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HIRAMS "PAPPITATION’’: Ry 71 ARYE. ERYAN
“This must be the house Dickey.”
Mrs. Blount tightened the reins
across the back of the old sorrel horse
she was driving and looked across a
brawling mountain brook to the three
room cottage in the middle of a potato
patch on the other side. It corre
. sponded with the description given
her of tne place she had set out to
visit.
Dickey splashed across the brook
scrambled up the rocky bank and
stopped with a sigh of lazy content in
front of the house. A little girl and
her toddling brother were playing
with a puppy in the yard. They
stood up and stared admiringly at Mrs.
Blount’s trim figure in white from top
to toe.
“Good morning, my dears,” she
said cherrily. “Little Mary, where Is
your mother? Your name is Mary—
isn’t it?”
“No’m, it ain’t. It’s Merindy Elviry.
Pa named me,” replied the child.
“Then, I’ve lost out,” returned Mrs.
Blount, smiling. “Your mother used
to say she was going to name her
first girl after me. Where is she?”
“Her’s back of the house, washin’.”
“I’ll find her; yoir go on with your
play.”
Mrs. Blount got out of the trap and
fastened Dickey to a sapling. She
walked around one side of the house,
and stopping at the corner, looked at
the woman, who, bending over a
steaming tub, was so busy rubbing a
soiled Sxiirt up and down on the wash
ing board that she did not see her vis
itor.
Mrs. Blount could hardly believe
that this care-worn, sallow young wo
man was pretty Lena Grant from
whom she had often bought blue
huckleberries and red apples seven
years ago while she was occupying
“ THE POWER OF FAITH.
April 3, 1910.
Matt. 9:18-34.
Time, 28 A. D. Place.—Capernaum.
GOLDEN TEXT.—“AII things are
possible to him that believeth.” Mark
9:23.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What should I do?
I. Worship Jesus.. Verses 18 and
19.
Jesus is God and we should wor
ship Him. He is seeking worshippers.
We must worship Him in Spirit and
in Truth (John 4:23, 24). We will
have greater power in prayer, if we
will spend more time in the worship
of Jesus. Jairus worshipped Jesus,
and then asked Him to come and heal
his daughter, and Jesus arose and
followed him. If you have friends that
are sin-sick go and worship Jesus,
and ask Him to heal them, and He
will make them whole.
11. Touch Jesus. Verses 20 to 22.
This woman’s case, was to a man, a
hopeless one; she had been to many
physicians seeking relief, but found
none. (Mark 5:26; Luke 8:43.) At last
she heard of Jesus and went to Him,
touched Him, and was healed imme
diately. (Mark 5:27 to 29; Luke 8:44.)
By faith we can still touch Jesus,
and be made whole. The most ef
fective way to stamp out Christian
Science, and all other Satanic heal
ing, is for the Church to live in such
close touch with Jesus, that He can
work through the believer, and heal
all manner of diseases. Jesus is just
for the summer a cottage in the near
by village situated among the foot
hills of the Blue nidge.
On her return to this place a few
days ago, she had inquired about Lena
and learned that the girl’s mother was
dead, and she had married a young
farmer who had sold her picturesque
old home with its hillside apple or
chard, and built a house nearer the
village, where he was engaged in
truck farming.
“Hiram’s kind of lazy,” said her in
formant. “His wife’s a worker, and
he’s pretty hard on her —keeps her
tied down at home. She don’t even
come to church, and the neighbors
say he don’t give her decent clothes,
but she don’t complain; she’s not the
complainin’ sort. Hiram’s pretty shif
ty; he made money tradin’, and he
could do better by his family i* he
would.”
Seeing how the pink had faded out
of the young wife’s cheeks and the
sparkle out of her eyes, Mrs. Blount
felt sure that her favorite had had a
hard time. “And she has no kin peo
ple to take her part,” thought the
warm-hearted litle widow with an im
pulse of resentment against “Hiram.”
“Lena,” she called at last. The
young woman looked nip. “Oh, Mrs.
Blount!” she cried joyfully. “Is that
you?”
She wrung her hands out of the
suds, and wiped them on her apron.
“I was afraid you’d never come to
Hickory Springs again. I’m so glad
to see you!”
There was a tremulous note in her
voice, and when Mrs. Blount put her
plump arms around her and asked:
“How have you been getting on Le
na?” the young wife broke down and
cried for a minute on the elder wom
an’s shoulder.
SUNT)A y SCHOOL LLSSON
"By B. Lacy Hoge.
the same today, that He was nineteen
hundred years ago. (Heb. 13:8.)
When on earth, all who touched the
hem of His garment, were made per
fectly whole. (Matt. 14:35 and 36.)
All who by faith touch Him now will
be made w r hole. If you need clean
sing, touch Christ and be clean. If
you have sorrow, touch Him and re
ceive joy. If you have need, of any
kind, touch Him and He will supply
all your need. (Phil. 4:19.)
111. Testify what Jesus has done
for you.
Jesus was on His way to the ruler’s
home, when this woman touched the
hem of His garment. She could not
get a blessing and go off and keep
it a secret, she must testify what
jesus has done for her. Among the
reasons for her testifying, are tne fol
lowing:
First. For a deeper blessing. Mark
5:33 and 34.
When she testified to what Jesus
had done for her, the Master looked
down into the face of this poor, home
less outcast, and said, “Daughter, thy
faith hath made thee whole, go in
peace.” (Mark 5-34.) When He call
ed her daughter. He adopted her into
the family of His grace. He wants
you to tell what He has done for you,
so you can get a deeper, fuller and
richer blessing.
Second. To strengthen the faith of
Jairus.
Jairus was restlessly waiting for
Jesus to go and heal his daughter,
when one came and said: “Thy daugh
ter is dead; trouble not the Master.”
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The Golden Age for March 24, 1910.
(Luke 8:49.) Jesus said unto him,
“Fear not; believe only, and she shall
be made whole.” (Luke 8: 50.) Ja
rius had just heard the testimony of
the woman, how she had been healed
of an incurable disease, by just touch
ing the hem of Christs’ garment. His
faith in Christ was so strengthened
that he believed that Jesus could
raise the dead, so he came to Jesus
and said: “My daughter is even now
dead; but come and lay thy hand upon
her, and she shall live.” (Matt. 9: 18.)
This woman, by her testimony, had
a part in the resurrection of Jairus’
daughter. There are many dead in
trespasses and in sin that by our tes
timony we can have a part in resur
recting them to walk in the newness
of life.
IV. Teach the Resurrection of the
Body. Vs. 23 to 26.
Jesus died for us, and now the
Saints just fall asleep. (1 Thess.
4:14.) Many like Jairus’ daughter
are waiting for Jesus to come and
awake them out of sleep. He is com
ing again, and those that sleep in Him
will come with Him. (1 Thess. 4: 14.)
When the trumpet sounds, the bodies
of the Saints will come out of the
grave. (1 Thess. 4: 16, and 1 Cor.
15-51 and 52.) As Jesus tarried to
heal the woman before going to the
home of the Ruler, so He is tarrying
to heal others now. (2 Peter 3: 9.)
V. Have your blind eyes opened.
Vs. 27 to 30.
Jesus was fulfilling prophecy, con
cerning Himself, when He opened the
blind eyes. (Isa. 29: 18; Isa. 35: 5;
“You must excuse me, Mrs. Blount,”
she said, lifting her head and wiping
her eyes. “I’m feelin’ real chicken
hearted today. The baby is teethin’,
an’ I was up with him most of the
night.”
They took seats on the back porch,
and Mrs. Blount soon had the secret
of her friend’s subjection. Lena ad
mitted that she worked harder than
the wives of her neighbors—milking,
washing, cooking, hoeing in the field,
oiten cutting wood for the stove.
“But why do you do all this? Why
don’t you tell your husband he must
do the heavier work or hire it done?
He’s plenty able. I thought you had
more spin., than to be imposed on
so.”
“vVfcil, you see Mrs. Blount, it’s
this way: Hiram ain’t a sound
man.”
“Why, he looks sound enough! He
was pointed out to me at the soda
fount yesterday. He looked quite ro
bust.”
“He says that’s the way with them,
that has pappitation.”
“Has what?”
“Pappitation of the heart. That’s
what Hiram says the doctor told him
he’s got. If anybody frets him, or he
works too constant, he’s liable to
have a spell of pappitation and maybe
he’d o off in it.”
“Humph!” uttered Mrs. Blount in
a tone that implied she was not im
pressed with Hiram’s peril from pap
pitation.
“Has he had any spells of this kind
since you married him?”
“Yes ma’am, he’s had several —not
the worst kind though; an 'every
time they come from something I said
that worried him, so now I don’t ever
complain.”
“Lena —you poor child, you have no
man.”
mother, so I’m going to tell you. You
are not strong, and if you keep on this
way—working beyond your strength
and taking no rest or recreation, you’ll
soon be a broken down invalid. Then
what will become of your children?
You’ve got to brace up and make a
change. Refuse to work in the field —
and let Hiram do the milking, and
you go to see your neighbors. They
tell me you don’t go anywhere.”
“I have no time, and then Hiram
says women’s place is at home; that
they’ve got no business gadding
about.”
“He wants to do all the gadding
himself.” “Well, Hiram is not your
master, and I want you to try another
plan with your husband. Let him see
you have some spunk. I have brought
you a little linen suit and a salior hat.
They are in the buggy. Tomorrow
morning I shall send for you and the
children to spend the day with us.
Mother will be delighted to have the
children and we will take them to the
plaza to hear the band play.”
“Oh Mrs. Blount, I’d be so glad to
go!—but what would Hiram say?
And there’s the washin’ ”
“Let the washing wait, and Hiram
can surely spare you a day. I’ll risk
his pappitation. Tshall send the trap
early, before the sun gets hot.”
Lena rose with the sun in the morn
ing and had the house in order and
breakfast ready betimes. At the ta
ble she remarked as she handed her
husband his second cup of coffee,
“Mrs. Blount asked me to spend today
with her and her mother. She offered
to send the trap for me and the chil
dren.”
“Does she think all women are idle
run-abouts like she is?” returned Hi
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Isa. 42: 6 and 7.) If we ask Him
in faith He will open our eyes to see
wonderful things in His Word. It’s
the privilege of the saints to know
God’s truth. (Matt. 13: 11.) The
gospel is hid from the lost. (2 Cor.
4: 3 and 4.) If they come to the
Lord, the veil will be taken away,
and the hidden things revealed unto
them. (2 Cor. 3: 16.)
VI. Have the Dumb Spirit Cast Out.
Vs. 31 to 34.
People regard it a great misfortune
to have a child deaf and dumb, and
would gladly do anything in their pow
er to have the child’s hearing and
speech restored. God has many deaf
and dumb children, that grieve Him.
He is anxious to heal them. He wants
them to hear His word, and speak for
Him. (Ezek. 3: 17.) Are you one of
these deaf and dumb children? If so,
go and ask Him in faith, and He will
cast out that deaf and dumb spirit.
(Isa. 35: 5 and 6.)
VII. Go to Christ for what you need.
Our Golden Text tells you how to
get what you need. “All things are
possible to him that believeth.”
(Mark 9: 23.) Jesus laid great stress
on faith. Jairus, “only believe,” and
your daughter * will be made whole.
Martha, “only believe,” and you will
see the glory of God in the resurrec
tion of your brother. Have faith in
Christ and then you will believe His
word, and He will hear and answer
your prayer, and supply all your needs
“All things, whatsoever ye shall ast
in prayer, beHeving, ye shall receive’
(Matt. 21: 22.)
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