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416 A miracle is a supernatural event, whose antecedent forces are beyond our finite vision, whose design is the display of almighty power for the accomplishment of almighty purposes, and whose immediate result, as regards man, is his recognition of God as the Supreme Ruler of all things, and of His will as the only supreme law. —.

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven. —.

When I look to my guiltiness, I see that my salvation is one of our Saviour's greatest miracles, either in heaven or earth. —.

Once a single word of the Saviour suddenly calmed a furiously agitated sea; one look of Him at us, and of ours towards Him ought always to perform the same miracle within us.

It was a great thing to open the eyes of a blind man, but it is a greater thing to open the eyes of a blind soul. It was a great thing to bring a dead body back to life, but it is a greater miracle to bring a soul dead in sin back to life. My friends have you ever felt the touch of this Jesus? Oh! that we all might feel His touch, that we might look and be healed and live. —.