Christ Our Example
Our Lord Jesus Christ came to this world as the unwearied servant
of man’s necessity. He “took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses,”
[
Matthew 8:17
.] that He might minister to every need of humanity.
The burden of disease and wretchedness and sin He came to remove.
It was His mission to bring to men complete restoration; He came to
give them health and peace and perfection of character.
Varied were the circumstances and needs of those who besought
His aid, and none who came to Him went away unhelped. From Him
flowed a stream of healing power, and in body and mind and soul men
were made whole.
The Saviour’s work was not restricted to any time or place. His
compassion knew no limit. On so large a scale did He conduct His
work of healing and teaching that there was no building in Palestine
large enough to receive the multitudes that thronged to Him. On
the green hillslopes of Galilee, in the thoroughfares of travel, by the
seashore, in the synagogues, and in every place where the sick could
be brought to Him, was to be found His hospital. In every city, every
town, every village through which He passed, He laid His hands upon
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the afflicted ones, and healed them. Wherever there were hearts ready
to receive His message, He comforted them with the assurance of their
heavenly Father’s love. All day He ministered to those who came to
Him; in the evening He gave attention to such as through the day must
toil to earn a pittance for the support of their families.
Jesus carried the awful weight of responsibility for the salvation of
men. He knew that unless there was a decided change in the principles
and purposes of the human race, all would be lost. This was the burden
of His soul, and none could appreciate the weight that rested upon
Him. Through childhood, youth, and manhood, He walked alone. Yet
it was heaven to be in His presence. Day by day He met trials and
temptations; day by day He was brought into contact with evil, and
witnessed its power upon those whom He was seeking to bless and to
save. Yet He did not fail nor become discouraged.
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