Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-19

t,,~G Al SOC Inc leprosy. wish a
e, 'le y mans had the leprosv. No 10,
so.,.h9 her personal sorrows. she svn
! p"'hlzes with the SUFFERING of boy No.
) Ter and commends him 70 tho ea,'l' ''''
Hebrew prophet. '0 A"'iiou
fointed In the Right Direction
ana how often it is that the fipgor p
ohlldhood has pointed grown norso,,, !,
,ne right directionl o Christian so,1l
now long is it since you got rid Of tb
IepFosy OF sin? You say, LET me soc
~ must be five years now. Five vears
VINO was it that pointed Won to tbe Al
vine physician? "Oh." Won saw &C.;
was was my little Amio or Fred or Charlie,
,nat clamberod up on my knees anc
looked into my face and asked me wb,
l dldn { become a Christian. and. al
'ne tlme stroking my cheek, so I conlf
NOT get angry, insisted upon l,nowine
why didn't have family PRAYERS. )
Lhere are grandparents who have beer
Drought to Christ by their little grand.
children There are hundreds of Chris.
Ilan mothers who had their attention
llrSt called to Jesus by their little chill.
uren. how did you get rid of the lepro.
sy OF sin? How did you find your way
10 the divine physician? "Oh, "you saw.
my child, my dying child, with wan
and wasted finger, pointed that wav.
Oh, never shall forget" Won sav
that 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
doh e think | ever would have got rid
OF my leprosy." Go into the Sabbath
SCHOOL any Sunday, and you will find
hundreds of little fingers pointing in the
same direction, toward Jesus Christ and
toward heaven.
Years ago the astronomers calculated
that there must be world hanging at
certain point in the heavens, and q
large prize was offered for some one
who could discover that world. The tel
escopes from the great observatories
were pointed in vain, but a girl at Nam
tucket, Mass, fashioned a telescope.
and looking through it discovered that
star and won the prize and the admira-
ton OF all the astronomical world, that
stood amazed at her genius. And SO it
Is often the case that grown people can.
not 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 con-
found 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 and
heaven. You see the way your child is
pointing Will you take that pointing |
or wait until, in the wrench of some
awful bereavement, God shall lift that
,hild to another world, and then it will |
oeckon you upward? Will you take the
pointing, or will you wait for the beck
ming? Blessed be God that the little
Hebrew captive pointed in tho right di-
'ection. Blessed be God for the saving
of Christian children.
A Sick Man.
No wonder the advice of this little
Hebrew captive threw all Naaman's
mansion and Ben-hadad s palace into ex.
itement. Goodby, Naamanl With face
Garfield and ridged and infamed by
he pestilence and aided by those who
him on either side, he stag
ers out TO the chariot. Hold fast the
cry ooursers of tho royal stable while
he poor sick man lifts his swollen feet
nd pain struck limbs into the vehicle
iolster him up with the pillows and let
i'm take a lingering look at his bright
for perhaps the Hebrew cap.
We may be mistaken. and the next
me kaaman comes 10 that place no !
Jay be a dead weight on the shoulders
those who carry him, an expired chief
in seeking sepultuTo amid the lamen- I
tions Of an admiring nation, Goodby, b
aaman Lot the charioteer drive gen !
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