T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S fashioned literature, good enough'for the old Jews in the eariy ages, but out of date for the Twentieth Century. They tell us they are satisfied with the New Testament, and with very little of that. But the New Testament is only to be understood in the light of the Old Testament, and never until the beams of the Old Testament Scriptures fall upon the New Testament Scriptures are they radiant with the real glory of God. God pity the people who have an emasculated Bible and a bloodless Christ. Who would not have enjoyed that walk and talk, and whose heart could have resisted the warming fire of the words which He spake as they journeyed along? (3) THE WELCOME AND WITH DRAWAL, vs. 28-31. The journey is ended and He is ready to say “ Good-night.” He will not im pose His presence upon any one. But they were loath to part company with one so well versed in Scripture, and they constrained Him to tarry with them. Evidently the best part of the day had been spent in this journey, evening had come, and they were gath ered in the home for the evening meal. The first prayer to the resurrected Lord is “ Abide with us,” and how glad ly He responded. How He longs - for a place in our hearts and in our homes! How willing ly He becomes a guest! Why do we shut Him out? At the evening meal, the Guest of the household becomes the Host. In the breaking of bread, and in the blessing of it, their eyes were opened. There was something in the voice, the raised hand, the gesture, which removed the film from their eyes. The veil which had hidden Him was rent from the top to the bottom. What a revelation! They knew Him. The . risen Christ, their Lord and Master, and Beloved Friend, stood revealed before them.
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made therein; that the Messiah was to i)e a prophet and deliverer, but He was also to be a sacrifice; that the crucifix ion was the very core of the teaching o f the Word of God; that of necessity Jesus must suffer and die. This is one of the most difficult les sons,— that suffering is the gateway to glory. This is the law everywhere,— whether it is the seed yielding up its life, or the vine bleeding under the pruning, the self-denial of the student, the self-sacrifice of the soldier,— the same principle holds good; suffering must precede glory. Was not the Cap tain of our salvation perfected through suffering? Is it not true that if we suf fer with Him we shall be glorified to gether? There must be vicarious sacri fice. There can be no salvation, no hope of heaven otherwise. Here is a lesson on the true manner of teaching: “ Beginning with Moses.” In other words, beginning at Genesis, which is the beginning; beginning where God begins. False notions are to be corrected. They must have a running cbmmentary on the history of the Mes siah. The very fibre and tissue of the Scrip ture is Jesus. The warp and woof of the Word of God is Jesus. What other meaning is there to all of the Scripture? The Passover, the brazen serpent, the 'offerings, the Psalms, Isaiah, all the Prophets,— point to Him. Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms all concern Him. The Bible, indeed, is the Jesus book. If we are to be grounded and settled so that none can move us, so that no false doctrines of cunning craftiness of the devil shall be able to unsettle our faith, we need to lay the foundation deep and strong on the impregnable Rock. To many people the Old Testament is a dull book, full of strange scenes and mysterious teaching; of musty, old-
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