04 LIFTED UP.

a real serpent would only look at the serpent of brass he
would be cured. Moses did so: how he must have hur-
ried to get it made and set up. Then the word spread
through all the camp: Come and look and live. Some
were able to walk and come near, some were so nearly
dying their friends had to carry them near, but if they
could only turn their eyes and look, they lived.
 Do you suppose any said, It's of no use! too late!
there is no hope for me"? Were there any who said, I
have only a little bite, it does not hurt bad enough yet"?
or any who said, I do n't believe just looking will save
me. I will not try"?
 As Jesus called himself the Bread of Life to cure hun-
gry souls, so he talked about the Brazen serpent. Did
you know that when trouble and sin first came into this
world it was in the form of a serpent? Ever since, in
every heart there is a disease worse than those fiery poisons
in the wilderness. Jesus is the only cure, and that is what
he meant when he said, As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted
up" on the cross, that whosoever would believe in him
should be cured of the deadly disease of SIN.
 Are you one of those for whom he died?
 Do you love him? And have you given him your
soul, to heal and to save?