The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-17

about . half n a-million cin. anr- eur
lency, and goes over to see. the, pro-
'phet Of God, and when he. gets there,
the prophet says, Tell him. to go and
wash IN the river Jordan seven times
and the point that u want you to get
hold Of u this, that God never holds
past hostility against YOU. Though
this man was an enemy to Gods chos-
en- paople, yet God ID willing to heal
him, II he win obey the conditions.
That II ione of the great marvels Of
the Gospel of ,Jesus Christ. 1t doesn't
mstter how far down man gets, mo
matter how he blasphcmes God, God
is willing to heal, and to forgive, and
&c cleanse, II you are willing to
"bey. Though your.sins are as scar
let. they shall be as white as snow
1aen. again, For the, Son. of God came
not ito cali the righteous, but sinners
to repentance ] can prove It to you,
slso by experience. And the second
point that want to make is this, that
God takes no account Of your station
In lie. OF course, this man was a
great man. The Bible admits it, and
honorable, and q mighty man of valor.
The Bible admits all OF that, but the
Bible insists on; saying after it all.
'But..h was q leper.'" As it is there,
!ct me put it here. Granted you are
q moral man, q good father to your
children, and good husband to your
wife, and that the men in town look
up to you and respect your word, but
in the final analysis, If you are out
side Of God and of Christ, you are al
leper. AS it is there, let me put it
here. Grant that you are good wife, 4
and good mother to your children,
and that the women Of the city vie
with each other in opening their
homes to you, but If you are out of
God and out Of Christ you are, in the
Enal analysis, q leper. Educated
Yes, but an educated leper. .Winsome
Yes, but still ieper.
And when Naaman heard the condi-
tions for cleaning he got mad Some
times It is . very healthy thing to get,
mad, glad or. sad. You are like an
old ditch puddle. There is no rise or
fall. Naaman lost his temper and
said, 4 thought because of my posi-
ton, he surely would have come out
and healed me- And he turned away
In rage, but his servants went to him
and said, why, he hasn't asked you
to do murh. He hasn't asked you'll
for a nickel, and you have brought al
half million dollars to give him ifl
he wanted 1t, and you have come $50
miles to 4see him. Why not do it,
Then ;Naasnan lost his pride and said
why ,nots, And he went down into
the river and having lost his temper
and lost his pride, then he lost his,
leprosy; and that's the way God heals !
His flesh came back again, not as the
flesh Of full-grown man, but as the
flesh Of a little ehild, pure, wholesomel
and sweet The finest touch of the
whole story is that when Naamanl
finds he is healed, he goes to Elisha
and says, How much?' And when hel
finds that the prophet doesn't want
anything, he says, please give me
enough dirt that two mules can carry.
That was remarkable request
wasn't it7 But Naaman said, being
the next man to the King Of Syria /
when the king goes to worship his
gods, in the house, Of Rimmen, have
to go with him, and I am not going to |
worship these gods any more. and if
you will give me this, I will build al
little altar in the house of Rinman|
to the God Of Israel 30 that when II
60 in with my sister, ! shall seel
that altar and remember what God
has done for me. As. Kipling says.
Lest we forget y.