The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1894-11-29

nation that admires you. Come; my .y.v lGro'
mat try this Jordanic bath" .'Wen,
he saws, ''to please you WI.
do as you say" Inc Ie.lna a.
drive to the brink OF the Jordan. me no o'.,
nav and neigh to get into the stream lleln nI
selves and cool their hot Hanks. uehela.
Noaman. assisted by his attendants, gers
down out of his chariot and painfully comes
10 the brink Of the river and steps IN uhtii
the water comes 10 the ankle, and goes on
deeper until the YER comes " ~ S.aan,
and now standiu. 80 Tar down in the stream
lust little inclination OF the heau WI.
thoroughly immer5e him. He BOWS once
into the flood and comes up ana SNAKES .n9
water out of nostril and eye, and his attend
ants look at him and say, "Why, general;
how much better you do look
And he bows a second time mo
the flood and comes up. ana 1Ie
wild stare is gone out OF MS eye. h
bows the third time into the flood, ana comes
M. and the shriveled skin has Sot snooti,
again. He bows a fourth time INV tne n.y.
and comes up, and the hair that had 1aleh
out is restored there are thick locks agah
all over the head. He bows the hith time
into the flood and comes up, and the hoarse-
ness has gone out Of his throat. he BOWS
the sixth .ime and comes up. and all the
soreness and anguish have gone out OF the
body. "Why," he says. 81 am almost wei,
but / will make n complete cure. ana so ne
bows the seventh time into the HOOD ana ne
comes up. and not so much as u tester or II
scale or IN eruption as big as the heau Vi ID
pin is to be seen on him. .
He steps ont on the bank and says, rs IL
possible?" And the attendants look and say,
sTs it possible?" And as with the health OF
an athlete he bounds back into the chariot
and drives on there goes up from all MS at
PENDANTS a wild "Huzza, huzza y Or course
they 20 back to pay and thank the man OIL
God for his counsel so fraught with WISDOM.
When they lett the prophets mouse, ,usy
went off mad. They have come PACK giau.
People always think better OF u munster a'
ter they are converted than they DO oe'ore
conversion, Now we are to them an lntoleI-
able nuisance because we tell them 10 90
things that 90 against the grain, but some OF
us have great many letters from those VINO
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 enemies. NOW
they call us friends. Yonder IS man VINO
said he would never come into the cnurcn
again. He said that two years ago. lie saio.
..My family shall never come here again Ii
such doctrines as that are preached. But
be came again. and his family came again.
He is Christian. his wife a Christian, all
his children Christians. the whole house
hold Christians. and you shalt dwell with
them in the house of the Lord forever. Our
undyiny coadju are those who onc9
heard the gospel and event away IN u
rage"
Now. my hearers, you know that this Gem
eral Naaman did two things in order to got
we'll The first was, he got out of his CHAR
ot He might have statd there with MS
swollen feet on the stuffed ottoman, seated
on that embroidered cushion. until MS last
gasp, he would never have got any relef.
He had to get down out OF his chariot. Aud
YOU have got to get down out OF the chariot
of your pride If you ever become Chris-
tan. You cannot drive up to the cross with
a coach and four and be savel among all
the spangles. You seem to think that the
Lord is going to be complimentei by
your coming. Oh, no, you poor, MIS-
cradle, soaly, leprous sinner, ger down
out of that We all come in the
same naughty way. We expect 10 ride
into the kingdom of God. Never
until we get down on our knees w!ll we ma
mercy. The Lord has endorsed us, un-
cbarioted US. Get down out OF your pride.
Get down out of your self righteousness and
your hvpercriticism. We have all got 10 90
that. That is the journey we have TO make
on our knees. 1t is our Internal pride that
keeps us from getting rid OF the ieprosy OF
sin. Dear Lord what have we to be proud
OF? Proud of our scales? Proud OF our uu.
cleanliness? Proud of this killing infection!
Bring us down at Thy feet. weeping, pray
ing, penitent. believing suDpllantS-