September 5

Heal me, O Lord, and E shall be healed. — JER. xvii. 14.

Wilt thou be made whole? — JOHN v. 6.

OUR text presents unto us another one of those incidents which showeth the mercy and goodness of God, and how anxious Christ as the great Physician was to do good, — the care of the Shepherd for the sheep, the Redeemer for the redeemed.

The great drawback to the world is that it fails to devise methods to fully enhance its glory; we fail to find out in the years we have to spend upon the earth all which a curious mind imagines. If anything has baffled science, it is that scientists have failed to discover and devise methods to enable them to master her fully; if anything has created uneasiness among those of the medical world, it is that which has hindered a successful treatment of patients. But dissimilar to all of these, Christ, the healer divine, walks into the midst of many maladies, the halt, the blind, and those afflicted for many years, — saying, Wilt thou be made whole? And, behold, him who accepted his overtures of mercy and love is made whole from that hour. The length of time he was sick, and the completeness in the cure, all but increases our faith in him whose very words make one wise unto salvation, and showeth that he is the sinner's friend, and would that all would turn unto God and live.

David W. Frazier

The great Physician now is near,

The sympathizing Jesus;

He speaks, the drooping heart to cheer,

Oh, hear the voice of Jesus!

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