Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-11-24

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Naaman's got the leprosy. wish all
the Syrians had the leprosy." No For
getting her personal SORROWS, she sym
pathizes with the suffering of her mas
ter and commends him to tho lannon's
Hebrew prophet.
Pointed In the Right Direction.
Ard how often il is that the finger of
childhood has pointed grown persons in
the right directionI ONChristian soul.
how long is it since YOU got rid of the
leprosy of sin? You saw. sI,et me see.
1t must be five years now ;, Five years.
Who was it that pointed Won to the d.
vine physician? "Oh.' YOU say. .it
was nv little Annie or Fred or Charley
that clambered up on my knees and
| looked into nv face and asked me WHY
| didn't become a Christian. and. all
the time stroking NV cheek. so / could
not get angry, insisted upon knowing
why l didn't have family PRAYERS. "
There are grandparents who have been
brought to Christ by their little grand
children. There are hundreds of Chris
tian mothers who had their attention
| first called to Jesus by their little chill.
dren. How did YOU get rid of the lepro-
sy of sin? How did you find your way
to the divine physician? "Oh. won saw.
''my child, nv diving child, with wan
and wasted finger. pointed that way.
Oh. never shall forget. ;, Won saw.
"that scene at the cradle and the crib
that awful night II was hard hard
yerv hard. but if that little one on its
/ diving he'd had not pointed me TO Christ
| I don,t think I ever vould have rot rid
of INV lenrosv Go into tho Sabbath
school any Sunday. and Won win find
hundreds of little fingers poiuti.p in the
same direction. toward Jesus Christ and
toward heaven.
Years AGO the astronomers calcplated
| that there n,ust be a world baneino at
| s. certain noint in the heavens and n
large prjze was offered for some one
who could discover that world The rel.
escones from the great observatorics
were pointed in vain, but a girl at Mar.
tucket. Mass. fashioned n telesconc
and looking through il discovered that
star and won the nrize and tho admira-
/ tion of all the astronomical world tb.t
stood amazed at her genius. And SO il
is often the case that grown people can
not see the light. while some little child
beholds the star of nardop the star of
hone. the star of consolation. the stat. of
Bethlehem, the morning star of Jesus.
mot MANY mighty mon. NOT many wise
men, are called, but God hath chosen
| the weak things of the world To cen
| found the mighty and base things and
! things that are not to bring to naurbt
! things that are. {" Oh. do not despise
the prattle of little children when tbey
are speakinp about God and Christ and
heaven. You see the way your child is
pointing. Will YOU take that pointing
or wait until i'll the wrench of some
awful bereavement, God shall lift that
child to another world, and then it will
| beckon you upward? Will you take the
pointing, or will you wait for the beck
oring? Blessed be God that the little
Hebrew captive pointed in the right di-
rection. Blessed be God for the saving
ministry of Christian children.
Sick Man.
No wonder the advice of this little
Hebrew captive threw all Mammals
mansion and Ben-hadad's palace into ex-
citement Goodby, Eaamanl With face
scarified and ridged and inf1amed by
the pestilene6 and aided by those who
supported hinr on either side, he stag
gers out to the chariot. Hold fast the
fiery coursers of the royal stable while
the poor sick man lifts his swollen feet
and pain struck limbs into the vehicle.
| Bolster him up with the pillows and let
him take lingering look at his bright
apartment, for perhaps the Hebrew cap
tive 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 chief
tain seeking sepulture amid the lamen-
tations of an admiring nation. Goodby,
Naamanl Let the charioteer drive gen
tly over the hills of Hermon, lest he
jolt the invalid. Here goes the bravcst
man of all his day captive of ho1ri-
BILE disease. As the ambulance winds
through the streets of Damascus the
tears and prayers of all the people 20
after the world renowned invalid.
Perhaps you have had an invalid go
out from your house on a health excur-
sion. You know how tho rcighbors
stool around and said, "Ah, he will
never come back again alive" Oh, it
was a solemn moment, tell you, when
the invalid had departed. and YOU went
into the room to make the bed, and to
remove the medicine walls from the
shelf, and to throw open the shutters,
so that the fresh air might rush into the
long closed room. Goodby. Naamanl
Thora js only ono cbeerfrl foca Iool,
ing 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 coultiers,
and the mules, laden with sacks of gold
and silver and embroidered suits of ap-
parel, went through the gates of Da-
down on the procession, ard the retinue