‘Only believe.’ That is in the centre; and on the one side, ‘Fear not!’—a command ridiculous without it; and on the other side, ‘Hope!’ an injunction impossible apart from faith. Jesus Christ is saying the very same things to us. His fundamental commandment is ‘Only believe,’ and there effloresce from it the two things, courage that never trembles, and hope that never despairs. ‘Only believe’—usually He made the outflow of His miraculous power contingent upon the faith, either of the sufferer himself