is always found of those who really seek Him. The Sab- bath breaker, the Bible-neglecter, and the prayerless man are forsaking their own mercies and digging graves for their own souls. They are not sitting " by the way-side." We see, for another thing, in this passage, an example of our duty in the matter of prayer. We are told that when this blind man heard that Jesus of Nazareth waS' passing by, he " cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me." We are told further, that when some rebuked him, and bade him hold his peace, he would not be silenced. He only "cried so much the more." He felt his need, and found words to tell his story. He was not to be stopped by the rebukes of people who knew nothing of the misery of blindness. His sense of wretched- ness made him go on crying. And his importunity was amply rewarded. He found what he sought. That Y^ty day he received sight.
What the blind man did on behalf of his bodily ailment, it IB surely our bounden duty to do on behalf of our eouls. Our need is far greater than hid. The disease of sin is fieir more grievous than the want of sight. The tongue tiiat can find words to describe the necessities of tiie body, can surely find words to explain the wants of the soul. Ijet us begin praying if we never prayed yet Let us more heartily and earnestly, if we have prayed in psst. Jesus, the Son of David, is still passing by, juid sot far from every one of us. Let us cry to Him for ■aerey and allow nothing to stop our crying. Let us net go down to the pit speechless and dumb, wi&out so mudi as a cry for help. None will be so excuseless at the last ^Ifty as iM^tized men and women who never tried to pray.