The Progress., 1894-11-24

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Naaman's got t,W leprosy: wish all
the Syrians had the leprosy. No.
her personal sorrows, she
with the sutferings of her
master, and commends him to the
famous Hebrew prophet.
And how often it is that the finger
of childhood has pointed grown per-
sons in the right direction. O Chris
tan soul, how long is it since you got
rid of the leprosy of sin? You say:
LET me see. 1t must be five years
now" Five years. Who was it that
pointed you to the divine physician?
20" you say, lit was my little Annie,
or Fred, or Charley. that clambered on
nv knees. and looked into my face,
and asked me why | didn't become a
Christian, and, all the time 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 grandchildren.
There are hundreds of Christian moth.
ers who had their attention first alleJ
to Jesus by their little children
General Naamun wakes up from rest
less sleep in the chariot. and he says to
the charioteer: "lIow long before we
shall reach the Prophet Elisha" The
charioteer says to the waysider: GLOW
far is it to Elishas house?" he says:
"Two miles. 1.-Two miles," Then
they whip up the lathered and tagged
out horses The whole procession
brightens up at the prospect of speedy
arrival They drive up to the door OF
the prophet. The characters shout;
whoa" to the horses, and tramplng
hoofs and grinding wheels cease shak-
ing the earth. Come out, Elisha, come
out; YOU have company; the grand
est company that ever came tc
your house has come to it now
No stir inside Elisha's house. The
fact was. the Lord had informed Elisha
! that the sick captain was coming, and
lust how to treat him. Indeed, Whcr
YOU are sick. and the Lord wants yor
I to get we'll, he always tells the doctor
how to treat you; and the reason we
have so many bungling doctors is be
cause they depend upon their owl
strength and instructions, and not OF
the Lord God, and that always make
malpractice. Come out, Elisha, ant
attend to your business. Genera
Naaman and his retinue waited, ant
waited, and waited The fact was
Naaman had two diseases-pride AM
leprosy; the one was as hard to &c
rid of as the other. Elisha sits quietl
in his house and does not go out. Ate
awhile. when he thinks he has hum
bled this proud man, he says to a sci
want go out and tell General Naa
man to battle seven times in the Rive
, Jordan, out yonder five miles, and h
will get entirely we'll" The me
, sape comes out: What" saTs tn
commander-in-ch of the Syria
forces. his eye kindling with an an
nation which it had not shown IL
t weeks. and his swollen foot stampin
on the bottom of the chariot, regar
, less of pain. What! Isn't he comm
ont to see me? Why, l thought ce
l tainlv he would come and utter son
! cabalistic words over me, or make son
1 enigmatical passes over my wound
| WHY. I don't think he knows who
t am. Isn't he coming out? Why, wht
4 the Shunamite woman came to him,
t rushed out and cried is it well wi
!. thee? is it we'll with thy husband?
s it we'll with thy child?' and will
G treat a poor unknown woman like tina
:. and let me, titled parsonage, sit ne
!, in nv chariot and wait, and wait?
|. won't endure it any longer. Charie
d eer, drive on! Wash in Jordan! ii
d ha! The Shiny Jordan-the nude
q Jordan-the monotonous Jordan:
o won't be seen washing in such ri
" err as that. Why, we watered o
S horses in better river than that
,s our way here-the beautiful river, t
Ie iasper-paved river of Pharpar: /
h sides that, we have in our country a
s. other Damascene river, ALBANIA, wi
Is foliaged bank, and torrent ever sw
md ever clear, under the fickeri
a. shadows of sycamore and oleand'
" Are not ALBANIA and Pharpar, rivers
IS Damascus. better than all the waite
y; i suppose that was great tine
Damascus when General Naaman
y, back. The characters did not have
20 drive slowly any longer, lest they J
:. the INVALID but as the horses dash
;: through the streets of Damascus
=, think the people rushed out to h
~. v. back their chieftain. Naamans W
=, hardly recognized her husband;
ID was SO wonderfully changed she /
49, to look at him two or three time
3 fore she made out that it was her
49, stored husband. And the little ca It
~, maid. she rushed out, clapping1
as hands and shouting: Did he cure "
~ Did he cure you?" Then music W.
lie up the palace, and the tapestry OF
49, windows was drawn away, that
"a multitude outside might min
rs with the princely mirth inside, and
IN feet went up and down in the dar
49, and all the streets of Damas
In that night echoed and re-echoed "
the news: "Naaman's cured! n
mans cured," But gladder time Il