The Dumb to Speak
Mark 7:37
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.


Dr. Carey found a man in Calcutta who had not spoken a loud word for four years, having been under a vow of perpetual silence. Nothing could open his mouth, till happening to meet with a religious tract, he read it, and his tongue was loosed. He soon threw away his paras, and other badges of superstition, and became, as was believed, a partaker of the grace of God. Many a nominal, and even professing Christian, who is as dumb on religious subjects as if under a "vow of silence," would find a tongue to speak, if religion were really to touch and warm his heart.

(Anon.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

WEB: They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"




Second Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday After Trinity
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