. The gate beautiful. handful of dew fell from Mount Hermonupon the church of St. Mary, where at onceit was gathered by the Christian physicians[270] iLooSmg Onto t^e f (llsJ and proved a sovereign remedy for all mannerof diseases. This dew from the sacred moun-tain represents the love of Christ which comesdown perpetually from heaven, which notonly nourishes the lives of men but also healsall diseases. [271 ] 00 iEitaclc, I3ut po>a>tt 273 // we sit down at set of sunAnd count the things that we have done, And counting, findOne self-denying act, one wordThat eased the heart of him who he
. The gate beautiful. handful of dew fell from Mount Hermonupon the church of St. Mary, where at onceit was gathered by the Christian physicians[270] iLooSmg Onto t^e f (llsJ and proved a sovereign remedy for all mannerof diseases. This dew from the sacred moun-tain represents the love of Christ which comesdown perpetually from heaven, which notonly nourishes the lives of men but also healsall diseases. [271 ] 00 iEitaclc, I3ut po>a>tt 273 // we sit down at set of sunAnd count the things that we have done, And counting, findOne self-denying act, one wordThat eased the heart of him who heard, One glance most kindThat fell like sunshine where it went,Then we may count that day well spent. But, if through all the livelong day,Weve eased no heart by yea or nay, If, through it nothing done that we can traceThat brought the sunshine to a face ; No act most helped some soul and nothing count that day as worse than lost. [274] CHAPTER TWENTIETH jj ^0 ^ivaclz, T5ut i^otpet; Xff-^. T is said of John the Bap-tist that he did no miracles,but that all he said aboutChrist was true. Thereforeone may not be a miracleworker, and yet may bevery useful. Perhaps we think that most ofthe things of love and mercy which Jesus didwere miracles. He had divine power, andmany of his works were supernatural. Heshowed his power over nature when he madethe water wine, when he stilled the stormy sea,when he multiplied the loaves. He showed hispower over sickness and disease when hehealed all manner of human ailments. Heshowed his power over demons when he castthem out of those in whom they were showed his power over the Tempter whenhe vanquished him in the wilderness. Heshowed his power over death when he rose[ 275 ] W)t (Kate Beautiful from the grave. We may not make little ofChrists miracles—he did many things whichno man could do. An English preacher tells of a visit paid by aparty of Americans to the wonderful royalgrapevine at Hampton Court. It
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