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The hotels in Yellowstone Park are
so situated that the guests can rest
in their spacious rooms or veranda,
and pursue the delightful study of gor
geous natural phenomena spread out
on all sides. The sites were selected
with that very end in view. Travel
ers visiting these rich scenes are
rarely surfeited with time, and in or
der to get the most out of a trip it
is necessary to do as the Scotchman
advised his employer, who was a cler
gyman as well as a farmer.
Taking his usual daily stroll over
his rich, broad acres, the clergyman
saw a plowman, while the horses rest
ed, sitting on the handle of the plow.
It occurred to the minister that he
paid this man ten cents an hour, be
sides board, and he stopped and said
gently, but reproachfully: “James,
wouldn’t it be a good plan for you to
have a pair of pruning shears here
and be cutting a few bushes along the
fence while the horses are taking their
short rest?”
James returned the minister’s se
rious gaze, and in the same gentle,
yet reproachful voice, he answered:
“Look here, parson, wouldn’t it be a
good plan for you to have a tub of
potatoes in the pulpit and while
they’re singing the hymns to peel ’em
for the pot?”
At each of the five principal cen
ters of interest in the park, a large,
modern hotel is situat-d. At Foun
tain Hotel at Lower Geyser Basin,
hot water from the nearby boiling
springs is pumped into the building,
and baths in it are counted positive
luxuries.
Old Faithful Inn.
A creation of architectural genius,
and not merely a house. This de
scribes Old Faithful Inn.
It is easy to say that the imposing
structure is made, of boulders and
ELISHA HEALS NAAMAN, THE
SYRIAN.
April 2nd, 1911.
Time: 894 B. C.
2 Kings, 5:1 to 14.
Place: Damascus, Samaria and Jor
dan.
GOLDEN TEXT: Look unto me
and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth, for I am God, and there is none
else. Isa. 45:22.
SUGGESTIVE THOUGHTS.
What should 1 do?
I. Teach that God is no respecter of
persons. V. 1, Rom. 2:11; Acts 10:34.
The Bible always gives the truth
concerning men, whether it be good
or bad. The black spots in the life of
Abraham, David and other servants of
God are given. The word of God says
that Naaman was a great man, but he
was a leper. He was a great man but
he needed cleansing. The sinner may
be great and honorable and possessing
many good qualities, but still he is a
sinner with a three-fold need. The
three-fold need of every sinner is Par
don, Purity and Power. If he will
come to Jesus this three-fold need will
he supplied. (Jer. 33:8, Acts 3:19, Isa.
44:22, 1 John 1:7, Acts 1:8, Rom.
8:32.)
11. Testify for God. Vs. 2-4.
This little maid was a poor servant
girl that had had the misfortune to be
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logs, but this does not describe the
quaint and marvelous manipulation
and blending of these materials. All
sorts of irregularly formed tree trunks,
limbs and bulging boles have been
utilized in its building wherever pos
sible. These abnormal growths are
in perfect keeping with the unusual
character of this Wonderland.
The office, or reception hall of the
Inn is a striking one. This spacious
room is seventy-five feet square and
extends upward ninety-two feet to the
peak of the roof. An enormous chim
ney containing eight fire places stands
at one corner. This is constructed of
lava blocks of assorted shapes and
sizes, many of them of enormous
bulk. A massive clock is attached
to one face of the chimney, and back
of it is a snug and cosy writing room
recess. The chimney is fourteen feet
square and at each side is a huge
fireplace and at each corner a small
one, and fires of big logs are kept go
ing constantly in one or more of the
large fireplaces.
The dining-room is a very large,
high room with roof ceiling well
trussed. It is sixty feet square, with
another huge lava chimney and fire
place and with very large, fine plate
glass windows.
From nearly all of the latter the
hourly eruptions of Old Faithful Gey
ser can be seen. Each night a search
light is operated, and by its pierc
ing rays many geysers in eruption
are plainly visible, and thus viewed
it is a most remarkable sight.
The Lake Colonial Hotel.
Facing Yellowstone Lake stands a
most stately, dignified building of
colonial architecture, massive and
inspiring in size, with three high
columned porches and a contin
uous veranda along the entire front,
commanding a view of the entire lake,
taken as a captive out of her own land.
Her misfortune gave her the opportu
nity to serve God and do good to man,
and win for herself enduring fame.
She did what she could. She could
not heal her master, hut she could tell
him of One that could heal him, and
she did this. This little maid while
at her -work (vs. 2-3) testified for her
God. She believed in God and His
power to heal and therefore was nei
ther ashamed nor afraid to tell Naa
man that God’s representative in Is
rael could cleanse him. We should at
all times he ready to testify for God.
Personal testimony often leads sin
ners to Christ and strengthens the
faith of the saints. Your seeming mis
fortune may be your opportunity to
bear your best and strongest testimony
for God. Therefore, never fail to use
every opportunity to testify for God.
111. Teach that cleansing is all of
grace. Vs. 5-7.
The little maid told Naaman that
the Prophet “would recover him of
his leprosy,” (v. 3) but the King of
Syria sent him to the King of Israel.
He soon found that he went to the
wrong person. Men are still making
this sad mistake and are going to
priests and churches and ordinances
for salvation, when God has told them
plainly to< go to Jesus. That He is the
only one that can take away the lep
rosy of sin. Naaman made another
great mistake, he took with him silver
and gold, thinking that he could pur-
The Golden Age for March 23, 1911.
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twenty miles in length with the moun
tains on each side.
A Natural Animal Show.
Here, in the great enclosure of Yel
lowstone Park, wild animals of all
kinds find a hiding place. Animals
are proudest and most interesting in
freedom, and to those of the Seaboard
party who have only seen the Circus
and Zoo, the study of these interest
ing creatures will prove a surprising
and delightful diversion. But we hope
they will conceal their ignorance con
cerning the same more jealously than
did the ten-year-old city lad when he
visited, for the first time, in the coun
try.
Walking by the swamp one morn
ing, he saw a bunch of cat-tails grow
ing.
He took one more look to make
sure he saw aright, and then broke
into a lope for the farm house.
“Say,” he yelled excitedly, at his
host, “give me —gimme a basket quick,
there’s a whole pond full of sausages
down yonder in the field, and just to
think, I never did know they growed
like that before!”
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SAID TOO MUCH.
The two men talked for a time in
the train. “Are you going to hear
Barkins lecture tonight?” said one.
“Yes,” returned the other.
“Take my advice and don’t. I hear
he is an awful bore.”
“I must go,” said the other. “I’m
Barkins.” —Life.
fe
PREFERRED IT RAW.
A little boy visiting some friends
was compelled by a storm to stay
the night. There were girls in the
house, but no boys; so the sleepy lit
tle guest, instead of going to bed in
his manly pajamas, had to wear a
chase this great blessing, hut he found
that it was all of grace. Men are still
seeking to buy salvation but they can
not. Eternal life is the gift of God,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. We
can not buy it, we can only accept it
as a free gift. (Rom. 6:23).
IV. Know God and His Power. Vs.
7-9.
The King of Israel was filled with
dismay when Naaman came to him
with the letter from the King of Syria,
hut Elisha was not the least afraid,
because he knew God and His power.
If we know God and His power this
knowledge will give us great boldness
and confidence. Ts we know God we
also know that we have eternal life.
(John 17:3). We should, and can,
know the exceeding greatness of
God’s power and it will give us cour
age to do His will when we know that
this power is pledged to our support.
(Eph. 1:17-19). Elisha sending word
for Naaman to come to him and be
cleansed is a type of our Lord Jesus
Christ inviting sinners to come and
he cleansed from all their sins. (1
John 1-7). Naaman followed Elisha’s
directions and was cleansed and all
that will come to Jesus and follow
His directions will be saved. (Rom.
10:9-10, Mark 16:15-16.)
V. Forsake Your Thoughts. Vs. 10-11.
Naaman’s thoughts came near mak
ing him lose the blessing he sought.
Man’s thoughts are keeping thousands
out of the Kingdom of God and caus-
girl’s nightie. He was too tired to
take much notice of it but in the morn
ing, when he found himself attired in
lace and ribbons, he cried out bit
terly: “I’ll never stay here any more
to sleep in girl’s clothes. If I ever
do stay here, I’ll sleep raw! ”—Ex
change.
ART IN THE NUDE.
The photographer’s lady was very
preoccupied showing some samples of
work to prospective sitters, when a
tall and raw-boned individual, appar
ently from “the land,” stalked sol
emnly into the studio, and intimated
that he would like to know what the
“picturs” were worth.
“Like that, $3 a dozen,” said the
photographer’s lady, handing him one.
The farmer gazed long and earnest
ly at the photograph of a very small
baby sitting in a wash basin.
“And what would it cost with my
clothes on?” he finally asked.
NOT AN AIRSHIP.
Owing to a fog, a steamer stopped
in the mouth of a river. An old lady
inquired of the captain the cause of
the delay. “Can’t see up the river,”
replied the officer. “But, captain, I
can see the stars overhead,” she ar
gued. “Yes,” said the captain, gruff
ly, “but until the boilers bust we ain’t
agoin’ that way.”—Everybody’s mag
azine.
*
ONE LEFT OVER.
Almost Bald Customer (brusquely)
—I want the parting in the middle.
The Barber —Yes, sir, certainly sir.
And what would you like done with
the third ’air, sir? —London Sketch.
*
Miss Grace Shoe has been elected
president of the Colorado State Teach
ers’ Association.
ing many of God’s people to miss great
blessing. So let us forsake our
thoughts and take God’s thoughts as
revealed and recorded for us in His
word. (Isa. 55:7-9). Give up your
preconceived plan, as Naaman had to
do with his, and follow God’s plan.
V. Beware of False Pride. Vs. 11-12.
False pride came very near robbing
Naaman of the blessing he was seek
ing. He said, “I thought he would
surely come out to me. I am a leper,
it is true, but I am no ordinary man,
I am great and rich. He felt that he
was a person of such great promi
nence and such an impotrant person
that the Prophet would he sure to
come out to him. He had to learn
that with God and the true servant of
God, all men are alike. All men are
sinners and must be saved in the
same way. Naaman can not dip in
the Rivers of Damascus and be
cleansed, he must dip in the Jordan.
No other waters will do. We must
follow God’s plan to be saved. No
other plan will do. (John 3:3 and 7.
Rom. 10, 9, and 10, John 1:12, Mark
16:15 and 16.)
VII. Wash and Be Clean. Vs. 13-14.
We can not do some great thing and
be saved. We must be saved by
grace.
“There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emanuel’s vein.”
Go wash in this fountain and you
will be cleansed from every guilty
stain.
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