The Raising of Lazarus

It is not likely that Mary understood in its full meaning what Christ had said about His being the resurrection and the life. So far, however, as she did comprehend, she believed; and so when Jesus said to her, "Believest thou this?" -- understanding that He had spoken of Himself, and wished from her some expression of her faith -- she said to Him, "Yea, I be­lieve that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world." With crude ideas of the character of the offices they...