The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13

bic itself. The urgency or love ana
need had made a childlike suppliant
Of this Official. he De
sought the Master with earnestness
and pleading to hasten and lay heal
ing hands upon his dying
Jairus believed greatly. His faith,
like his love. was Of a magnificent
quality. AS we behold him. owen
tionality laid aside. pleading for help
in his sorrow. our hearts throb in
sympathy with him.
The Master Word of Faith.
One Of the jungle Stories" deals
with the master word" n how
there was a master word hat even
won the service of HATH. the ele-
phant. who was lord Of the jungle.
Surely it is not irreverant TO say that
there is a master word to which even
God yields Himself. BY His own ma
lure and word He has bound Himself
not to disregard faith.-"An things
are possible tt him that b~elieveth.'
The heart of faith commands the help
Of heaven.
The faith of Jairus put Jesus at
his service. Disregarding all his
other engagements. and the cares OF
the multitude which trailed after
Him as he turned aside to this new
mission. Jesus strobe straightway to
the house Of Jairus. The incident
itself was q powerful sermon to the
people. 1t reiterated the old and ever
new lesson that heavens best IS at
the service of the man who has faith
in God. SC highly does God regard
faith that the question of Jesus to
his disciples was. When the Son Of
Man cometh, shall he inc faith on
the earth?"
Two Interruptions.
TThn SUift nPN0raQC of IpSnS and
Jairus was like a triumph, with h
crowds thronging after them; but it
was interrupted by two Incidents
once when Jesus turned sharply
around n demanded to know
who had touched His garments.
Il woman with an incurable disease
has timidly. trustfully. reached forth
to lay hands on Ills cloak. Her
humble faith did not venture to lift
its eyes to His face or to challenge
His personal attention. In the low
illness Of truStful WomanhOOd, it
sought only to touch the garment of
the WOnder-WOrker. The Master tar
ried TO speak the word Of comfort and
assurance to this trusting. needy wom-
an. Jesus always had time to be
helpful. The grandeur of the char
acters of incOl and Lee is shown
by nothing more clearly than by the
fact that amid all the vast concerns
of state they never lost heir simple
human interest in individuals. They
had time to are for persons.
The delay caused by the Masters
ministry to this timid sick
whose touch Of faith had singled her
out from the needless crowd. may
have caused Jairus to chafe. We
would rather believe, though. that a
fellow-feeling made him wondrous
kind. and that he was glad to share
the Master and His powers with an
other sufferer. Still. he was eager
to go forward in all haste-though
it would lave been vain to outrun
the Master Himself. Jairus was to
learn that Gods delays are not de-
malls.
TOO late. too late."-That seer
n interruption by one Of the family
servants Of Jairus supported his
worst forebodings. The dire tidings
we're conveyed that the maiden was
dead. The refinement and unselfish-
ness that pervaded that whole house
hold was revealed by the inquiry,
Why troublest thou the Master any
further?" Seemingly. Jesus Himself
did not take seriously the message
from the stricken household. He
quickly silenced both Jairus and the
servant by the mysterious reassur-
ance. Fear not. only believe"
Into the House Of Mourning.
A graphic nicture of oriental
mourning Is given by Mark in the
closing lines Of this story. And they
came to the house Of the ruler Of the
SynaEogue: and he beholdeth a tum-
ult. and many weeping and wai1ing
greatly. And when he was entered
in. he saith unto them. Why make We
a tumult and weep? The child is
not dead, but sleepeth. And they
laughed him to scorn. But he. hav-
ing put them all forth. taketh the
father OF the child and her mother
and them that were with him, and
goeth in where the child was. And
taking the child by the hand, he
saith unto her. Talitha cumf: which
is. being interpreted. Damsel. I say
unto thee. Arise. And straightway
the damsel rose up. and walked; for
she was twelve years dc And they
were amazed straightway with a
great amaZement.'
The sacred ceremony which Jesus
| had planned was not for common