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

sass-esssss
Lows the third timo inta the Hood and
romes up, and the shrivelcd f,csh Ia.
got smooth again Tie bows the fourth
time into the Hood AID comes up, and the
hair that had fallen out is restored in
thick locks again all over the brow. He
bows the fifth tiino into the flood and
comes up, and the hoarseness has gone
ont Of his throat He bows the sixth time
and comes mp, and all the soreness and
anguish have gone out of the limbs.
why, no says, II am almost woll,
but l will make a complete cure 4" and
he bows the seventh time into the food,
and he comes mp, and not so much as a
tester or scale or an eruption as big as
the head OF pin is to be seen ON him.
/ His Wonderful Cure.
He steps out ON the bank and saws. els
1t possible?" And the attendants look
and say, SIS it possible?" And MS with
/ the health of an athlete he bounds back
into the chariot and drives on there
goes up from all his attendants wild
"Huzza, huzzan OF course they 90
back to pay and thank the man of God
for his counsel so fraught with wisdom.
When they left the prophets house,
they went off mad. They have come bacl,
glad. People always think better of a
minister after they are converted than
they do before conversion. Now we are
to them an intolerable nuisance because
we tell them to do things that go against
the grain, but some of us have a great
many letters from those who tell us
that once they were angry at what we
preached, but afterward gladly received
the gospel at our hands. They once
called us fanatics or terrorists or enc.
mics. Now they call us friends. Yonder
is man who said he would never come
into the church again. He said that
two years ago. He said, "My family
shall never come here again if such doc
trines as that are preached. But he
came again. and his family came again.
He is Christian, his wife Christian,
all his children Christians, the whole
household Christians, and You shall |
dwell with them in tho house of the
Lord forever. Our undying coadiutors
are those who once heard the gospel and
''went away in rage. -
The True Remedy.
Now, my hearers, you know that this
General Naaman did two things in Or
der to get well. The first was, he got
out Of his chariot. He might have staid
there with his swollen feet on the stuff.
cd ottoman, seated Oh that embroidered
cushion. until bis Last gasp, he would
never have got any relief. Ho had to
get down out Of bis chariot. And Won
have got to get down ont Of tho chariot
Of your pride if ycu ever become Il Chris
tian. You cannot drive up TO tho cross
with coach alxl four and be saved
among all the spangles. You seem TO
.hink that the Lord is going to be com
by your coming Oh, no, you
DOOR, miserable, sealy, leprous sinner,
get down out of that. Wo all come in
he same naughty way. We expect TO
'ide into the kingdom Of God. Never
lntil we get down on our knees will we
ind mercy. The Lord has unhorsed us,
lncharioted us. Get down out of your
ride. Get down out Of your self right.
business and your hypercriticism We
ave all got TO do that That is the
Quincy we have to make on our knees.
{ is our Internal pride that keeps us
rom getting rid of the loprosy of sin.
Dear Lord, what have we to be proud
4? Proud Of our scales? Proud of our
ncleanncssY Proud Of this killing in.
ectionr Bring as down ut thy feet,
Weeping, praying, ponitent, believing
uppliants
For sinners, Lord, thou cam 'st 10 bleed,
Ana I'm sinner vile indeed.
Lord, btlleye thy grace Is free.
On, magnify that grace In me.
But he had not only 10 get down out
his chariot He had 10 wash. "Oh, f"
on say II am very careful with my
buttons. Every day plunge into
right and beautiful bath. 4" All, my
carer there isa food brighter than any
lat pours from those hills. Il il the
ood that breaks from the granite Of
10 eternnl hills II is tho food Of par
on and pesoe and life mud heaven That
pod started In tho tears IT Christ aud
~ sweat Of hothsemano aud rolled on,
lounulating flood, until all earth aud
'aYn could baltic in a. Zoohgiiah
He'd IL tho fountain open for tin and
loleanness " William C0Wpor called II
10 fountain hllod Win blood. " Your
lhols and mothers washed al their
~ and sorrows away Ia ihat fountain.
b, my hearers, do you not feoi like
ldiuH into itf Wad0 down now into /.
ls glorious hoDd, depor drrpfr, dcop /
I Plunge nnoe, iHira, thrice, four
nft. 1Fn limos, siK iimas, soYeu iimos
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