Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-14

and the fever of covetousness is nc
less consuming. Men seem sometimes
to be in a delirium of rage against the
Gospel and the martyrs have been
stricken. down by men who were in a
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 YOU soul of ease.
A young man of wealth once went
to DR.. Forbes Winsiow, 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
mar a confession that his trouble
came from the fact that he was haunt
ed, in the midst of luxury, with this
question, Where shall 1 spend eter-
nity?
Fever is attended by thirst. Christ
appealed to a weary world when he
cried, "Tf 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 is 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 a present Helper, laying his hand
upon our corruption for its cleansing.
The rabbis had a saying that when
found among the lepers at the gate,
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 m%ultitudes
uyho u-oitnd IN tho rniniC+rv 0f Nh rlne
Sturgeon and found the word of God
as he spoke it, quick and powerful
And we should recall that all the fruit
fulness of Surgeons life came out Of
the fact that he once heard a plair
man cry out this invitation of God
Look unto me and be We 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" Multitude:
who have had a worse malady, ever
the fever of sin, have been as prompt
ly and fully delivered.
Service followed the healing imme
diately, for the "arose an(
ministered unto them" How wonder
full that to us is still given the priv
lege of ministering to our Lord! AL
life becomes sacred when it is a serv
ice nto him. Whatsoever We do, d,
it heartily as unto the Lord, and no
into men; knowing that of the Lore
We shall receive the reward of thu
Inheritance; for We serve the Lore
Christ"
A Double Promise.
Many, pressed down to despair b,
sin, have heard the word of Christ
"Come unto me, all We that labor AM
are heavy laden, and | will give yo'
rest" st. Augustine, for example, wa
once far from being a saint. He ha'
plunged into the sins of a great cit,
and wasted his substance in riotou
living. But upon his fever-laden sou
the finger of Christ was laid, and in
stantly the fever left him. Shortl,
after his conversion an evil woman
his mistress, passed him in the street
She cried after him, TT is l, 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 reache
farther. Take my yoke upon you
and learn of me; for l am meek an
lowly in heart: ard We shall find res
unto your souls. Fol- my yoke is easy
and my borden Is light" This Is
wort fer the saint, for ever after W
have received the gift of rest Their
is a deeper rest to be found througl
submission to Christ. A Christia
woman discovered this one day, whe
she was pressed beyond measure b
the burdens of her household. In til
midst of the fever and excitement g
many tasks her eye fell upon tn
words OF our text, "He touched he
hand, and the fever left her" Imm'
diately she asked that it might be tru
of her, and in that hour of self-col
scious weakness she found rest 20 he
soul. HE touched her hand, and tn
fever left her"