As he came from the church he saw a man who had been blind from his birth. Je-sus spat on the ground and made clay of the moist earth, and spread the clay on the eyes of the blind man. Then he told him to go and wash in a pool that was near. And he went, and did as he was told, and his sight came back to him. And his friends, and those who had seen him when he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he; and some said, He is like him; but the man said, I am he. Then they said to him, How were thine eyes cured? And he said, A man, by the name of Je-sus, made clay and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Si-lo-am and wash; and I went and did so, and my sight came back to me. Then they said to him, Where is he? He said, I know not. [Illustration: "ONCE I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE."] It was on the day of rest that Je-sus made the clay, and the Phar-i-sees, when they heard of it, said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the day of rest. And they went to the fa-ther and the mo-ther of the man who had been blind, and said to them, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see? His pa-rents said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but by what means he now sees, or who hath cured his eyes, we know not. He is of age, ask him; he shall speak for him-self. They spoke thus for fear of the Jews; for the Jews had made it known that all those who said that Je-sus was the Christ should be put out of the church. So they said, He is of age; ask him. Then the Phar-i-sees went to the man that was blind, and said to him, Give God the praise, for we know that this man is a man of sin. He said to them, What he is I know not; but this I do know, that once I was blind, but now I see. Then they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he cure thine eyes? The man said, I have told you be-fore, and ye did not hear. Why would ye hear me say it once more? Would ye be of his band? Then they spoke harsh words to him, and said, Thou dost take sides with him, but we stand by Mo-ses. We know that God spoke to Mo-ses; but as for this fel-low, we know not who sent him. The man said, It is strange that ye know not who sent him, when he has brought sight to my blind eyes. Since the world was made we have not heard of a man who could give sight to one that was born blind. If this man were not of God he could not have done this thing. The Phar-i-sees were full of wrath, and said to the man, Thou hast dwelt in sin from thy birth, and wilt thou try to teach us? And they drove him out of the church. Je-sus heard of it, and when he found the man he said to him, Have you faith in the son of God? He said, Who is he, Lord, that I may put my trust in him? Je-sus said, It is he that talks with thee. The man said, Lord, I know that it must be so; and he fell at the feet of Je-sus, and gave praise to him. CHAPTER XIII.