The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-07

ant and strong as the body. All phy-
sical healings therefore, are but
types OF the larger things that he
can DO for the spirit
The Withcred Body
Here was a man with withercd
nand. Those Of US who are sound Of
mind ana limb cannot appreciate what
i. means TO carry Imp at our side
withered arm--a dead weight Of death
with US all the time. The ever strain
ana conscious or unconscious attempt
u use the same is a continuous source
Of annoyance and handicap Even
! limbs that are lost in some mysterious
way carry the pain still. But this
man had not become cynical because
Of his loss but continued his attend
ance at church. 1t was at the church,
as II most always is, that the Lord
made him and restored the withered
limb and made him whole again. We
have seen folks with withered hands,
with withcred feet. with withered eyes,
ana with wthered ears. How handi-
capped they are! Often folks say o
us that they are embarrassed in
/ church or in company because of
withered hearing Often people re-
main off from the streets and so
about as little as possible because of
withered eyes. How great such ham
/ dicaps are, Any person who carries
with them wi 1lered faculties OF the
body are grievously handicapped
ITO assist folks with these withered
faculties we have physicians and spe-
cialists Of all sorts for eyes and cars.
There are great factories that manu-
facture artificial limbs. Science has
exhausted itself in efforts TO help
men and women of physical handicap.
The Withered Soul
There is, however, withering far
more terrible than physical whitening,
for we have wirhered faculties of the
soul. Our spiritual members become
dwarfed and impotcnt. The mysterious
and unseen hands of thef soul lose
their grip on the mighty realities. The
spiritual feet forget how 10 climb
and walk the highways of peace, the
Bile lands OF faith, the plateaus of
hope and the summer lands Of love.
In the presence of all these mighty
spiritual possibilities the faculties OF
the soul have become powerless. The
spiritual ear has become withered,
unable any more to catch the notes
Of the music from the Choir Invisible,
or To hear the heavenly voices that
challenge to the heights. The spiri-
tull eye loses its power to see into
the far spaces, 10 see the glory-crown-
cd heights of the Delectable Noun
tans. Ten thousand beauties in the
spiritual skies are unseen.
The Destroying Power
"a diseased finger, even the prick
Of pin, may possibly disease the
whole body, and the sore reach th'
very heart. ono diseased faculty o
the soul may impair the whole spiri
tual life, and impair he Nigor Of th'
moral and religious life. Thousands
upon thousands Of these withere,
: limbs can be found in the church
Time after time do they attend sery
J ices and not coming in touch with III,
! Divine Healer, go away unhealed an,
= withered stiil.
3 1--WE have withcred spiritual hand
, all about US, hands that are stroni
! at house cleaning, dish washing stitch
; ing. banking, shopping, but they hav
e no power ia hold the book OF God
, and the Bible slips out OF their poo
weak hands unread and unlearncd
g We allow ourselves to become lik
l the mule that can pull the plow bu
, cannot read a book. So we are lilN
] the beasts that perish. The soma
q the creed, the sermon, often go b.
( Gnhcard. although our hearing
good There are strong hands tina
g attend all the worlds physical tasks
They know how to handle the shovel
the spade, how to wrap goods, how L
use all sorts Of tools; but these sam
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