The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

94 TOUCHING CHRIST'S ROBE
in contact with Christ and yet contemn or neglect
His Church. But the Bible, Schemes of Theology,
the Church with its ordinances and ministries, while
fitly to be reckoned as robes or garments of the
Christ, are not Him. He is in them, through them,
and gives to them their vitality and their glory, and
He alone can give healing or grace to the seeking
soul. It is only when the soul " touches," when it
comes penitent, suppliant, believing, and casts itself
buoyantly upon His infinite love that He receives
and cures ; and it is only when He is sought in the
Bible, or the Church, that they are found to be
channels or means of grace to the earnest mind.