The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-11-21

His hand: He touched him and when
He had spoken, the leprosy departed.
and he was cleansed. The compassion
of Christ did mt ooze out in mere
feeling. mere sentiment. He put
forth His hand and healed him.
Notice, it was a feeling of compassion
ripening into benefcent deed.
You can look around you and see
many abuses; wrongs to helpless
children: f1endish cruelties to dumb
animals. and many other things.
You are moved to compassion. But
if it ends there what good will that
do? To do good your compassion
must find it's expression in beneflcent
deeds. A day begun with prayer.
filled up with the doing of Gods will.
will end in some good deed, the
healing of some leper.
Christ told this leper after he
was cleansed not to say anything
about it to any man. but simply to
60 and show himself to the priest and
do those things commanded by the
laws of Moses. But he was so filled
with bubbling joy there was such a
great elsdness yelling up within him
that be could mt contain himself. and
he went out. and "began to publish
it much, and to blaze abroad the
matter Have you been redeemed?
Has the leprosy of your sin been
washed away in the Savior's blood?
Have you been leansed-healed by
the redeeming Christ? Are you
publishing it much? Are you blazing
abroad the matter? Are you telling
your friends and neighbors of the rich
and great love of the Christ who came
our souls to save? This leper was
81 filed with tumuliu ous joy that he
told it abroad. what great things had
been done for him.
Hanani. at the court of Persia. told
Nehemiah of the desperate condition
of the Holy City, the Beloved Jerusa-
lem. Nehemiah was stirred by the
awful tale. He went to Jerusalem
and restored the city to something of
it's former grandeur. Who was
Hanani? A historical nobody. But
his simple speech fred the heroic
soul of the Cody Nehemiah so that
the city was saved and restored. You
may not be great; you may not
have the eloquent tongue of Henry
Ward Beecher; the persuasive per-
sonality of @. Fl. Sturgeon; the
mind and soul of Philips Brooks /;
But. like Hanani, you can tell your
own story in your own simple
language and God will use it IN the
firing of some simple soul, maybe
the soul of Nehemiah. A Sunday
School teacher spoke thus to ID. L.
Moody when he was Is years of age !;
the light of God broke in upon his
mind and he was started on his
wondrous evaneelistic mission. John
Wesley in a meeting listened to q
10y ludu IOdO4Ak 4uLuO1 pIOldC0 w
the book of Romans; the Spirit of
God entered into the soul OF Wesley
and he commenced to girdle the globe
with the sweet sound of the savior's
name.
1 do not say that you must preach !:
utter soul-moving prayers in public:
take prominent part in any public
function: just speak Of your Savior
and the greatness of his love, to
your friends and neighbors. in your
own simple way. Have you never
spoken one word for him? Then one
should doubt the genuineness of his
conversion. Oh If Christ is within.
it seems to me we must speak.
Mother. in Gods name when you 60
home tonight promise God that you
will speak to your child about Jesus.
This leper was SO overjoyed that
The published it much. he blazed
abroad the matter. - II Jesus has
never done anything for you then
don't say anything about him. or
speak against him II you will; but
II he has healed you Of the leprosy Of