“End Your
Rheumatism
Uko / Did Mims" — Says
Pastor Rood t Wlfs
Also Rid of NoorMs
Suffered Torture* For Years—Now
Telling Good News To Others
“Don’t Relieve That Old Humbug About
‘Urie Acid’ Being the Cause of Rheu
matism— lt’» Not So!*’
Emphatically asserting that thou
sands of unfortunate sufferers have
been led into taking wrong treatments
under the old and false belief that
“Uric Acid” causes rheumatism, Pastor
H .W. Reed says:
“As do some of our highest medical
authorities, I now know that ‘Uric
Acid’ never did and never will cause
rheumatism! But it took me many
years to find out this truth. I learned
how to get rid of my rheumatism and
recover my health and strength,
through reading ‘The Inner Mysteries
of Rheumatism,’ a work written by fin
authority who has scientifically studied
the cause and treatment of rheumatism
for over twenty years. It was-indeed a
; veritable revelation!
“I had suffered agony for years from
rheumatism and associated disorders,
and Mrs. Reed ivas tortured with the
demon neuritis almost beyond endur
ance. We had read and talked so much
about ‘Uric Acid’ that our minds
seemed poisoned. But the ‘Inner Mys
teries of Rheumatism’ made it all clear
to us and now we are both free from
the suffering and misery we endured so
many years. I believe I was the hardest'
man in the world to convert! For me to
discard the old ‘Uric Acid’ theory, and
what I now know to be absolutely
false, for the new, scientific under
standing of the causes and cure of
rheumatism, was like asking me to
change my religious beliefs! But I did
change, and it was a fortunate day for
me and mine when I did so.”
NOTE: “The Inner Mysteries of Rheu
matism” referred to above by Pastor
Reed lays bare facts about rheumatism
and its associated disorders overlooked
by doctors and scientists for centuries
past. It is a work that should be In
the hands of every rp&n or woman who
has the slighest symptoms of rheu
matism, neuritis, lumbago or gout.
Anyone who sends name and address to
H. P. Clearwater, 1272-L Street. Hallo
well, Maine, will receive it by mail,
postage paid and absolutely free. Send
now, lest you forget the address! If
not a sufferer, cut out this explana
tion and hand it to some afflicted
friend.
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tion. He calculated Christ’s line of
travel; he could have done nothing
if the opportunity had not come and
the opportunity would have passed
by unimproved if Zacchaeus had not
used his own power to the limit; he
put himself in the way of a blessing.
Are we always as ready to open
the way for a blessing?
The extraordinary earnestness of
the little man made him an object
of interest; he attracted Christ's at
tention. And now for the part that
Jesus had in the transaction.
Ho looked into the heart of the
man in the sycamore tree and He
saw there that which He did not
find in the heart of the rich young
ruler. The latter came to Him and
professed a desire to follow Him,
even pointing to a blameless life, and
yet he went away sorrowing because
he lacked the one thing needful, viz.,
a willingness to pay the price that
Christ demanded—full surrender or
self.
THE MURMURS OF THE MULTI
TUDE
Zacchaeus did not make any pre
tensions; he sought only to see, not
to be seen. But Christ saw in him
a follower and called to him, “Make
haste, and come down; for today I
must abide at thy house.” And
Zacchaeus “made haste, and came
down.”
There was no hesitation. He had
heard of Christ; his curiosity had
been excited. Possibly he was more
than curious; he may have been on
the very eve of declaring himself a
follower. At least, he required not
a second summons; he accepted the
invitation immediately and joyfully.
The multitude murmured; bow
could one like Jesus be the guest of
a man like Zacchaeus, the sinner?
There may have# been many worse
sinners in the cfcwd, but their sins
were secret, while Zacchaeus’ busi
ness was notorious.
Tax gathering is not calculated to
make one popular and tax gathering
in the days when our Saviour was
on earth was often the object of just
criticism.
Today the tax collectors in civil
ized countries have nothing ’ to do
with the assessing of taxes; they
merely collect that which they are
directed by law to collect. But In
the days of Zacchaeus taxes were
farmed out and the system invited
abuse, extortion and oppression.
“THEY SAY”
Zacchaeus at once justified Christ’s
judgment of him. He did not leave
the Saviour to bear unjust re
proaches. The Pharisees were content
to pay the tithe (one-tenth) required
by the law; they were very exact
about the amount—just that percent
age and no more—but Zacchaeus de
clared;
“Deliold, Lord, the half of mv
goods I give to the poor; and if l
have taken anything from any man
by false accusation, I restore him
fourfold.”
It may not be amiss to consider
nere a very important fact. “They
say” cannot always be accepted as
a truthful or final judgment against
one.
Rumor is often unreliable. Many
a man, thought to be miserly, has
been found to be benevolent—his
benevolence being unknown because
not heralded from the housetop. '
Christ is able to hear above the
clamor and to see beyond the out
ward covering.
A GREAT MESSAGE
“This day is salvation come to this
house,” was Christ’s answer to Zac
chaeus’ declaration of conscience,
adding, “forsomuch as he also is a
son of Abraham.”
The mere fact that he was a de
scendant of Abraham would not have
been sufficient if he, like the Phari
sees, had disgraced the relationship
or had been unrepentant. It is evi
dent that the inner Zacchaeus was
worthy of the line from which he
came.
Christ’s ensuing words, “For the
Son of man is come to seek and to
save that which was lost,” contain
a great message, whether addressed
to the multitude or intended for
Zacchaeus.
Nowhere is the breadth and depth
of Christ’s message more strongly
stated. He came to save that which
was lost.
“Lost” is a lonely word and often
used in describing Christ’s mission.
We think of it more in regard to
the young and can imagine the ter
rible strain which a child undergoes
if, for any considerable period, it
feels itself lost.
It is not so easy to visualize the
condition of one who is lost in sin,
but it is as pathetic. The wanderer
sees no familiar signs, hears no
friendly voice and sinks down at last
in agony and despair.
SEEKING TO SAVE
It was to such that Christ came.
He was not only to save them, but
was to seek them that He might
save them.
Salvation has not been placed at
the end of an arduous search; Christ
jjpoes not hide Himself in order to
make one weary with hunting.
As the father went forward to
meet the prodigal son and forgave
him at the very sight of repentance,
so Christ is walking through the
world today eager for opportunities
to forgive.
No one is so poor as to be beneath
His notice; no one is so rich as to
be above His appeal. None is so
ignorant that He cannot make him
understand His message, and none
is so learned as to be beyond the
need of His atoning blood.
The invitation to Zacchaeus com
pletes the circle of Christ’s love.
We have seen Him healing the
lepers and restoring steadiness to the
palsied hand; we have seen Him giv
ing sight to the blind and casting out
evil spirits; but nearly all of the
beneficiaries of His ministry were
among the needy.
The poor had the Gospel preached
to them and were blessed by His
healing touch. The masses followed
Him and “the common people heard
Him gladly.” He more than once
rebuked the unworthy rich—Dives,
who fared sumptuously every day
and lavished money upon his dress,
was pictured in torment, and the
money changers were driven from
the temple. In one of His most im
pressive parables He described the
truth as being choked by the deceit
fulness of riches.
But here is a rich man—even a
publican—who was hated by his
neighbors and jeered at when Christ
singled him out for special honor;
salvation could come to his house.
A SPLENDID SERVANT
Consecrated wealth is a splendid
servant, mighty in its power for
good. If the wealth in the hands of
Christians could be commanded for
God’s service as the wealth of individ
uals can be required by the nation in
an hour of peril, the stream of salva
tion would be swollen into a great
river.
The Christian nations are spend
ing more than 25 millions a year to
carry the Gospel to the heathen- it
might easily be multiplied by ’ 10
without requiring great sacrifice on
the part of Christians.
The funds spent on home missions
might also be largely increased
how much cheaper it would be to
stop crime at its source than to
punish criminals after neglect has led
them into wrong doings? Christian
education could be vastly extended if
only the money could be secured.
Paul credited the members of a
Macedonian church with great lib
erality even more than they were able
to give; they entreated the Apostles
to receive their gift. What was the
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