Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-12-08
REV.. DIR. TALNAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIEINE'S
SERMON.
Tr1r Vie was a leper."-n Kings v, !

AG 10 ~
Here we have a warrior sick. not With
rleur.sies or rheumatisnns or eonsun ptions.
hut with a disease worse than all these pu'
together. A red mark has come out on the
forehead, precursor OF complete disfGurs-
E~nt and dissolution. ] hav. som ethinr
nwfui - tell YOU General Eh.mhn. TIRE
r3nnander IN chta' o. all IRE Svrian forces.
has the i.prosv' I. Il on his hants. on his
face. IN his feet. on his entire person. Tha
yAproavi Get out % the way % the pestt-
lenre' II bic breath STRIKE Won. you are q
dead nan. II" commander IN chief - all
The 'o-cns 81 SYRIA, And vet he would Re
gint 70 exchange conditions with tho TOY Al
bis s'frrup or the hos,ler that blankets tis
charger. The news goes Ike wilffre nj
through the realm. and the people are svU-
yattetie. ard they cry out, as i possible
Tint orr Grea. hero. WHO stew Ahaf, AM
around whom We care with such voci'era-
ton when ne re:urneis rom victorious bat
tle-can !. he ~roasifin Tint o1r grand an
g'nr5ous Nnsr m ms the leorosy1'
H"<. Ivervt DIV fas something he wiShes
y" lad not-David. an Ahsa!or 70 disgrace
him Paul. a thorn 70 sting hin {: Joh. oar-
fun"les 70 placna him Samson. a Deltlah
y, shear hin Ahat. a Ma 9th 70 tenv bin
Haran. Il Mordecai 10 ~irrifafe hin George
Washington. n childlessness TO arirt him:
John Wesley. a termacant wife 10 poster
hin Leah. weak eyes Pope. a crooked
back Byron. n club foot John Milton.
tlinl eyes Charles Liant. IN jnsan" siste-,
ana you and Won ard YOU something which
YOU never tarcainei 'or and would like to
yet rii %. Thr reason Of This is that God
does not want this world - be 100 bright.
Other wise We would always want 70 stay and
eat these fruits and lie on these lounges and
ehake hands in the pheasant society We
are only III the vcstibule o. Il grand tempe.
God toes not want US 70 stand on m" door
Stcp. and therefore He sends aches md nov
nuces and sorrows and heroavements Of All
sor'a TO push us on and push rs W toward
riI,"r frnits and brighter society am more
radiant rrospnrifiee. God i only whirpinG
US ahead The reason tina, Edward Pay-on
ant Robert Halihat more raptIrOus views Of
heaven than other people bad was because.
through their aches ana rains. God pushed
them nearer up 70 it. II God dash-s ont "..a
Of vour pictures. Il Is only 10 show 10 you II
brighter one. fH" sting YOUR foot with
rout, your brain with neuralgia, your tongue
with an i~nrxtingushatl, thirst. it's only be-
caue" He is preparing to suhettnt" a better
l0lv than Won ever dreamed Or. when the
mortal shall put on immor,alr,.
sto push Won on and 10 push Won M
toward somethlRg grander and better that
God sends upon YOU, rs He did upon Cen
erai NaamAn. something YOU DO not want.
Seated in his Syrian mansion. all tha walls
rlttering will the shields which ne bad cap
Iured in hattie. the corridors rrowted with
ndmirinC visitors who just wanted 10 see
him once, music and mirth and bar quoting
filing all the mansion from :-Ssaiiuse! floor
TO pictured ceiling. Naaman would have Tor
gotten that there was anything better AM
would have been glad 10 STAY Their. 10. NO
wears, But. on. how thu. shields din, and
how the visitors fly the hall. and how thu
music drops dead from the 81 ring. and how
tho gates OF the mansion slam shut with
sepulchral bang rs you read the closing
words Of tn" puiogiumi "He was a leper
IL was a leper !"
'h"re was Qna person more sympathetic
win General Naaman than any other per-
son. Mammals wife walks the floor, wiring
inr her hands ana trying 10 think what she
can DO TO alleviate her husbands suffering.
All remedies have faile'. The surgeon gen
erat and the doctors Of the royal staff have
met. and they have shaken their h-a Is. as
much rs to SAY. \ cure. no cure think
that the offlc" seekers had all folded MP .heir
recommendations and Yon. home. Probably
most of III" employees OF the nStahlisnruant
had dropped their WORK AMI We're thinking
OF looking for someothnr situation. What
shall now hrcom" Of poor Naaman'S. wife?
She must hay" sym phthv somewhere. In
her despair she GOES 70 u little H-nrrw cap
tive. a servant girl in her house. 10 whom
she tells tn" whole story. rs something's,
when ov"rhorne 10y the sorroWs Of the world
and flniinG no sympathy anywhere else, YOU
have gone out and iouni in the sympathy
OF some humble domrstic-Rose or Dinah or
Bridget help which the world could not
give YOU
What Il scene it was-ona o. the Granfes.
women III all Syria in cahinet "ouncl with u
waiting maid over the ,iecIin,n: health of
the mighty general II know s0mctnIus,'
SAYS the little captive maid. Il know some
thing. ms she boInis 10 her bare feet. In
the land from watch | was stolen there is u
certain prophet known by the nam, OF
| Elisha. who can cure almost ANYTHING. and
| ShGUtin'f wonder if fa rnt,41 an -
master. Send for him right away" Lob,
| husa - YOU say. ~ tn, highest medical
talent in all the land cannot cure that leper.
there. i no nee'i IF your listening toanytalk
al u servant Cir But DO not srof. do not
sheer. The finger otthat little captive matt
is pointing IN the right direction. She might
have said This /, "A Judgment upon YOU
for stealing me from my native land. Ditin't
they snatch me of IN the night. my
fathers and mothers hearts. and many il
time | have lain and cried all night because
| WAS SO homasick?' Then. flushing up
into childish Indignation. she might have
/ saif: food .or them. / n ciai >aaman's
got the leprosy; | wish All ,hs syriane hal
III. leprosy.' No. Forgetting her personal
sorrows, she syhpatnt-"s with the suffering.
OF her master and commends him to the
famous Hebrew prophet.
And how often Il Is tina, the finger Of
childhood has pointed grown persons in the
IiAit iIctlIou ~ I D!lStlaH SDui, HOW long
Is IT since you got rid Of the leprosy Of sin?
You say. Let me see. Ii must re five years
now Five years. Who WAS II tina, pointed
you 10 the Divine Physician? .'Oh." you
say. lit was my little Anis or Fred or
Charley that clamered up on my knees and
looked into my face and asked me why
didn't become a Christian. and. all the
time strokinG my cheek, SO could
not Sc, angry, insisted upon knowing why
! didn't have family prayers" There ar
grandparents who have f+en brought Il
Christ by their little grandchildren. Ther,
are hundreds OF Christian mothers who na
their attention frs, called to Jesus by thei,
little children. How did YOU cet rid Of III.
leprosy Of sin How dill you find your wa,
70 the Divine Physician? oh" YOU say
"my child. nv diving child. with wa,
and wasted finger. pointed that way
Or. i never shall forget" you say. ";ha
Sci IL az the cradle and the crit that awful
might. II was hard. hart. very hard, bu.
that little one OF lis dying bed had 10
polnt"t ne 10 Chris, l don't think I eve
wou i have cot rd q my leprosy." Go IN,
the Sahl aih-school any sunday. and YOU vii
find hundreds OF little myers pointing in ID
same erect or. toward Jesus Chris, and "a
ward heayru.
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