The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-17

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together the story of the Prodigal
Son and she spoke to them of sin
and it's evil effects. Her exposi-
tion of the truth was given IN
very informal manner, after ask
ing them questions, and being in
terrupted byquestions fromthem.
During the conversation she ask
ed them if there were any sinners
there, and they replied that there
We're not. She told them that we
are all sinners. and all need a Sa-
vior. After this she prayed for
them and she and Miss Beaber
taught them two or three verses
OF simple hymn. ] could not
speak to them, not knowing the
language, but could only sit by
and pity them.
There are two forms of leprosy
both of which were represented.
The first is called tuburcular and
causes the body to become swol-
len, to have a purple color and
TO be covered with sores. The
other is anaesthetic, so-called be-
cause its victims lose ihe sense
of touch which makes it danger
Gus for them to go about at night
or to go about the fire. They Of
ten burn themselves severely
without knowing it. 1t causes
the body TO have a very white APP
pearance. Its victims look like
dead persons walking about.
We saw the disease in several
stages-lttle children i'm whom
the effects could scarcely be seen,
grown up young people whose
fingers were beginning to drop
of and upon whom the effect was
very evident, finally, old per
sons whose fingers and hands
We're all gone in many cases and
only stumps Of arms were left,
their noses entirely eaten away
and their faces terribly marred.
/ think any one who has ever seen
a leper win never forget the sight.
| am sure | never will And yet,
this is a description of only
the less afflicted ones who were
able TO come out. There were
probably as many more in their
huts who were even worse afflict-
ed.
After these services, we went
inside the wall and looked into
the mosque. IL was simply a
mud hut a little larger than the
others with mud floor and with
out single piece OF furniture.
They said they would gather
there every day and read the Bi-
Bile and repeat the words DR..
Bradford had spoken TO them
Then we looked into one of the
native dwelling huts. On mud
floor lay an old man trying to
keep warm with a few rags. This
was the worse case of leprosy /
saw He arose and came 10 the
door and tried 10 speak but his
voice was entirely gone so that he
could not even whisper He could
only point TO the sores on his al
most naked body and seeing we
could do nothing for him, turned
and walked back 20 his bed OF
midland rags, there TO await death
as his only relief
! was glad 30 turn away from
the sight and start home.
/ came away realizing as mover
before what a foroible type of sin
leprosy is.
There is a ieprosy of the soul,
whichlike The leprosy Of the body,
Is lncurable by human power In
this sense, every village is a leper
village, There are the little chill.
dren Ia whom ihe effects are
scarcely diseernible but the sin Is
there and win be sure 10 show 10,
self Then there are the grown
/ up young people Ia whose lives
| tie effects of sin are evident but
80 many OF whom do not seem tO
realize iis aWiulnossi who Ike.
wise have lost ihe sense OF touch,
| who think that thoy can hRndle
iire aud not be burned lhatthey
can iampeF with ain aud not be
deilled Finally thefe are iho
agod ones hardened by sin, ano
living lives of hopel0ssposS and
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