vin this principle in practice. 145 



preserved through such a danger, but would keep His 

 disciples safe also. He desired to find a faith strong 

 enough to anticipate express revelation. 



And this was the faith which He praised when He 

 found it. Ten men who were afflicted with leprosy 

 once saw Him, and cried out, "Jesus, Master, have 

 mercy upon us " ; and He, without waiting to touch 

 them, as He usually did in healing, said " Go, show 

 yourselves to the priests " (as commanded by Moses 

 in the case of a cure of leprosy). They went on their 

 way to obey this command, and as they went they 

 saw and felt that the disease had departed. One of 

 them, a Samaritan, then turned back, gave praise to 

 God, and fell down at the feet of Jesus to give Him 

 thanks. The remaining nine obeyed the letter of 

 Christ's command, and went on ; the Samaritan dis- 

 obeyed it in the letter, or at least did what Jesus 

 had not commanded, and he received these words of 

 approval and praise : " Were not the ten cleansed ? 

 but where are the nine 1 ? Were there none found 

 that returned to give glory to God, save this alien *? 

 Arise and go thy way : thy faith hath saved thee." 1 



Similarly, in the case of the Syrophenician, or 

 Canaanite, woman, whose daughter the Lord de- 

 livered from the demon which oppressed her, the 

 faith which He approved was a faith which showed 

 itself in trusting in His goodness and mercy 

 against His own words. 2 He answered her first 



1 Luke xvii. 12-19. 



2 Matt. xv. 22-28 ; Mark vii. 25-30. 



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