He taught them then that form of prayer Which pure devotion is; Known as THE LORD'S PRAYER ever since, Because the words are His. Then on He went, and preached the truth, Along each country road, And taught the people, high and low, The love and fear of God; And told them how God answers prayer, If prayer be warm and true-- With far more loving, swift response Than earthly parents do. The Woman with an Infirmity. NOW, in a synagogue, as He One Sabbath day did preach, Behold a woman, quite bowed down And listening to His speech, A poor, afflicted sufferer, Who bore with groans and tears, A spirit of infirmity For fully eighteen years. Upon her Jesus laid His hand, And, suddenly made straight, She rose and glorified her God, Whose mercies are so great. The ruler of the synagogue, Indignant that the Lord Upon the Sabbath day had wrought This healing by His word, Unto the people said: "There are Six days in which you may Do all your works;--in them be healed-- Not on the Sabbath day." Then Jesus answered: "Hypocrite, Doth not each of you think It right, on Sabbath day, to lead His beast away to drink? "And ought not this poor woman, who Is Abraham's daughter, be Made loose from pain she bore so long Through Satan's tyranny?" And all His adversaries were Ashamed when thus He chid, While others wondered and rejoiced For all the works He did. [Illustration: FINDING OF THE LOST SHEEP. St. Matthew 18.12-14; St. Luke 15.3-7] The Man Born Blind. WHEN, coming near His journey's end, Jerusalem was nigh, He, one day, saw a man, born blind, As He was passing by. And His disciples questioned Him: "Master, whose sin hath done Such evil as is this man's lot-- His parents' or his own?" And Jesus answered: "Neither hath His parents sinned nor he, But that the works of God, in him, Might be made plain to see. "I must perform my Father's works While it is day; the night Is coming, when no man can work; But I am the world's light, "As long as I am in the world." And when He thus did say He spat upon the ground, and made The spittle into clay; And with it He anointed thick The eyes that ne'er had seen, Then said unto the man: "Go wash In water pure and clean." Then went the man obediently, And washed his sightless eyes, And instantly he saw all round, With grateful, glad surprise. The neighbors said: "Is this the man Who begged, and could not see?" Said others: "He is like to him." But he said: "I am he." They asked him how he gained his sight, And he, with thankful voice, Told all about the wondrous work That made his heart rejoice. And now unto the Pharisees The happy man they brought; And it was on the Sabbath day This miracle was wrought.