Quotes #2

”As a parable shows on earthly grounds the reflex of a higher truth,
in order to serve as a means of explaining the latter,
so a miracle which relieves an earthly pain
is the symbol of the help within reach for a deeper need. 
Our Lord cures the sick of the palsy;
but the first words of the narrative point most expressly to a higher region.
He gives sight to him that was born blind;
but the concluding words of the history exclude the thought of a mere deed of compassion.”

- Steinmeyer

”As the tree repeats itself in the framework of the every leaf that hangs upon its branches,
so the one great miracle which Christ came to perform, is reproduced in some sort in each of His miracles;
though, from the nature of the case, no one of them can give us a full idea of His work,
and it is only when we put them all together that we have anything like
a complete representation of all that He has done for humanity.”

- Taylor