The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-11-28


and looked into my face and asked
me why I didn't become Christian,
and all the time strohing my cheek, so
couldn't get angry, insisted upon
Knowing why | didn't have family
PRAYERS. :, There are grandparents
who have been brought to Christ by
their little grandchildren. There are
hundreds Of Christian mothers who
had their attention first called to Je-
sQs 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 darling child, with wan and vast
ed finger, pointed that way. Oh, |
never shall forget" you say, that
scene at the cradle and the crib that
awful night 1t was hard, Ehard, very
hard, bat if that little one ON It's dying
bed had not pointed me to Cdrist |
don't think l ever would have got rid
ofmy leprosy." Go into the Sabbath
school any Sunday, and you will find
hundreds of little fingers pointing III
the same direction, towards Jesus
Christ and towards heaven.
Years ago the astronomers calcula-
ted that there must be a world hang
ing at a certain point in the heavens,
and large prize was offered for some
one who could discover that world.
The telescopes from the greatest OBJ
seryations were pointed IN vain, but q
Girl at Nantucket, GSass. fashioned q
telescope, and looking through 1t dis
covered Tia star and Swon the prize
and tie adanratiol of1all the astrono-
mical world that stood amazed at her
genius. And so it is often the case
that grown people cannot 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 this world
to confound the rrighty, and base
things and things that are not to bring
to naught things that are" Oh, do
not despise the prattle of little child
rem 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 bereave-
ment, God shall lift that child to
another world, and then it will beck
on you upward? VIII you take the
pointing, or will you wait for the
beckoning2 Blessed be God that the
little Hebrew captive pointed IN the
right direction. Blessed be God for
the saving ministry of Christian chill
dren.
No wonder the advice of this little
Hebrew captive threw all Naaman's
mansion in Ben-hadad's palace into
excitement. Goodby, Naaman! With
face scarifed and ridged and infamed
by the pestilence and aided by those
Who supported him on either side, BE
staggered out to the. chariot. Hold
fast the fiery coursers of the royal
stable while the poor sick man hits
his swoolen feet and pain struck limbs
into the vehicle. Bolster him up with
the pillows and let him take Inger-
ing look at his bright apartments, for
perhaps the Hebrew captive may be
mistaken, and the next time Naaman
comes to that place he may be dead
weight on the shoulders Of those who
carry him, an expired chieftain seek
inor Senulture amid the lamentations
of an admiring nation. Goodby, Naa-
man! Let the charioteer drive gently
over the hills of Hermon, lest he jolt
the invalid. Here goes the brayest
man of all his day, a captive Of hor-
mble disease. AS the ambulance winds
through the streets of Damascus the
tears and prayers of all The people go
al ger the world renowned inva!id
Ie4hae5 you have had an Invalid
90 out from your house on a health
excursion. You know how the neigh
bors stood around and said, "Ah, he
will never come back again allve"'
Oh, it was solem moment, ltell you,
when the individual had departed, and
YOU went into the room to make the
bed, and to remove the medicine vlals
from the shelf, and to throw open the
shutters. so that the fresh air might
rush into the long closed room. Good
bv. Naaman. There is only one cheer
full face looking at him, and that IS
the face of the little Hebrew captive,
who is sure he will get cured, and who
is so glad she helped him. AS the
chariot winds out, and the escort OF
mounted cources, and the mules, laden
with sacks of gold and embroidered
suits of apparel, went through the
gates of Damascus and out on the long
way, the hills of Naphtali and Ephra-
i'm look down on the procession, and
the retinue goes right past the battle
fields were Naaman, III the days OF his
health, used to rally his troops for
fearful onset. and then reclines awhile
in the groves Of olive and oleander,
and General Naaman sosick, so very,
very sick.
How the countrymen gaped as the
procession passed! They had seen
Naaman 90 past Ikea whirlwind in
DAYS gone by and had stood aghast at
the clank of his war equipments, but
now they commiserate him. They
say: Poor man., He will never get
home alive. Poor man"
General Naaman wakes up from a
restless sleep in the chariot, and he
saws to the charioteer, How long be-
fore we shall reach the Prophet Ellsha"
The charioteer says to a. wayslder.
''How far is it to Elisha's house!
He saws. Two miles" Two miles.
Then they whip up the lathered and
tagged out horses. The whole pro
cession brightens up at the prospect
of speedy arrival. They drive up to
the door of the prophet. The chario-
teers shout" "Whoan' to the horses, and
tramping hoofs and grinding wheels
cease shaking the earth. Come out.
Elisha, come out. Youhave company.
The grandest company that ever came
to your house has come to 1t now. NO
stir inside EliSha's house. The fact
was the Lord had informed Elisha that
the stick captain was coming and just
how to treat him. Indeed when you
are sick and the Lord wants you to get
well he always tails the doctor how to
treat YOU, and the reason we have so
many bungling doctors is because they
depend upOn their own strength and