But she had confidencCj that if she could only " touch His garment/' she would bo made well. And so it was. There lay hid in that act of her's a seed of precious faith, which obtained our Lord's commendation. She was made whole at once, and returned home in peace. To use the words of a good old writer, " She came trembling, and went back triumphing."
Let us store up in our minds this history. It may perhaps help us mightily in some hour of need. Our faith may be feeble. Our courage may be small. Our grasp of the Gospel, and its promises, may be weak and trembling. But, after all, the grand question is, do we really trust only in Christ ? Do we look to Jesus, and only to Jesus, for pardon and peace .? If this be so, it is well. If we may not touch His garment, we can touch His heart. Such faith saves the soul. Weak faith is less comfortable than strong faith. Weak faith will carry us to heaven with far less joy than full assurance. But weak faith gives an interest in Christ as surely as strong faith. He that only touches the hem of Christ's garment shall never perish.
In the last place, let us mark in this passage, our Lord's almighty poioer. He restores to life one that was dead.
How wonderful that sight must have been ! Who that has ever seen the dead, can forget the stillness, the silence, the coldness, when the breath has left the body ? Who can for2;et the awful feeling:, that a mi"*htv chau2:e has taken place, and a mighty gulf been placed between ourselves and the departed ? But behold ! our Lord goes to the chamber where the dead lies, and calls the spirit
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