the Son of David who had worked the cure. His history concludes with the touching expression, he " followed Jesus in the way."
Let us see in these simple words, a lively emblem of the effect that the grace of Christ ought to have on every one who tastes it. It ought to make him a follower of Jesus in his life, and to draw him with mighty power into the way of holiness. Freely pardoned, he ought to give himself freely and willingly to Christ's service. Bought at so mighty a price as the blood of Christ, he ought to devote himself heartily and thoroughly to Him who re- deemed him. Grace really experienced will make a man feel daily, " What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits. " It did so for the apostle Paul : he says, " the love of Christ constraineth us." (2 Cor. v. 14.) It will do so for all true Christians at the present day. The man who boasts of having an interest in Christ, while he does not follow Christ in his life, is a miserable self- deceiver, and is ruining his own soul. " As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they," and they only, " are the sons of God." (Rom. viii. 14.)
Have we had our eyes opened by the Spirit of God ? Have we yet been taught to see sin, and Christ, and holiness, and heaven, in their true light ? Can we say, One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see ? If so, we shall know the things of which we have been reading, by experience. If not, we are yet in the broad way that leadeth to destruction, and have every thing to learn.
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