un-to him, and he laid his hands on ev-er-y one of them and healed them.

QUESTIONS.

What have you been reading to-day? An account of two of our Saviour's miracles.

What was the first one?

Christ casting a devil out of a poor

man.

Do you not think that it must have been a dreadful thing to be possessed of a devil? Yes.

What did the poor man do?

He cried out with a loud voice.
What did he call our Saviour?

The Holy One of God.

How did Jesus cast out the devil?
By his word.

What did this show?

That he had power over the devil.
Were the people astonished?

Yes, they were all amazed.

Where was our Saviour when he cast

out the devil?

In the synagogue.

What were the synagogues?

The Jews' places of worship.

Where did our Saviour go after he had

cured the poor man?

Into Simon's house.

What was the matter with Simon's mother-in-law?

She was sick of a fever.

What did our Saviour do to her?

He stood over her and rebuked the fever,

and it left her.

What did she do immediately?

She arose and ministered unto them.
Did our Lord heal any other sick people?

Yes, a great many.

How did he cure them?

By laying his hands on them.

Can any one cure the sick by touching or speaking to them?

No.

Who did our Lord prove himself to be, by working these miracles?

The Son of God.

At the time Christ came into the world, the devil and his angels used to enter into the bodies of people and torment them in a dreadful manner. The devil has not now the power of hurting our bodies, but he is always trying to destroy our souls, by tempting us to sin, that we may go to him in hell when we die, instead of being happy for ever in heaven; but as I have told you before, you must resist the devil by not giving way to sin, and follow that blessed Saviour, who came on earth to live and die to save you from the power of the devil. Pray to God to enable you to follow the example of Christ. See how merciful he was to all who came to him; he employed his power

hell, and from

in doing good; you cannot work miracles, but you can be useful and kind to those around you. God grant you grace, my dear children, to be holy, and may you finally inherit everlasting life.

Jesus, thou source of light and truth,
E'en devils bow to thee,
Compelled to own thy power divine,
And at thy bidding flee.

Cast out thy foes, and let them still
To thy great name submit;
Clothe with thy righteousness, and heal,

And place me at thy feet.

From sin, the guilt, the power, the pain,
Thou canst relieve my soul,

Lord, I believe, and not in vain,

For thou wilt make me whole.

LESSON NINETEENTH.

LUKE V. 1-11. MATTHEW IV. 23.

AND it came to pass that as the peo-ple press-ed up-on him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gen-nes-a-ret, and saw two ships stand-ing by the lake, but the fish-er-men were gone out of them, and were wash-ing their nets. And he en-ter-ed in-to one of the ships, which was Simon's, and pray-ed him that he would thrust out a lit-tle from the land. And he sat down, and taught the peo-ple out of the ship. Now when he had left speak-ing, he said un-to Si-mon, "Launch out in-to the deep, and let down your