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

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Remedy.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 8.-Rev. DR. Ia,
mage has chosen as the subject Of IN
days sermon through the press 'oTb
Sick General, the text selected helm,
II Kings V, /, 'He was a leper -
Here we have warrior sick NO
with pleurisies or rheumatisms or con-
sumptions, but with disease wors,
than all these put together A red mari
has come out on the forehead, precurso,
Of complete disfgurement and dissoIn'
tion. L have something awful TO toll
you. General Naaman, the commando,
in chief of all the Syrian forces. has tbe
leprosyl 1t is on his hands, on his face
on his feet, ON his entire person. The
leprosyl Get out of the way of the mes.
tilencel If his breath strike Won. Won
are dead man. The commander IN
chief OF all the forces of Syrial And vet
he would be glad to exchange conditions
with the boy at his stirrup or tho hos.
tier that blankets his charger. The pa,ys
goes like wildfire all through the realm
and the people are sympathetic. and
they cry out, 'Is it possible that our
great hero, who slew Ahab and around
whom we came with such vociferation
when he returned from victorious hat
tle-can it be possible that our grand
and glorious Naaman has the leprosv?"
All Are Afflicted.
Yes. Everybody has something he
wishes he had not-David, an Abealom
to disgrace him; Paul n thorn TO sting
BIN; Job, carbunclea to plague him;
Samson, Delilah to shoar him; Ahab.
Naboth to deny hinl; Eaman, a Nor
. decal to irritate hinl George Washing
ton, chlldlessncsa 10 afflict him; John
wesley, tcTmagant wife to pester him;
Leah, weak eyes; Pope, crooked back;
Byron, club foot; John Milton. blind
eyes; Charles Lamb, an insane sister.
and you and you and you something
which you never bargained for and |
would like to get rid Of The reason of
this is that God does not want this
world to be too bright. Otherwise we
would always want to stay and eat these
fruits and lie on these lounges and shake
hands in this pleasant society. We are
only in the vestibule of grand temple
God does not want us to stay on the
doorstep, and therefore he sends aches
and annoyances and sorrows and be-
reavements Of all sorts to push us on
and push us up toward ripper fruits and
brighter society and more radiant pros
perities. God is only whipping us ahead.
The reason that Edward Payson and
Robert Hall had more rapturous views
OF heaven than other people had was
Because, through their aches and pains.
God pushed them nearer up to it. II
God dashes out one Of your pictures, it
IS only to show to you brighter one.
If he sting your foot with gout, your
brain with neuralgia, your tongue with
al ine4tinguishable thirst, it is only be-
pause he is preparing to substitute bet
tor body than you ever dreamed OF, when
the mortal shall put on immortality.
1t is to push you on and TO push You
mp toward something grander and better
that God sends upon you, as he did upon
General Naaman, something you do
not want. Seated In his Syrian man
sion, all the walls glittering with the
shields which he had captured In bat
tle, the corridors crowded with admir-. I
lng visitors who just wanted to see him
pnoo, music and mirth and banqueting &
Hing all the mansion from tessellated
aoor to pictured ceiling, Naaman !
you'd have forgotten that there was O
lpything better aud would have been t
Had to stay there 10, 900 years. But oh, /
lOw the shields dim and how the visit u
rs fly the hall, and how the mnsio drops 0
bad from the string, and how the gates b
Il the mansion slam shut with sepul' b
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# tho eulogium 'He was leperl He Il
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Must Have Sympathy II
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