T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S lady, who afterwards became an able minister of Christ, and wrote the hymn “ Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me.” Who shall measure the influence of this hymn. Brought Back From Death. Bishop Simpson was given up by the doctors. A thousand miles away a com pany of Christian ministers and work ers prayed for his recovery. This is what happened. His physician left his room and said to his wife, “ It is useless to do anything further; the Bishop must die.” In about an hour he returned, and started back inquiring, “What have you done?” ' “Nothing,” was the reply. “ He is- recovering rapidly,” said the physician; “ a change has occurred in the last hour beyond anything I have ever seen; the crisis is past and the Bishop will recover.” And he did. The Golden Text Illustration. “ In the winter of 1913 I was holding a series of evangelistic meetings in Calumet, Mich. A letter came from my wife saying our little daughter Ruth was very sick, and this was followed by a telegram carrying the news that three doctors had been in consultation and had decided to perform a serious oper ation on a date a few days hence. I was greatly exercised, but as we were right in the midst of a great “ break” in the meetings, I could not bring myself to decide to go home. While giving my little sweetheart anew to the Lord, the suggestion came to me “ Telegraph father.” I at once telegraphed him at Wilmot. On the day the operation was to have been performed I received this telegram from my father: “ I have heard from heaven. The doctors will not op erate on Ruth.” I anxiously awaited a letter from home, and it came two days later, saying the doctors came ready to perform the operation, but found Ruth so much better that they, decided to postpone it, and that Ruth was sitting up in bed on the day the
193 letter was written. The cheerful little lassie is with us now (1917) and the operation remains ‘postponed,’ there be ing no evident need for it.” (B. F.) February 15. v. 32. Peter passed throughout all quarters. Thus in many a hurried phrase we shall find service and suffer ing, trial and triumph which only God can recognize. COMMENTS FROM at a house and offered prayer. By the clock it -was but a few minutes but into those min utes he condensed the pathos of a life time and in that one brief prayer he spared not the blood of his very heart — Parker. Dwelt at Lydda. We may find saints in unexpected places.— Eliot. v. 33. There he found Aeneas. He found the man who is to be found in every city, locally called Aeneas but everywhere called the sick man.— Peo ple’s Bible. Sick of the palsy. The word “ palsy” comes from the word which signifies “ to be i loose on one side. It means to be paralyzed. It pictures the natural man. He is in capable on the side toward God (Rom. 8:7; Jer. 13:23).—Haldeman. v. 34. Christ maketh thee whole. We are only instruments of Christ. Do we put ourselves or Christ in the fore ground in our service?— Johnson. Arise and make thy bed. Both miracles of this lesson are clear imitations of what Peter had seen Christ do. Com pare the healing of the paralytic in Mark 2 and raising of Jairus’ daughter (Mark 5:35-43) and note the likenesses and differences. Love always imitates. Get near to Jesus and you will catch' His manner.— Echoes. When Christ really touches one’s life, he can do for himself what others have' always had to do for him.-—K. B. He arose. That day closed differently from all other days of his life because he had met a man who really knew Jesus Christ and who brought the mighty power of Christ into his life. Has some one’s life been changed because they met you? v. 35. They saw him and turned to God. When a man is really redeemed, it makes it easier for others to believe the Bible.— McNeill. If we were in our lives more perfect manifestations of the power of Christ there would be more MANY SOURCES Keith L. Brooks We hear it said of a minister that he called .
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