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

36 THE HEALING OF
crumbs.
The word came into his heart with divinely
persuasive tones, " Behold the birds of the heavens,
that they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather
into barns, and your Heavenly Father feedeth them.
Be not, therefore, anxious for the morrow." " The
man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him."
He thereafter had no anxiety. And God did take
care of that wife and family.
At times the faith of the strongest needs a definite
word of the Lord to stay itself upon. You may
remember the case of the great Bishop Butler.
Nearing his death, he said, " The consciousness of my
perpetual infirmities makes me afraid to die." " My
lord," said the chaplain, "you have forgotten that
Jesus Christ is a Saviour."
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u True," was the answer,
but how shall I know that He is a Saviour for me "
" My lord, it is written, Him that cometh unto Me
I will in no wise cast out." " True," said the Bishop,
" and I am surprised that though I have read that
Scripture a thousand times over, I
till this moment ;
never felt its virtue
and now I die happy."— " The man
believed the word that Jesus spake unto him."
I knew of one, feeling he must do something, work
this or that, ere he could be accepted, hearing the
word :
" This is the work of God, that ye believe on
Him whom He hath sent," and believing it, he straightway
enjoyed complete rest.
word that Jesus spake unto him."
" The man believed the
Paul tells us that he could not bear patiently the
thorn in the flesh until the word of the Lord came to
him, " My grace is sufficient for thee." And how
many since have found this word a resting-place for
their soul.