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And while he remained a long time knocking at the door, and expecting him to come to pray to God for the child, Antony could not bear to open, but leaning from above, said, "Man, why criest thou to me? I, too, am a man, as thou art. But if thou believest, pray to God, and it comes to pass."
That thou believest in the Last Day, and in the Providence of God both for good and for evil. The Hanbali ritual is now almost entirely confined to Medina and Kasim in Central Arabia. This was written before the events of last September, which have given a new impulse to liberalism in Egypt, though it has taken the direction of Mohammedan thought there out of the hands of the Khedive.
The porch is never to be shut against the poor fugitive; and the only proper inquiry as to opening the door of the church, is, 'If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest freely enter. Ed.
The latter half of the commandment, I think, shows what is meant. `Non adorabis ea, neque coles' `thou shalt not worship them. At the same time, Saint Paul saith, `Omne autem, quod non est ex fide, peccatum est' `all that is not of faith is sin; and `nisi ei qui existimat quid commune esse, illi commune est': namely, `to him who esteemeth a thing unclean, to him it is unclean. If thou really believest it sin, by no means allow thyself to do it."
Near the triclinium were heard in the alley, the steps of the old general, Vinicius, Lygia, and little Aulus; but before they arrived, Petronius had put another question "But believest thou in the gods, then, Pomponia?" "I believe in God, who is one, just, and all-powerful," answered the wife of Aulus Plautius.
And then He declares that the condition on which He, the Life-giver, gives of His immortal life to dying men, is their trust in Him. These three His character and work, the gifts of which His hands are full, and the way by which the gifts may be appropriated by us men these three are, as I take it, the central facts of Christianity. 'Believest thou this?
III. And now, lastly, let me ask you to think of the direct personal appeal to every soul that lies in this question. I have dwelt upon two out of the three words of which the question is composed 'believest thou this? Let me dwell for a moment on the third of them 'believest thou?
O thou wonderful nineteenth century! thou that believest in no miracles and doest so many, hast thou brought this, too, about, that ladies' hearts should be won, and gentlemen's also, not in courts of tourney or halls of revel, but over a counter and behind a stall? We are, indeed, a nation of shopkeepers! The king of Otaheite, though a despot, was a reformer.
Muller's heart grew in capacity for larger service, and his faith in capacity for firmer confidence, so that while he was led to attempt greater things for God, he was led also to expect greater things from God. Those suggestive words of Christ to Nathanael have often prompted like larger expectations: "Believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these."
"'And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. "'And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him." Scarcely had the reader ceased when Abdullah sprang to his feet. "Father," he cried, "see, here is water.
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