The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-28
REVIVAL SERVICES
At NJ {. CONTINUE.
Meetings Announced For Tonight and
Tomorrow Evening-Another
Big Day Planned For
Sunday.
Z FORWARD LAST NIGHT
Tho Text Was Wash and Be
clean'-lt Was the Story
Of the Cleansing Of
Naaman.

There was another good attendance
at the revival last night, the interest
taken in the services being so mani /
fest that II was decided the meetings
should go forward for the balance OF
the week However, there will be no
Saturday evening service, but as eli
max to the series there will be two
big meetings on Sunday
The opening song service was en-
joyed last night as usual, as was also
special number sung by members OF
the choir entitled, What Did He Do"
A lively testimony service was also
feature of the meeting
The opening prayer was made by
Rev. Butler of Donnellson, after which
Rev. Potter began his sermon.
The lesson was found in the fifth
chapter of Second Kings and the text
was taken from the thirteenth verse:
Wash and be clean" The story of
Naaman. captain of the host of the
King of Syria, who was leper and
who went at the command OF his King
over unto the King of Israel to be
tLealed of his leprosy, was depicted IN
most interesting way
r The similarity with which the story
of Naaman tallies with the individual
! Of today, who is out of Christ, was
drawn.
That the remedy suggested to Naa-
man by Elisha was so simple that he
I thought it foolish. and would hardly
consent TO be governed thrcby. The
Thought presented was. that Naaman
/ to certain extent had planned with
Z in his imagination how the healing
was to be effected, thinking that
Elisha would come out and stand and
1 call on the name of Lord God, and
strike his hand over the place and
i thereupor he would recover but
Elisha did not do this; he simply sent
a messenger unto Naaman, saying, Go
and wash in Jordan seven times. and
thy flesh shall come again TO thee,
and thou shalt be clean,
/ Leprosy was described and de-
clared to be akin to sin. since either
zone of them are forboding of death.
Leprosy was the secret spring Of
all Naamans sadness. Just so is sin
TO an individual. Leprosy was the
skeleton in Naamans home; just so.
is sin the skeleton in the home of peo-
pile today. All through the Book is
leprosy a parable on sin. 1t tallies in
results with the disease of the soul
called sin exactly.
! The idea was presented that had
I Naaman disbelieved and not gone to
battle in Jordan as he was bid he new
er would have been healed lust so
4 with the sinner, i he does not go to
Jesus believing he will never be
healed for the scripture states: He
that believeth not is condemned al
ready
The idea Therefore presents itself
and obey the command to the letter
for so long as we try to dictate to
God Just how and when we will sur
render ourselves and at the same time
telling Him it must be this way and
mot that way, the chances are Just as
long dS We sHtsil tam sSltioH holioHo
iof this kind. Just that long We shall
be kept out of the kingdom.
The patient is not supposed to tell
the doctor just what to prescribe.
neither is the client to tell the LAWYER
how to plead. We have got to obey
God. We cannot TX things up our
own way.
Cleanliness and uncleanliness before
God are as much alike as is obedience
and disobedience to God We must do
the simple thing if We would be helped