Son to have life in himself." One thought alone
can comfort those whose eflforts are powerless
over dear friends, — the thought that they too are in
the " house of mercy ; " that if they be loved by
their earthly relatives, the Lord loves them infinitely
more. He is more anxious even than they are to
cure and to quicken them. Therefore, my soul,
"wait thou still upon God." "Is anything too
hard for the Lordi" " If it be marvellous in the
eyes of the remnant of this people in these days,
should it also be marvellous in my eyesi saith the
Lord of hosts." All the world would have given
up the poor, powerless sufferer at Bethesda; but
Jesus Christ gives up, abandons no one. If He lay
His hand heavily on some for long years, it is only
that He may reveal Himself to them, and cause
them to know the salvation of the Lord. At the
appointed hour He approaches the paralytic, and
asks ot him, " Wilt thou be made whole f The
Saviour can stir up the depths of our spirits, and
make us yearn for a change of state and nature.
