wayfarer, abandoned on the highway between the Jericho of this world and the heavenly Jerusalem, has been restored to life and hope by the elixir of that name, as was the robbers' victim by the good Samaritan's wine and oil. " Amen, I say to you," says Christ, " if you ask the Father for anything in My name He will give it to you." Let the miracles it has wrought attest the curing power of that name. Let him attest — the cripple from his mother's womb, by the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, whom Peter and John, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, caused to rise and walk; let him give testimony — the blind man, by the walls of Jericho, who had his sight restored because he shouted to the passing Saviour, " Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." Witness they from whose bodies the Apostles, in pursuance of His promise, cast out devils in His name; witness they from whose souls Christ's ministers, in later years, expelled the demons of sin; let these and countless others testify how true are Peter's words that there is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we must be healed and saved.
Brethren, to prove to you the dignity of Jesus' sacred name it will suffice to briefly trace its history. What pomp and ceremony accompany the christening of a royal babe, and yet, how paltry that compared to the naming of the Prince of peace. From heaven to earth, the King of kings sent Gabriel, the highest in His court, to Mary, daughter of a royal line, to name a child — a God-man — who was
