between Him and His Father, in all that He did, as well as in all that He taught. Once more He would remind them that he did not come among them as a mere Prophet, but as the Messiah who was sent by the Father, and who was one with the Father. Once more He would have them know that as the words which He spake were the very words which the Father gave Him to speak, so the works which He wrought were the very works which the Father gave Him to do. In short, He was the promised Messiah, whom the Father always hears, because He and the Father are One.
Deep and high as this truth is, it is for the peace of our souls to believe it thoroughly, and to grasp it tigntly. Let it be a settled principle of our religion, that the Saviour in whom we trust is nothing less than eternal God, One whom the Father hears always, One who in very deed is God's Fellow. A clear view of the dignity of our Mediator's Person is one secret of inward comfort. Happy is he who can say, " 1 know whom I have believed, and that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him." (2 Tim. i. 12.)
We should mark, lastly, the words wliich our Lord addressed to Lazarus when he raised him from the grave. We read that " He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth ! " At the sound of that voice, the king of terrors at once 3rielded up his lawful captive, and the insatiable grave gave up its prey. At once " He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes."
The greatness of this miracle cannot possibly be ex- aggerated. The mind of man can scarcely take in the vastness of the work that was done. Here, in open day, and before many hostile witnesses, a man, four da3Ts dead, was restored to life in a moment. Here was public proof that our Lord had absolute power over the material world ! A corpse, already corrupt, was made alive ! — Here was public proof that our Lord had absolute power over the