Our attention has been drawn to the Master’s sighs; here, however, was another characteristic act. He spat on the eyes of the blind man, perhaps to excite his expectation and faith. Repulsive as op-

thalmia is in the Kast, it did not repel him nor staunch the flow of his pity.

We do not at once see everything clearly, but step by step we come unto perfect vision. Here we see through a glass darkly, there face to face. There was a great price to be paid; it was only through suffering and death that Jesus could do his greatest work, in redeeming and cleansing the children of men. He might have been the miracle-worker apart from Calvary; but to be the Saviour, he must not spare himself but be willing to pour out his soul even unto death. It was hard for the Apostles to learn this lesson; they wanted the Master to spare himself. Peter, especially, sought to dissuade him; but the Lord knew better the desperate need of men and how it must be met. There are three conditions to be fulfilled by those who have resolved to follow ,the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 1. We must deny self; 2. Hach must take up his cross; 3. We must think more of others than of ourselves. If these are realized, the soul is following Christ and making progress, even though it deems itself stagnant or drifting back.