had to do, and this was to preach the gospel, to set an example of a holy life, and to die for the sins of the world. Now my dear children, you should take example from your blessed Lord. You have not to preach the gospel, or to die for the sake of others, but you have all some work to do, some duties to perform; to be dutiful and help your parents; to learn your duty and be obedient to your teachers; to be kind to those around you; to set an example of good conduct to others; and many things will be required in the different states of life in which it shall please God to call you; do all cheerfully, then, as to the Lord, and not to man, knowing that you will hereafter have to give an account of your actions. that whatever is your Always remember duty to God and man, is the work required of you by your heavenly Father. Through all that sweet and blessed scene, Dear Saviour, by the well, More than enough the trembler finds His guilty fears to quell. There, in the blest repose of faith, The soul delights to see, Not only One who fully loves, Not One alone who feels for all, LESSON TWENTY-THIRD. JOHN IV. 46-54. THERE was a cer-tain no-ble-man, whose son was sick at Ca-per-naum. When he heard that Je-sus was come out of Jud-e-a in-to Gali-lee, he went un-to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then said. Je-sus un-to him, " Ex-cept ye see signs and won-ders ye will not believe." The no-ble-man saith unto him, "Sir, come down ere my child die." Je-sus saith un-to him, "Go thy way, thy son liv-eth ; and the man be-liev-ed the word 66 that Je-sus had spok-en un-to him, and he went his way. And as he was now go-ing down, his servants met him, and told him, say-ing, Thy son liv-eth." Then in-quired he of them the hour when he be-gan to a-mend. And they said un-to him, "Yes-ter-day, at the sev-enth hour, the fe-ver left him." So the fa-ther knew that it was at the same hour in the which Je-sus said un-to him, Thy son liv-eth; and him-self be-liev-ed and his whole house. This is a-gain the sec-ond mir-a-cle that Je-sus did, when he was come out of Ju-de-a in-to Gal-i-lee. QUESTIONS. What miracle have you now been reading? Of our Saviour curing a nobleman's son who was sick at Capernaum. Was the young man very ill? Yes, he was at the point of death. What did the nobleman beg Jesus to do? Did our Lord go down with the noble man? No. What did he say to the nobleman ? Did the nobleman believe our Saviour? Yes, he believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him and he went his way. As he was going down, who met him? His servants. What did they say to him? “Thy son liveth.” What did he inquire of them? |