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house for him to wear, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet, and have the fatted calf killed, and make a feast, and let us eat and drink and be merry; for my son was the same to me as dead, and now he is alive again; he was lost, but now he is found.' And they were merry."
RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON. — Luke XV. 20.
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.
In order to explain to his disciples that there were two worlds for souls, Jesus once told them this story: — "There was a rich man who wore elegant clothing and lived richly every day. There was a poor, sick beggar, named Lazarus, lying at his gate. He wanted the crumbs which were left from the rich man's table. His body was full of sores, and the dogs used to come and lick them. One day this poor man died, but God sent his angels and carried him to heaven. Then the rich man died, and was buried. His soul went to hell. One day, while he was in that place of pain and torment, he looked
LAZARUS AT THE RICH MAN'S DOOR. — Luke XVI. 19.
up, and away off he saw heaven, and Lazarus the beggar was there, with his head on Abraham's bosom. He called to him: 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tor- mented in this flame,' But Abra- ham said: /Son, remember that while you were living you had plenty of good things, while Lazarus suffered at your gate. Now he is happy, and you are suffering. And, besides, there is a great gulf between you and us, so that if we wanted to come to you we could not; neither can you come here from that place.' Then the rich man said, 'I pray you send him to my father's house to tell my five brothers about this dreadful
place, so they need not come here.' But Abraham said, 'Why, they have the story of that place. Moses wrote about it, and the Prophets wrote about it; let them read it.' But the rich man said, 'O, Father Abraham, if one went back to them from the dead, they would repent/ 'No,' said Abraham, 'if they will not believe God's own word, as Moses and the Prophets wrote it in the Bible, neither would they believe if one went to them from the dead.'"
THE TEN LEPERS.
One day Jesus, on his journey to Jerusalem, passed through a village in Samaria. He saw ten men who had the leprosy; they kept away from all other people, as the law obliged them to. But when they saw Jesus, they called out with loud voices, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Jesus said to them, "Go show yourselves to the priest." This was what people who were cured of leprosy were obliged to do before they could go among the people. The priest had to give them a certifi- cate to say that they were cured. As these ten men turned to go to the priest, as Jesus had told them, sud- denly they found that they were
JESUS CURING THE TEN LEPERS. — Luke Xvii. 14.
well. One of them, as soon as he found it out, turned back and fol- lowed after Jesus, and when he reached him he bowed down at his feet, thanking him and praising God. He was from a Samaritan village; not one of the Lord's chosen people, but a Gentile. Jesus said to him, "Didn't I cure ten men? Where are the nine? Not one of them came back to thank me, except this Samaritan." Then he said to the kneeling man, " Arise, and go on your way; your faith hath made you whole."
WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES.
When Jesus was on earth he met some people who thought that they were perfect, and they despised other people. One day he told them this story: "There were two men who went to the temple one day to pray. One of them was a Pharisee, the other a publican. The Pharisee said, 4 God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this man be- side mo. I fast twice in the week, and I give a tenth of all that I have.' Then the publican prayed: he did not even go close to the holy place : he kept his eyes on the ground, and lie struck his breast, which was a sign of deep humility, as he said, ' God
be merciful to me, a sinner ' — I tell you," said Jesus, "that man went back to his home justified, rather than the other, for every one who thinks too well of himself must be humbled; but those who are humble God will exalt."
The rest of the story is about some very little children being- brought to Jesus. His disciples tried to have them sent away, for they did not understand Jesus ; but he called the little ones to him and said: "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Truly I say to you, that any one who will not re- ceive the kingdom of heaven with the faith of a little child shall never enter there."
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ZACCHEUS THE PUBLICAN.
There was a man named Zaccheus, a rich man, a tax-gatherer, who w anted very mnch to see Jesus. One day, when Jesus was passing through the city of Jericho, Zaccheus, who was a small man and could not see over the heads of the crowd who were following Jesus, ran ahead of them and climbed into a sycamore tree. When Jesus reached the tree he looked up and said, "Zaccheus, make haste and come down; I want to go to your house to-day." Then Zaccheus hurried down and joyfully took Jesus home with hiiu. But the people murmured about it; they said, "He has gone to visit a wicked man." Then Zaccheus talked with Jesus;
JESUS FORETELLS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE. Matt. XXIV. 2.
he said to him, " Lord, I inean to give the half of all my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man wrongfully, I will give him back four times as much." Then Jesus said to him, " This day is salvation come to your house. You are a Jew, a son of Abraham; you shall have the promised gift."
JUDAISM OVERTHROWN.
Jesus, one day, talking with his disciples, said to them: "Take care that you are not deceived. There will be many coming- in my name, saying, 'I am Christ, and the end is near;' but don't follow after them. When you hear of wars and disturb- ances, don't be frightened; these things must first come, but the end is not at once. Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be great earthquakes, and famines, and pes- tilences, and fearful sights ; and great signs shall there be from heaven: and before these come, people will persecute you, and put you in pris- ons, and you shall be brought before
kings and rulers, for my name's sake. And you will have a chance to testify for me ; but you need not plan what you shall say, for I will give you words that your enemies can neither answer nor resist. You will be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death; and you will be hated by men for my sake; but not a hair of your head shall perish. Be patient to the end, and your souls shall be saved. When you see Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know that desolation is near. Then let theiu which are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them which are in the midst of it depart out, and let not them which are in the countries enter thereinto."
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
It was the evening before Jesus was to be crucified that these things happened which are in our lesson to-day. Jesus sent Peter and John to make ready the supper, that they might eat it together. He said to them: "When you get to the city of Jerusalem, a man will meet you, carrying a pitcher of water; follow him and stop at the same house. Tell the man of the house that the Master told you to ask him where the guest-chamber was in which he could eat the Passover with his dis- ciples. He will show you a large upper room, furnished. In that room make all things ready." It all happened just as he said, and they
prepared the supper. When Jesus and the twelve disciples sat down he said to them, "I have longed to eat this Passover with you hefore I suffer, for I will not eat of it any more until it be fulfilled in the king- dom of God." Then he took up the cup and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves, for I say unto you, I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the king- dom of God shall come." And he took bread and gave thanks, and gave the bread to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me." After supper he took the cup and passed it to them, saying, "This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you."
THE CROSS.
At the place which is called Cal- vary, our Lord was crucified, and on the cross with him hung two thieves, one on each side. The soldiers divi- ded his clothes among them, casting lots which should have them. He prayed for them all ; he said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." The people and the rulers stood about him, looking at him and mocking. They said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is Christ, the chosen one of God." And the soldiers also mocked him, offering him vinegar to drink, and saying to him, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." Then they wrote on a tablet in Greek, and
iii Latin, and in Hebrew, "This is the King of the Jews," and hung it over the cross. One of the thieves joined in the mocking, saying, "If you are Christ, save yourself and us;" but the other thief reproved him, asking him if he did not fear God, since they were suffering the same punishment. "They," he said, "deserved their punishment, but the other had done nothing wrong." Then he spoke directly to Jesus: he said, "Lord, remember me when thou com est into thy kingdom." And instantly Jesus answered him in these words, "Verily I say unto you. To-day shalt thou dwell with me in Paradise." These things hap- pened about twelve o'clock. From that time until three o'clock the
earth was dark; the sun hid away. When Jesus cried out with a loud voice, he said, "It is finished;" and then, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit;" and having said this, he died. Just then the veil which had always hidden the inner temple split in two from top to bottom.
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the crucifixion. — John xix. 25.
THE WALK TO EMMAUS.
The third day after Jesus was buried, two of his friends walked to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. As they walked along they talked to- gether about the sad things that had lately happened. At that moment
Jesus himself came along and joined them, but they did not know him. He asked them what it was thev were talking about, and why they were so sad. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him if he was a stranger in Jerusalem that he had not heard the strange, sad news. He asked them, " What news ? " And Cleopas answered: "Why, about Jesus of Nazareth ; he was a
JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES AT EMMAUS. Luke Xxiv. 30.
mighty prophet; his words and his deeds were wonderful; but our rulers condemned him to death and cruci- fied him. We hoped that he was the one who was to redeem the peo- ple of Israel; but this is the third day since these things were done. Some women who were at the grave this morning, told us a strange story ; they say his body is not there, and that they saw angels who said that he was alive ; and some of our friends went to the grave and found that it was as the women said, but they did not see him." Then Jesus said to them: "O what foolish people. How slow you are to believe all that the prophets wrote about this ! Did they not tell that Christ must suffer these things and then enter into his glory?"
Then he began with the books that Moses wrote, and explained what he and the other writers had said about Christ. When they drew near to Emmaus the stranger aeted as though he Avas going- further, but they begged him to stop with them, as the day Avas nearly gone. So he stopped with them, and as they sat down to the table together, suddenly something opened their eyes to know that it Avas Jesus who sat with them. He took some bread and blessed it, and gave them some. Then he vanished out of their sight.
THE SAVIOUR'S LAST
WORDS.
The disciples and friends of Jesus were together talking of him and of the wonderful story that he had risen, when he appeared to them again and talked with them. He reminded them that the things which had hap- pened were the very ones which he had foretold, and which were told in the Bible would happen. Then he explained the Bible to them and gave them wisdom to understand what he said. He showed them how it was written that Christ would come, and suffer and die, and rise again on the third day, and that re- pentance and forgiveness of sin should be preached to all people, be-
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ginning at Jerusalem. Then he told them they were the witnesses that all these things had taken place. Then he assured them that he would send to them that which the Father had promised they should have, and they were to wait in Jerusalem until God sent them a special power.
The last story that we have of the life of Jesus on earth was when he led his disciples out to Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, blessed them, and was parted from them and car- ried up into Heaven. Then the dis- ciples worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and now they could be found continually in the temple, praising and blessing God,
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