He laid no injunction upon those whom He healed that they should tell every one of the marvel.3. St. Paul speaks of his "flesh" as a "veil," through which we pass into God's presence. It cannot make any difference what I do." The mill owner stores up in a reservoir on the heights the water that shall run his mill. )Glimpses of JesusW. From doctors for the body is not the passage easy to doctors for the soul? Beloved, the miracles of Christ were the seals which God gave to His mission. That the interview might issue in the bestowment of His benediction.(C. (33) And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. This is where Dr. Apathy lives. A child was born. Spurgeon. She may have said, "How Can I speak of this? The mill owner stores up in a reservoir on the heights the water that shall run his mill. The weak and sickly are left to their fate, and the sooner it comes the better, for their kindred turn from them, and their friends will not know them. Her courage. When they heard her story, did they not treasure it up, and speak of it to one another in after days, and thereby strengthen each other's faith?5. MacDonald. How, then, are we to be justified? Quit yourselves like men!4. This narrative shows us also a person undergoing harsh discipline, and perceiving herself in a few moments the kindness which appointed it. She was not so mistrustful.(C. 1. D. Hitchcock, D. D.I. She was evidently a woman of great determination and hopefulness. I have no doubt this was the main reason. As much as to say: Do not stop in this crowd, to be pushed about or stared at, but go home in quiet.III. Perhaps simply because she thought the border of His garment might be most easily touched without attracting attention Beyond a doubt, her faith, though genuine, was darkened by superstition. Not from exhaustion.3. Observe, again, that this woman touched Jesus very secretly. Have you been to Doctor Ceremony? Sherlock, B. A.I. W. Beecher.She was sick; and what is all the world worth when one is sick? Thus touch is purity (Isaiah 6:7).II. THIS LAW OF COST IS ALSO ECONOMIC LAW. P. (4) regarding your hopes. Physicians are men set apart on purpose to deal with human maladies; therefore she went to the physicians. If you go into his waiting room, you will see some who have had disappointments, blighted affections, &c. When you are shown into his room, you notice how very grave he is — none of the flippancy of the other. Virtue is gone out of Me to ONE WHO FAILED TO GET HELP ELSEWHERE. III. Why? The spontaneous products of nature are scanty. He ploughs, and harrows, and sows, and shows his faith in then waiting for God to give the increase. Virtue is gone out of Me to ONE WHO FAILED TO GET HELP ELSEWHERE. He would give her His benediction before she went. "Well, you know, I am such an insignificant person. How round Thee throng and press the multitude? The Old Testament is the story of the first man, and how one sin tainted the world. Are you going to be like mice, which only come out at night to nibble in the pantry? But I must warn you that none but those who come to Christ for salvation may hope that He is training them for eternity. H. Insensibility has seized upon many, and a proud conceit: they are full of sin, and yet they talk of self-righteousness. Further, remember that our Lord's miracles were illustrative of His teaching.3. Scarcely a man has ever been signally useful without the baptism of some great sorrow. The farmer does not show his faith by lying in his bed and waiting for God to plough and harrow his field and sow his seed. The bruised reed He would not break. BUT THIS LAW OF COST IS PRE-EMINENTLY SPIRITUAL LAW. He is the favourite doctor among men of business and commerce. It would be folly to deny or attempt to hide what He has seen.2. )She was not hidC. Sherlock, B. 2. Lack of faith, not lack of need. Sometimes it is set aside altogether, for we are not always bound to exist if we can, but we are always bound to do right. THE SENSITIVENESS OF CHRIST. The Saviour had designs of love in bringing this poor trembler forward before all the people. He has a very large practice. She had been a very timid and trembling woman, but now she would shake off all improper timidity. says one, "I could not tell of what the Lord has done for me, because mine is such a sorrowful story." )She was not hidC. Simply that He may teach her that it is her faith, and not, as she thought, her mere touch, which has saved her. It is water in oak, or elm, making its way up through living tissue, filtered as it ascends, shaking out its leafy banner, hardening into toughest fibre.IV. AN ACTUAL TOUCH. Because of this woman's natural timidity, and because of the nature of her malady.2. Not at all. It is as natural to Christ to give blessings to all who ask, as it is for the sun to diffuse its beams on all the objects beneath; if we receive not, it is because we have intercepted the rays flowing from the Sun of Righteousness.V. God thinks much of the lowly: you must not talk so. THIS LAW OF COST IS ALSO ECONOMIC LAW. She might truthfully have said, "It is evident that an open confession is not essential to my cure, for I am cured.". Thus touch is consecration (Exodus 30:26, 29).3. If he needed sympathy, there would be always people ready to give it. So it may be. Virtue has gone out of Me to ONE WHO HAS OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES. H. She came bravely, and spoke most sweetly for her Lord. And, further, men never know what lies before them as messengers of God; they are ignorant of the high and arduous service to which, may be, they have been appointed. At first it is her superstition, rather than her faith, which is confirmed But why did He not let the poor woman creep quietly away with her boon? By faith we come into contact with God, and are saved; by sympathy, we come in contact with man and cure.(E. Virtue is stored up in Him, and flows forth from Him at every touch of faith.(S. Why? I hope I have been answering them all through my sermon. Our wardrobes suggest cotton-fields, flax-fields, silkworms, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, birds of the air, wild animals of sea and land, from pole to pole. There is yet another of these medical gentlemen you must look in upon. This woman also came into contact with Christ under a very deep sense of unworthiness. ("Many," says , "press upon Christ, in outward ordinances, but believers touch Him; it is by faith that He is touched, so as to have virtue from Him. Though the invalid for twelve years has tried physician after physician and has received no help, she will try again. recognises degrees of faith. H. Christ requires this. But especially she had to do this for her own good. Beloved, the miracles of Christ were the seals which God gave to His mission. In the conduct of our Lord notice —1. Imputed righteousness is really transferred righteousness; the purity of the Saviour becomes ours. Touch Jesus, and salvation is yours at once. That is a good reason why you should tell it, for it will be all the easier for you to do so. IV. This excited the wonder of the disciples.1. 4. There was not a penny to pay.4. She did, and the mighty force was instantly turned on, the wheels moved, and the place was alive with activity. Now let me hear some of your objections, and answer them. He that has little to tell should tell it straight away. When they heard her story, did they not treasure it up, and speak of it to one another in after days, and thereby strengthen each other's faith?5. The question must be interpreted by the result. Authors who give us a higher and nobler conception of life; poets who give wings to our fancy, so to speak, enabling us to fly higher than ordinary men, who stumble and fall down in the midst of the vulgarities of society; those who make virtue beauteous, and draw us to it, — who can repay the services of such as these? The same year — perhaps the same month and day — a memorable event took place in the house of a poor woman. You never found her slow to introduce the gospel, whoever might be with her. The price of wisdom is above rubies. The struggle for existence goes on there too, but it is no longer supreme and all in all. How near this brings God to us! But mark how He does it, how patiently, how gradually. H. Forsyth, M. 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