that would tax the popular credulity and elicit those acts of absolute submission that constitute perfect faith.
Brethren, there is here, too, something for our guidance. Modern miracles, are they true or false? I know not, neither do I care. The age of miracles, has it ceased? Practically it has. Is this a misfortune or a blessing? A blessing, for it argues on the part of the men of to-day a deeper mental insight into the nature of Christ and His institutions, and a more docile heart to receive His teaching. Brethren, what shall I say to you? Be not overanxious for material miracles nor over-credulous regarding them to the detriment of your faith. There are, thank God, invisible miracles — invisible, yet very real — happening around and in us every day. There is the cleansing of sin from the soul by the waters of Baptism; there is the cure of spiritual lepers by the words of absolution; there is the changing of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. These and such like are the real miracles of to-day. Believe in them, pray for them, love them, and make them the basis of your faith. They are the only miracles you can build your faith on and still deserve Christ's commendatory words: " Blessed are they that have not seen and have believed."
