The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-05-14

ISl mn Drink becomes
fire in the blood,
and the fever Of covetousness is no
less consuming. Men seem sometimes
to be in d delirium of rage against the
Gospel and the martyrs have been
stricken down by men who were in Il
passion for no other reason save that
these preached Christ.
Fever brings restlessness. Sin does
not satisfy and the wicked are like
the troubled sea. which cannot rest.
Like the rough sea, that cannot rest,
You live. devoid Of peace;
A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your soul OF ease.
A young man of wealth once went
to DR.. Forbes Winslow, seeking relief
for a peculiar mental distress. This
distinguished physician could find no
malady which medicines could reach,
and at last obtained from the young
man a confession that his trouble
came from the fact that he was haunt
ed. in the midst of luxury, with this
question, Where shall I spend eter.
nity?"
Fever is attended by thirst Christ
appealed to weary world when he
cried, IF any man thirst, let him
come unto me and drink" Only those
who have tried the broken cisterns Of
earth can sing with full appreciation
that line In the old hymn. Jesus hath
satisfied Jesus Ia mine"
Soundness.
AS the first step towards the cure,
Jesus came into Peters house." We
sound the good news that he is not
far from any Of US. Many testify to
the reality of divine power. In their
lives, and Charles Sturgeon declared
that for many years he was never for
fifteen minutes without the conscious
presence of Christ
Then there came actual contact
with the sick woman: "He touched
her hand" How wonderfully it illus
trates the fact that he bore our sick.
nesses, taking hold Of the seed Of
Abraham. He is not an absentee God
but q present Helper, laying his hand
upon our corruption for its cleansing.
The rabbis had saying that when
Messiah should come he would be
for he would come to bless and save.
Luke adds another line to the pic
ture, saying. "He stood over her and
rebuked the fever" His voice is still
mighty. We think Of the multitudes
who waited on the ministry Of Charles
Spurgeon and found the word of God.
as he spoke it, quick and powerful.
And we should recall that all the fruit
fitness Of Spurfeon's life came cut Of
the fact that he once heard plain
man cry out this invitation OF God.
Look unto me and be ye saved"
these simple words contained some Of
the power which rebuked the woman's
fever and, on another occasion,
brought Lazarus from the tomb.
"The fever left her" Multitudes
who have had worse malady, even
the fever of sin, have been as prompt
ly and fully delivered.
Service followed the healing imme-
diately. for the woman "arose and
ministered unto them" How wonder
full that to us is still given the privi-
lege of ministering to our Lord! All
life becomes sacred when 1t Is serv-
ice unto him. Whatsoever ye do, do
1t heartily as unto the Lord, and not
unto men; knowing that Of the Lord
We shall receive the reward of the
inheritance; for ye serve the Lord
Christ"
A Double Promise.
Many, pressed down to despair BY
sin, have heard the word Of Christ.
Come unto me. all ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and will give you
rest" St. Augustine, for example. was
once far from being saint He had
plunged into the sins Of great city
and wasted his substance in riotous
living. But upon his fever-laden soul
the finger of Christ was laid, and In
stantly the fever left him Shortly
after his conversion an evil woman
his mistress, passed him in the street.
She cried after him, ''It is |, Angus
tine But it Is not l. he answered
He had been made whole and was
new man in Christ Jesus.
But the invitation Of Christ reaches
farther. Take my yoke upon you.
and learn of me; for / am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest
unto your souls. For my yoke is easy.
and my burden is light" This Is
word for the saint, for even after we
have received the gift Of rest there
is deeper rest to be found through
submission to Christ. A Christian
woman discovered this one day, when
she vas pressed beyond measure by
the burdens of her household. In the
midst of the fever and excitement OF
many tasks her eye fell upon the
words of our text, HE touched her
hand, and the fever left her" Imme-
diately she asked that it might be true
of her, and in that hour Of seif-con-
scious weakness she found rest to her
soul. He touched her hand. and the
fever left her