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 chosen people,  a  poor  old  woman,  and  an  heretical community. When Jesus  went  from  Nazareth  to Capharnaum,  He,  after  two  days,  went  south  to  Jerusalem to  the  feast  of  Passover. In Jerusalem  his miracles and  words  aroused  but  opposition  and  unbelief. Returning into  Galilee  He  passed  through Samaria, whose  people  the  supercilious  Jews  regarded as  heretics  and  little  less  than  heathens. Yet there Christ  found  the  faith  He  sought. The poor woman at  Jacob's  well,  all  sinful  as  she  was,  quickly perceived His  Messiasship  and  blazed  it  abroad,  and though He  remained  there  but  two  days  and  performed not  a  single  miracle,  yet  the  citizens  believed in Him,  "  not  for  the  word  of  the  woman  but  because of  His  own  word." " Because,"  said  they  "  we  ourselves have  heard  Him  and  know  that  this  is  indeed the  Saviour  of  the  world." What a  disappointment, then, on  His  arrival  at  Cana,  as  to-day's  Gospel  relates, to  find  a  man  from  Capharnaum,  a  Jew,  petitioning for  the  life  of  his  son,  but  unwilling  to  believe until he  had  seen  signs  and  wonders! What a  disappointment again  when  Jairus,  also  a  Jew,  asked Him to  raise  up  his  dying  or  dead  daughter,  but despaired even  while  the  Saviour  was  on  the  way  to do  so,  and  probably  joined  with  those  who  on Christ's  arrival  laughed  Him  to  scorn! But presently came  the  poor  old  woman,  who  believed  first, and, believing,  touched  the  hem  of  His  garment  and was healed  of  her  issue  of  blood. Presently also came the  heathen  centurion,  that  bluff,  large-hearted soldier, petitioning  for  the  life  of  his  servant,  believ-