,,our ,,saviour   ,father ,tuck's ,,new 
,,testament ,series4    ,illustration3  
,our ,savior4  ,our ,saviour4           
,illustration  ,our ,lord and ,saviour  
,jesus ,christ had been quietly living  
for many years at ,his father's home in 
,nazareth when ,john the ,baptist began 
to preach and prepare the people for    
,his coming1 as it had been foretold by 
an ,angel before ,his birth that he     
should do1 and we are told that all the 
land of ,judea1 and the people of       
,jerusalem1 roused by his preaching1    
went to be baptized by him in the river 
,jordan1 after confessing their sins4   
,john told them that ,one much greater  
than he was to come after him1 ,one     
whose shoes he was not worthy to        
unloose1 for he could only baptize them 
with water and exhort them to repent of 
their sins while there was yet time1 but
 ,he who was to come after would baptize
 them with the ,holy ,ghost4 ,this he   
did till ,jesus ,himself came from      
,nazareth to the ,jordan1 and desired   

,john1 the companion of ,his childhood1 
to baptize ,him also4 ,john objected1   
saying that he himself had need to be   
baptized of ,jesus1 and was not worthy  
to perform the office for ,him1 but our 
gracious ,saviour insisted till ,john   
led ,him into the river and baptized    
,him4  ,as they returned to the land a  
very wonderful thing happened1 for the  
heavens opened above1 and the ,spirit of
 ,god1 in the form of a dove1 descended1
 and alighted upon ,jesus1 whilst a     
voice was heard saying ,this is ,my     
beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well        
pleased4  ,then ,john went on his way1  
preaching more and more to the people1  
and telling every one who would listen  
to him of the marvellous thing he had   
seen2 whilst ,christ went away by       
,himself into a lonely place called a   
wilderness1 where1 for forty days1 and  
forty nights1 ,he was tempted by the    
devil in all manner of ways1 but finding
 that1 by the help of ,god ,his ,father1
 ,jesus was enabled to resist all       

temptation to sin1 and would worship and
 serve none but the true ,god1 the devil
 at length left ,him1 and ,angels came  
and ministered unto ,him4  ,illustration
  ,from that time1 ,jesus being then    
about thirty years of age1 ,he began to 
preach1 and exhort to repentance as     
,john had done before ,him4 ,one day as 
,he walked beside the sea of ,galilee   
,he saw two brothers named ,simon-,peter
 and ,andrew1 fishing by the shore4     
,these men ,he called to ,him and bade  
them follow ,him for ,he would make them
 fishers of men1 and they immediately   
left their nets and followed ,him4      
,presently1 as they walked along the    
shore1 they saw two other fishermen     
brothers--,james and ,john1 the sons of 
,zebedee1 in a boat with their father1  
mending the great1 brown nets with which
 they caught fish on the ,syrian coasts1
 and called them also1 and they too left
 their nets and their father and        
followed ,him4 ,they were the first four
 of the twelve disciples whom ,jesus by 

degrees gathered about ,him1 and who    
were ,his companions and assistants in  
,his future work4 ,with ,his disciples  
,christ travelled over the whole land of
 ,syria1 now called the ,holy ,land1    
teaching in the churches and preaching  
about the ,kingdom of ,his ,father1 and 
healing all manner of diseases and      
sicknesses amongst the people1 until the
 fame of ,his sayings and doings spread 
every where1 and the sick and suffering 
and diseased were brought to ,him from  
all quarters that ,he might heal them4  
,this ,he never refused to do1 for ,his 
heart was so overflowing with divine    
love and pity for mankind that ,he could
 not see suffering or misery without    
healing it4  ,illustration3 ,jesus is   
,baptized4  ,illustration  ,but so      
immense grew the multitude of people who
 began to follow and press about ,him1  
that ,he had no room to teach or to     
preach1 no opportunity to rest and talk 
quietly with ,his disciples either night
 or day4  ,seeing this ,he went up a    

mountain side1 and sat down1 and ,his   
disciples came to ,him1 and there ,he   
began to instruct the people by         
preaching to them that most grand and   
beautiful sermon called the ,sermon on  
the ,mount1 which contains not only the 
lessons taught by the series of         
blessings called ,the ,beatitudes1 at   
the commencement1 but that prayer of    
prayers known to every child as the     
,lord's ,prayer1 because it is the only 
one which ,christ ,himself taught word  
for word with ,his own lips1 and which  
has remained unaltered through the      
nineteen hundred years which have gone  
by since ,he lived on earth4            
,illustration  ,the people were very    
much astonished1 not only at what       
,christ preached to them1 but because   
,he spoke as if ,he had direct authority
 for what ,he said1 and this they could 
not understand1 because they had not    
forgotten that ,he was the ,son of      
,joseph the ,carpenter of ,nazareth4    
,when ,jesus came down from the mountain

 side1 great multitudes followed ,him1  
many of whom were sick and entreated    
,him to heal them1 and ,he not only did 
so1 but performed many yet greater      
miracles1 such as making the blind to   
see and the deaf to hear1 and even      
restoring to life some that were dead1  
always however1 impressing on those     
about ,him1 that it was not by ,his own 
power that ,he did these things1 but by 
faith in the ,spirit of ,god ,his       
,father who moved within ,him4  ,after  
having sufficiently taught ,his         
disciples by quiet talks1 by speaking to
 them through parables and letting them 
behold the miracles ,he ,himself        
performed1 until they thoroughly        
believed in ,his ,divine power1 ,christ 
called the whole twelve around ,him and 
gave them also the power to perform     
miracles1 to heal all manner of sickness
 and disease1 and then sent them forth  
to teach and preach in all the cities of
 ,israel4 ,he laid upon them many       
injunctions as to their conduct as they 

travelled1 how they were to give offence
 to no one1 and to teach brotherly love 
and the forgiveness of injuries between 
man and man as freely as ,god had       
promised to forgive them4               
,illustration3 ,by the ,sea of ,galilee4
  ,now and then1 by twos and threes1    
some of the disciples came back to      
,jesus to report to ,him what they had  
done and how they had been received1 and
 how the fame of ,his ,name and teaching
 was spreading far and wide2 and so it  
happened that ,he was seldom without one
 or two of these loved and trusted      
followers about ,him as ,he journeyed1  
sometimes stopping a few days in one    
place1 sometimes crossing the inland sea
 of ,galilee1 or going from city to city
 along the coast in a boat or ship1 but 
always doing good wherever ,he went1    
preaching the ,gospel of his ,father1   
and winning men1 women1 and children to 
follow ,him4  ,our ,saviour had no      
comfortable home such as you have2 often
 and often ,he had nowhere to lay ,his  

head at night1 but weary and hungry     
after a long day's ministry1 ,he would  
stretch ,himself on the ground wherever 
,he might be at the time1 and sleep with
 the grass for ,his bed1 and the starry 
sky for ,his curtains4  ,illustration   
,all through ,his life1 which ,he spent 
in loving service towards men1 our      
,saviour was specially kind and tender  
to little children4 ,one day ,he was so 
much inconvenienced by the number of    
women with children in their arms       
pressing upon ,him1 and entreating ,him 
to bless their little ones1 that the    
disciples who were with ,him rebuked the
 mothers2 but ,jesus said to them       
,suffer the little children to come unto
 ,me1 and forbid them not1 for of such  
is the ,kingdom of ,heaven4 ,then ,he   
told those about ,him that if only they 
would receive ,his teaching of the      
,kingdom of ,god1 and believe in ,him as
 simply and entirely as little children 
did1 they would inherit ,eternal ,life2 
and ,he would take the little ones who  

clustered round ,his feet into ,his     
loving arms and bless them4             
,illustration  ,on another occasion when
 ,his disciples were disputing as to who
 should be the greatest in the ,kingdom 
of ,heaven1 ,jesus called a little child
 and set him in the midst of them1 and  
said whoever should be as meek and      
humble as a little child should be the  
greatest2 and whoever received a little 
child with love and reverence in ,his   
,name1 received ,him1 and then ,he      
warned them to take heed and not despise
 little children1 and never to say or do
 anything that should stain the         
innocency of their minds because ,in    
,heaven their angels do always behold   
the face of ,my ,father4 ,you1 little   
children who read this book1 must       
remember that you are just as much the  
care of your ,good ,shepherd now1 as    
were those privileged ones of old who   
actually saw ,him face to face1 you must
 have faith in ,him as they had1 and    
believe that though you cannot see ,him 

now1 ,he is still1 and always at your   
side1 seeing all you do1 hearing all you
 say1 watching over you1 and1 if you    
will only let ,him1 willing to guide you
 safely to the ,home in ,heaven which   
,he has gone to prepare for those that  
love ,him and try to do ,his will4      
,illustration3 ,the ,last ,supper4      
,feeling that ,he must go through       
,samaria1 where ,he had not yet         
preached1 our ,saviour travelled on     
alone and came to a well which is called
 ,jacob's well2 being very weary ,he    
seated ,himself on the edge to rest4 ,he
 was very thirsty also1 and on a woman  
coming up with a pitcher1 ,he asked her 
to draw ,him some water3 when ,he had   
drunk1 ,he said that if she knew who ,he
 was she would have asked ,him for water
 instead1 for ,he could give her the    
,living ,water of ,everlasting ,life4   
,then ,he told her who ,he was1 and she 
went away to the city telling every one 
she met ,whom she had seen3 some of the 
disciples then joined ,him1 and ,jesus  

remained two days in the city preaching 
so that many believed in ,him1 and on   
the way back into ,galilee ,he healed a 
nobleman's son of a mortal sickness4    
,illustration  ,on returning to         
,bethany1 ,jesus heard that ,lazarus1   
the brother of ,martha and ,mary1 two   
sisters whom ,he loved1 had died during 
,his absence4 ,martha met ,him weeping1 
and told ,him of their grief saying     
,lord1 if ,thou hadst been here1 my     
brother had not died1 for she knew      
,jesus would have saved him4 ,jesus     
,himself wept to see their sorrow1 and  
going to the grave ordered the stone to 
be rolled away and called ,lazarus to   
come forth2 ,lazarus did so1 and many of
 those present believed in ,jesus1 but  
others went away and told the ,high     
,priests and rulers1 who were much      
troubled1 for they said ,if we let this 
man go many will believe in ,him1 and   
,his adherents will become too powerful1
 and will take our nation away from us4 
,the people of ,bethany made a supper   

for our ,lord1 and ,lazarus and ,martha 
and ,mary were there1 together with the 
disciples2 the ,feast of the ,passover  
was near1 and ,jerusalem was crowded1   
and the ,chief ,priests became still    
more uneasy for more and more of the    
people every day believed in ,christ1   
and when they heard ,he was coming to   
,jerusalem went out to meet ,him with   
branches of palm1 crying                
,hosannah--,blessed is ,he that cometh  
in the ,name of the ,lord1 and the      
people said ,behold1 the world is gone  
after ,him4  ,illustration  ,jesus knew 
that the time was now come when ,he     
should depart from this world and go to 
,his ,father1 and told ,his disciples   
so1 saying they must not be troubled1   
for there were many mansions in ,his    
,father's ,house and ,he was but going  
before to prepare a place there for     
them4 ,then1 being sorrowful at heart1  
our ,lord went up to a garden called    
,gethsemane1 and prayed to ,his ,father 
that the souls of all mankind might be  

saved and come at last to share the     
glory of ,heaven4 ,whilst ,he prayed1   
one of ,his disciples1 who knew where   
,he was1 wickedly betrayed ,him to the  
,chief ,priests1 and guided a band of   
soldiers to the garden1 who bound ,him  
and led ,him to the ,high ,priest       
,caiaphas1 who in turn sent ,him to be  
judged by ,pontius ,pilate the          
,governor4  ,illustration3 ,the         
,ascension4  ,pilate1 when he had heard 
of what the people accused ,jesus1 knew 
that it was for envy they were excited  
against ,him1 and washed his hands      
before the multitude1 saying he found no
 fault in ,him1 and he would have       
nothing to do with shedding the blood of
 an innocent man4 ,his blood be on us   
and our children cried the people and   
they roughly dragged ,him away1 and beat
 ,him1 and made ,him carry a heavy cross
 of wood up ,mount ,calvary where they  
crucified ,him1 by nailing ,him to the  
cross4 ,now ,mary the ,mother of ,jesus1
 and another woman1 also named ,mary1   

and many of the disciples had followed  
in the crowd2 they could not save our   
,lord from ,his cruel death1 but when   
,he was dead1 they1 together with a good
 man called ,joseph1 were allowed to    
take ,his body down from the cross1 and 
lay it in a tomb belonging to ,joseph1  
hewn out of a rock in a garden1 and they
 set a great stone upon it4 ,it had been
 foretold that ,jesus should rise again 
on the third day1 so1 fearing that ,his 
disciples should steal away the body1   
and pretend that ,he had risen1 the     
,chief ,priests set keepers to guard the
 tomb4  ,illustration  ,mary1 the       
,mother of ,jesus1 and the other ,mary1 
went to visit the tomb early in the     
morning of the third day1 and there was 
a great earthquake and the ,angel of    
,god descended and rolled back the stone
 and sat upon it1 so that the keepers   
shook with afright1 but the ,angel said 
,fear not1 for ,jesus is not here1 ,he  
is risen1 as ,he1 said4 so the two      
,marys ran to tell ,his disciples the   

great news1 and on their way met ,jesus 
,himself1 and they fell at ,his feet and
 worshipped ,him4 ,he told them to go   
and tell ,his disciples to go into      
,galilee and ,he would meet them there4 
,this ,he did1 and for the last time ,he
 met them on a hill side in ,bethany1   
and again taught them1 telling them     
still to go out into the world and      
preach repentance and the remission of  
sins in ,his ,name4 ,then ,he lifted up 
,his hands1 and blessed them1 and even  
as ,he did so1 ,he was suddenly carried 
up into ,heaven and hidden from their   
sight4  ,helen ,marion ,burnside4       
,illustration