Ans. Those who have no love for fellow-men.

How can we become one with God?
Ans. By loving those he loves.

Is it enough to feel kindly towards men? Ans. It is not. We must perform acts of goodness to them.

How great, according to John the Baptist, must be those deeds of goodness that we may be prepared for Christ?

Ans. Even to giving one half our clothing and food to those who have none. LUKE iii. 11.

Shall we be ready for Christ and his teaching unless we make this preparation?

Does Christ require the same preparation? Ans. He does.

Mention some instances in which he makes the same requirement.

Ans. In the instance of the rich Lawyer, and in the parable of the Sheep and Goats.

THE RICH LAWYER.

Who came to Jesus to inquire how he might have eternal life?

Ans. A certain lawyer. LUKE x. 25.
What were his wordly circumstances?
Ans. He had great possessions. MATT. xix.
22.

What had he done from his youth up?
Ans. He had kept all the commandments.

What did Jesus tell him he must do to be perfect?

Ans. Jesus said unto him: If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. MATT. xix. 21.

Did the young man make this preparation?

Ans. He did not.

What did he do?

Ans. When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful. MATT. xix. 22.

Did he become a disciple of Christ?
Ans.

He did not.

Do we hear of him afterwards?
Ans. We do not.

What was the difficulty with this young man?

Ans.

He was too selfish. His heart was not tender and warm and generous. He did not love his fellow-men sufficiently to make sacrifices for them; and, therefore, he was not prepared for the good news that God loves them.

What object had the Saviour in making that requirement of him?

Ans. To increase his love for fellow-beings, and so prepare his heart for the news of God's love of them.

To what nation did the young man belong?
Ans. To the Jewish nation.

Was he to confine sacrifices for others to his own countrymen?

Ans. He was not.

How does Christ teach him this?

Ans. By the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Did the Samaritan do good to one of another nation?

Ans. He did to a Jew.

Did the Samaritan perform every office of mercy to the waylaid Jew?

Ans. He had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in. oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him: and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. LUKE X. 33-35.

What did Jesus charge the young man to do?

Ans. Go and do thou likewise. LUKE X. 37.

Was this a necessary preparation for Christ?

Ans. It was.

He could not receive the truth Christ would teach, unless he made this

preparation.

LESSON III.

PARABLE OF THE SHEEP AND GOATS.

What will Christ do when he sits upon the throne of his glory?

Ans. Before him shall be gathered all nations and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left. MATT. xxv. 32, 33.

Why are the sheep placed upon the right hand, the side of favor?

Ans. I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. xxv. 35, 36.

What were they to inherit?

MATT.

Ans. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. MATT. xxv. 34.