The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-01-05
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THE FINGER TIP MIRACLE.

Text, when she heard OF Jesus sho
came and touched his garment Matt
TX II.
The world is given as prize to
those of faith. Nothing venture
nothing have" But fine weather's no
test. Twilight, dark and storm tell
1t. According to your faith" the
size OF your pitcher determines now
much you may carry away. Rub your
Aladdln's lamp. Murmur Sesame
Exercise your faith. Living next door
the mint won't make one rich. ASK
and We shall receive" Out from
Matthew's house down TO the sea
shore go the Master and his dtsci-
pies. The crowds press. the sun Is
hot, but coolirg breeze blows In
from liberals. There's motion or
the crowd. craning OF necks. Who
comes? The ruler OF the synagogue.
Tall, broad shouldered, black beard.
eyes wet with tears-it Is Jairus.
Trouble brings him to Jesus. 1t is
great lodestone for most OF US. MY
little daughter Is dying. Come lay
thine hand on her head and she shall
live" His prayer Is short, intense, to
the point. Crisp thinking makes crisp
speaking.
"Drownins Men Clutch at Straws."
In that crowd. with It's flotsam and
jetsam, is pale, bloodless, sick wo-
man. Once comfortable in means the
physicians of Damascus and Jerusa-
hn oil h
Dor Mt her home: Rachael, God be
praised. The Man of Nazareth is in
Capernaum. He may have power to
heal thee" what will he charge?
I've lost all" Nothing; without mon
ey and without price" Her children
protest. Mother. multiply not thy dis
| appointments; this healer may be like
| the rest" Restrain me not. I'll try
once more" Faith springs eternal in
| the sick mans breast. That accounts
much for many physicians and patent
medicines. This woman goes in faith.
| She elbows through the crowd "How
| forward is that woman! Think you
not others desire to see the great
| Teacher" She pays no attention.
|
her promise by the jecrs of crowd?
| Now she's close. There's that great
| functionary of the synagogue. His
| family sent for Christ. 1t must be nice
| to be rich like they. She had money
| once. Her thoughts are swift; what
| must be done must be done quickly.
| She won't speak to the Nazarene, of
| course; only touch that blue hem OF
his garment. He will never know it.
Out goes the thin trembling arm from
under her cloak and into the poor rack
! ed body, along the quivering prayer of
that outstretched finger, went strength
| and healing. The most remarkable
| miracle recorded.
The Power Of Helpessness.
If you want anything done that re-
Quires quiet. persistent faith start u
| woman at 1t. The courage and persist
cnce of women in the temperance war
is marvellous Rachael has got by faith
what money couldn't buy. The Master
turns. "Who touched me?" The dis
cipIes smile indugently. Scores, Mas
| ter. How could they help it in such
| iostling crowd?" EXqusitey sensitive
Christ. The allied armies of hell can
not divert him. but sick, ncrveIess
| finger of human suffering turns him.
| "Daughter.' Shell never forget that
sound It's the finest instance Of deli
cacy and tact in the worlds literature.
| How it soothed her distressed modesty
| when she suddenly became conscious
| Of the crowds eyes upon her! "Daugh-
ter, thy faith, not my robe--thy faith
hath made thee we'll" Say, brother of
sorrow, sister of pain, reach out and
touch him. No incurable cases puzzle
him. Touch him. He'll respond
according to Your Feith"-
The Bible is one constant challenge
to MS to exercise our faith. OF course
| believe in using material things. too
bromide of potassium for insomnia,
| morphine for paroXysm of pain, qui-
nine for feverS, strychnia for tonic
but also believe there is marvellous
healing power in the quietness and CON
iidence Of the mind touched by Christ.
Let the thoughtess jeer, but the mes
sage of psychotherapeutlcs to the
twentieth century is that the mind
may minister to a body diseased. 1t
may be possible to heal the body by a
thought as well as drug 1t is the
one doctrine of Christianity which we
have persistently ignored.
If Christ said Thy faith hath made
thee WELL" why should we gaze in
amazement at one who takes Christ
at his word and maintains that after
all Faith may be a basis for health?
Strange that the spiritual church has
mad to wait for a material medical
science TO tell it what its Lord has
been telling it for centuries.
The touch OF faith will work n mir.
acle, Thousands thronged the Master
that eventfuI day. but the woman
touched him with the finger of faith.
and quick as an electric fash there
thrilled back into her shattered nerves
and shrunken veins and exhausted
arteries and withcrcd muscles, health,
beautiful. rosy, health. God given and
complete. Talk of the compexIty of
creeds! A creed is a gIittering icicle
DetOre blazing hearth when I'm tba