Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-11-30

an athlete he bounds back into the c usu ~,
| and drives ON there goes I'D from all MS az.
PENDANTS a wild "Huzza, buzza + vi couio %
they go back to pay and thank the nan
God for his counsel so fraught Win w''u r.,
When they left the prophets nous, oiad
Went off mad. They have come pach So
People always think better Of min'9t tasors
tef they are converted than they 90 , Do,~r
conversion. Now we are to them an 'I.0'G DO
| able nuisance because we tell tneu ~ of
things that 90 against the grain, but sum- ~
US have great many letters from tnoso ~
tell us that once they we're angry al WIG ;, y"
| preached, but afterward gladly Ieooi tiod
| tho gospel at Dur hands. They once ~. NJ,
us fanatics or terroris.s or enemies W."
they call us friends. Ionder is man VIZ
said he would never cone into the churcn
again. He said that two years ago. ne 9n'; a;
"My family shall never come here aSai D., =,
such doctrines as that are preached. Du'
! he came again, and his family came ag iln;
| He is Christian his wife Christian, an
/ his children Christians, the whole nous,
hold Christians, and you shall owen WIN
them In the house OF the Lord forever. W.
undying coadiutors are those VINO once
heard the gospel and "went away III d
rage" .co
Now, my hearers, you know that TINS zen
eral Naaman did two things in or Ter 10 So'
well. The first was, he got out OF MS cu a.,
| lot. He might have statd there WIN n'1
swollen feet on the stuffed ottoman, ssa.oo
| on that embroidered cushion, until MS itss
| gasp. he would never have got any reiio',
! He had TO get down out OF his chariot Aut
J you have got to get down out OF the caario'
| of your pride If you ever beco ne CIri9-
tian. You cannot drive up TO the cross Win
coach and four and be sayei among an
the spangles. You seem to think tEat 'ne
Lord is going to be complimented by
your coming. Oh, no, you poor, MIS-
era5le; scaly, leprous sinner. get doTn
out OF thai. We all come in the
same naughty way. We expect TO rae
into the kingdom of God. Never
until we get down on our knees will we ma
mercy. The Lord has endorsed us, I'M
eharlotel US. Get down out OF your pride.
! Get down out OF your sell righteousness an
your hypercritcisn. We have all got to 40
/ that. Tint Is the journey we have TO mako
on our knees. Ii is Our Internal PRIDE that
keeps us from getting rid OF the leprosy OF
sin, Dear Lord, what have we to be prou'
or Proud of our scales? Proud OF our ia,
cleanliness2 Proud OF this killing infection'
Bring us down at Thy feet weeping, pray
lag, pentent, believing suppliaats.
For sinners, Lord, Thou cam'st to 81 ca,
And I'm q sinner vile indeed.
Lord. believe Thy grace Is ireeI
Oh, magnify that grace In me-
But he had not only to get down out OF
his chariot. He had to wash. "Oh," you
say. IT am very careful with my ablutions.
Every div plunge into bright and beautl.
full bath" All, my hearer, there Is hoo
brighter than any that pours from these
hills. 1t is the fool that breaks rom the
! granite of the eternal hills. 1t is the noo1
| of pardon AMI peace and life and heaven.
That noo1 started In the tears Of Christ al |
fhe sweat of Gethsemane and rolle1 on, ac'
enmnlating food, until all earth an 'ay91
couId battle in it. zechariah calle1 1t the
Fountain open for sin and uncednnes'.
William Cbwpsr called it the fountain tllle1
with blood" Your fathers AMI mothers
washed all their sins and sorrows away 10
that fountain. On, my hearers, do you not
feel like vading into it? Wade down now
into this glorious flood, deeper, deeper
! deenerI Plunge once, twice, thrice tout
times. five times, six times, seven times II
will take as much as that to cure your SOUL
Oh. wash, wash and be clean
suppose that was a great time at Damas-
Gus when General Naaman got olch, 1h'
characters did not have to drive slowly un,
longer, lest they jolt the invalid out as tnS
horses daSneQ through THO Oh 90 " !, /.
Gus think the people rushed out 10 nn ,l
back their chieftain. Naaman wire narulS
recognized her husband. He was SO Won
derf1lly changed she had to look at MN wv
or three times before she made out that
was her restored husband. And the little cap
five maid she rushed out. clappinS ne
hands and shouting: "Dii he cure your ny 1
he cure your" Then music woke up the pa pa.
ace. and the tapestry Of the windows wa
drawn away, that the multitude OUTSIDE
might mingle with tho princely mirth inside,
and the feet went up AMI down IN the dance,
and ali the streets OF Damascus that niyhE
( echoed and re-echoed with the news: MAJ
mans cured Naaman's curei !! But d
bladder time than that 1t would be II your
souI should get cursl OF its leprosy. Inc
swiftest white horses hitched to the h'nS
chariot would rush the news into the eterhaI
CITY. Our loved ones before the throne
would welcome the glad tidings. Your Gnu
dren on earth, with more emotion than the
little Hebrew captive. would notice the
change In your look and the change in youl
manner ana would put their arms aroun
your neck and say: "Mother, l guess you
must have become a Christian. Father,
think YOU have got rid of the ieprosy., y
Lord God of Elisha, have mercy ON Us