The hour when he began to amend.
What reply did they make?

"Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him."

What hour did the nobleman know that to be?

The same hour in which Jesus had said unto him, "Thy son liveth."

How did the nobleman and his household then act?

They believed on Jesus Christ?

We have read to-day of a rich man, a nobleman, who was in great trouble, for his son was very ill, and at the point of death; when he heard of the wonderful things which Jesus had done, he determined to ask him to come and heal his son. How many people never think of seeking Christ till they are in trouble and sickness, and then they call upon him to help them, though they have forgotten and neglected

him all their life; but do not you be so foolish and wicked. "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." Serve him faithfully in the day of prosperity, and in sickness and affliction he will support, comfort, and watch over you. Jesus did not go with the nobleman; he wanted to try his faith, and to teach him to believe more, so he went down alone, and on his return home, he found that his son was cured at that very hour, while more than thirty miles from him, wherein Jesus had told him "Thy son liveth."

So strange, so boundless, was the love

That pitied dying men :

The Father sent his equal Son

To give them life again.

Here sinners you may heal your wounds

And wipe your sorrows dry,

Trust in the mighty Saviour's name,

And you shall never die.

LESSON TWENTY-FOURTH.

LUKE V. 17-26.

AND it came to pass on a cer-tain day, as Je-sus was teach-ing, that there were Phar-i-sees and doc-tors of the law sit-ting by, which were come out of ev-er-y town of Gal-ilee, and Ju-de-a, and Je-ru-sa-lem: and the pow-er of the Lord was pres-ent to heal them. And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was tak-en with the pal-sy; and they sought means to bring him in and to lay him be-fore Jesus. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in be-cause of the mul-ti-tude, they

went up-on the house-top, and let him down through the til-ing with his couch in-to the midst be-fore Je-sus. And when he saw their faith, he said un-to him, "Man, thy sins are for-giv-en thee." And the Scribes and the Phar-i-sees be-gan to rea-son, say-ing, "Who is this which speak-eth blas - phe - mies? Who can for-give sins but God alone?" But when Je-sus per-ceived their thoughts, he an-swer-ing said un-to them, "What rea-son ye in your hearts? Wheth-er is ea-si-er, to say, Thy sins be forgiv-en thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath pow-er up-on earth to for-give sins," (he said un-to the sick of the pal-sy,) "I say un-to thee, a-rise, and take

up thy couch, and go un-to thine house." And im-me-di-ate-ly he rose up be-fore them, and took up that where- on he lay, and depart-ed to his own house, glo-ri-fying God and they were all a-mazed, and they glo-ri-fi-ed God, and were fill-ed with fear, say-ing, "We have seen strange things to-day."

QUESTIONS.

Of what miracle have you read in this lesson ?

Of Christ curing a poor man of the palsy.

When Jesus was teaching who were sitting by?

Pharisees and doctors of the law.