LESSON XLII

ON SUFFERING FOR THE SAKE O

[Matthew v. 10.]

1. BLESSED are they which are pe ness' sake; for theirs is the kingdon are ye, when men shall revile you ar shall say all manner of evil against you

[Matthew x. 16.]

Behold, I send you forth as sheep be ye therefore wise as serpents, and h beware of men, for they will deliver you they will scourge you in their synago brought before governors and kings fo mony against them and the Gentiles. of all men for my name's sake; but h end shall be saved. And fear not ther but are not able to kill the soul; but is able to destroy both soul and body i [1 Peter iv. 12.]

2. Beloved, think it not strange co which is to try you, as though some s unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as Christ's sufferings; that, when his gl ye may be glad also with exceeding joy for the name of Christ, happy are ye;

7. My little children, let us not l tongue, but in deed and in truth. that we are of the truth, and shall as him. For if our heart condemn us, heart, and knoweth all things. Bel demn us not, then have we confider whatsoever we ask, we receive of hir commandments, and do those things sight. And this is his commandm believe on the name of his Son Jesu another, as he gave us commandment. his commandments dwelleth in him, hereby we know that he abideth in he hath given us.

[1 Corinthians xiii. 1.

8. Though I speak with the tongue and have not charity, I am become tinkling cymbal. And though I hav and understand all mysteries, and though I have all faith, so that I co and have not charity, I am nothing. all my goods to feed the poor, and to be burned, and have not charity, it

9. Charity suffereth long, and is not; charity vaunteth not itself, is no behave itself unseemly; seeketh not provoked; thinketh no evil; rejoice rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all thin hopeth all things, endureth all things. but, whether there be prophecies