. When the King came; stories from the four Gospels . crowd in the were there from curiosity, that they mightsee him; some because they had heard himspeak and wished to hear him speak again,desiring to know more about God and thekingdom of God; some because they were introuble and hoped that he might help in the crowd that day there was onewoman who was in two kinds of trouble at thesame time; she was both sick and poor. Shehad spent all her money, and she had spentit all upon the doctors, trying to get well, invain. The worst use of money is to spend itfor things which ma
. When the King came; stories from the four Gospels . crowd in the were there from curiosity, that they mightsee him; some because they had heard himspeak and wished to hear him speak again,desiring to know more about God and thekingdom of God; some because they were introuble and hoped that he might help in the crowd that day there was onewoman who was in two kinds of trouble at thesame time; she was both sick and poor. Shehad spent all her money, and she had spentit all upon the doctors, trying to get well, invain. The worst use of money is to spend itfor things which make the spender and hisfriends sick; but the next to the worst useis to spend it in seeking for health withoutfinding it. This poor woman had gone toone physician after another. Every doctor inCapernaum had knocked at her door; andnot one had done her any good. There shewas, able to walk out a little way in the street,but still hopelessly sick. And that day as shewalked she heard the footsteps and voices ofa crowd coming behind her, and looking about. JAIRUS DAUGHTER THE MINISTERS LITTLE DAUGHTER 157 she saw our Lord in the midst of them. Andimmediately she said to herself, If I maybut touch his garment, I shall be whole. Butshe was very timid. She did not dare to go tohim before all those people, and tell him howshe needed his blessing. She just waited tillthe throng overtook her, and mingled withthe others, and made her way, nearer andnearer to him, and at last got where she couldput out her hand and touch his cloak. Andat once she was made whole. But the King stopped. He looked aboutupon the crowd and said, Who touched me ?who pulled my coat ?: And one drew backand said, Not I; and another said, NotI. And Peter said, Master, the multitudethrong thee, and press thee, and sayest thou Who touched me ? But our Lord repeatedthe question. Somebody, he said, hathtouched me, for I perceive that strength hasgone out to somebody here from me. Thenwhen the woman saw that she could not b
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