The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25
THE SYMPATHY OF THE SAVIOR
BEv. DIR. TALMAoE TELLS OF THE
Woman who Was Healed By the Touch
of His Garment Jesus Is Sensitive
to the Faintest Appeal.

the midst Of the commotion. They were or
the way 10 see Him restore TO complete health
dying person. Some thought He could
e1ect the cure others that He could not. A,
any rafe, II would be an interesting expert.
ment. very sick woman OF twelve years
,nvaildism Is in the crowd. Some say her
name was Martha ;others say IL was Veronica.
do not know what her name was but this
IL certain. she had tried all styles of
cure. Every shelf OF her humble home had
medicines on 1t: She had employed mnny OF
the doctors OF that time, when medical
science was more rude and rough and igno.
rnnt than We can imagine in this time when
the word physician or surgeon stands for
potent aud educated skill Professor Light
loot gives list Of what he supposes NAV
have been the remedies she has applied. /
suppose she had been blistered from head 90
1901 and had tried the compress and had
used all styles OF astringent hcrts. and she
had been maued and hacked and cut and
iacerated until life 60 her was a plague Re-
sue that the Bible indicates her doctors bills
had run up trightfuly. and she had paid
money Tor medicines and for surgical attend
Wl'v ana Tor hygienic apparatus until her
purse was as exhausted as her BODY
What poor woman. are you doing in that
jostling crowdY Better so home and TO bed and
nurse your disorders. No Wan and wasted
and taint she stands there. her face distor ted
with suffering. and ever and anon biting her
lip with some acute pain and sobbing until
her tears fell from the hollow eve upon the
faded dress, only able to stand because the
crowd is 80 close To- her. pushing her this
way and that stand back Why do you
crowd that poor hody2 Have YOU no consid-
Grafton for dying woman. Bu. lust at that
time the crowd parts. and this invalid comes
almos; up 60 Christ. But she Is behind Him.
and His human eye does not take her I'm.
She has heard 50 much about His Kindness 10
Nh.s. lt.s. a. - -.
thinks II she can only just touch Him once IL
will do her good. She will not touch Him
on thesacrci head. for that might be ir-
revertnt She will not touch Hin on the
hand. Tor that might seem too familiar.
She says Il will, think. touch Him on
His coat, no; on the top OF IL. or on the bot
tom Of the main fabric. hut ON tho border
the blue border. the long threads OF tho
fringe Of that blue border there can be no
harm In that, don't think He will hur; me. /
have hearl 80 somuchGNcg: NJ. Besides that
I car stan this 40 longe-. Twelve years OF
suffering nave worn NE ou:. Tbs ls my last
hope And she presses through the crowd
stu farther and reaches for Christ. hut can
not quite touch Him. She pushes still farther
through the crowd aud knecls and puts her
finger 90 the edge ~ the blue fringe of the
border. She just touches II. Quick ~ an
electric nash there thrilled hack into her
shattered nerves, and shrunson veins, grl
exhausted arteries. and painting lungs. and
witherci muscles. health. beautiful health
Tubicund health. God given and comp,eta
health. The ~ year. march 90 pain end
pauc and suffering over suspension bridge Of
nerve Gni through tunnel ~ hone instantly
hated.
Christ recognizes somehow that magnetic
~ q Lealthiul influence through the medium
oi ;hD blue fringe of HIS CARMEN, had shot
ost. lie turns ana looks upon that excited
d s.ss.g H.. a..
tory ui my text. "Who touched Mey' The
insolent crowd ~ substance replied How
dc We knowI You get IN a crowd like this
and you must expect 10 be josted You ask
Gs question yeg. know we cannot answer"
UP, and knelt in IRON, Of Ch1st, ani told of
the toach. and told OF the restoration. and
Jesus said: Daughter. thy iaih had nnde
thee whole. Go in peace" so Max gives
Us dramatization oi the gospel. Oh. what
a doctor Christ Is In every one Of oul house
hold nay He be the family physician.
Notice that there i no addition ot help 70
other without subtraction OF pove- IRON
ourselves. The context says that as soon a.
this woman was healed Jesus felt that virtue
cf strength had gone oU; u Him. No ad-
Gl'loa oi help 20 Cther- without subtraction
o! strength from ourselves Did yo. never
get tired for others; Have YOU never risNei
your health io- otherst Have you never
preached sermon, or delivered an ex-
hoTaiion. ~ offered q burning prayer ami
then felt aiterwari that strength Lqi gone
out Of yoUg Then you have never initiated
Christ
Are you curious to know how that garment
OF Christ would have wrought such cura
for this supplaui inya!idY ! suppose thn;
Christ was surrharced with vitality. You
know that diseases may be conveyed from
city 70 city ty garments C. II case Of epi-
4 NaHF - H...e
be surcE2rsci with health. ! suppose that .
Chrlst had such physical magnetism that il .
perneaied oil His robe down 10 the last
thread oB the border Of the blue fringe. But
In addition - that there wa "a divine thrill. +
there was miraculous potency. there was an .
therapeutics. without which this .
u year. invalid would not have been in
stanily restored.
Now, II omnipOtence cannot help cthcrs
without depletion. how can We ever expect
10 bless the world withou; self sacrifice A
nan who gives 20 some Christian Object until .
he feels II, a man who IN his occupation or
profession OyerwOrks thR; be may educate
li- children, man who on sunday night
soes homo, all his nervous energy wruns on,
~ active service in church. or Sabbath
'chool, or city evangeliza;ion. has initiated
hrlst AMI the strength has gone out o! him
\ mother who rObs herself o! sleep IN behalf
)f sick cradle. q wife who bear up cheer
uliy under domestic misfortune tina; she may
'ncourago her husband in the combat againS,
lisaster, woman who by hard saving and
'arnest prayer and good counsel wisely given
md many years devoted o. rearing her family
or God and usefulness and heaven. and has
nothing % show for II but premature gray
lairS and proiusion Of deep wrinkles. l.
ike Christ, and strength has gone out of her
That strength or virtue may have gone out
through garment she has made for the
lome, that strength may have gone out
trough the sock you knit for the barefoot
destitute, that strength may go out through
he mantle hung up IL some closet after you
re dead. 50 "a crippled child sat every
morning on her fathers front step SO that
when the KIND Christian teacher passed byto
,hool she might take hold of her dress and
q; the dress slide through her pale fingers.
'he said II helped her pain 20 much and
made her so happy ali the day. Aye, have
ye not IN all our dwellings garments OF the
departed, touch OF which thrills W through
md through. the life OF those who are gone
hrilling through the life Of those who stay?
tut mark you, the principle ] evolve from
his subject. No addition OF heaiteh 10 Others
.nless there be a subtraction Of strength
rom ourselves. He felt that strength had
'One out ofHim.