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of</c><00:38:02.849><c> other</c><00:38:03.909><c> examples</c><00:38:04.789><c> in</c><00:38:05.030><c> the</c><00:38:05.250><c> scriptures</c><00:38:05.650><c> of</c><00:38:06.909><c> domestic</c><00:38:07.530><c> scenes.</c><00:38:09.610><c> We</c><00:38:09.750><c> thought</c> 00:38:10.110 --> 00:38:21.050 of<00:38:10.289><c> the</c><00:38:10.550><c> marriage</c><00:38:10.929><c> in</c><00:38:11.409><c> Cana.</c><00:38:13.369><c> We</c><00:38:13.570><c> thought</c><00:38:13.889><c> of</c><00:38:14.250><c> the</c><00:38:16.150><c> sick</c><00:38:16.489><c> bedside</c><00:38:17.110><c> of</c><00:38:17.369><c> this</c><00:38:18.050><c> young</c><00:38:18.429><c> man.</c><00:38:20.349><c> And</c><00:38:20.590><c> we</c><00:38:20.809><c> think</c> 00:38:21.050 --> 00:38:27.469 of<00:38:21.230><c> other</c><00:38:21.489><c> occasions</c><00:38:22.230><c> when</c><00:38:23.349><c> faith</c><00:38:23.949><c> is</c><00:38:25.130><c> more</c><00:38:25.530><c> than</c><00:38:25.769><c> amply</c><00:38:26.230><c> rewarded.</c><00:38:27.269><c> And</c> 00:38:27.469 --> 00:38:28.929 the<00:38:27.630><c> wonderful</c><00:38:28.030><c> thing</c><00:38:28.349><c> about</c> 00:38:28.929 --> 00:38:34.349 some<00:38:29.389><c> of</c><00:38:29.630><c> these</c><00:38:29.869><c> instances</c><00:38:30.369><c> is</c><00:38:30.670><c> there</c><00:38:30.929><c> seems</c><00:38:31.269><c> to</c><00:38:31.510><c> be</c><00:38:31.969><c> so</c><00:38:32.769><c> little</c><00:38:33.289><c> ground</c><00:38:33.829><c> for</c> 00:38:34.349 --> 00:38:36.670 faith.<00:38:35.789><c> And</c><00:38:35.989><c> it</c><00:38:36.130><c> is</c><00:38:36.369><c> these</c> 00:38:36.670 --> 00:38:40.730 things<00:38:36.989><c> that</c><00:38:37.269><c> make</c><00:38:37.429><c> me</c><00:38:37.750><c> so</c><00:38:38.050><c> ashamed.</c><00:38:38.449><c> We</c><00:38:38.730><c> have</c><00:38:39.050><c> so</c><00:38:39.550><c> much</c><00:38:39.889><c> ground</c><00:38:40.349><c> for</c> 00:38:40.730 --> 00:38:43.170 faith.<00:38:42.010><c> Particularly</c><00:38:42.630><c> in</c><00:38:42.929><c> these</c> 00:38:43.170 --> 00:38:47.849 last<00:38:43.510><c> days</c><00:38:43.769><c> as</c><00:38:43.989><c> we</c><00:38:44.150><c> look</c><00:38:44.329><c> about</c><00:38:44.690><c> and</c><00:38:44.889><c> the</c><00:38:45.150><c> signs</c><00:38:45.389><c> in</c><00:38:45.610><c> the</c><00:38:45.809><c> world,</c><00:38:46.530><c> I</c><00:38:46.769><c> reckon,</c><00:38:47.389><c> brethren</c><00:38:47.389><c> and</c><00:38:47.630><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:47.849 --> 00:38:54.710 is<00:38:47.849><c> that</c><00:38:48.070><c> we</c><00:38:48.309><c> live</c><00:38:48.489><c> by</c><00:38:48.949><c> sight</c><00:38:49.489><c> these</c><00:38:50.150><c> days,</c><00:38:50.849><c> not</c><00:38:51.210><c> by</c><00:38:51.610><c> faith.</c><00:38:54.150><c> But</c><00:38:54.349><c> think</c><00:38:54.530><c> of</c> 00:38:54.710 --> 00:38:56.909 that<00:38:55.610><c> 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which</c><00:40:23.469><c> he</c><00:40:23.809><c> spake</c><00:40:24.670><c> by</c><00:40:25.250><c> Elijah.</c><00:40:27.110><c> And</c><00:40:27.349><c> verse</c><00:40:27.590><c> 24,</c><00:40:29.349><c> and</c><00:40:29.590><c> the</c><00:40:29.789><c> woman</c><00:40:30.210><c> said</c><00:40:30.570><c> to</c> 00:40:37.730 --> 00:40:42.389 her<00:40:38.409><c> son,</c><00:40:38.409><c> that</c><00:40:38.409><c> thou</c><00:40:38.750><c> art</c><00:40:39.130><c> a</c><00:40:39.349><c> man</c><00:40:39.550><c> of</c><00:40:39.769><c> God,</c><00:40:41.010><c> and</c><00:40:41.449><c> that</c><00:40:41.670><c> the</c><00:40:41.889><c> word</c><00:40:42.130><c> of</c> 00:40:42.389 --> 00:40:46.030 the<00:40:42.570><c> Lord</c><00:40:42.909><c> in</c><00:40:43.269><c> thy</c><00:40:43.570><c> mouth</c><00:40:44.070><c> is</c><00:40:45.050><c> truth.</c> 00:40:46.929 --> 00:40:51.449 Her<00:40:47.349><c> son</c><00:40:47.650><c> had</c><00:40:48.010><c> been</c><00:40:48.429><c> the</c><00:40:48.750><c> means</c><00:40:49.090><c> of</c><00:40:49.530><c> the</c><00:40:49.889><c> sign,</c><00:40:50.230><c> the</c><00:40:50.590><c> great</c><00:40:50.909><c> sign</c><00:40:51.250><c> of</c> 00:40:51.449 --> 00:40:53.889 resurrection.<00:40:53.030><c> What</c><00:40:53.250><c> a</c><00:40:53.530><c> wonderful</c> 00:40:53.889 --> 00:41:04.650 thing<00:40:54.170><c> that</c><00:40:54.449><c> was.</c><00:40:55.070><c> But</c><00:40:55.269><c> as</c><00:40:55.590><c> a</c><00:40:55.750><c> result</c><00:40:56.010><c> of</c><00:40:56.250><c> this,</c><00:40:57.250><c> she</c><00:40:57.610><c> knew.</c><00:41:01.670><c> Oh,</c><00:41:01.889><c> that</c><00:41:02.150><c> our</c><00:41:02.449><c> faith</c><00:41:03.130><c> were</c><00:41:04.389><c> of</c> 00:41:04.650 --> 00:41:06.050 that<00:41:04.929><c> sort</c> 00:41:06.389 --> 00:41:14.449 that<00:41:06.989><c> we</c><00:41:07.309><c> can</c><00:41:07.670><c> say,</c><00:41:09.670><c> I</c><00:41:09.710><c> know.</c><00:41:11.829><c> I</c><00:41:12.429><c> know</c><00:41:12.849><c> that</c><00:41:13.130><c> my</c><00:41:13.409><c> Redeemer</c><00:41:13.889><c> liveth</c><00:41:14.289><c> and</c> 00:41:14.449 --> 00:41:16.010 that<00:41:14.670><c> he</c><00:41:14.849><c> shall</c><00:41:15.030><c> stand</c><00:41:15.429><c> in</c><00:41:15.650><c> the</c><00:41:15.829><c> earth</c> 00:41:16.010 --> 00:41:21.130 on<00:41:16.210><c> the</c><00:41:16.369><c> latter</c><00:41:16.550><c> day.</c><00:41:18.250><c> Is</c><00:41:18.489><c> that</c><00:41:18.829><c> just</c><00:41:19.150><c> something</c><00:41:19.530><c> that</c><00:41:19.889><c> we</c><00:41:20.190><c> believe,</c><00:41:20.670><c> that</c><00:41:20.869><c> we</c> 00:41:21.130 --> 00:41:23.170 give<00:41:21.309><c> assent</c><00:41:21.690><c> to?</c><00:41:23.010><c> Or</c> 00:41:23.170 --> 00:41:28.650 is<00:41:23.369><c> it</c><00:41:23.610><c> something</c><00:41:23.909><c> that</c><00:41:24.269><c> we</c><00:41:24.650><c> know</c><00:41:24.909><c> in</c><00:41:25.190><c> our</c><00:41:25.449><c> hearts</c><00:41:25.909><c> as</c><00:41:26.750><c> more</c><00:41:27.250><c> certain</c><00:41:27.650><c> than</c><00:41:27.889><c> the</c><00:41:28.130><c> rising</c><00:41:28.449><c> of</c> 00:41:28.650 --> 00:41:29.050 the<00:41:28.829><c> sun</c> 00:41:29.050 --> 00:41:36.969 tomorrow?<00:41:30.510><c> That's</c><00:41:31.510><c> the</c><00:41:31.809><c> sort</c><00:41:32.130><c> of</c><00:41:32.429><c> faith</c><00:41:32.829><c> that</c><00:41:33.469><c> comes</c><00:41:33.869><c> from</c><00:41:34.250><c> these</c><00:41:34.750><c> two</c><00:41:35.090><c> signs</c><00:41:35.829><c> in</c> 00:41:36.969 --> 00:41:39.730 Galilee,<00:41:38.150><c> the</c><00:41:38.489><c> disciples</c> 00:41:39.989 --> 00:41:46.590 and<00:41:40.489><c> the</c><00:41:40.769><c> family.</c><00:41:42.570><c> And</c><00:41:42.889><c> we</c><00:41:43.130><c> pray</c><00:41:43.929><c> that</c><00:41:44.769><c> that</c><00:41:45.090><c> sort</c><00:41:45.309><c> of</c><00:41:45.590><c> faith</c> 00:41:46.590 --> 00:41:50.869 may<00:41:47.190><c> grow</c><00:41:47.449><c> among</c><00:41:47.889><c> God's</c><00:41:48.369><c> family</c><00:41:49.349><c> today.</c>