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

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and every lot. Its hand was laid on every key of
the great manifold human organ, and every touch
evoked some music.
We see Him among children
and young men and
the aged. He is often with the poor and not seldom
with the rich. He feasts with Pharisees and rulers,
and just as readily with publicans and sinners. We
hear of Him constantly among the sick, crippled, and
maimed, and He does not forget to feed the hungry.
He discourses with young men about their ambitions,
and with broken-down men about their despairs. He
debates with the learned, and talks with the ignorant
woman by the well. We see Him once in a king's
court, and we see Him often with beggars. He has
to do with merchants driving their bargains, with
fishermen at their perilous toil, with ploughmen and
sowers working in the field, with women as they
sweep the house and prepare the meals. We meet
Him in synagogue and temple, in palace and cottage,
in street procession and lonely retreat.
We see Him
glorified as a King, adored as God, scourged as a
prisoner, condemned and crucified as a criminal.
What a strange panorama it is ! All the phases
and shapes of human life are in that story. It seems
as if He had purposely brought Himself into contact
with every human experience and relationship that
He might show His interest and sympathy with
them all, that He might bring His healing and
sanctifying power to bear upon them all, and prove
that His mission was to redeem and glorify them
all. And every line of His ministry bears witness
that there is nothing in our lives, and nothing
which affects man, that is outside the range of