The Penn's Grove record., 1894-11-23
PENIS GROVE, n. ]. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER %. 1894.

| ,'dgpi AMI iniiamsd by the pestilence and
| ii1ed by those WAC supported him on either
Tide. he staggsrs out to the chariot. Hold
iastthe fiery coursers OF the royal stable
while the poor sick man Hits his swollen
ieet anl pain strnek limbs into the vehicle.
Bolster him up with the pillows and let him
AXE u lin zeriug look at his bright apart
nent. for perhaps the Hebrew captive may
,e mistaken. AMI the next time Mann III
zones to that place he may be a dead weight
IN the shoulders Of those who carry him, an
Axpire | chfeftain seeking s~epulture amid th9
lamentations OF an admirine nation. Goo.-
". Ntamani Let the charioteer drive Ren-
;iy over the hills of Hermon, lest he lot
he invalid. Here goes the bravest IN
II all hts day q captive Of a horrible disease.
As the ambulance winds through the streets
of Damascus the tears and prayers OF all the
peaple go after the world renowned INVALID.
Perhaps you have had an invalid go out
from your house on a health excursion. You
know how the ~nelghbors stood around an L
said, "Ah, he will never come back ag lin
alive Oh, 1t was a solemn moment, 1 tell
you, when the invalid had departed, and
and to remove the medicine walls from the
shell, n to throw open the shutters, SO
Fiat the fresh air might rush into the long
/ closed room. Goo1by, NRamant 4
There Is only one cheerful fnce looking 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 courtiers, and the mules, laden
with sacks OF gold and silver and em-
| hroidered suits of apparel, went through
the gates OF Damascus and out ON the long
way, the hills Of Naphtalis and Ephraim
look Town on the procession. and the re-
iiuus goes right past the battief1elds where
Nanman In the days OF his health used to
rally his troops for fearful onset, and then
the procession stops and reclines awhile in
the groves OF olive and o,eander, and
General Naaman so SICK. so very, very sickf
How the countrymen gaped as the process
sion passed They had seen Nasman 20
past like a whirlwlnd In days gone by and
had stood aghast at the clank OF his war
equipments, but now they conn.ssrate him.
They say .sPoor man. he will never get
home aIivei Poor man -
General Naanan wakes up from}a restless
sleep In the chariot. and he says to the
charioteer, nHow long before we shall reach
the Prophet EIisha?" The charloteer says to
a waysider, "How far is it to Elisha's
houss?p He says, 1.-TWO miles," "Two
nilesY Then they whip up the latherei
m ! Jagged out horses. The whole procession
hrightens up at the prospect of speedy ar
rival. They drive up to the door Of thu
prophet. TIE charioteers shout whoa to
the horses, AMI tramping hoofs and grinding
wheels cease shaking the earth. Come out,
Elisha, come out. You have company. The
grandest company that ever ca N o to -FOUR
house has come to 1t now. No stir inside
Elsha's house. The fact was, the Lord had
informed d isla that the sick captain was
coming an / how to treat him, Indeed, wlen
you are sick and the Lord ants you to get
well, He always tells the doctor how to treat
you, and The reason we have SO many
bunylin, doctors is because they depend
upon taeir " strength and Instructions
and not on the Lord Col, and thai always
makes malpractice, Come out, Elisha, and
attend to YONG business,
General Eaamln and his retinus waited
sld wiited and waited. The fact was,
Nlsmqn had two dis~sasss-pride and
lepso,y. The one was as hard to get rid of
rs the other. Elisha sits quietly In mis-
iouse ant does not go on. After awhile.
waen he thinks he has hunbled this proui
nan, hs says to a servant, $50 out AMI tell
G. @ral Naaman to battle seven times In thu
rA -SJordan, out yanier Aye miles, and he
will get entirely well" The message comes
pu.. "What p says the comnander-in-chlef
of rae Syrian forAas, his eye kindling with
an amin itioH whtM 1t had not shown for
ws=ks and his swollen foot stamping on th-
botto n OF the chariot, regardless OF pair. |
"Vaatt Isn't he coming our TO ses mi
Way. l thought certainly he wonid coms and |
n ter soma oahalisi.o woris oyer me or make
so MS entg nltioal p as5ss over my wounds. |
Wy, I don't think he knows who III
am, Ispt he coming out2 Why. when
tbs Saunamtte woman sauna to him, he |
rushed out and cried: is 1t well with the II
Is it wall with thy hus5ani? Is ii well WITH
Thy oaiid2' And will he treat q poor un- |
known woman like that and let ms, a titled
per sonage, sit hera in my chariot anN wait |
AMI want? I won't en- lure it any loy ".
G iariofeer. drive out Wasi in tbs jon j!
"a, hal The Shiny Jor ;an-:he mu liy
H.. A. TN.lurl - ! ..-.F4 I
be seen washing In sucl y river as taaa u
Why, we watered our horses 10 a bstter river |
than that on our way here-.hs beautiful |
rivsr, the jaspar paved river of Paarpar. Be-
sides that we havs in our country another |
Dainascene river, ALBANIA, with foiiaged bans
and torrent aver swift and ever clear, unier
the Pickering shadows OF sycamore and ole |
ander. Are not ALBANIA and Pharpar. rivers
Of Damascus, better than all the waters OF
Israeli"
! suppose Naaman felt very much as
Americans would feel II, by way of medical
prescription, ONE ore should tell us to go |
wash in the danube or the Rhine. We |
would answer, "Are not the Connecticut and
the Hudson just as good2" Or as an Eug- |
i'shnan Would feel IL he were told. by way |
Of medical prescription, he Amust go and
wash in the Mississippi or the st. Law
He would cry out, care not the !
Thames and the Shannon just as well2" |
The fact was that naughty Mama needed {
TO learn what every Englishman and every
American needs to learn-that when God |
.elis you to do a thing you must go and do |
4, whether you understand the reason or not.
Take the prescription, whether you like 1t or
not. One thing is certain. Unless naughty |
Nlaman does as Elisha commands him, he |
die of his awful sickness. And unless |
ycu do as Christ commands you you will be
seized upon by IN everlasting wasting away. |
Obey and live disobey and die. Thrilling, !
overarching, undsrgirdin2, stupendous
alternative
Well, General Naaman could not stand the
lest. The charloteer gives q jerk to the right
tine until the BIZ snaps tnthe horses mouth, |
aud the whir OF the wheels and the flying Of
the dust show the Indignation of the great
The turned and went away In
n rage" So people now often get mad at
They vituperate against ministers, |
against churches, against Christian people.
One would think from their irate behavior
that Col had been studying how to annoy
and exasperate and denol!sh them. WHAT
has He been doing? Only trying to cure
their death dealing leprosy. That is all.
Yet they whip up their horses, they dig in
the spurs, and they go away in a rag
So, after all. 1t seems that this health ex-
eursion Of General Naaman is TO be q dead
failure, That little Hebrew captive might as
we'll have not told him of the prophet, and
hA1 iO1k j01AASJ Aht6at W WoA " h1NN 4
been taken Poor, sick. dying Naamani
Are you going away in high dudgeon and
worse than when you oameY As his chariot
halts a moment hts servants Chamber up in
/ and coax him to do as Elisha said. They
sayi Sits easy II the prophet had told
to WALL tor a mile on sharp spikes in or
Ter to get rid OF this awful disease. you
would have lone IT, 1t 10 easy. Come, my
ord, Just get do wn and wash IN the Jordan.
take a bath every day anyhow, and IN
climate il is so hot that it will do you
good, Do It on our account, and for the
'ake OF the army you command, and for the
aation that admires you, Come, my lord,
lust try this Jcrdanic bath" WELL
be says, 'ito please you 1 will
10 as you say" The retInus
drive to the brink OF the Jordan. Toe horses
paw and neigh to get into the stream them
belves and cool their hot ianks. General
Eaaman, assisted by his attendants, gets
down out of his chariot an / painfully co nss
10 the brink of the river an steps in until
The water comes to the ankle, an gnes on
until the water comes 10 tina Tif lie,
and now standing so tar down in the stream
lust a little inclination OF tbs hsaf will
"