Our picture today shows a group of boys and girls whose parents are lepers. They have been separated from them, and may never see them again on earth, for there is no cure for the disease of leprosy. It is like sin in the nature—incurable.
Some of these parents have been received into leper asylums which have been built by those who love the Lord Jesus. Faithful, dedicated nurses do all they can to make them comfortable, while the sands of life run out.
Those dear children, who may be looked upon as orphans, have been taken to a home where they are cared for by others who love the Lord Jesus. They have not yet showed any sign of being tainted with leprosy, but seeing they were with their leper pants for a time, they must be kept apart from other children. Nevertheldess, they hear daily of the Lord Jesus who loves little children, as well as grownups too.
In the Bible we read that only the Lord could cure leprosy; apart from Him there was no hope for a leper.
He is doomed to suffer with it till he dies. Nevertheless, we read of some lepers who were healed by the Lord Jesus when He was on earth.
Only the Lord can heal the dreadful disease of sin. Apart from Him, there is no hope for the sinner. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:1212Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12).
ML 06/20/1965