T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S done by, walk in the straiten ed way of life, bear good fru its and build wisely and 'for eternity. Healing all who are sick, Jesus fulfills th e prophecy of Isaiah. In palsy and death Jesus shows this same power to heal, and even the blind see and th e dumb speak. Jesus calls His twelve disciples and sends them fo rth to heal and preach am id shame and persecution. Knowledge of th e F a th e r is revealed unto babes, and to the meek and lowly, while men wonder and cities perish. Law fully and quietly Jesus does His work, according to Isaiah, am id blas phemy, unbelief, and increasing sin. Mysteries of th e kingdom ta u g h t in seven g reat parables. N ight in th e h ea rt of Jesus, in th e d esert, on th e mountain and on th e sea. Out of th e h ea rt come the things th a t defile; out of Israel Jesus honors faith ; out of th e seven loaves th e m ultitudes are fed. P e te r confesses Jesus to be th e Son of God and Jesus tells of His coming death. Quaint scene on th e Mount as Jesus is transfigured before them. Rules for promotion in th e kingdom, for settling difficulties and for th e for giveness of sins. Suffering divorce only because of h ard ness of h e a rt; suffering th e children to come; and suffering th e loss of all things. The laborers and the vineyard, and th e request of th e mother of th e sons of Zebedee. Upon an ass Jesus rides into Jerusalem and heals. He teaches th e parables of th e two sons, th e vineyard, th e hus bandmen and th e only son. Voiceless men. The man w ithout th e wedding garm ent, th e Pharisees and Herodians, th e Sadducees, the lawyer and all others are silenced by th e wis dom of Jesus. Woes for scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites and for Jerusalem .
939 X (Christ) on th e Mount of Olives talk s w ith His disciples about His sec ond coming. Yearning for b etter disciples, Jesus speaks of th e th ree g reat dangers before them ,— th e danger of no t having the abiding presence of th e Holy Spirit, the danger of thinking the man w ith one ta len t may be excused from doing faith fully the little he can do, and the failure to h ear in every call for service the voice of Jesus. A few of the sixty-six books of th e Bible have more th an twenty-five chap- • ters. In memorizing those books we make use of a second alphabet an which “A” becomes th e twenty-sixth chapter, “B,” the tw enty-seventh chapter etc. A far off a deed of love is to be. told in th e whole world; Judas is afar off a t the la st supper and in th e garden; P eter is afar off a t the tria l of Jesus. Blood money, th e field of blood and the blood of th e Son of God. Commission is given afte r th e resurrec tion to preach and make disciples of all the nations. ^,14. LAST WORD IN CHILDISHNESS “ revolutionize Christianity.” The gen tleman is the au tho r of some very good defective stories. We have greatly en joyed reading them . This m aster of th e science of deduction has now tu rned to th e pu rsu it of th e “ departed .” He has been accustomed to have th e object of his pu rsu it step out of a carriage or d a rt into a railro ad coach. He has looked for th e names of those he was seeking on a register. Now, when he sta rts a fte r th e “ dep arted” he starts w ith th e same paraphernalia. He goes afte r finding out the w hereabouts of a departed soul ju s t as he would seek for a fleeing assassin. It seems never to ECENTLY some small commo tion has been made by a well- known w riter who has discov ered something th a t is to
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