Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-19

understand the reason or not. lake ire
prscripiion, Whether you like " or not.
ono thing ia certain Unless naughty
Naabian does as kllshs caninnnds him 10
will die Of his awful tiekncfs And un-
les you do s. Christ commands you you
viii DO seized upon lysn everlasting wast-
ing away Obey and live; disobsy and die.
Thrilling, overarching, andsrgirdin3, stu
pandons alternativel
Eiisha Anglers Nennan.
We'll, General Nahmnp could not stand
tho test. Tho chpIiotcor gives jerk to
tho right lilo until tie lit snaps in tho
horso's mouth, ard the whir Of the wheels
and tho flying Of the dust show tho In
dignation Of the great commander. 10
turned and went away in u rage" 81
people now often get mad at religion.
They vltuperate agninst ministers, against
churches, against Christian people. Ono
would think from their lrato behavior that
God bad been studying how TO annoy md
oxuspsruta u. dcmulish them. What has
he been duings Only trying to cure thei-
death dealing loprosy. That is ALL Yet
they whip up their horses, they dig In the
spurs, and thoy go away In rage,
SO, after al, 1t seems that this health
excursion Of General Nnamun Is to DO
dead failure. That Ilttls Hebrew captive
might as well have not told him OF the
prophet, and this long journey might us
well not have been taken Poor, sick, dy-
ing Naomanl Arc you going away in high
dudgeou and worsc than when you camel
Az his chariot hats a moment his serv-
ants clAmbOr up IN IL and coax him to do
as Elisha said. They say; Its easy. II
tho prophet had told you to walk for
milo on sharp spikes in order TO get rid OF
this awful disease, you would have dore
It. 1t is easy. Come, my lord, Just get
down aud wash in tho Jordan. You take
. bath every day anyhow, and In this eli
mate 1t Is go hot that 1t will do you good.
Do it on cur account, and for tho sake Of
tho army you command, and for tho sake
Of the nation that ndmires you. Como,
my lord, Just try this Jordanic bath."
"W0ll," he says, to please you l will do
as you say" The rctinue drive to tho
brink Of tho Jordan. Tho horses paw and
neigh to get into the stream themselves
and cool their hot ilauks. General Nna-
man, assisted by his attendants, gets down
out Of his chariot and painfully comes to
the brink Of the river and steps in until
tho water comes 10 the ankle ard goes en-
deeper until the water comes to tho girdlc,
and now, standing so far down in the
stream, Just little inclination OF the head
will thoroughly immCrse him. He bows
once into tic food aud comes up aud
shakes tho water out of nostril and eye,
and his attendants look Mt him and say,
/ WHY, EenQal, how much better you do
louE!" AID lie bows u second time into
| the food ana comes up, and tic wild stare
| IS gone out OF his eye He bows the third
| time into the Good and cu~es up, and tho
4 sirivelcd lgsh has got smooth again. -
lows the fourth time into the flood and
| comes up,ahd tho hair thnt had fullcn out
is restored IN thick locks again all over tho
brow. He bows the 1fth time into tho
lood and comes up, and the honrscncss
4 has CONT out Of bis throat, lie bows the
I sixth tluo ard comes up, and all the sore
ness and anguish have gone out Of tho
I limbs. why" be says, ~ am almost
[ well, but ] will mako Il complete cure,
/ and lie bows the seventh timo into tho
{ food and ho coIucI up, and not 50 much
/ Ms tester, or u te1le, or an eruption a.
/ big US the h0al VI IL pin Is TO DO seen On
| him.
( lie steps out on the banks and says, SIS
; It possiblep' And tho attendants look uni
say, SIS 1t possihle'" And us with the
/ health Of an athlete, he bounds back into
the chariot Nnd drives Oh there goes up
! from all his attendants Wild "Hu2zAl
Hu~2aV' or course they 20 back to pay
and thank thS man Of God for his counsel
SO ifaught witt wisdom When they lols
the prophets house. they went of mad.
| They have como hack glad. People always
think better OF minister after they arc
converted than they do before conversion,
Now we are to them I'M intolerablo nui.
sanco because wo toll them to do things
that so aaainst tAe grain, but some Of us
have great many letters from those who
tell US that once they werc angry at VIII
We preached, but atterward GLADLY received
the gospel at our hands. They once called
US fanatics or terrOrists or enemies Now
they call vs. friends. YuudOr is man who
said he would never come into tho church
ugaln. He said that two years ago. He
said, - Ny family shall never come hero
agnin II such doctrines us that arc preach
Ell. ~ But he came again, and his family
came again. He is Christian, his vito
Christian oil his children Christians, the
whole household Christians and you shall
uwell with them IN tho house OF the LORI
forever Our uudying coadjutors arc those
who onee heard the gospel and went away
In rage"
Humility Necessary.
Now, my bearers, you know that this
General Nuaulun did two things in order
to get well, The first was he got out o.
bis Chariot, lie might have staid there,
with his swollen feet ON tho stuffed otto.
mum, seated ON that embroidered cushion,
until his last gasp he would never have
rot any relief. He had to set down out Of
his chariot, and you have got to get down
out of tho chariot Of your pride II you CIV .r
become Christian. You cannot drive up
to the cross with coach aud four and DO
saved among all tho spangles. You seum
to think that tho Lord Is going to DO com
pllmcntcd by your coming. oh, no, you
poor, miserable, sealy leprous sinner, get
down out cf thatl We all come In tho
same naughty way. We expect to ride
into the Kingdom OF God. Never, until wo
81 down on our knees, will we find mercy.
The Lord has endorsed u.s. unchariotcd
US Get down out Of your pride. Get
down out Of your self Righteousness and
your hypercriuclsm We have all got to
DO ihat. That Is the journey we have to
make ON our knees. 1t Is our internal
pride that keeps us from getting rid Of the
lepresy u sin. Dear Lord, what have /,
TO be proud Off Proud OF our scalrs7
troud Of our unclonnnessf Proud OF this
a4llns lnlcctiOuf btmg us uoun nc tns
ae', weeping, praying, pcnitent, believing
tuppliants