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A little maid who loved much
Long ago, in Bible times, after a war between nations, the winning army would take some of the people they had conquered home with them as slaves. This happened to a little girl of Israel when the Syrians made war on her country. The Bible tells us about this in II Kings, Chapter 5.
There she is referred to as "a little maid" who was taken as a slave into the home of Naaman, captain of the Syrian army, to wait upon his wife. This captain had a disease called leprosy. But he was a good man, and the little maid wanted to help him.
Instead of resenting and hating her master because she had been captured and separated from her people, she wanted her captor to be healed. She knew God could heal, and she knew about Elisha, the prophet who was in Samaria. He had brought a boy who had died back to life and had done other wonderful things, because he was a holy man. So the girl told Naaman's wife that Elisha could heal her husband.
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February 26, 1979 issue
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The joy of God's presence
PATIENCE M. CANHAM
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Instant in season
Pearl Strachan Hurd
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Life—a joy-filled adventure
DONALD R. RIPPBERGER
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... a capacity for happiness
FEROL AUSTEN
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Be a joy-giver
FRANCES FIGGINS
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Our high resort
NAOMI RUTH WHEELER
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Pursue healing patiently
DAVID C. KENNEDY
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For wider horizons
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Joy leads to healing
Naomi Price
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When is harvesttime?
Marlène F. Johnson
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A little maid who loved much
Carolyn Haywood
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When I was a child, my father was healed of severe annual...
Fred G. Bussey
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Gratitude and joy impel me to write of our fourteen-year-old...
Carolyn H. Orton with contributions from James R. Orton
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Ten years ago I began to have discomfort in using my left...
Jean B. Corey with contributions from Charles D. Corey, Sr.