Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-31

ticular case. Sometimes indeed men
suffer as punishment for their own
sins, and sometimes Affections are Wis
tied upon children because of the
wrong -doings of their parents.
must work the works Of him that
sent me,-Here is an echo of the ques-
ton, what shall we do. that we might
work the works OF God?" The works
which Jesus did were in themselves
works of grace, but great end Of them
was the production of faith in the Son
of God--such a faith as would itself
work by love. And here is the EXPIRES
sion of perfect loyalty to that Father
who set apart and sent Him into the
world: Il must do that for which the
Father sent me"-the night cometn,
when no man can work. The day Of
man is life; the night. the end of life.
Jesus knew that ere long He would
cease to live here, and He would while
His day lasted, finish the work which
the Father gave him to do. What a
true attitude, and what loyal ex-
ample for His followers. Whatsoever
our hands find to do we should do with
our might: for soon life here below will
be over, and the night Of death will
be on; and there Is no work, nor de-
vice, in the grave whittier we go.
Not many lives have we to live,
But one, only one;
How very brief that one life is
, That narrow span.
! Every day should be filled to the
brim with holy, useful deeds, for the
good Of man and the glory of Him
| whose we are and whom we serve.
As long as | am in tho World, ! am
the light of the world. And here we
may see an illustration of that fact in
practical operation-in what He was
about to do-open the eyes of the blind
man, and thus turn him from darkness
to light. But soon He was to depart
out of the world, and then only His
disciples would be the light of the
world. The Sun of Righteousness was
to go down, and leave the world In
darkness, except for that light in the
church, reflected from Him, like the
moon reflects the light of the sun that
has withdrawn.
/; When he had thus spoken,-Deeds
sometimes properly come after words
Jesus once said, what l do thou
knowest not now; but thou shalt know
hereafter" But sometimes-frequent
ly--the word, the doctrine, precedes tho
deed. In this instance the great Teach
err prepared the minds of His disciples
to understand and appreciate better
the great Worker-he spat on the
ground, and made clay of the spittle,-
Just like pharmacist mixing medicine
with elaboration and care. Salivs
mixed with clay was a prescription
which, in ancient times, was regarded
as having curative properties; and pos.
sibly this was so-and no anointed the
eyes Of the blind man with the clay
He made direct application of a pre-.
sumed remedy. And note that He plac.
ed the clay on the places that needed
healing. Jesus is no bungler in any
thing. Though He well knew thai
there was no healing virtue in the clay
yet If He were to use 1t he would dc
so rightly, decently, and in order. AND
here we should learn from His ex.
ample. If we are to do anything at all
we should do 1t thoughtfully, as il vir
tue depended upon its being done ii
the right way.
And said unto him, Go, wash in tn,
pool of Siloam,-The man must d.
something for himself; he must move
he must work; he must move in a Ger
tain way. God helps those who hell
themselves. There was no more virtu
in the mans going and washing thai
there was in the clay and the anoint
ing; and the pool of Sloan was no
. a healing spring-at least it certainl,
had no power, as no spring ever ha
had power, to give sight to the blind
; So we can not save ourselves from tn
blindness of sin, and there is nothin
that we can do that has power to saw