gave way before the Lord of Life. '' Immediately she was made straight, and glorified God."
We need not doubt that this mighty miracle was in- tended to supply hope and comfort to sin-diseased souls. With Christ nothing is impossible. He can soften hearts which seem hard as the nether mill-stone. He can bend stubborn wills which "for eighteen years " have been set on self-pleasing, on sin, and the world. He can enable sin- ners who have been long poring over earthly things, to look upward to heaven, and see the kingdom of God. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. He can create, and transform, and renew, and break down, and build, and quicken, with irresistible power. He lives who formed the world out of nothing, and He never changes.
Let us hold fast this blessed truth, and never let it go. Let us never despair about our own l^alvation. Our sins may be countless. Our lives may have been long spent in worldliness and folly. Our youth may have been wasted in soul-defiling excesses, of which we are sorely ashamed. But are we willing to come to Christ, and commit our souls to Him P If so, there is hope. He can heal us thoroughly, and say "thou art loosed fix)m thine infirmity." — ^Let us never despair about the salva- tion of others so long as they are alive. Let us name them before the Lord night and day, and cry to Him on their behalf. We may perhaps have relatives whose case seems desperate because of their wickedness. But it is not really so. There are no incurable cases with Christ. If He were to lay His healing hand on them, they would be "made straight, and glorify God." Let us pray on, and &int noi That saying of Job is worthy of all ac-