reover, for which we cannot be too thankful that, in explaining Himself, Jesus used not the language of

es that he might bring back the one that had wandered, He opens a window into His own love for men which is worth pages of description.

shepherd, and know not what manner of life is his. So that one is glad that Jesus gave Himself other names as

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hat he has often been cheered and helped by the thought of Jesus as the Good Physician. I

aracter. He says it is the sick who need a Physician, not those who are well. And His defence implies that Jesus regarded

tirely identified with the priestly side of life and the priestly calling. It is beyond question that a faithful priest is, in his degree, a mirror of Christ, and helps men to see Him more clearly. But it is also true--and a truth worth underlining in thes

those who need him. His mere presence in the sick room inspires confidence. In the poor districts of town and city especially, he is more really the friend and confidant and helper of everybody than any other person whatever. As no other man does, the Doctor goes about continuall

do about the Church, who are, in fact, shy of all that is priestly, but who do understand and appreciate the Doctor, I say, I do not know why we have not oftener told them to forget that Jesus is the King and Head of the Church a

d self-forgetfulness, in his care most for those who most need him, in the way he identifies himself with his patient, bearing with, because understanding, his weakness a

and mother, distracted with grief, have yielded their place beside the couch to the Doctor, who sits watching and waiting, all-absorbed in the little one's trouble. It is a noble face, strong, compassionate, resourceful, gentle; and if the Eternal Christ of God is

ow many men who have found comfort by taking their fears and forebodings to the Doctor and hearing his authoritative "Go in peace!" know or realise that just so would Jesus have us bring Him our unworthiness and shame and sin? Jesus n

as a Priest begirt with ceremony and aloof from daily life, but as a Physician, approachable, helpful, human, who

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