A lady who was in great distress on account of a wild and wayward brother went one Sunday morning to her accustomed seat in the house of God. So burdened was she that she felt herself to be in no condition to be profited by the services of the sanctuary. A minister on a visit preached that day, and read the ninth chapter of St. Mark. While he read on with feeling and expression the wonderful words, this Christian woman became deeply interested, and for the time forgot her sorrow. When the nineteenth verse was reached the minister read with emphasis the direction of the Master, “Bring him unto Me.” These last words came with strange power and comfort to the sad and burdened heart. Nothing is remembered by her of the sermon or the remaining services. A message had already come to her from God. The Holy Spirit had sent the words, “Bring him unto Me” home with power to her soul, and she was enabled then and there to cast her burdens on the Lord as never before. In prayer and faith she carried her erring loved one to the compassionate Saviour, who is as accessible and ready to help now as when He walked the earth nearly nineteen centuries ago. The load was lifted, and this trusting child of God, sitting at the feet of Jesus, was assured that in some way or other all would be well. She went away from the place of prayer no longer with bowed head, but with a calm, sweet confidence that God had heard her prayer, and would grant her petition. She had heard ‘the voice of Jesus; she had gone to Him. She had carried her brother to Him. She was permitted to see an answer to her prayer, and had the unspeakable joy of knowing that her brother had confessed Christ as his Redeemer. He has passed away, but she rejoices in the blessed confidence that he is Forever with the Lord. The truth is, we cannot do without Jesus. The man brought his son first to the disciples, and next to the Mighty One. Ah, how prone are the Lord’s people to look to human instrumentalities, to friends, to ministers of the Gospel!