Newark post., 1910-07-20

the foot of Mount Hernon. There
was one anxious man among them.
He came, kneeiing. hat is the prop
cr attitude for the supplant soul. To
be willing to go to Jesus at all shows
a right spirit. TO kneel shows IA de
vout humble spirit The old Ps2lm It
made good call let us worship
and bow down. Let us kneel leiore
the Lord. our maker
vs.. Is. Here is definite prayer.
Have mercy on my son. The ather
knew just what he wanted. He sat ID
his case plainly There is no ca m
here that this boy was possessed oi the
devil. lie is a lunatic." said the fa-
ther. Diseases OF the brain held him
The mans heart ached for his boy.
and his story was quickly tild.
VS.. 10. How simple is this story.
The man had doubtless heard Of the
presence Of Jesus in his vicinity. ard
he went to get aid for. his son. Jesus
had gone into the mountain Then
been lett behind. They tried to cure
the boy. They failed, OF course. Jesus
told them why. presently. The cause
OF their failure is active still None
OF us live near enough to God. None
of us do the things that bring spiritual
power.
vs.. v. Jesus answered and said .
Note well. He did not call the father
iaithless and perverse. but the genera
tior1 The Gather had even now
shown his faith. He was not perverse.
He was on his knees. The disciples,
i'll the voice OF Jesus. He felt how
the nine. were the faithless ones. Th.
crowd that watched and perhaps jeer-
ed because the trials failed was per
verse. There was note oi inpa,icnce
hopeless his struggle with such a gen
Grafton was. But when he spoke to
the father there was love and purpose
in his tone, Bring him to me- That
is the thing to do. Take every sou!
for which you labor directly To Jesus.
In him alone is help
VS., 10. Now we gel sioht Of the
idea in the mind OF the common peo-
pie that lunacy was dcmon:acal pos
session. Jesus directed the power OF
his personality against the power (dis
ease or deviD which afflicted the boy.
He rebuked the devil That was
enough. Devils will not stay whe. e
Jesus is ii he bids them 60. They
know their Master Disease will not
continue to affiict where Jesus directs
against it his healing power. The
boy was cured at once. Jesus iorgives
sin just as instantly.
VS.. I9. Nine puzzled men now
sought the Christ with question
Why? He told them instantly.
vs.. 20. Because OF your lack oI
faith What follows in this verse has
| never been put to the test. a grain
OF mustard seed has no faith. But il
| does what it is able to do 1t makes
use OF the powers around it, and il
it, and becomes. as Jesus said, "a tree
II a soul should act in just such wav
using its own powers with reference
to the divine purpose, there is no limit
| to what 1t might do. Faith is {
mighty conqueror The man who be
lieves in himself accomplishes much
but he who believes in God can &C
complisb vastly more.
| Probably the reason why Peter
| James and John counted for more il
their lives than did the nine was tha
| they kept nearer ~ Jesus than The
others.
When Pharoahs daughter savee
Moses from the Nile she had littl,
idea for what she was saving him. Hat
he never lived she would be unknown
to-day.
The failure Of many earnest effort
is due to unbeliei alone. The MAJ
who prays and then says, We'll. | hav,
prayed, but what is the good?' neet
never look for an answer.