Levi H. Dowling

“ Now, as he spoke, a servant from the home of Jairus came and said, My master, Jairus, trouble not the Lord to come; your child is dead.
26. But Jesus said, Jairus, man of faith, do not permit your faith to waver in this trying hour.
27. What is it that the servant said? The child is dead? Lo, what is death?
28. It is the passing of the soul out of the house of flesh.
29. Man is the master of the soul and of its house. When man has risen up from doubt and fear, lo, he can cleanse the empty house and bring the tenant back again. ”

“ But Jesus said, You cannot put new wine in ancient skins, for when it purifies itself, lo, it expands; the ancient bottles cannot bear the strain; they burst, and all the wine is lost.
7. Men do not mend a worn-out garment with a piece of cloth unworn, which cannot yield to suit the fabric, weak with age, and then a greater rent appears. ”

“ Old wine may be preserved in ancient skins; but new wine calls for bottles new.
9. This spirit-truth I bring is to this generation new, and if we put it in the ancient skins of Jewish forms, lo, it will all be lost. ”