The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-11-22

do as as you u say" s."'0 TfSe fSe re,i~ne mn
drive TO the brink OF the jordan. Tho horses
raw and neigh to get into w stream them
| selves and cool their no. .lauks. General
Naaman. assisted by his attendants. gets
down out OF hts chariot an I painfully comes
70 tho brink OF the river anl steps in until
the water comes TO the anxi, and goes on
deeper until the water comes to the girdle,
and now standing so tar down in the stream
just little inclination OF the head will
tn thoroughly immerSo him. Hc bows ones
into the foo and comes up and shakes the
water out OF nostril and eye. and his attend
ants look at him and say, "why, general,
how much better you do look y
,Sn Ana one, he bows BOWS rs. second time into
wild stare is gone out OF his eye. He
bows the third time into the flood AMI comes
up, and the shrivcled skin has got smooth
again. He bows n fourth time into the foot
and comes up. and the hair that had fallen
out Il restored there are thick locks again
all over the head. He bows the afth tlme
Into the Hood, aud comes up, and the honrse-
ness has gons out OF his throat. Ho bows
the sixth slime and comes up. and all the
soreness and anguish have gone out OF the
body. why" he says, "Iam almost well,
but will make complete cure and 40 no
bows the seventh time into the flood and hc
comes up. and not so much as u Tester or n
scale or mn eruption ms bi, rs the head OF a
pin IL 10 be seen on him.
He steps out on the bank and says, ''Is II
| possibleY" Aud the attendants look ani say.
sis II possible?" And rs with the health of
| nm athlete he bound IL back into the chariot
and drives on there goes up from all his NJ.
| tendants n wild "Huzzl, huzza" OF course
| they 80 back to pay and thank tho man OF
| God for his counsel so fraught with wisdom.
| When thoy lett the prophets house, they
| went OF mad. They havs come back glad
| People always think better OF minister az
ter they are converted than they do beforo
conversion. Now we are to them an intoler.
| able nuisance because ws tell them to do
| thlngsth 20 against the grain, but some OF
| us have great many letters from those who
| tell US that once they wcra angry nj what we
| preached, but Hfterwarl gladly received
the gospel at our hands. They once called
| us fanatics or terrorists or enemies. Now
they call US friends. Yonier Ia q man who
| said he would never core into the church
| again. He said that two years ago. He said,
| my family shall never como here again II
such doctrines IA that are preached" But
he came again. and his family came again.
He Is u Christian. his wife Christian, all
his children Christians, the whole house
hold Christians. uni you snail dwell with
them In the house OF the Lord forever. OUT
undying coadiutors nre those who once
heard tho gospel and event away In a
rage"
Now, my hearers, you know that this Gen.
eral Naaman did two things In or Ter to get
well. The first was. hc got out OF his char.
lot. He might nav" staid there with his
swollen feet on tha stuffed ottoman. seated
on that embroidered cushion. until nis last
gasp, he would never have got any relief.
lie had to get down ont OF his chariot. Ant
you have got to get down out OF the chariot
OF your pride II you ev'r become u C1rls-
tian. You cannot drive up to the cross with
a coach and four and be saved among all
the spancles. You seem to think that the
Lord is going 10 ba complmcntcl by
your coming. On, no, YOU poor, mis-
cradle, s,tiy, loprous sinner. get down
out OF that. We all come in th,
same naughty way. We expect TO ride
into tho Kingdom OF God Never
until We get down on our knees will W. find
mercy. The Lord has unhorsnd us, uh.
charotod us. Get down out OF your pride
Get down out OF your s'lt righteousness nnI
your hypprcriticism. Wa have all got 10 10
that. That is the journey we have to make
on our knees. IL is our internul prido that
keeps US from getting rIi OF the leprosy oI
sin. Dear Lord, wnat have we TO ~ proud
oiP Proud OF our scalesp Proud OF our un.
clcanliness2 Proud of this killing iutectioui
Il. down at Ihy teet, weeping, pray.
.ns, penitent, believing suppliants.
For sinners, Lord. Thou can'st to bleed
And I'm a sinner vile indeed.
Lord, believe Thy grace Is tree;
On. magnify that grace In me.
But he had not only to get down out oI
his chariot. He had 10 wash. "Oh," you
say, II am very careful with my ablutious.
Every day 1 plunge into n bright and beauti,
iul bath" All, my hearer, ther, Is a flood
briglter than any that pours from thcsr
hills. II il the nooi that BREAKS from the
granite OF the eternal hills. II Ia the flood
OF pardon AM peace and life and heaven.
That iiooi started in the tears OF Christ ani
the sweat OF Gethsem1ne and ro!lol on, ac.
| H.. a.. A. 4
could bathe In II. X'chariah called 1t the
"fountan open for sin and uncleanness'
william Cowper called It the fountain filled
with blood" Your fathers ami mothers
washed all their sins and sorrows away in
that fountain. Oh. nv bearers. do you moi
feel ike wading into Il? wade down now
into this glorious Hood, deeper. deeper
deeper Plunge once, twice, thrice, tout
times, Ave times, six times, seven times. II
will take as mucn rs that 10 cure your soul.
oh, wash, wash AMI be clean
suppose that was II great time Mt Damns
Gus when General Naanan got back. Tn,
charioteers dit no. have TO drive slowly any
longer, lest they jolt the invalid, but rs thc
horses dashed through the streets OF Damas-
Gus | think the people rushed out to hat
back their chleitain. Nulmln's wife hardly
recognized her husband. He was so Won
deriully changed she had to look mt him two
or three times before she made out that II
|
tive maid, she rushed out, capping hei
lands and shouting; "Did he cure you? Did
ue cure you2" Then music woke up tle pal-
ace, and the tapestry OF tho Windows was
drawn away, that the multitude outside
might mingle with ths princely mirth inside
and the feet went up and down In to dance
and all the streets OF Damascus tnat night
echoed and re-echoel with the news "Nal-
mans cured Naaman's curei! But 4
giadder time than that 1t would he II your
soul should get cured of its lcprosy. The
swittest white horses hitched 10 the Kin Is
chariot would rush the news into tn, eternal
city. Our loved ones before thu throne
would welcome the Snl tiiings. Your call
dren on EARTH with moro emotion than the
little Hebrew captive, would notice tho
change in your look and the change in yout
manner and would put their arms aroun'
your neck and say "Mo,hrr, guess you
must hiva become a Christian. Father
think YOU have got rid OF the lepro'y.' [
Lord God OF Elisha, have mercy on us!
Utility OF Compressed Air.
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