Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-19
THE GENERAL WHO WAS SICK.
REv. t. DEWITT TkLuAeE DwnLLs
on THE LErRosY OF sly.
snneriaa sent late the wrsid to
show the wa, to iisaer Jsys-spir-
huaI Happiness Attained THROUGH
a Humble splrit-Morai Lepers.

BnooElYx, Nov. is.--Rev. Dr.. Talmago
has chosen as tho subject OF todny's ser
mon through tho press THE Sick Cen
erai, tho text selected being II Kings "
J. Ha was a lcper."
Hero wo have o warrior sick, not with
plcurisics or rhoumatisms or oonsump-
tions, hutwithn dlseasowofseth than oil these
l puttuEeihcr a rcd marx las come OUT on
I the forehead. precursor VI complete dlsiig-
urelnent and dissolution l have somc-
4, thing awful to tel you General Senman'
! tho ecmmnndcr in chief Of all the Syrinn
1 forces. has tho lcprosyl Il IS on bis hands,
on his fnec, on his feet, on his entire per.
son. Tho lcprosyl Get out Of the way OF
the pcstilcneoi II his breath strike you
( You axe dead mar Tho communion IN
I chief OF all tho forces Of syrinl And yet
I he would be glad to ezehango eonPitions
/ with Tie hoy az his stirEup or tho hostler
I that blankets his charger, The nows COCA
\ like wildflre all through the realm, and Ito
/ people hre synnaihttie, and they cry Out,
Ia it possible that our great hero who
| slow AhAb and around whom We came
1 with such yuclferatiun when ho returned
from Victorious batIlU--can 1t ho possible
I that our grand and glorious Nnaman has
the leprosyr
4 Yes, Everybody haa something he wishes
he bad not-Duvldi an Absalom TO as
prac1 him Paul, thorn TO sting himi
Job, carbuncles to plague himi sameon, a
Delilah 10 shear him; AhuDi Nnhoth 20
dony him; Hamun a Murdccai TO irritnt9
HIM George Washington, childlcssnes5 to
nlllct him; john Wesley, IA tcrmagunt
VITO to pestgr llmi Leah, weak eyes;
Pope, II crooked back; Byron, u club foot;
John Milton, blind eyes Charles Lamb,
m Insane sister, and sou and you and you
md you something which You never bar
gained for mud would Ike 10 got rid Of
The reason Of this IS that God docs NOT
want this world TO tg too bright, Other
wise we would always want TO stay and
cnt these fruits nnd Ito on these lounges
and shake hands ia tlld pleasant society,
A. The noor Of the Temple.
We are only In the yeHihulo Of grand
temple God does net want US 10 stay on
the doorarcp and therefore he sends nohes
nnd uuuoyuucCs and SORROWS and bcrcavc-
mcnts OF nll forts 90 push Us on and push
usuptoward rlpcrlfglisand briRhtcrRocic-
~ and moro radiant properties. Cod Is
only whipping us ahead. Tic reason thnt
Edward PayAon and Robert Hall hnd moro
r1pturOiis views NJ heaven than other poo
Tlo bad was because, through their nchcs
and pains, God pushed thcm nearer up to
10, II God dashcs uut one Of yunr picture5,
o. "a only TO show 10 sou brighter ono,
II he sting your fo1twih govt your brain
with neuralgia, y1ur tuHgOcwlth IN incx-
tlnGuisbNbln thiwt II is only because he
IA preparing 10 substitute a better body
than you ever dreamed Of when tho mortal
shall put ON immortality
II Is TO push you on and TO push you up
toward somatbina grandcrand better that
God sends upon you as lie ala upon Cen
Grail Nauman something you do not want.
Seated Ia his syrian mansion, all tho
walls slitterlng with The shields which he
had captured 80 battle, tho currldor3
crowded with admitting visitors who ju4t
wanted 10 $50 hin once music and nllrth
and banqueting flliGg I'LL The mansion
from tvsssllatoi door to pictured ceiling,
NuRmnn would have forgotten that there
wus anything bcttor ana would Lnvo been
glad 20 stay there 10, Coo years. But, Oh,
huw the sllolds dim, and low tho visitors
~ the hall, ard bow tho music drops dead
from tho string, and how tho gates Of the
mansion slam shut with sepulehral bang
10 you read tho cloIing verbs OF the eulo.
GUM; lilo was - lsperl He was leperl'
rhCr0 was one person mora sympathetic
wllhG,uural NaumGn than any other per
ION Nnamun's wife walks tho lo0r
wrnglng her bands and trying to tbiuk
what lhO can do to sllgyiate her husbands
suffering. All REMEDIES have failed The
surgeon general and the doctors VI tho roy
al stun have met and thuy have sbakln
their hrugs, as much as 20 say No cure,
no cur6l" think thut The office sectors
lad an folded up thtlr Recommendations
and CONC home. Ptob9hly most Of the cni.
ploycts u tho establishment had dropped
thcir work uul wete thinking Of look ng
for Sumo other situation What shall now
hccumo OF poor Naumnn's wiiCi she must
havnsympnthy somewhere, In her despair
she goes 10 little Hebrew captive, a
servant pirl IN her house To whom she
tells The whole story, as sometimes, VIXEN
ovgrbpyno by tho SORROWS Of tho world and
iludlnH no sympathy anywhere else, you
have CONC out ind found IN tho sympathy
Of some humble dumeaiio-I,oso or Dnal
or Bridget--h help which tho world could
not give yuu.
What scene 1t wasl Ono Of the grand.
est women In ali Syria In cabinet council
With waiting maid over the declining
health Of the irighty general, Il know
fOmething" says tho littlo captivo maid,
II know something as sho bounds te
her bare feet In the land from which
I wus stolen there Is u certain prophp;
known hy thc name Of Elisha, who eau
euro olnl0st anything, md shouldn't
wonder II he could curu my mastuv. Send
for Tim right away" "Oh, huehW ybl
sly IL tho highest medical talent IN a..
Tho land cannot cure thHt lepcr, there is nC
need u your listening to any talk OF
turyant ririn But DO rot eool, 10 moi
ga0er The finger OF that lituo cppuy,
= maid IS pointing in tho right direction
She might have said: This Is ludsmeat
urpn you fer stealing mo nom my native
land, nidn't they snatch mo of Ia th,
night, breaking my fathers and mothcrl
hearts, ana many tinio have lain apS
, crltdull Night bcea lse was so humcsiek
Tlcn flushing UP into childish iudlena
tinp, she might haycsaid Good for them
! I'm clad Naaman's got the lcrrosy
J wish all the Syrlans had The lcprosyr' No
! furEottlng her personal sorrUws, she sym
J p0thlzcs with tho suffering Of her niasto
! and oommonds him 70 the famous HetiUy
7 prUphot
a Litiie child Leads Theu,.
Aud how often It Is that the nnehr @
chlihaad has pointed gru,vn persons il
Tho rlPht jiToctioni . ClrisiiAn suul, hoy
long lt since you got ild Of tho lepfos.
Of smg You say; Lot mo SEQ, IL mus
be five ycus nuw.' Five years. Who wa
70 that uolnftd Won 10 tie uiNiae uiivsi