JESUS MASTER OF DEVILS.

Jesus has just come down from the top of the moun-
tain, where he revealed his glory to his disciples, and he
finds a father in great distress. His poor boy, his only .
son, was possessed with an evil spirit, which often threw
him into the fire and into the water. He could not help
himself, and at times he would foam at the mouth, and
strike his teeth together with pain; and no one, not even
his parents, could help him. It was very hard for them
to see him suffer so.

‘There was another thing which added much to their
sore trial. The boy was dumb; he had never said papa,
or mamma, and when he tried to speak he could only groan
' or screech wildly. This father had heard that Jesus and
his disciples healed the sick who came to them. So one
day he brought his suffering boy to Jesus to be healed.
He did not find Jesus at first, but he found the disciples,
and he asked them to heal him. They thought they
could, for they had healed a great many sick people; but,
because of their unbelief, they were not able to heal this
poor boy.

Just at this time Jesus came down from the moun-
tain, and the father runs to him, and, kneeling at his feet,