Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 56 · 1872
The Secret of Happiness
Matthew 9:2
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST did not say to the palsied man, Be of good cheer; thy palsied limbs shall be made strong and well again;” but, before he had cured that terrible malady, he bade him be comforted because his sins were forgiven, as if that would be a sufficient reason for rejoicing even if he…