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tendency of Christs miracles as well as if his other work was to restore man to his original completeness, to counter act sin and death. But if his object was to destroy the dominion of death in others, shall he stop short of restoring himself when he descends into the grave? The miracles of his life require the miracle of his own resurrection. But once more, his miracles were progressive. He begins with the unclear form, with nature. He produces bread and wine. Stills the winds and calms the seas, withers the fig tree and sends the swine into the sea. Then he heals blindness and lameness and all external human maladies. Then came the deeper or inner maladies, such as fevers and leprosy, then he approaches the spiritual, he casts out demons. He goes deeper still and grapples with death and even here we notice a progression. In the case of Jarius daughter, she had but just fallen, But son of the widow of [[unclear], had gone farther into the land