The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-01

were hurled over the battlements of
glory. He'll was prepared for the devil
and his angels. God never made hell
for man. God made heaven for man,
but If man is fool and serves the
devil, then he will go to hell and live
with the devil
Naaman had tried all doctors, but
his condition grew worse and worse
In one Of his military expeditions he
captured little Jewish maiden. She
was sort of helper of Naamans
wife. Mrs. Naaman kept telling this
little girl about her good husband
who was a Ieper and this little girl
said:
We've got a great God down in
israel that cures lepers Of their lep-
rosy"
So the King wrote letter to Joram
for Naaman, and later he went to
the palace of old Joram.
He dared not enter for he was a
leper. Oh! If we'd shut our homes
and our clubs, our lodges against
them, we could purify mankind and
do something to make the world bet
ter that we live in. Tradition says
that old Naaman killed Ahab, Joram's
father.
And so, he can not enter. That's
the law. The door was shut So he
sends in the letter by a servant
Old Joram broke the seal. He let
out yell like a Comanche Indian.
He hit the ceiling. He pulled his hair
He put on sackcloth and ashes and
said: tits a scheme of this military
ruler. Scheme! Scheme! they are
going to kill our men and take our
women and girls captiyes to grace
their seraglios and harems.
So Elisha, the prophet, lived out in
a little suburb of the town and he
sent a note down to old Joram, the
King, which said: What is the mat
ter with you? Why do you let that
get on your nerve? Send him up to
me-"
Goes to Elisha
For Help
And so he sends him. He gets up
in front of the little hut. He dare
not enter it. The door is closed.
A leper couldn't enter a house, and
so the servant enters. Elisha, the
prophet, l can imagine, is seated at
a desk with a reed pen writing, In
comes the servant. He bows with
Obeisance.
Great and mighty Naaman. captain
Of the hosts of the King of Syria,
awaits thee at the door"
You can tell him to dip seven times
in the Jordan. Beat it! Beat it, Beat
it."
And so 1 can see them out there
getting him ready for the bath, he
wasn't used to that. He steps on a |
stone that is covered with slime and |
he slips off and cuts his toe on a |
clam shell and says: "Oooh-oo-oo!"
He walks into the water and stick |
1oating down hits him and he jumps |
He gets deeper into the water and /
says: "Cold, Cold, Cold, Br-r, Br-r!"
He gets up to his armpits and he !
holds his nose and ducks and shakes /
he water out of his ears. Now he |
comes up and he begins to examine |
himself to see him he feels.
Completeness, and when he went |
lnder the seventh time, l am told, his !;
flesh became again as a little child |
Why? Why, he did do what God told |
him.
So Naaman is going back home, and /
he report has reached ahead of him.
and l can see the old King and old
Mrs. Naaman and all the little Naa-
mans coming out to meet daddy, and
lie rides up and he leaps off and runs
nto her arms
So he said to Elisha before he left:
Can | have two mules burden of
earth?"
So he wanted enough dirt to build
IN altar in the temple so he wouldn't
orget God-among the heathens and
hat gang. Wasn't that great?