o the care of the church. 1 Tim. 5:9, 10.

Chapter IX. Divine Healing.

The thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah is a prophecy beautifully extolling the
glories and virtues of Christ's redemptive works. "The desert shall
rejoice and blossom as the rose." "It shall blossom abundantly, and
rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given
unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of
the Lord, and the excellency of our God.... Then the eyes of the blind
shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall
the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing."

In Isaiah sixty-one, is another prophecy of the Savior: "The Spirit of the
Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them
that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." Isa. 61:1,
2. Where this text is quoted in the New Testament, there is added, "and
recovering of sight to the blind." Luke 4:18. This addition is found in
the LXX.

Again the prophet speaking of Christ said, "But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." Isa. 53:5. The
evangelist in speaking of the prophecy of Isa. 53:4, 5, says, "When the
even was come they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick;
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." Mat. 8:16, 17. In
verse thirteen is recorded the healing of the centurion's servant: "Go thy
way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant
was healed in the selfsame hour." When Jesus saw the mother of Peter's
wife lying sick of a fever, he touched her hand and the fever left her,
and she arose and ministered unto them. Ver. 14, 15.

In the ninth chapter of Matthew is recorded the instance of the healing of
the man sick of the palsy, and of a woman who had been diseased for twelve
years, and of the raising to life of the daughter of a certain ruler; also
the restoring of the sight of two blind men. Jesus saith unto them,
"Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. The