The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

had been intended. The student OF
life makes no mistake to presume
upon many hidden sorrows on every
hand.
A trail oma with indomitable
will. penetrated the crowd that sur
rounded Jesus, until she was within
reach of him. Men had tried to elbow
her rudeiy aside: they understood not
her life-longing. In mingled fear and
faith she touched the tassel of his
cloak. Instantly the hemorrhage,
| which for twelve years had taxed her
Vitality, disappeared. There is no SER
vice without cost: even the Christ felt
| power go out from him at this touch,
SO different from the careless contact
of the crowd that thronsed him. The
inquiry, 'Who touched me?' set the
throng to wondering; but the woman
understood, and. with trembling, she
cast herself at his feet. But it was
only to receive the tender salutation,
"Daughter. be Of good cheer: thy faith
hath made thee whole" It was in
order to pour out his life in pom
to the demands Of such faith that the
Master walked among men.
The Blind and the Dumb.
The train of the needy followed
Jesus. Next we find two blind beg
gars, crying, in the indescrible whine
VI i1S IIoet. Itdfc h1cICS upon us.
thou Son Of David" I find myself
s~huddeIing as [ write these words, for
they recall the days when, in the
midst of China's great famine, l had
to hear these awful cries of starving
supplicants. The wailing of the pro-
fessional Oriental beggar. especially
when he IS actually starving. is never
to be forgotten by those whose ears
1t has assailed.
Believe We that [ am able TO dc
this?' Jesus asked the beggars.
Yea. Lord
YOU was the prompt response, as he
touched their eyes, which were
straightway given sight,
Then followed the healing. by the
faith of others than the one affected.
a dumb demon possessed man. This
was cast out, by the same wonder-
working power, while the multitude
marvelled. crying, 1T was never so
seen in Israel" The Pharisees scoffed
BY the prince OF devils casteth he out
devils, but the works of faith re-
manned.
Faith As An Emancipator.
These were great deliverances eff
fecfed that day in old Capernaum.
show that. even as Niagara's
power lights the single small electric
lamp and drives the great train. so
the might Of God is freely offered for
- oS Si SdJ IeeO
man. Indeed, it is often harder 70
trust God for trifles than to trust hin,
IN crises. This personal. indiyidua1
care OF the Lord is at once the
simplest and the hardest Of lessons for
faith to learn.
one adequate SUPPORT
For the calamities of mortal life
ExIsts-one only: an assured belief
hn"' 'de procession OF our fate, how
Sad or disturbed. is ordered hv . Pc
ing
or Infinite b~encVolence and power
W nose everlasting purposes embrace
accidents, CONVERTING tbono
good
William Wordsworth
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