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tell them what the Lord hath done
for thee.” 'There was work for the
man todo at home. He might be
useful to his country people, and
preach the Gospel to them when
Jesus was gone. The man obeyed
directly. He was sorry to leave his
Saviour, whom he loved so much;
but he knew that Christ’s command
was right and best, and he was will-
ing to obey it. And he knew that
Jesus would be with him still, in his
heart, though not seen with his bod-

 

self makes us free.

THE RULER’S DAUGHTER.

ily eyes; and that when his work
was done, he should go to Heaven,
and see his Saviour again, and never
part from Him any more.

We are ail, like this poor man,
under Satan’s power, till Jesus him.
We should
pray God, then, to change our
hearts; to give us aright mind, and
a new spirit; and when we know
Him ourselves, we must try to teach
others to know Him also.

 

CCLXXXITI

yHE FRULER'S PAUGHTER,

HERE was a ruler of
the synagogue, named
1) Jairus, who had one lit-
tle girl—his only child;
she was about twelve
years old. This little girl became
very ill, so ill that her parents fear-
ed she would soon die; so her father
went to Jesus, and asked him to
come and heal the child. Then
Jesus and His disciples went with
Jairus to hishouse. As they walked
along, a great many people followed
them, and crowded round to see
Jesus. One of these people was a
poor woman who had been ill a very
long time; she had asked a great
many physicians to cure her, and
they had tried all they could to
make her well; but nothing did her
any good; she grew worse and
worse. At last, this poor woman
heard of Jesus, and of all that He
had done for sick people; and she

  
  

heal her too. So, when she saw
Him coming, she went very gently
behind Him, and touched the fringe
of the garment which He wore;
for she said, “If I can only touch
the hem of His garment, I shall be
cured.” And was she cured? Yes;
as soon as she touched Jesus, she
was made well. He had seen her
all the time, and He knew her faith,
and was willing to heal her. Then
Jesus turned round, and said to the
people who were standing near,
“Who touched me?” They all de-
nied that they had touched Jesus;
but Peter pointed to the crowd, and
said, “ Perhaps some of them have
touched .thee.” Jesus answered,
“Somebody has touched me, for I
feel that virtue has gone out of me.”
It was not a common touch, but the
touch of faith, which Jesus meant.
When the poor woman saw that she
could not be hid, she came out from

had faith to believe that He would | the crowd, and fell down trembling