Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-04-02

the sick, followed by. n STRUGGLE tbat
shook the place from one end of The
porch on which lay to the other anG
from this l knew that the angel was
again moving in the water.
lett that my last chance had
come, and so l put all my little re.
naming strength into it. | did so wei
that IN another moment | should have
been IN the pool, but whether nv in,
tention or accident l know not 81
,ame man stru ok me in the face with
his crutch, nearly knocking out INV
eyes, and fell back in such pain that
Tor an hour could only sob and eronn
and pray for death to deliver me from
my agony. ~
Then through my tears I suddenly
saw bending over me face full Of
Jesus" ' ""'
In a voice more tender than that
Oh mother He asked me if | would
be made we'll. told Him of nv de-
spair and helplessness and then os 7
SobDed out the cruel tale of my last
disappointment, He said: Rise take
up thy bed and walk
The strange thing is that I tried
TO do it, and the next moment / was
shouting and laughing, and SO happy
could hardly live, for | was sound and
we'll, and have never known a pain or
ache SINCE"
Then, why in the name of God, do
some OF you people come here for
eight weeks and never open your Inns
to speak to somebody for Jesus Chist?
you've some of the deadest-and liy
est-people i'll Philadelphia l ever
met. All some of you think about in
this campaign is about getting pass
10 get into the tabernacle.
The next witness l would summon
is man so strong and robust that he
seems never to have had an i'll day in
his life. His flesh is clear and ruddy:
and has the sweet and wholesome
look we find in the face of a child.
Let us ask him, "Who was Jesus?n
Instantly his face is so radiant it is
evident that he has just heard the
name of his best friend.
Who was Jesus? Why, sir, it
was Jesus who made life ali that IL is
to me today. | had long been a lep-
er.
81 was utterly desolate and with
out hope until one day another leper
toid me about Jesus, and still others
tolc OF geat cures He had wrought,
and yet others told how kind and COM
passionate He was.
Zone of them from n distance had
seen Him touc h a lame man and in
stantly make Him we'll. Then | began
to long and hope and pray that He
would some day come near me. At
last one day after many disappoint-
ments, | saw Him coming down a
followed by a great multi
tude, and without stopping to think,
what l was doing, ran and fell on
my face before Him and cried out:
Lord, if thou wilt, Thou can make me
Clean"
Curing the Leper.
Instead of rebuking me as l de-
served, for my insane presumption,
and turning coldly from me, as any
rabbi would have done. He laid His
hand upon me and said, Il will. BE
thou clean" And instantly | was
sound and we'll again, for me- flesh
had become like that of q child. II
poured out my thanks to Him in
way that quickly raised tumult about
Him, and He charged me to go nv
way and say no more about it.
But =! couldn't keep my joy to my
self, and went on my way loudly de-
claring to every one what had been
done for me, and never once cried
out, 'Unclean! Unclean!' as had done
so many years. From then till now
have been telling the story wherever
have gone.
81 have been taking pains to hunt
up every leper heard of and tell him
what Jesus had done for me, and
though l was the first He has healed
many since"
And yet that God-forsaken gang of
Pharisees would rather see a man go
to hell than to admit that Jesus cured
That is the way it is with the saloons,
90. They'd rather see man stagger
home drunk than lose the sale of the
liquor.
The next one I would summon is
man who knows gladness in every
step he takes. Let us see if he can
say anything that will help us, and so
will put the question to him at once
Who was Jesus?"
His face fairly shines as he says:
Why, it was Jesus who opened my
eyes and gave me sight, and that
gave me all the beauty that is in the
world"
"But how long had you been blind i?
Cali my life. had been in dark
ness always for had been born blind
"And how much did you have to
pay Him for opening your eyes and
how long did it take him to do it?"
"Oh, nothing at all. l was a poor
beggar and could have done nothing
had He wanted me to pay. And he
gave me my sight very quickly, too"
Next l see strong man of large
stature, of broad shoulders and tall,
1Uhn 1trifh rt,solr nd
step, in the midst of troop of happy,
noisy little children. One little fellow
with sunny hair is perched high up on
his shoulders, two or three others are
clinging to his hand. All the rest are
and shouting in great glee.
Let US halt this great giant of