Jesus at Work
At sunset, all who had friends suffering from various diseases took them to Jesus; and he placed his hands upon every one of them and cured them. And even demons came out from many people, screaming “You are the Son of God.” Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
At daybreak, Jesus went out and walked to a lonely spot. But crowds of people began to look for him; and they came to where he was and tried to detain him and prevent his leaving them. Jesus, however, said to them:
“I must take the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, for that was why I was sent.”
And he continued to make his proclamation in the Synagogues of Judaea.
—Luke.
We May Not Climb the Heavenly Steeps
We may not climb the heavenly steeps
To bring the Lord Christ down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For Him no depths can drown.
But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
The healing of the seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch Him in life’s throng and press,
And we are whole again.
O Lord and Master of us all,
Whate’er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear
Thy call, We test our lives by Thine.
—John G. Whittier.