The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-01

se to come to the tempie to be examined.
e When / was examined. ne proclaimed
D me a leper, n I was Stunned by
l. other people. was communicated.
- 1 wasn't allowed TO so near the tenn
II pie. and T was driven from my home
= 10 live out in the Tonnhs among the
4 dead.
Il had 10 wear a black cloth over
= my face, with holes cut through he
: cloth"
! And there IL where the criminals
= got the idea. because every leper had
TO wear r black cloth owe his face.
/, with holes cut through II for his eyes.
so that whenever anybody saw that,
e they would know that nobody but a
. leper wore IT. Then they Stunned
. him and kept away from him.
9 I had to wear a black cloth over
/ my face as n warning for Nher people
70 keep away from ne. When I saw
2 anybody approaching I had to cry out,
Unclean: Unclean!
/ j was putrefed from evtl~smell-
s ing sores, and my hair turned a dirty
yellow that looked like the water of
3 seen that? Then you've got some
thing coming.) I. was utterly desc
late. n one day another leper told
; me about Jesus. and others told me
, OF great cures that he had wrought
] and how kline he was. One man told
: me h q he saw hin cure a leper by
, touching him.
| Then ] commenced TO pray and
hope that some day he'd come near
enough to me (for I didn't want to
he a leper} for me TO touch him.
4 One day I say him coming, followed
. by Il great crowd Of people, and ran
: and fell right on my face at his feet.
Y a1d cried to him, Lord, IL thou wilt,
r tho canst make me clean And in
"~fGnA nF yAf.flr3Nr ~~x &c. --r f-~-u-
a presumption to stop him on the street,
g 4 great man like that, he turned
n around instantly and. said, I will. be
thou clean and from that day there
= has never been a spot IN me Peo-
e pie have no longer summed me, ana
d ! poured out my 10Y SO that / raised
s a tunu]t in the temple.
The old Pharisees that were there
- heard me- telling that Jesus had
2 were q lot of lepers near that were
- hearing it. and the Pharisees knew
" that IL they'd hear Il, thoy'd all run
to 9esu' and be leaned. And they'd
rather have them die lepers than TO
:. he cleauesd, because they didn't want
IN people TO believe hat Jesus could dc
1t; so they drove me out when they
va heard me trying to tell nay story oi
~ what Jesus had done for me.
They charged me TO FAY nothing
"A but ! couldn't keep my silence and
Ia proclaimed 1t loudly. From then un-
D. I'll now | have been telling the story
~ hunting up other lepers and bringinl
them to Jesus. although ] was the frs
leper that he over c~leansed that VIZ
~ have any record Of, He has healed {
n good many of them since.
10 at was Jesus who WAS my friend
that cleansed me from my leprosy.
The next man l meet shows glad
$50 ness in every step. Let's see. II
ne can get any help from this fine
az looking fellow. say. How do 20
do? / am a stranger here in Jeru
~. salem. l am asking Who wa
"a, Jesus"
why" he said. He opened m
AZ eyes to see the beauty Of this oil
ile world"
es How long had you been blind
av How much did he charge you 70
70 the job"
Is couldn't have paid him anything
nv he had charged me-"
lid Well, where did you ind hin ?
to Where did I find him7 WI.
IN no found me ] didn't find him.
WAS begging near the temple. Tha
was my accustomed place Tor year
One Sabbath a man asked me If
AS wanted to sect The idea of asking
lb%lih hihb ii nc HeeIAtta ~ SsEl 4 pal
him little attention. because
"a thought he was Joking with me an
trying TO make fun of my afflictioi
Before ] knew It, he stooppe
down and spit and mixed that wit
~ clay and put IL on my eyes and SAT-
ls, You go to the pool of Sloan an
MS wash And. str, / went to the POI
ppo and washed. and when I did, m
no sight came back"
Are you sure? You know may
iN be it's Just "a mortal delusion. Pei
haps you Just imagined that yo
~. were blind"
Well" he said. Look here, or
nd thing I know. Whereas I was bin
nd now ! can see: and the fellow IN,
ga did II Is this man Jesus.
10 You asked me who He was. II
nd IL the fellow that opened my eye
That's what I know about Hin
Sc. Other people ma say something els
nd but know that much. He opene
IT, my eyes"
vas The next person I see is a stror
man of large stature, broad shoulder
He comes down the road with quic.
i~sprtngtng step. and he Is in the midd
OF n troop of noisy children. shoutir
Ign merrily. One little fellow with golde
the hair is up on his shoulder, and tw
others are clinging to his hands. Tht
ies are swarmirg around him, shoutir
w with great glee.
Let's stop that big giant comtr
an down the street in Jerusalem and
hh- will get the answer. How do yo
. lg do? am trying to make some i,
90 quiries. Who was Jesus9" Wit
w that same look of brightness on h
49,. face that all the others had he sal
WHY, Jesus drove a legion of devi
M cut IF me. Those devils were SO VII
red lent that when they came out OF m