I cannot tell whether this faith of the Samaritans is what one class of modern divines would call _saving_ faith. I should imagine not. For these poor men said they knew Jesus to be the Saviour of the _world_; and it seems to be put forward as the characteristic of saving faith, that men should believe a Saviour for themselves who is not a Saviour for the world. And, certainly, their belief had not that groundwork which another class of divines tells us is the only one upon which the claims of a Christ can rest. He had done no sign or wonder before them; He had only discoursed with them. On this topic, that other story to which I alluded may possibly throw some light. It is introduced by the words, '_Now after two days He departed thence, and went into Galilee_.' He was going into Galilee before. A strange reason is given for His spending so short a time among the people who had met Him so cordially. '_For Jesus Himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country._' He did not count it good to stay where He had honour. The Galilæans were His kinsfolk and neighbours, bound to Him by human, and therefore by divine, ties. _There_ was the token that He was to labour among them. More respect He might find elsewhere,--that was not what He came into the world to look for. His followers often judge differently about this matter. It may be that here, as elsewhere, we should act more safely if we thought that He had left us an example that we should walk in His footsteps.