countrymen gapcd as the
procession passed! They had seen
Naaman go pass like whirlwind in
days gone by, and had stood aghast at
the clank OF his war equipments; but
now they commiseratc him. They say:
"Poor man, he will never get homo
aliye; poor mani"
Gen. Naanan wakes up from a rest
less sleep in the chariot, and says to
the charioteer: "How long before we
shall reach the Prophet Elisha?' The
charioteer says to waysider: 'IIow
far is it. to Elisha's house!" He says:
''Two miles. Two miles2" Then they
whip up tho lathered and fagged-out
horses. The whole procession bright
ems up at the prospect of speedy arriv-
al. They drive up to the door OF
the prophet. The churioteers shout
"Whoa!" to the horses, and tramping
hoofs and grinding wheels cease shak-
ing the earth. Come out, Elisha, come
out; you have company; the grandcst
company that ever came to your house
has come to it now. No stir inside
Elisha's house. The fact was, the
Lord has informed Elisha that the
sick captain was coming. and just
how to treat him. Indeed, when you
are sick, and the Lord wants you to
get well, BE always tells the doctor
how to treat you; and the reason we
have so mary bungling doctors is be-
cause they depend upon their own
strength and instructions, and not on
the Lord God, and that always makes
malpractice Come out, Elisha, and
tend to your business. Gen. Naaman
and hisrctinue waited, and waited, ani
waited. The fact was. Naaman had
two diseases-pride and leprosy; the
one was as hard to get rid of US the
other. Elisha sits quietly in his house,
and does not go out. After u while,
when he thinks he has huinbled this
proud man, he says to 4 servant:
$50 out and tell Gen. Naaman
to bathe seven times in the River Jor-
dan, out yonder five miles, and he will
get entirely we'll" The message comes
out. "IYhatm says the colnmander-in-
chief of the Syrian forces, his eye kind
ling with animation which it had not
showa FOR weeks, and his swollen foot