It was one thing for Craven to say, “You don’t need to listen to me,” but quite another thing for Moody to avoid doing so. For Craven was almost a giant, head and shoulders taller than most of the men in the valley, and possessed of great strength, which he had been accustomed to exert to utmost during his bouts of bullying. Now, when for the first time he was engaged on a really good job, he had no idea at all of employing less strength and effort, so that the shrinking Moody found himself propelled forward quite irresistibly by the heavy and powerful arm of his brother-in-law. Off he had to go, whether he wished or no, for there was no escaping that powerful, brotherly arm.

Thus it came about that a little later the Shepherd beheld the figure of the man he had just taken into his service, who was later to become known far and wide as Fearless Witness, pushing toward him the shrinking figure of the timid Moody. And if, at the sight, there was something very like a smile on the Shepherd’s lips, there was also upon his face a look of indescribable joy and satisfaction. Moody, looking up at last and catching sight of that expression, suddenly stopped trembling and resisting and stepped forward of his own free will.

“Sir,” said Craven Fear, planting the little man before the Shepherd and keeping his huge arm around the bowed shoulders, “Sir, I have brought my brother to you. He is not nearly so bad a man as I am, but he, too, needs your help and power.”

Moody again raised his eyes toward the face which was turned to him, and meeting the understanding and compassionate look of the Shepherd, blurted out in a faint, trembling voice, “Sir, I am the slave of an unclean spirit. Can you cast it out and deliver me?”

“Most certainly,” said the Shepherd, and he laid his hands on him and said, “I make you free—and when the Son makes you free, you are free indeed.”

Chapter 14 Mountain of Frankincense (Faith) The Response of Faith to Love

CHAPTER 14
Mountain of Frankincense
FAITH: The Response of Faith to Love