were of the very worst sort. The man with the palsy could not come
himself, however much he wanted to do so, and four men were required to
bring him; the child was dead and so beyond all human help; the two
blind men were undoubtedly beggars and outcasts; the dumb man was
possessed of a devil in addition to his dumbness; the group of people
who were subjects of his healing power had every manner of disease, but
while the people were different and the cases were desperate, Jesus was
always the same.

There were six specific illustrations of healing: three of these came
to Jesus for themselves, the two blind men and the woman; two others
were brought to him, the man sick with the palsy and the man who was
dumb; and for the other case the father came and took Jesus to the
child. In all the general cases Jesus went himself to the suffering.

When all these subjects have been presented then comes the text, which
is its own outline. There is first the picture of the multitudes, a
great number of people. Then the statement that they had fainted;
literally it is, "they were tired." Then they were described as sheep,
the only animal known which in its wandering cannot find its way home
of itself. And finally it was stated that they had no shepherd, the
responsibility for their wandering resting upon others rather than upon
themselves. This is the outline of this message.

I

The picture which Jesus beheld as he walked through his own country is
repeated to-day on every side of us, and he is still moved with
compassion because of those who are helpless and undone. It is true we
have done something for him. The last census shows that the membership
of the Protestant churches has increased more rapidly than the
population. For this we should be thankful. It is also true that the
church machinery of the day is well nigh perfect: the buildings and
equipment with which we have to do have never been excelled. Yet,
counting the membership of both the Catholic and Protestant churches,
there are forty million people to-day in our land who are not in the
church and who evidently do not care for the church. With these people
there seems to be a growing indifference to everything that is
spiritual.

A man in an apartment house in New York, when asked the other day to do
something for a poor family for the sake of God, answered
blasphemously, "I do not care for the opinion of men, I do not even
care for God himself; I am