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which IS in Him. Note. II you VIII,
that incident so charmingly told US
by che gospel writer, Of that poor wo-
man, who, having heard OF Christ,
Joined herself to the throng that
crowded around Him on the street
that day; how eagerly she followed.
hoping. as only desperate persons
hope, to gain His notice. But the
dense crowd stood compactly and un-
yielding between her and our Lord,
until at last, is despair, having sue
ceeded in getting reasonably near to
Him. she thought, "Oh, if l can but
touch His garment, l shall be whole
And. acting upon the suggestion, she
reached her long. slender arm
through the crowd and touched the
edge OF His robe, and instantly she
was, healed. Christ turned around,
and He said. "Who touched Me-" for
He perceived the power had gone out
from Him. Such forces dwelt in Him
THAI even His garments were invested
with them, and human need, coming
in touch with Him, felt the power of
His life.
The point where many of Christ's
followers fail is in this very point OF
transmitting His power. If the pow
er of Niagara can aid the commerce
and the transportation Of Lockport
and Rochester, surely the power
which dwells in Christ can be trans
mitted by human channels to human
need; and yet many of us who have
felt the transforming power Of Christ
fail to transmit that power through
us to other lives. The familiar parlor
experiment of the battery and the
Joined hands of the company is capa-
BILE of being applied to the transmit
ting of Christ's saving grace, through
us, to those who, by heart, by the ties
of love, by the close associations OF
the years, were touched.
At a reunion Of veterans some years
since, in a Western State, this story
of Lincoln was told by the man who
was saved from a d%runkard's grave by
the President:
II was a private in one Of the West
ern regiments that arrived first in
Washington after the call for $4,000.
We were marching through the city,
amid great crowds of cheering people,
and then. after going into camp, were
given leave to see the town. Like
many others of our boys the saloon or
tavern was the first thing we hit.
With my comrade I was just about to
go into the door of one of these places
when a hand was laid upon my arm,
and looking up there was President
Lincoln. from his grand height above
me, a mere lad, regarding me with
those kindly eyes and pleasant smile.
I almost dropped with surprise and
bashfulness, but he held out his hand,
and as I took it he shook hands in a
strong Western fashion and said: l
don't like to see our uniform going
into these places That was all he
said. He turned Immediately and
walked away. and we passed on. He
would not have gone into that tavern
for all the wealth Of Washington
City"
Here, then, we have these two
characteristics Of Gods power mani
tested in the life of Jesus, our Lord.
It is His work to transform and
change us from glory unto glory, or,
as Drummond put it, from character
unto character. or until we come unto
the measure of the stature of the life
of Christ" 1t is our province, stand
ing in our place in human history and
in the development Of the work of the
gospel, to transmit to those who stand
lust beyond us in time, the same vital
breath of life. the same holy impulse
of love, that has been transmitted to
US by our Lord.