,transcriber's note3 ,unusual and       
inconsistent spelling is as printed4    
,illustration3 ,,the ,,haul ,,of        
,,fishes4                               
,,hosanna                               
,,bible ,,stories ,,retold ,,by         
,,catharine ,,shaw       ,author of     
,suffer ,little ,children1 ,long ,ago in
 ,bible ,lands1              ,stories   
from the ,book of ,books1 ,etc4         
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,,contents4     ,i4 ,,christmas         
,,ii4 ,,the ,,good ,,samaritan          
,,iii4 ,a ,,man ,,who ,,believed ,,in   
,,jesus     ,,iv4 ,,zacchaeus     ,v4   
,,the ,,invitation ,,to ,,the ,,feast   
,,vi4 ,,my ,,sheep ,,hear ,,my ,,voice  
,,vii4 ,,the ,,draught ,,of ,,fishes    
,,viii4 ,,the ,,good ,,shepherd ,,and   
,,the ,,lost ,,sheep     ,,ix4 ,,jesus  
,,called ,a ,,little ,,child ,,unto     
,,him     ,x4 ,,the ,,entry ,,into      

,,jerusalem     ,,xi4 ,,the ,,labourers 
,,in ,,the ,,harvest-,,field     ,,xii4 
,,jesus ,,said ,,unto ,,him1 ,,rise     
,,xiii4 ,,let ,,through ,,the ,,roof    
,,xiv4 ,,ask--,,seek--,,knock6     ,,xv4
 ,,the ,,precious ,,ointment     ,,xvi4 
,,ten ,,thousand ,,talents     ,,xvii4  
,,the ,,lost ,,piece ,,of ,,silver      
,,xviii4 ,,there ,,arose ,a ,,great     
,,storm     ,,xix4 ,,his ,,vesture      
,,xx4 ,,the ,,last ,,supper     ,,xxi4  
,,down ,a ,,steep ,,place     ,,xxii4   
,,goodly ,,pearls     ,,xxiii4 ,,the    
,,widow',s ,,mite     ,,xxiv4 ,,so      
,,run1 ,,that ,,ye ,,may ,,obtain       
,,hosanna    ,i4 ,,christmas    ,,luke  
#b4aa    ,illustration    ,,the         
,shepherds near ,bethlehem had been     
quietly watching their flocks1  and     
perhaps looking out anxiously for the   
dawn1 when suddenly1 without  any       
warning1 an ,angel came down to them    
from heaven1 and the ,glory of  the     
,lord surrounded them with a great and  
wondrous light4    ,the ,shepherds were 

very frightened at first1 but the ,angel
 quickly  reassured them by saying that 
he had brought very good news1 which    
would be a great joy to all people6 ,for
 a ,holy ,babe was born in  ,bethlehem  
that night1 ,who had come to this earth 
to be the ,saviour of  the ,world6      
,then the ,angel told them that they    
would know his words were true1 by      
finding the little ,babe1 wrapped in    
swaddling clothes and lying in a        
manger4    ,and1 suddenly1 a multitude  
of the heavenly host were with the      
,angel2  and they all praised ,god1 and 
said1 ,glory to ,god in the highest1 and
  on earth peace1 good will toward men4 
,then the ,angels all went back to      
heaven1 and the ,shepherds turned to    
each other in solemn awe1 and they said1
 ,the ,lord has made known to us  a     
wonderful thing--let us go to ,bethlehem
 and see for ourselves what has  come to
 pass4    ,so they left their flocks and
 hurried to the town4    ,and there in a
 lowly stable1 they saw the ,holy ,babe 

who was sent to  ,mary on the morning of
 ,christmas day6    ,months before this 
the ,angel ,gabriel had been sent from  
heaven to tell  ,mary that she was to be
 the most blessed of all women1 for the 
,holy  ,child who was to be given to    
her1 was to be called the ,son of ,god4 
,now ,he had come6 ,and she laid        
,him--the ,son of ,god--in a manger1    
because  there was no room for them in  
the ,inn4 ,the town was so full of      
travellers at that time1 that ,mary and 
,joseph were given a shelter in  the    
stable4 ,and so the ,baby ,jesus had a  
manger for ,his cradle4    ,now ,i am   
going to tell you a little true story   
which happened where ,i  live4    ,there
 was a ,children's ,service1 and the    
clergyman asked the children if  they   
could remember what he had begged them  
to do the ,christmas before8    ,then a 
little girl stood up1 and gently and    
bravely answered1 ,you  asked us to     
say--        ,oh1 come to my heart1     
,lord ,jesus1       ,there is room in my

 heart for ,thee6    ,and he answered   
,yes1 that was it and you are a kind    
little girl to  tell us6    ,so to-day1 
with this sweet prayer in our minds1 we 
can remember that  there is a place in  
the heart of each one of us1 which we   
can keep for  ,jesus6    ,we can think  
of ,his love to us2 we can love ,him in 
return2 and worship  ,him every day we  
live4    ,and if we make room for ,jesus
 in our hearts here1 we shall find by   
and  by1 that ,he will give us a crown  
of glory1 that fadeth not away4         
,,ii4 ,,the ,,good ,,samaritan    ,,luke
 #aj4cj    ,,there was once a lonely man
 walking in ,palestine on the long      
mountainous road between ,jerusalem and 
,jericho4    ,but suddenly a band of    
thieves sprang out of their hiding-place
 and  robbed him of everything he had1  
and then cruelly wounded him and made   
off1 leaving him by the roadside half   
dead4    ,sad indeed was his plight1    
lying there in the glaring sunshine1    
aching  with pain and consumed with     

thirst4 ,would no one come and help him8
 he  thought4    ,then some footsteps   
came close to him1 and as he lifted his 
weary eyes1  he saw one of the ,jewish  
priests standing1 arrested by the sight2
 but  he only passed by on the other    
side of the road1 and went away4        
,then a ,levite came along the road1 and
 catching sight of the wounded  man1 he 
came over and looked at him2 but he1    
too1 passed by on the  other side4      
,but at length there was a traveller who
 was making the same journey2  and he   
saw the poor man lying there dying1 and 
when he saw him he had  compassion on   
him1 and a great pity filled his heart4 
,so he quickly  went to his side1 and   
bound up his wounds2 and then he lifted 
him on  to his donkey1 and walking by   
his side1 he brought him at length to an
  inn1 and stayed with him all night4   
,at length the morning came1 and the    
traveller was obliged to proceed on  his
 journey4    ,so he called the master of
 the inn1 and gave him some money1 and  

told  him to take care of the stranger1 
and promised to repay the innkeeper     
when he returned1 whatever he had spent 
in caring for the sick man4             
,illustration    ,and now1 ,i think1 our
 ,lord ,jesus1 who looks down from      
heaven at all  that is happening here1  
says to each one of us1 as we pass on   
our  journey through this world3 ,go    
thou1 and do likewise4    ,i think that 
means1 doing little kindnesses for      
everyone who seems to  need help2 and   
then we shall be like the good          
,samaritan whom ,jesus  praised4        
,,iii4 ,a ,,man ,,who ,,believed ,,in   
,,jesus    ,,john #i4cg                 
,illustration3 ,and ,jesus said unto    
him1 ',thou hast both seen him1   and it
 is he that talketh with thee4' ,john   
#i4cg4    ,,one day1 as the ,lord ,jesus
 passed by1 ,he saw a man who had been  
blind  ever since he had been born4     
,and ,his disciples asked ,him whether  
this was the poor man's fault1 or  that 
of his parents4    ,and ,jesus told them

 that it was no one's fault1 and that   
,he was going  to work a great miracle2 
and ,he reminded them that ,he ,himself1
 while ,he  was in the world1 was the   
,light of the world4    ,then the ,lord 
,jesus made clay1 and put it on the eyes
 of the blind man2  and told him to go  
and wash in the ,pool of ,siloam4    ,so
 the blind man did what ,jesus had told 
him1 and he went to the ,pool  of       
,siloam1 and washed1 and came back quite
 cured4    ,you can imagine how the     
people who knew him gathered round him1 
with  endless questions4    ,how was it 
that he could see8 ,and was he the very 
blind man who had  sat all his life1 and
 begged8    ,and he answered very       
simply1 ,a man named ,jesus made clay1  
and anointed  my eyes1 and told me to go
 and wash in ,siloam2 and ,i washed1 and
 came  back able to see6    ,then the   
,pharisees1 hearing of all this1 came   
and questioned him again1  even calling 
his father and mother to answer them1 as
 to whether this  was their son1 and if 

so1 had he been born blind8    ,so the  
parents answered that this was quite    
true4    ,and then the ,pharisees argued
 that the man who cured him must be a   
sinner1 for he had healed him on the    
,sabbath day6    ,at last the blind man 
lost all patience1 and exclaimed        
indignantly3  ,why herein is a          
marvellous thing1 that ye know not from 
whence ,he is1  and yet ,he hath opened 
mine eyes6 ,since the world began1 it   
has never  been heard that any man      
opened the eyes of one that had been    
born  blind6 ,if this man were not of   
,god ,he could do nothing6    ,then the 
,jews were so angry that they cast him  
out of the ,synagogue1  and would have  
nothing more to do with him4    ,when   
,jesus heard that they had cast him out1
 ,he found him in the  ,temple1 and in  
,his great tenderness ,he cheered him   
with most glorious  assurances4    ,the 
blind man had believingly obeyed the    
,lord ,jesus when ,he told him to  wash 
in the ,siloam ,pool2 and he had        

defended his belief that this ,man  must
 be a ,prophet if ,he could do these    
wonderful things4    ,and now our ,lord 
revealed to him something which was     
above all other  beliefs--and ,he said  
to him1 ,dost thou believe on the ,son  
of ,god8    ,and the healed man         
answered1 ,who is ,he1 ,lord1 that ,i   
might believe on  ,him8    ,and ,jesus  
answered him1 ,thou hast both seen ,him1
 and it is ,he that  talketh with thee6 
,then the man who had been blind1 and   
now could see1 said adoringly3    ,lord1
 ,i believe6 and he worshipped ,him4    
,illustration        ,,iv4 ,,zacchaeus  
,,luke #ai    ,illustration    ,,our    
,lord ,jesus was journeying towards     
,jerusalem1 where ,he was going to  die 
for us4    ,on the way ,he came to      
,jericho1 and passing through it1       
numbers of  people followed ,him1 and   
when ,he came out of the gate there was 
quite a  crowd of those who wanted to   
see ,him4    ,there was one man who     
specially wished to catch sight of      

,jesus1 but he  was such a short man    
that he felt sure he would not be able  
to see ,him  in the midst of the crowd4 
,so thinking about what he should do1 he
 saw before him a low tree which  could 
be easily climbed4    ,this pleased     
,zacchaeus very much1 for now he made   
sure that he should  see this wonderful 
,man whom everybody was talking about4  
,zacchaeus was a chief of the           
,publicans1 and was very rich2 but he   
was  not thinking about his riches just 
then1 but just about seeing ,jesus6     
,he did not know that that sight of     
,jesus1 and that look from ,his holy    
eyes1 and the cheering words which ,he  
would utter1 would completely  change   
the whole of his life6    ,so he sat on 
the bough of the sycamore tree1 and     
looked to see ,jesus  come through the  
gate4    ,at length ,he came1 among the 
thronging multitude pressing round ,him1
  and ,zacchaeus thought he was quite   
hidden by the branches1 and that no  one
 would think of his being there6    ,but

 when ,jesus came to the place1 ,he     
looked up1 and saw him1 and said  to    
him3 ,zacchaeus1 make haste and come    
down1 for to-day ,i must abide  at thy  
house6    ,and ,zacchaeus made haste and
 came down1 and received him joyfully4  
,that look from the eyes of the ,son of 
,god had gone straight into the  heart  
of the rich1 avaricious ,publican2 and  
though the crowd was  offended1 and said
 that ,jesus had gone to be with a man  
that was a  sinner1 ,zacchaeus did not  
trouble at all as to what they said6 ,he
 had  seen the face of ,jesus1 and he   
had felt in his own heart that he was  a
 sinner1 and he was longing to ask the  
forgiveness which he believed  ,jesus   
would give him4    ,so he stood before  
them all1 and he told ,jesus1 in a few  
simple words1  that he wished to make up
 for what he had taken wrongfully1 and  
would  make up four-fold if he had      
accused anyone without cause4    ,and   
,jesus said to him1 ,this day is        
salvation come to this house 444  ,for  

the ,son of ,man is come to seek1 and to
 save1 that which was lost6    ,when any
 of us remember past sins1 as ,zacchaeus
 did1 the best thing  we can do is to go
 to ,jesus and tell ,him all about it1  
and ask ,him to  forgive us2 and ,he    
will say to us1 as he did to ,zacchaeus1
 and to all  who heard him3 ,the ,son of
 ,man is come to seek1 and to save1 that
 which  was lost6        ,v4 ,,the      
,,invitation ,,to ,,the ,,feast         
,,luke #ad4af    ,,our ,lord ,jesus     
tells us this story1 with its great     
warning4    ,a certain man made a great 
supper1 and invited a great many to come
 to  it1 and when all was ready1 he sent
 his servants to tell the guests4       
,but to the astonishment of the         
servants1 the guests all made excuses   
that they could not come6    ,one said  
he had bought a piece of land1 and he   
must go to look at it4  ,another said he
 had married a wife1 and therefore could
 not come2 and  another that he had     
bought five yoke of oxen1 and he must go

 to prove  them3 till at last all of    
them made excuses that they could not   
come6    ,then the master told his      
servants to go to the highways and bring
 in  all the lonely and homeless1 and   
wandering ones1 and compel them to  come
 in1 that his house might be filled4    
,and the master of the house said very  
sorrowfully that none of those  who had 
refused could taste of his supper4      
,and the meaning of this great feast    
seems to me to be like one of the       
glimpses of ,heaven which we get in the 
,bible4 ,they tell us of the joys  which
 those who are willing to accept ,god's 
invitation will have for  ever and ever4
    ,i knew a little girl1 years ago1   
who heard a sermon which changed all    
her life4    ,we were listening to a    
great preacher1 and he was saying1      
,god's ,holy  ,spirit is here1 and ,he  
is asking you to come to ,jesus1 and be 
saved4  ,the ,holy ,spirit seems to say1
 ',yet there is room4' ,let us pause in 
silence for a few minutes1 while you    

answer this question3 ,will you  come to
 ,jesus1 now8    ,illustration    ,in   
the solemn silence that followed1 ,i    
found my little girl's arm  gently put  
into mine1 with a little squeeze3 and ,i
 guessed that all was  right4    ,when  
we were going home1 ,i whispered1 ,what 
did you answer8    ,and she said softly1
 ,i said1 ',yes4'    ,children1 there   
comes to us a great choice to-day6      
,shall we accept the  invitation to take
 the ,lord ,jesus into our hearts8      
,if we do1 we shall try to please ,him1 
and our lives here will be filled  with 
blessing2 and ,eternal ,life will be    
ours4        ,,vi4 ,,my ,,sheep ,,hear  
,,my ,,voice    ,,john #aj4bg           
,illustration3 ,my sheep hear my voice1 
and ,i know them1   and they follow me4 
,john #aj4bg4    ,,this is a picture of 
an ,eastern shepherd1 leading his sheep 
on the  mountains4    ,he loves his     
sheep1 he knows every one of them2 he   
leads them1 and they  follow him4    ,he
 chooses the green pastures for them1   

and they rest beside the still  waters4 
,he guards them from their enemies1 and 
if any wild beast comes against  them1  
he is ready to give his life to protect 
them4    ,if the shepherd is away1 and a
 hired man has to take care of them1 the
  hireling runs away if he hears the    
roar of a wild beast1 or even if he     
sees a storm coming4    ,but our ,lord  
,jesus says to us1 ,i am the ,good      
,shepherd4 ,the ,good  ,shepherd giveth 
,his life for the sheep4 ,and ,jesus    
wants the little  lambs too1 and ,he    
carries them in ,his bosom4    ,in the  
#aeth of ,luke our ,lord tells us about 
a shepherd who had a  hundred sheep1    
who1 when he counted them before he put 
them into the  fold1 found there was one
 missing4    ,but the shepherd would not
 lose his sheep for anything6    ,so he 
left his ninety-nine in the fold1 and   
hastened away into the  wilderness to   
find the one which was lost4    ,over   
the rugged mountains2 through the       
tangles and the briars2 through  the    

deep waters of the rushing stream1 on he
 passed2 and as he went1  perhaps these 
words seemed to dwell in his very heart3
 ,until ,i find  it6    ,on he went1    
weary and worn1 till at last he heard a 
faint cry4    ,then the shepherd called1
 and stood listening for the answer4    
,and again  came that faint cry1 and the
 shepherd knew that somewhere near him1 
his  lost sheep was lying--lonely1      
helpless1 and hopeless4    ,then the    
shepherd saw beneath him1 just at the   
edge of an awful  precipice1 the poor   
sheep caught in a tangled briar4    ,so 
the shepherd leaned over the abyss and  
stretched out his hands1 and1           
regardless of the tearing thorns1 he    
grasped his sheep1 he disentangled  the 
briars1 and lifted it into safety4      
,but the sheep was so weary and faint1  
that it could not walk2 so  the tender  
shepherd put it on to his shoulders1 and
 brought it home  rejoicing6    ,and    
then the shepherd called his friends    
together1 saying3    ,rejoice with me1  

for ,i have found my sheep that was     
lost6    ,this is a word-picture of what
 our ,lord ,jesus is4 ,the ,good        
,shepherd1  ,who giveth ,his life for   
the sheep6    ,if we feel that we have  
wandered away1 we can go and tell       
,jesus1 and ,he  will forgive us4    ,or
 if we are in any trouble or danger1 ,he
 is ever near us1 to help us  and guide 
us1 and do us good4    ,and when the    
little lamb comes to ,jesus1 and says1  
,i am sorry1 or the  big sheep comes    
back and asks forgiveness1 then ,jesus  
rejoices1 and  says to us all3 ,i say   
unto you1 ,that likewise joy shall be in
 ,heaven  over one sinner that          
repenteth4    ,illustration             
,,vii4 ,,the ,,draught ,,of ,,fishes    
,,luke #e4d    ,illustration3 ,,the     
,,draught ,,of ,,fishes    ,,when our   
,lord ,jesus was on earth1 ,he did so   
many kind and loving  things1 and made  
so many people well who were sick1 that 
the multitude  followed ,him about      
everywhere1 so that sometimes ,jesus and

 ,his  disciples had not even time to   
eat4    ,one day when ,he was by the    
,lake of ,gennesaret 7which is sometimes
  called the ,sea of ,galilee7 the      
people pressed so close to ,him that    
seeing two small ships drawn up on the  
shore1 ,jesus entered one of  these1 and
 asked the owner to put his ship a      
little way from the land1  so that ,he  
might speak to the people where they all
 could hear4    ,the ships were empty1  
for the fishermen were gone out of them1
 and were  washing their nets in the    
lake4    ,the fishing-boat that ,jesus  
entered1 belonged to ,simon ,peter1     
whose  wife's mother had been healed by 
,jesus1 a very short time before4       
,peter loved ,jesus very much1 and he   
had already been chosen to be ,his      
disciple4    ,so when the ,lord had done
 talking to the people1 ,he told ,simon 
,peter  to launch the ship out into deep
 water1 and to let down their nets to   
catch some fish4    ,but ,simon told    
,him that they had been up1 working hard

 all the night1  but it had been all for
 nothing1 as they had not caught a      
single fish--6    ,but ,simon did not   
stop there2 he added--what has been a   
comfort to  hundreds and thousands of   
people since then--,nevertheless at ,thy
 word ,i  will let down the net4    ,do 
you think they caught nothing this time8
    ,ah1 if you do1 you have not thought
 what it is to be in the boat with      
,jesus6    ,when ,he commands1 ,he makes
 it possible for us to obey4 ,you will  
find  that out1 children1 the more you  
love and trust ,him4    ,so they let    
down the net2 and now they enclosed such
 an immense number  of fishes that their
 net began to break1 and they were      
obliged to  beckon to their partners1   
who were in the other ship1 to come and 
help  them4    ,and they filled both of 
the ships so full that they began to    
sink4    ,then ,simon ,peter fell down  
at the feet of ,jesus1 and told ,him    
that he  felt himself to be too sinful  
to be near ,him4    ,but ,jesus never   

turns away because we are sinful2 ,he   
comforted ,simon  ,peter with the loving
 words we so often read in the ,bible2  
,he said1  ,fear not6    ,then ,jesus   
told ,simon that he should be a fisher  
of men2 that meant1  that he should draw
 people into the ,kingdom of ,heaven4   
,and when ,simon ,peter and his         
partners1 ,james and ,john1 had brought 
their ships to land1 they left          
everything1 and followed ,jesus4    ,and
 they became1 very soon1 ,his three     
chief disciples2 and were  privileged to
 be with ,him on the mountain when ,he  
was transfigured1 and  heard ,god speak 
from heaven3 ,this is ,my beloved ,son1 
hear ,him4        ,,viii4 ,,the ,,good  
,,shepherd ,,and ,,the ,,lost ,,sheep   
,,luke #ae4d    ,,in this story we have 
a peep of what happens on earth1 and    
another peep  of what happens in        
,heaven4    ,think of that1 children6   
,for ,jesus says that when anyone is    
sorry and  comes back to ,god to be     
forgiven1 the angels in ,heaven rejoice6

    ,jesus tells us of a shepherd in    
that ,eastern land who had a hundred    
sheep--and everybody who heard ,him tell
 this beautiful parable of the  ,good   
,shepherd1 would instantly recognize it 
as true of what happened  all around    
them--of the shepherd1 who on counting  
his sheep at night1  might find one of  
them missing4    ,he tells us how that  
loving shepherd would leave the ninety  
and nine of  his flock in the           
wilderness1 and go to seek the lost one4
    ,over the mountains wild and bare1  
the shepherd sought the wandering  one4 
,the thorns pierced his tired feet1 and 
his loving hands1 as he  looked here and
 there until he found it1 perhaps caught
 in a thicket of  thorns1 or fallen into
 a pit from which it could not extricate
 itself6    ,he would disentangle the   
thorns from the imprisoned sheep1 he    
stooped  low1 regardless of his own     
life1 to reach it from the miry pit4    
,illustration    ,and then1 when the    
shepherd had reached it at last1 and had

 grasped it  in his loving hands1 he    
laid it on his shoulders1 rejoicing4    
,and when he got home he called together
 his friends and neighbours1  saying1   
,rejoice with me1 for ,i have found my  
sheep that was lost6    ,and our ,lord  
,jesus adds these words2 and it is here 
we get a peep into  ,heaven3    ,i say  
unto you1 that likewise joy shall be in 
,heaven over one sinner  that repenteth1
 more than over ninety and nine just    
persons who need no  repentance4        
,illustration3 ,,the ,,angel ,,choir4   
,jesus says that ,he is the             
,shepherd--the ,good ,shepherd--,who    
giveth ,his  life for the sheep6        
,little children are the lambs2 and the 
,bible says1 ,he shall gather the  lambs
 with ,his arm4    ,he sees them        
wandering1 ,he loves them2 ,he goes     
after them2 ,he seeks  them4    ,and    
when ,he finds them1 even the angels in 
,heaven rejoice6        ,,ix4 ,,jesus   
,,called ,a ,,little ,,child ,,unto     
,,him    ,,matthew #ah4b                

,illustration3 ,and ,jesus called a     
little child unto him1   and set him in 
the midst of them4 ,matthew #ah4b4      
,,our ,lord ,jesus loved the little     
children4 ,he took them up in ,his arms1
  and blessed them4 ,he rejoiced to hear
 their glad hosannahs as ,he  entered   
,jerusalem4    ,one day there was a     
crowd round ,him1 and the disciples were
 asking ,him  who should be the greatest
 in the ,kingdom of ,heaven4    ,among  
the crowd there was a little child1 and 
the ,lord called him1  and set him in   
the midst1 close by ,him2 and then ,he  
explained to ,his  disciples1 that if   
they wanted to be great in the ,kingdom 
of ,heaven1  they would have to be as   
humble as this little child6    ,then   
,he went on to say to them1 that they   
must be careful not to hurt  or wrong   
one of these little ones who believed in
 ,him2 and that anyone  who received    
such a little child1 was receiving      
,jesus ,himself4    ,and then ,he said  
these very wonderful words3 ,take heed  

that you do not  despise one of these   
little ones1 for ,i say unto you1 ,that 
in ,heaven  their angels do always      
behold the face of ,my ,father which is 
in ,heaven4    ,many years ago1 we had  
just moved into the country with our    
three  little children4    ,a stranger  
kindly called on me1 and having seen our
 children1 she said  gently to me1 ,do  
you try to teach them about ,jesus8     
,i was an earnest ,christian1 and ,i    
said1 ,are they not too young8 and ,i   
told her that ,i meant to do so when    
they were a little older4    ,and ,i    
never forgot her reply3 ,you cannot     
begin too soon6    ,and then she went on
 to tell me of her own little boy1 who  
had lately  gone to be with ,jesus in   
heaven4    ,she said1 ,i had always     
talked to him about ,jesus1 and though  
he was  not much over two years old1 he 
could repeat the verse1 ending--        
,in the kingdom of ,thy grace           
,give a little child a place6    ,then  
she told me that a sudden attack of     

illness had come on1 and that  he had   
kept on repeating1 ,in the kingdom of   
,thy grace1 give a little  child a      
place6    ,but he grew weaker1 and just 
before he died1 he suddenly looked up   
with  a lovely smile1 and exclaimed3    
,white babies6 ,oh1 white babies6 and so
  passed away to the home above the     
clouds4         99     99     99     99 
99    ,i never forgot that visitor's    
words1 and ,i began at once to teach our
  little ones about ,jesus2 and when1   
some years after1 our most cherished    
darling came to die1 he had a peep into 
,heaven too4    ,he had learned a little
 hymn also1 and he used often to say--  
,and oh what delight1 in heaven so      
bright1       ,to see the dear          
,saviour's face--    ,and just before he
 died1 he raised his head1 and pointed  
eagerly  towards the ceiling1 and a     
lovely smile overspread his face4       
,illustration    ,he1 too1 had seen the 
glory1 which ,jesus had spoken of1      
,where their  angels behold the face of 

,my ,father which is in ,heaven6        
,x4 ,,the ,,entry ,,into ,,jerusalem    
,illustration3 ,,the ,,entry ,,into     
,,jerusalem    ,,when the time was      
getting very close for the ,lord ,jesus 
to be  crucified1 ,he went up to        
,jerusalem1 going among the ,jews1 whom 
,he knew  would take ,him and kill ,him4
 ,he did all this1 because ,he loved us 
so  much1 and was going to die for us4  
,one day when ,he was at ,bethany1 ,mary
 came with an alabaster box of very     
precious ointment1 and as ,jesus sat at 
supper1 she poured the ointment  on ,his
 head1 and the whole room was filled    
with the sweet scent4    ,but ,judas1   
the disciple who was going to betray    
,jesus1 said it was  a great waste to   
pour all that ointment on ,jesus1 for he
 said it  might have been sold for the  
poor2 but that was because ,judas had   
the  moneybag and was a thief4    ,then 
,jesus told them all that ,mary had done
 what she could for ,him2  that she had 
anointed ,him for ,his burial1 and that 

in after years1  all over the world1    
wherever the gospel should be preached1 
this should  be told for a memorial of  
her6    ,many of the ,jews were at that 
supper1 partly to see ,jesus1 and partly
  to see ,lazarus1 whom he had just     
raised from the dead4    ,when ,jesus   
left ,bethany1 and drew near to the     
city1 ,he sent on two of  ,his disciples
 to find a colt for ,him to ride on4    
,our ,lord knew everything beforehand1  
and ,he told them just where the  colt  
was tied1 and what they should say to   
the man to whom the colt  belonged4     
,no one had ever ridden on this colt    
before1 but ,jesus1 the ,lord of        
,glory1 did not have any trouble with   
it4 ,they put their garments on the     
colt for a saddle1 and so they set out  
towards ,jerusalem4    ,then the people 
ran before ,him1 casting down their     
clothes for him to  ride over2 others   
cut down branches of the trees1 and     
strewed them  along the path1 crying    
out1 ,blessed be the ,king that cometh  

in the  name of the ,lord6    ,some of  
the ,jews were very angry1 and asked    
,jesus to stop the  disciples4 ,but     
,jesus told them that if they were to   
hold their peace1  the very stones would
 cry out for joy6    ,as they were      
coming down the hill towards ,jerusalem1
 suddenly they  turned a corner and came
 in view of the beautiful city1 and when
 ,jesus  beheld it ,he wept over it4    
,why did ,he weep8 ,why did the ,son of 
,god1 ,who was going there to obtain    
eternal salvation for us--why did ,he   
weep8    ,he wept because the people in 
that city would not have ,him for their 
,saviour6    ,when the great rejoicing  
multitude reached ,jerusalem1 they all  
followed  ,jesus into the temple1 and   
the blind and the lame came to ,him to  
be  healed1 and all the city was moved  
at the sight of ,him4    ,and the little
 children gathered round ,him1 crying   
out joyously1  ,hosanna to the ,son of  
,david6 ,blessed is ,he that cometh in  
the name of  the ,lord2 ,hosanna in the 

highest6        ,,xi4 ,,the ,,labourers 
,,in ,,the ,,harvest-,,field            
,,matthew #bj    ,,there was an ,eastern
 householder1 who had great vineyards1  
stretching  far up on the hillsides4 ,by
 and by the grapes were ready for       
picking1  and the householder went out  
early in the morning to hire labourers  
for  his vineyard2 and when he had      
agreed with them1 he sent them into his 
vineyard4    ,by and by1 he went out    
again2 and seeing others standing idle1 
he said  to them1 ,go ye also into the  
vineyard1 and whatsoever is right ,i    
will  pay you4    ,at length1 at the    
last hour before sundown1 the           
householder went once  more1 and found  
others standing idle1 and he said to    
them1 ,why are you  standing here idle1 
all the day8 ,and they answered him1    
,because no  one has hired us4    ,then 
he sent them also into his vineyard1 and
 said1 ,i will pay you4         99      
99     99     99     99    ,there are   
many lessons for us in this parable1 but

 ,i think the chief  one is this3       
,the ,vineyard spoken of belongs to the 
,lord ,god4    ,the ,grapes represent   
the people all over the world1 whom ,he 
wants to  have in ,his ,heavenly ,home4 
,the ,labourers are ,god's own people1  
whom ,he tells to go and get in the     
harvest4    ,god calls each one of us   
who love ,him1 to be a labourer in ,his 
,kingdom4    ,illustration              
,illustration3 ,,an ,,eastern ,,plough  
,to each one1 when the day is ended1 the
 ,lord will give us our own  reward1 and
 ,he gives us great promises to         
encourage us4    ,he says1 if ,his      
workers are ,wise and turn many to      
righteousness--they  shall shine as     
stars for ever and ever4    ,does not   
this encourage us to do all we can to   
tell others of the love  of ,jesus1 who 
died on the ,cross that we might be     
saved4    ,we can all pray1 that ,god   
will call us to work for ,him2 and      
surely1 if  ,he does call1 and we listen
 to ,his ,voice1 ,he will teach us how  

to bring  many to righteousness1 and    
earn the crown of glory1 that fadeth not
  away6        ,,xii4 ,,jesus ,,said    
,,unto ,,him1 ,,rise    ,,john #e4h     
,illustration3 ,jesus said unto him1    
,rise1 take up thy bed   and walk4 ,john
 #e4h    ,,there was a ,pool just       
outside ,jerusalem1 which was called    
,bethesda4    ,here1 numbers of sick    
people congregated1 for there was a     
wonderful  thing happened there1 and the
 poor sick people watched eagerly to see
  if that wonderful thing was going to  
happen that day6    ,if you have never  
heard the story1 you will wonder very   
much what that  could be6    ,it was1   
that ,god sent an angel down at a       
certain season to stir the  water in    
that ,pool2 and whoever was fortunate   
enough to step down first  into the     
,pool1 after the water was stirred1 was 
made quite well of  whatever disease he 
had4    ,one day1 our ,lord ,jesus was  
going up to ,jerusalem1 and on ,his way1
 ,he  passed this ,pool of ,bethesda4   

,looking round on the sick people1 ,he  
saw the man ,he had come to seek4       
,the ,bible says3 ,jesus saw him lying  
there1 and knew that he had been a  long
 time in that case4    ,so ,he came     
close to him1 and said1 ,wilt thou be   
made whole8    ,ah6 the poor man could  
not answer that question straight off6  
,there was  only one remedy he knew of1 
and that was impossible4    ,so he      
looked up into the face of ,jesus1 and  
gave a very pitiful and  simple answer1 
in words like these3    ,sir1 he said1  
,i am lying here helpless1 and when the 
water is  stirred1 there are numbers of 
others who can step down into the water 
before me1 and ,i am left behind6       
,then our dear ,lord ,jesus gave ',the  
,word of ,command'--and when ,he1 the   
,son of ,god1 commands1 ,he gives the   
power to obey--and ,he said to the  poor
 man1 ,rise6 take up thy bed and walk6  
,and immediately the man was made well2 
and without any hesitation1 he  rose    
straight up1 took up the mat he had been

 lying on1 and was able to  walk away   
quite well4    ,afterwards1 ,jesus found
 him in the temple1 and said to him1    
,thou art  made whole2 go and sin no    
more1 lest a worse thing come unto thee4
    ,jesus had seen how hopeless this   
man had been1 and ,he healed him1 but   
,he wanted him to have a greater        
blessing still1 even to have his sins   
forgiven4    ,and for us--,he sees how  
we need to be healed of our sins1 and   
from the  remembrance of what we have   
done wrong2 and ,he says to us1 too3    
,wilt  thou be made whole8 ,wilt thou   
have my forgiveness1 and come to me and 
be saved8 ,and then1 like the helpless  
man in the story1 we can look  up into  
the face of ,jesus1 ,who is in ,heaven  
looking down on us now1  and all at once
 we can realize ,his mighty power to    
save us6 and we can  yield ourselves to 
,his love4    ,if we come to ,him so1   
,he will make life a different thing for
 us4    ,we shall go about our work1 or 
our school1 or our home1 or our play1   

with a glad heart because we have       
,jesus1 as our own ,saviour4            
,illustration        ,,xiii4 ,,let      
,,through ,,the ,,roof    ,,mark #b4d   
,illustration3 ,,let ,,through ,,the    
,,roof   ,,mark #b4d    ,,the poor man1 
who you see in this picture1 had been   
very ill for a long  time4    ,he had   
four friends who loved him very much1   
and who had heard that the  ,lord ,jesus
 could heal those who were sick4        
,when these friends heard that ,jesus   
was in their city1 they were very       
anxious to get the sick man to ,him4    
,but he was so helpless that he  could  
only lie on his bed1 waited on by those 
around him4    ,but these four friends  
firmly believed that ,jesus could heal  
the sick  man1 and they decided to carry
 him1 just as he was on his bed1 and ask
  ,jesus to cure him4    ,but when they 
reached the house where ,jesus was1     
there was such a crowd  that they could 
not even get near the door4    ,you can 
imagine how they tried to persuade the  

people to make room for  them to get in2
 but everyone was so anxious to see the 
,lord ,jesus1 and  to hear ,him speak1  
that they could not even get near the   
door4    ,what was to be done now8      
,should they turn back8    ,what8 get so
 near to ,jesus1 and not be healed after
 all6    ,then the four friends thought 
of another plan4    ,they would get the 
invalid up the outside staircase that   
there often is  in ,eastern houses1 and 
would get on to the roof6    ,so they   
carried the poor sick man carefully up  
the staircase1 and when  they had       
uncovered a place in the roof1 they let 
down his bed right  through the ceiling 
to the feet of ,jesus4    ,ah6 what do  
you think the dear ,lord said then8     
,when ,he saw their faith--the faith of 
those men who had brought the sick  man 
to ,jesus--,he said to the poor         
trembling invalid1 ,son1 be of good     
cheer1 thy sins be forgiven thee6       
,and then when the people wondered very 
much at ,jesus being able to  forgive   

sins1 ,he showed them ,his great power1 
by making the sick man  quite well the  
very next moment4    ,he asked the      
people which was the easiest for ,god to
 do1 to forgive  sins1 or to make people
 well in an instant8    ,then ,he said  
to the man1 sick of the palsy1 ,arise1  
take up thy bed1  and go unto thine     
house4    ,jesus made him so well that  
though he had to be carried there on a  
bed1  he received strength to obey1 and 
walked back to his home1 carrying his   
bed in his arms6    ,this wonderful     
story of one of the miracles of ,jesus  
helps us to  understand three things3   
first1 the great power of ,jesus2 and   
next1  that we should bring our friends 
to ,jesus1 to get blessed2 and third1   
that we should let no difficulties stop 
us in coming to ,him4    ,he is in      
heaven now1 but ,he is always close to  
us1 and we can speak to  ,him at any    
moment2 and no difficulty1 however great
 it seems to us1 is  beyond ,his power  
to overcome4        ,,xiv4              

,,ask--,,seek--,,knock6    ,,luke #aa4e 
,,these words are a wonderful           
encouragement1 and a wonderful promise4 
,as our ,lord ,jesus looked into the    
anxious faces of the multitude round    
,him1 ,he revealed to them some of the  
deepest needs of our hearts4    ,his    
words are very simple1 and the youngest 
child can understand a  little about    
them4    ,ask1 ,he says4 ,do you not    
know how the tiny child asks his mother 
for  what he wants8 ,and how the little 
girl runs to her father1 and says1  ,may
 ,i have it8    ,so when we remember how
 full of love ,god is1 we can go to ,him
 at any  moment1 and tell ,him what we  
need4 ,it may be forgiveness2 or it may 
be  help in some trouble2 or comfort in 
some disappointment2 or ease in  some   
bad pain4 ,yes1 ,he says1 ,ask6    ,and 
when ,god says1 ,seek and ,knock1 ,he   
expects you to be looking for  an       
answer4 ,he does not always answer at   
once2 ,he waits to see if we are  in    
earnest in what we are asking4 ,he says1

 ,men ought always to pray  and not to  
faint4    ,our ,lord ,jesus tells us a  
beautiful little story about knocking   
and  asking1 in the #aath of ,luke1     
verse #e4    ,and ,he said unto them1   
which of you shall have a friend1 and   
shall go  to him at midnight1 and say   
unto him1 ',friend1 lend me three       
loaves3  for a friend of mine in his    
journey is come to me1 and ,i have      
nothing  to set before him4'    ,and he 
from within shall answer and say1       
',trouble me not3 the door is  now shut1
 and my children are with me in bed2 ,i 
cannot rise and give  thee4'            
,illustration    ,i say unto you1       
,though he will not rise and give him1  
because he is  his friend1 yet because  
of his importunity he will rise and give
 him as  many as he needeth4    ,and ,i 
say unto you1 ,ask1 and it shall be     
given you2 seek1 and ye shall  find2    
knock1 and it shall be opened unto you4 
,for everyone that asketh  receiveth2   
and he that seeketh findeth2 and to him 

that knocketh it  shall be opened4      
,,xv4 ,,the ,,precious ,,ointment       
,,john #ab4c1 and ,,matthew #bf4f       
,illustration3 ,then took ,mary         
ointment of spikenard1  and  anointed   
the feet of ,jesus1 and wiped his feet  
with her hair4  ,john #ab4c4    ,,three 
of the chief friends of our ,lord ,jesus
 lived at ,bethany1 which  was a village
 near ,jerusalem1 just on the other side
 of the ,mount of  ,olives4    ,their   
names were ,martha and ,mary1 and their 
brother ,lazarus4    ,jesus often went  
to their home when ,he was staying at   
,jerusalem1 and  they loved ,him very   
much1 and ,he loved them dearly1 too4   
,only a little time before our ,lord    
,jesus died on the ,cross1 and while    
,he was some distance away from         
,bethany1 ,lazarus was taken very ill1  
and  his sisters sent in haste to ,jesus
 to beg ,him to come and heal their     
brother4    ,but our ,lord ,jesus waited
 for two whole days before ,he set out  
to their  help4 ,and you must hear why4 

,this was not because ,he did not care  
about their trouble3 ,oh1 no6 ,but  ,he 
had a great reason in staying away4     
,he knew that ,lazarus was dying1 and   
,he intended to come and raise him  from
 the dead6    ,and when ,jesus reached  
,bethany1 ,lazarus had died1 and had    
been buried  four days before4    ,when 
,martha had the news that ,jesus was    
coming1 she hastened to meet  ,him1 and 
in her grief she exclaimed1 ,lord1 if   
,thou hadst been here1 my  brother would
 not have died6    ,but ,jesus told her 
that her brother should rise again2 and 
that ,he1  ,himself1 was the            
,resurrection and the ,life3 and ,he    
said that if only  she would believe1   
she should see the glory of ,god6       
,and when ,jesus came to the grave1 and 
they rolled away the big stone1  then   
,jesus lifted up ,his eyes1 and said3   
,father1 ,i thank ,thee that  ,thou hast
 heard ,me4 ,and ,i knew that ,thou     
hearest ,me always3 but because  of the 
people which stand by ,i said it6 444   

,and when ,he had thus  spoken1 ,he     
cried with a loud voice3 ,lazarus1 come 
forth4    ,and ,lazarus came out of the 
grave1 and they unbound his grave       
clothes1  and he was alive again4    ,so
 ,martha did see the glory of ,god6     
,from this time1 many of the ,jews      
determined to destroy ,jesus2 and would 
gladly also have put ,lazarus to death4 
,not long after this1 ,simon the leper1 
who lived at ,bethany1 made a  feast for
 ,jesus4    ,martha helped to serve the 
guests1 but ,lazarus sat down to the    
table  with the ,lord4    ,many ,jews   
were also guests1 who came1 not only to 
see ,jesus1 but to see  ,lazarus1 whom  
,he had raised from the dead4    ,then1 
as ,jesus sat at supper1 ,mary1 the     
sister of ,lazarus1 brought an          
alabaster box of precious ointment1 and 
poured it over ,his head and ,his  feet1
 and the room was filled with the lovely
 odour4    ,some who were there were    
indignant at what they thought was      
waste1 but  the ,lord said1 ,let her    

alone 444 she hath done what she could2 
she is  come beforehand to anoint ,my   
body for the burying4    ,and then ,he  
added this wonderful promise--,verily ,i
 say unto you1  ',wheresoever this      
gospel shall be preached throughout the 
whole world1  this also1 that she hath  
done1 shall be spoken of for a memorial 
of  her4'    ,illustration        ,,xvi4
 ,,ten ,,thousand ,,talents    ,,matthew
 #ah4bd    ,illustration3 ,,ten         
,,thousand ,,talents   ,,matthew #ah4bd4
    ,,one day ,peter asked ,jesus how   
often we ought to forgive anyone who had
  done us a wrong8    ,and our ,lord    
told them this story--    ,there was a  
certain king1 who wished to settle up   
his accounts with his  servants2 and    
when he had begun to reckon with them1  
one was brought  before him who owed him
 ten thousand talents4    ,it was quite 
impossible for the servant to pay1 and  
as he had not the  money1 the king      
commanded that he and all his family    
should be sold1  and payment made4      

,then the servant fell at the king's    
feet and besought him to have pity1  and
 he would try to pay it all4    ,and the
 king was sorry for him1 and had        
compassion1 and forgave every  bit of   
it1 and set him free6    ,but what do   
you think that forgiven servant did8    
,he found one of his fellow-servants who
 owed him a hundred pence2 and  he      
seized him1 and said1 ,pay me what thou 
owest6    ,and the poor fellow-servant  
said1 ,have patience with me1 and ,i    
will  pay you all6    ,but the servant  
who had been forgiven1 would not2 but   
cast his  fellow-servant into prison    
till he should pay the debt4    ,so the 
other servants were very sorry1 and went
 and told their ,lord all  about it4    
,and the king called that unforgiving   
servant1 and said to him3 ,i  forgave   
thee all that debt2 shouldest not thou  
have had compassion on  thy             
fellow-servant1 even as ,i had pity on  
thee8    ,and the king was angry1 and   
said he would have to be punished1 and  

to  pay the debt4    ,and our dear ,lord
 ,jesus adds this solemn warning to us  
all--    ,so likewise shall my ,heavenly
 ,father do also unto you1 if ye from   
your  hearts do not forgive everyone his
 brother their trespasses4    ,now this 
brings us to ourselves4 ,perhaps you    
know yourselves how  difficult it is to 
forgive8    ,now1 suppose someone has   
done you a wrong1 or you think so1 and  
you  feel it is quite impossible for you
 to forgive that person3 ,then what  is 
to be done8    ,go into your room1 or   
some quiet spot1 or speak to ,god in    
your heart1  and say1 ,heavenly ,father1
 ,i can't forgive ,so-and-so1 but do    
help me  to6 ,do give me a forgiving    
spirit6    ,very soon1 if you wait      
quietly for a few minutes1 you will find
 softer  feelings coming into your      
heart4 ,you will1 perhaps1 begin to find
  excuses for the person who has done   
you the wrong4    ,sometimes we can only
 reverently pray that beautiful prayer  
of our dear  ,lord on the ,cross1       

,father1 forgive them1 for they know not
 what they  do4    ,and if you do1 ,i am
 sure you will find that ,his loving    
,spirit will come  into your hearts2 and
 you will find the battle is over1 and  
you have  forgiven1 and have won the    
,victory4    ,as ,christ forgave you1 so
 also do ye4        ,,xvii4 ,,the ,,lost
 ,,piece ,,of ,,silver    ,,luke #ae4h  
,,you see that woman8 ,she has lost     
something which she is most anxious to  
find4    ,yesterday she had ten pieces  
of silver in her hand1 which she was    
counting up with joy1 but this          
morning--somehow--one was missing6 ,she 
was  sure she had them all right last   
night6    ,so she looked all over the   
rooms1 but not a trace could she find of
 her  piece of silver4    ,her          
neighbours were sorry for her trouble1  
but when they had  sympathized with her1
 they returned to their own affairs4    
,at length1 she thought of getting a    
light1 and a broom--perhaps she  would  
find it that way4    ,and so she        

searched all over again2 and would not  
allow herself to  leave off until she   
found it4    ,then clasping her precious
 coin in her hand1 she ran out to her   
neighbours1 calling to them to rejoice  
with her1 as she had found the  piece   
that was lost6    ,and then our ,lord   
seems to turn to ,his disciples1 and to 
us now1 as ,he  says1 ,likewise ,i say  
unto you1 there is joy in the presence  
of the  angels of ,god1 over one sinner 
that repenteth4    ,that woman sought   
until she found it6 and this lesson     
comes home to us  to-day1 as we travel  
along life's pathway4    ,perhaps we    
know someone who has wandered away into 
wrong-doing6 ,that is  like the coin    
that was lost6    ,we look sorrowfully  
round1 and wonder if there is anything  
we can do8    ,illustration    ,and at  
last we take the candle and the broom1  
and begin to seek4    ,what do the      
candle and the broom mean to us8    ,the
 candle seems to me to be the ,light of 
,god's loving promises to help4    ,and 

the broom seems to me to link us with   
those words1 ,pray without  ceasing6    
,god says3 ,do not stop praying till you
 find the one that was lost is  brought 
back to ,god6    ,and then our dear     
,lord's words come back to us again3 ,i 
say unto you1  there is joy in the      
presence of the angels of ,god over one 
sinner that  repenteth4        ,,xviii4 
,,there ,,arose ,a ,,great ,,storm      
,,mark #d4cg    ,illustration3 ,and     
there arose a great storm of wind1 and  
the waves  beat into the ship1-- ,mark  
#d4cg4    ,,you have often heard of the 
,lake of ,gennesaret1 or the ,sea of    
,galilee1  for the gospels tell us many 
beautiful stories of what happened      
around  those shores4    ,several large 
cities had been built1 and the lovely   
,lake was surrounded  by mountains1 and 
there were numbers of ships and boats   
which went  across the ,lake1 some with 
fishermen plying their trade1 and others
  carrying merchandise to the opposite  
shores4    ,but the ,lake1 looking so   

beautiful in the sunshine1 and          
reflecting in  its waters every shade of
 colour of the sky1 or of the           
surrounding  mountains1 sometimes had   
violent storms1 instead of calm on its  
lovely  waters4    ,the wind suddenly   
rose1 and swept down between the        
mountains2 and  almost before the       
sailors could furl their sails1 the wind
 would drive  the boat before it1 as if 
it would swamp it altogether4    ,but   
one day1 when all was beautiful and     
bright1 ,jesus was walking by  the      
,lake1 and a number of people out of the
 cities around came out to  see ,him1   
for they longed to hear ,his words2 no  
one had ever spoken to  them as ,he did1
 nor comforted them with assurances that
 their sins  might be forgiven4    ,as  
the ,lord saw the multitudes around     
,him1 ,he entered into one of the       
fishing boats which were moored to the  
shore1 and ,he talked to the  people    
from there1 because they could hear ,him
 better4    ,so all day ,he sat and     

talked to them1 until evening came on1  
and then  ,he said to ,his disciples1   
,let us go over to the other side of the
  lake4    ,and when ,his disciples had 
sent the multitude away1 they took      
,jesus1  just as ,he was1 in the ship4  
,and there were other little ships with 
,him4    ,but soon a great storm of wind
 swept down between the mountains1 and  
the waves beat into the ship so that it 
was now full4    ,and ,he was in the    
hinder part of the ship1 asleep on a    
pillow4 ,and they  awoke ,him1 and said 
unto ,him1 ,master1 carest ,thou not    
that we perish8    ,and ,jesus arose1   
and rebuked the wind1 and said to the   
sea1 ,peace1 be  still6    ,and the wind
 ceased1 and there was a great calm4    
,and ,jesus said to them1 ,why are ye so
 fearful8 ,how is it that ye have  no   
faith8    ,and the disciples feared     
exceedingly1 and said one to another1   
,what  manner of man is this1 that even 
the wind and the sea obey ,him8         
,children6 ,it is because ,jesus is the 

,son of ,god1 that ,he can do these     
wonderful miracles6    ,if we are in any
 trouble we can look up to ,jesus in    
heaven and say1  ,lord1 help me6    ,if 
we are sad1 we can ask ,him to comfort  
us4    ,if we have done what is wrong1  
we can ask ,him to forgive us4 ,he has  
all  power in ,heaven and ,earth1 and   
,he will listen to our cry1 and come to 
our help1 as ,he helped the disciples in
 that great storm6    ,illustration     
,,xix4 ,,his ,,vesture    ,,matthew     
#bg4ce    ,illustration3 ,,his ,,vesture
   ,,matthew #bg4ce4    ,,perhaps you   
ask1 ,what are these men so busily      
doing8    ,little did they know that    
hundreds of years before it had been    
written  by ,god's ,prophet3 ,they      
parted my garments among them1 and upon 
my  vesture did they cast lots4         
,those four soldiers1 whom ,pilate had  
ordered to crucify the ,lord of  glory1 
and who had heard our dear ,lord say1   
when they had nailed ,him  to the       
,cross1 ,father1 forgive them1 for they 

know not what they  do6--those four     
soldiers1 did not take any heed of the  
matchless love  of those words of       
forgiveness4 ,they were only thinking   
about dividing  ,his clothes4    ,they  
had crucified ,jesus1 the ,saviour of   
the world1 and two malefactors  with    
,him1 one on the right hand and the     
other on the left1 and ,jesus in  the   
midst4    ,and now the people who were  
watching1 saw the four soldiers carry   
away  ,his raiment to a little distance1
 to divide it between themselves4       
,when they found that ,his coat1 or     
under-robe1 was seamless1 and woven  in 
one piece1 they cast lots for that1 so  
that it should not be torn or  divided1 
as ,god had said1 so long ago4    ,in   
this picture we do not see the ,cross on
 which our dear ,lord was  crucified1   
but it must have been very near to the  
men4    ,there was a piece of parchment 
nailed on the ,cross2 and though ,pilate
  had said1 ,i find no fault in ,him1   
yet when he sat down to write his       

accusation on the parchment1 he was     
obliged to put something2 and he  wrote1
 in ,hebrew1 and in ,greek1 and in      
,latin1 ,,jesus ,,of ,,nazareth--,,the  
,,king ,,of ,,the ,,jews4    ,this      
writing was read by many people1 because
 the place where ,jesus was  crucified  
was near to ,jerusalem1 and many were   
passing backwards and  forwards at this 
,passover time4    ,the cruel ,jews1 who
 had urged ,pilate to crucify ,jesus1   
wanted him to  take the writing down    
from the ,cross4    ,they said1 ,do not 
say that ,he is the ,king of the ,jews6 
,but say that ,he  said ,he was6    ,but
 ,pilate would not alter it4 ,what ,i   
have written1 ,i have written1  he said4
    ,so when ,jesus died1 this was ,his 
accusation--that ,he is ,king6    ,then 
the rulers who were standing by mocked  
him1 saying1 ,he saved  others1 ,himself
 ,he cannot save6 ,let ,him come down   
from the ,cross6    ,perhaps some of you
 who read this may think that it was the
 cruel nails  which held ,his dear hands

 fast1 so that he could not come down8  
,but that was not the reason--oh no6    
,it was love that made the ,son of ,god 
stay there2 love to you1 and to  me4 ,he
 gave ,his life a ransom for us4    ,he 
stayed there that ,he might die for us2 
that ,his precious ,blood  should be    
shed to pay the price of our sins4      
,no one can tell the depth of woe and   
loneliness which ,jesus suffered1  while
 the load of our sins rested upon ,him2 
but the more we understand  it1 the more
 we shall love ,him1 for ,his great     
love4        ,,xx4 ,,the ,,last ,,supper
    ,,the night before our ,lord was    
crucified for us1 ,he gathered ,his     
twelve  disciples together1 and sat down
 to eat the ,passover ,supper with them 
in the ,upper ,room4    ,and as they    
were eating1 ,jesus was troubled in     
spirit1 and told them  that one of them 
would betray ,him4    ,close to ,his    
side1 leaning on ,his bosom1 was the    
disciple whom ,jesus  loved2 and ,peter 
beckoned to him to ask the ,lord who it 

was who should  betray ,him4    ,so     
,john1 leaning on ,jesus' bosom1        
whispered1 ,who is it1 ,lord8    ,and   
,jesus answered1 ,it is he to whom ,i   
give a sop when ,i have dipped  it4     
,and ,he gave the sop to ,judas         
,iscariot4    ,and as they were eating1 
,jesus took bread1 and gave thanks and  
brake  it1 and gave unto them1 saying3  
',this is ,my ,body which is given for  
you3 this do in remembrance of ,me4'    
,likewise also the cup1 after  supper1  
saying3 ',this cup is the ,new          
,testament 7covenant7 in ,my ,blood     
which is shed for you4'    ,and from    
that ,last ,supper before ,his death    
till now1 nearly two  thousand years    
after1 in one unbroken chain1 week after
 week1 those who  love ,christ have     
partaken of this ,holy ,feast1 in       
remembrance of ,him  till ,he comes back
 again4    ,the ,holy ,supper was over4 
,judas had already left them to go and  
betray  his ,master to the ,chief       
,priests1 for thirty pieces of silver1  

and he  had gone out into the darkness4 
,illustration3 ,in that wonderful       
conversation1 as ,jesus talked   with   
the disciples for the last time1 ,he    
told them many things   which they      
understood more clearly afterwards4     
,in that wonderful conversation1 as     
,jesus talked with the disciples for    
the last time1 ,he told them many things
 which they understood more  clearly    
afterwards4    ,he told them ,he would  
not leave them comfortless1 and that ,he
 was going  to prepare a place for all  
who loved ,him1 in the many mansions of 
,his  ,father's house4    ,and then they
 sang a hymn together--,jesus and ,his  
disciples--and after  that they went    
into the ,garden of ,gethsemane1 where  
the ,easter moon was  shining among the 
sombre trees3 and there it was that     
,judas found ,him1  and betrayed ,him to
 the multitude4        ,,xxi4 ,,down ,a 
,,steep ,,place    ,,mark #e4ac         
,illustration3 ,and the herd ran        
violently down a steep place   into the 

sea1-- ,mark #e4ac4    ,,after the ,lord
 ,jesus had stilled the great storm1 and
 the disciples had  been so amazed that 
even the wind and the sea obeyed ,him1  
they landed  on the other side of the   
,lake from that from which they had     
started4    ,and directly the ,lord     
stepped on the shore from the boat1 ,he 
performed  another great miracle in the 
sight of the astonished disciples4      
,for there was a man there who lived    
among the tombs4 ,he wore no  clothes1  
and he did nothing but wander about and 
cry and cut himself  with stones4       
,people had tried to bind him1 but he   
broke the chains1 and no man could  tame
 him4    ,for it was ,satan who had put 
wicked spirits to live in him1 and this 
was what made him so miserable4    ,but 
when the poor man saw ,jesus come out of
 the ship1 he hurried to  ,him1 and     
worshipped ,him2 and begged ,him not to 
torment him1 for he said  that he knew  
that ,jesus was the ,son of the most    
high ,god6    ,but ,jesus had said at   

once1 ,come out of the man1 thou unclean
 spirit6    ,then the ,lord ,jesus asked
 the man to tell him his name8 ,and the 
man  said it was ,legion1 for that many 
devils lived in him4    ,then the devils
 asked ,jesus not to send them far away1
 and begged ,him  to send them into the 
herd of swine which were feeding near on
 the  mountain4    ,so ,jesus gave them 
leave1 and the wicked spirits entered   
into the  swine2 and instantly the whole
 herd ran violently down a steep place  
and were drowned in the sea4    ,then   
the keepers of the swine hurried away to
 the town1 to tell the  people what had 
happened2 for there were over two       
thousand swine buried  in the sea4      
,but when the people came out to see for
 themselves1 a wonderful sight  met     
their eyes4    ,for there was the man1  
whom ,jesus had healed1 sitting quietly 
by ,him1  with clothes on1 and in his   
right mind6 ,the wicked spirits had gone
 out  of him1 and he was happy beyond   
expression4 ,he only wanted to be near  

,jesus1 and to show ,him how thankful he
 was6 ,and he begged ,jesus to let  him 
stay with ,him always4    ,but ,jesus   
answered him that ,he did not wish him  
to do that1 because ,he  wanted him to  
go home to his friends and to tell them 
what great things  the ,lord had done   
for him1 and how ,he had had compassion 
on him4    ,so the poor man1 happy now  
because ,jesus had healed him1 went back
 to  ,decapolis and told everybody he   
met what ,jesus had done for him4       
,and it seems to me that this story     
tells its own tale to each one of us3   
,jesus is the ,son of ,god1 and has all 
power4    ,satan likes to trouble us1   
and make us sin2 and if he can succeed  
in  his wicked wishes1 he binds us by   
the very sins he has made us do4    ,but
 ,jesus ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 is   
much more powerful than ,satan2 and  if 
we go to ,him for forgiveness1 ,he will 
send ,satan away1 and ,he will  forgive 
us1 and make us clean and white4 ,for on
 the ,cross ,he died to  wash away our  

sins1 if we will but look to ,him and be
 saved6    ,then we can go1 ever so     
happily1 and tell other people what ,he 
has done  for us6    ,illustration      
,,xxii4 ,,goodly ,,pearls    ,,matthew  
#ac4de    ,illustration3 ,,hosanna6     
,illustration3 ,,goodly ,,pearls        
,,matt4 #ac4de4    ,,our ,lord ,jesus   
said3 ,the kingdom of heaven is like    
unto a merchant-man  seeking goodly     
pearls3 who1 when he had found one pearl
 of great price1  went and sold all that
 he had1 and bought it4    ,now all of  
us are seeking for all sorts of things2 
and each one1 in our  different ways1   
desires most earnestly to find the thing
 we desire4    ,you boys want to be     
splendid at football1 or cricket1 or    
games at  school6 ,or you want to be    
very clever at your lessons1 and top of 
your  class1 and hoping to be put up    
higher next term4    ,and you strive and
 strive for these things1 and like the  
merchant-man1  you seek them1 as he did 
his pearls4    ,and you girls--what do  

you think most about8    ,to be a       
girl-guide8 ,to be top of your class8   
,to be elected captain in  your school8 
,to be a clever artist1 or a good       
musician8    ,and then with older       
people8 ,all the world seems after fame1
 or riches1  or pleasure1 more things   
than ,i can count2 and like the         
merchant-man1  they value them very     
much4    ,but one day this merchant-man 
comes across a man who offers him the   
most beautiful pearl he has ever seen4  
,it is large1 and so pure1 so brilliant1
 and so rare2 he takes it in his  hand1 
and is lost in amazement4    ,the one   
who offers it to him1 tells him that he 
will have to give up  all his other     
pearls to buy it6    ,then the          
merchant-man goes into his chamber1 and 
looks earnestly at his  own pearls4 ,but
 the desire for the one ,treasure is    
overwhelming--and at  length he returns 
to his visitor1 and he says1 ,i will    
give everything  ,i possess1 if you will
 give me this ,one ,pearl of great      

,price6    ,this is an allegory2 but we 
may well ask1 ,what is this ,pearl of   
great  ,price8    ,it is--to take ,jesus
 to be our ,saviour4    ,to ask ,him to 
wash away our sins2 to help us to be    
pure1 and good2 to  be our light in our 
darkest hours2 to be our joy1 our life1 
and our  happiness1 if we have taken    
,him for our own ,saviour4        ,years
 ago1 when ,i was a little girl of      
twelve1 ,i heard a sermon in  which we  
were asked to take ,jesus into our      
hearts1 then and there4    ,i remember  
how1 directly ,i reached home1 ,i ran up
 into my room1 and  knelt down1 and     
asked ,him to take me4    ,since then1  
,jesus has been all the world to me4    
,and ,he has helped me  through a long  
life to try to bring others to love     
,him4    ,a little girl was asked by the
 ,vicar a few ,sundays ago1 whether she 
had  understood what he had said8       
,she looked up sweetly1 and answered3   
,you said1 'we must do all we can  for  
,jesus ,christ'6        ,,xxiii4 ,,the  

,,widow',s ,,mite    ,,one day1 our dear
 ,lord was teaching in ,god's ,temple at
 ,jerusalem1  and preaching the ,gospel4
 ,he had been warning the people against
 the  scribes who made long prayers for 
a show1 but who oppressed poor widows   
and took away their houses4    ,the     
,lord looked straight into people's     
hearts1 and ,he could not bear  for the 
scribes to seem so very good outside1   
and to be so wicked  inside6    ,jesus  
was sitting near the ,treasury1 which   
was a chest in which people  put their  
offerings of money for ,god's service4  
,after ,he had been speaking about those
 scribes that oppressed the  widows1 ,he
 raised ,his eyes and saw the people    
casting their gifts into  the ,treasury2
 and many that were rich cast in much4  
,and just then a poor widow drew near1  
and she put in two mites1 which  make a 
farthing4    ,jesus saw it all6 ,he     
could see into her empty pocket2 ,he    
knew all about  it6    ,then ,he called 
,his disciples to ,him1 and said to     

them1 ,this poor widow  has cast more in
 than all the others who have cast into 
the ,treasury3  for they did cast in of 
their abundance2 but she of her want did
 cast  in all that she had1 even all her
 living6    ,illustration    ,there was 
another poor widow in the time of       
,elijah1 ,god's ,prophet4    ,elijah had
 come a long journey1 in a time of      
famine1 and he was  starving and nearly 
dying of thirst4    ,he came to         
,sarepta1 and saw this poor widow       
picking up sticks outside  the city1 and
 asked her for food and water4    ,she  
told him she had only a handful of meal 
and a little oil1 and when  that was    
eaten she and her boy must die4    ,then
 ,elijah begged her to make a little    
cake for him1 too2 and he  promised her 
that ,god would give her some more meal 
and oil1 as long as  the famine lasted4 
,so she believed ,god1 and made him a   
cake2 and the barrel of meal did  not   
get empty1 and the cruse of oil did not 
fail1 as the ,lord had said4            

,,xxiv4 ,,so ,,run1 ,,that ,,ye ,,may   
,,obtain    ,i ,,corinthians #i4bd      
,illustration3 ,know ye not that they   
which run in a race run all1   but one  
receiveth the prize8 ,i ,corinthians    
#i4bd4    ,,you have heard of the       
,olympic games which were practised in  
old times1  hundreds and hundreds of    
years ago1 and you may have seen        
pictures of  the old ruins of the       
,colosseum at ,rome1 with its tiers and 
tiers of  seats all round1 so that      
thousands of people could witness the   
things  that went on in the arena4 ,some
 very cruel things2 but some1 on the    
other hand1 were simply men racing with 
all their might to receive a  great     
prize4    ,these men were trained1 for  
many months1 to the highest point of    
perfection4 ,they were taught how to    
run1 looking forward to the spot  where 
the crown was to be given them1 without 
faltering or looking back4    ,the      
,apostle ,paul described these games4   
,he says1 ,they all ran1 but  only one  

could get the prize2 but he reminds us  
that in the ,heavenly  race1 we may all 
obtain the prize6    ,this race that we 
are to run1 is to try to please ,god in 
our everyday  life6 ,and he again       
reminds us that we must lay aside every 
weight 7like  those runners did of old7 
and the sin that so easily besets us1   
and we  must run with patience the race 
set before us4 ,and as the competitors  
did in those old days--they looked at   
the goal1 and ran with all their        
might--so we must look to ,jesus1 who   
has told us to run this heavenly  race1 
and who is waiting for us to finish it1 
through faith in ,him4    ,those runners
 cast aside every impediment2 they were 
trained with the  utmost care1 so as to 
leave nothing undone which could help   
them4    ,and ,jesus our ,saviour1 ,who 
is looking on at all those who have     
undertaken ,his race1 assures us1 with  
most beautiful promises1 that we  shall 
surely receive the ,crown of ,life1     
which ,he has promised to those  who    

obey ,him4    ,you boys and girls in    
these days are all running a race of    
some sort6    ,i do not mean only your  
,sports' ,day6 ,that is most interesting
 to you  all1 and1 doubtless1 is very   
good for you4    ,but there are heaps of
 other races which come into your       
lives--your  difficult lessons1 your    
music1 your drawing1 your languages1 and
 a  dozen other efforts2 to have a good 
education1 and to get on in the  world6 
,but ,jesus is watching you all with the
 deepest interest4 ,he says to  you1    
that ,he longs to see you come to ,him  
and join ,his great ,race1 and1  like   
,matthew1 rise up and follow ,him4      
,then if you do1 you have undertaken to 
be in the ,race whose crown is          
,everlasting ,life4    ,and for this    
race1 the looking unto ,jesus is the    
safety and the joy  of it4    ,satan    
loves to tempt us1 and at our first     
failure1 perhaps he says1  ,you will    
never do it2 give it up6    ,but ,jesus 
our ,saviour says to you1 ,do not be    

discouraged2 do not think  of ,satan1   
but think of ,,me4 ,remember1 for the   
joy that was before ,,me1 ,i  endured to
 die on the ,cross for your sakes1 and  
,i am the ,author and the  ,finisher of 
your faith4    ,it is ,i ,who am        
standing at the goal watching1 and it is
 ,i ,who will  give you the ,crown of   
,righteousness that fadeth not          
away--'reserved in  ,heaven for you who 
are kept by the power of ,god4'         
,illustration