tie oonduct which becomes one who has received mercy from Christ. We are told that when the blind man was re- stored to sight, " he followed Jesus, glorifying God." He felt deeply grateful. He resolved to show his gratitude by becoming one of our Lord's followers and disciples. Pharisees might cavil at our Lord. Sadducees might sneer at His teaching. It mattered nothing to this new disciple. He had the witness in himself that Christ was a Master worth following. He could say " I was blind, and now I see." (John ix. 25.)
Gh-ateful love is the true spring of real obedience to Christ. Men will never take up the cross and confess Jesus before the world, and live to Him, until they feel that they are indebted to Him for pardon, peace, and hope. The ungodly are what they are, because they have no sense of sin, and no consciousness of being under any special obligation to Christ. The godly are what they are, because they love Him who first loved them, and washed them &om sin in His own blood. Christ has healed them, and therefore they follow Christ.
Let us leave the passage with solemn self-inquiry. If we would know whether we have any part or lot in Christy let us look at our lives. Whom do we follow P What are the great ends and objects for which we live P The man who has a real hope in Jesus, may always be known by the general bias of his life.
Notes. Luke XVm. 35—43.
35. — [A$ He was come nigh, do.] The miracle described in this passage is recorded by sJl the three first Gospel writers, but with flome variations. Matthew speaks of two blind men. Mark and Luke speak of only one. Matthew and Mark say that the miracle was wrought when our Lord was "departing " from Jericho. Luke says that it happened, " as He was come nigh."