Je-sus said to them, Why do you weep? She sleeps; she is not dead.
He meant that she would soon rise from the dead, as one who wakes out of his sleep.
CUR-ED BY TOUCH-ING HIS GAR-MENT.
But they saw that she was dead, and as they had no faith in his words they laughed him to scorn.
Then he put them all out of the room save three of the twelve—Pe-ter, James, and John—and the fa-ther and mo-ther of the young girl. Then he took the child by the hand and said, I say to thee a-rise. And she rose from her bed, and had strength to walk, and Je-sus bade them bring her some food that she might eat.
And her fa-ther and mo-ther knew not what to think of these strange things. Je-sus bade them tell no one of what he had done, and there was no need for them to speak. For there was their child, well and strong, once more the light and joy of their house, and their hearts must have been full of thanks and praise to God!
THE DAU-GHTER OF JA-I-RUS.