Which imposes the most restraint upon men, virtue of vice ? What is said of Christ's yoke? Matt. 11:30. 39. What is said of him that findeth his life? What of him that loseth it? What is meant by finding life? What by losing it? Is not life in this verse used in two different senses? Is it the duty of a Christian to lay down his life rather than deny the Savior or renounce his religion? 40. What is said of him that receiveth the apostles? Is an act of goodness done to Christians regarded by Christ as though it were done to himself? Matt. 25: 40. 41, 42. What is said of those who receive a prophet or a righteous man? Is the smallest act of goodness remembered and rewarded by God? LESSON XIX. Jesus feeds the Multitudes and walks upon the Sea. Mark 6: 30-56. Matt. 14: 13–36. 30. What did the apostles do on their return from their mission? 31. What did Jesus say to them? To what place did they retire? Luke 9: 10. 32. What did they do? 34. What feeling did Jesus exercise towards them? What did he do? 35, 36. What did the disciples propose when evening approached? 37. How did Jesus answer them? What was their reply? 38. What question did he ask his disciples? What was their answer? 39. What did Jesus command his disciples to do ? 40. What did the people do ? 41. What did Jesus do before he delivered the bread to his disciples? 42. Did this small quantity of food satisfy them all? 43. How many fragments did they take up? 44. How large was the multitude thus fed? Was this a miracle? Did Jesus ever exert his miraculous power to relieve his own wants? What did the people conclude from this miracle? John 6: 14. What did the multitude design to do? John 6: 15. 45. What course did Jesus take to hinder their design? 46. What did Jesus do when he had sent the multitude away? Did Christ frequently retire to pay his devotions? 47. What happened in the evening? To what place were the disciples going? John 6: 17. Which is the more northerly, Capernaum or Bethsaida? What prevented the ship's proceeding? John 6: 18. 48. What did the disciples do to hasten the vessel forward? When Jesus saw them toiling, what did he do? At what time of the night was this? Into how many watches was the night divided? How far had they proceeded when Jesus came to them? John 6: 19. 49. When the disciples beheld him walking upon the sea, what did they suppose it was? What is a spirit? A 24 50. How did Jesus answer them? What reply did Peter make? Matt. 14: 28. Did Peter attempt to walk to Jesus on the water? Matt. 14: 29. How did he succeed in his attempt? Matt. 14: 30. What prevented his sinking? Matt. 14:31. What did Jesus say to him? 51. What took place on Jesus' entering the ship? How were the disciples affected? 53. Where did they land? On which side of the sea of Galilee is Gennesaret? In what direction is it from Bethsaida? 55. What did the people do when they found that Jesus had come among them? 56. What did the people do on his entering into their cities and villages? Did he heal those that were brought to him? Do these miracles of mercy prove the benevolence as well as divinity of the mission of Jesus? How do we esteem any mere man who labors to relieve the distresses of others? What is the blessing of earthly happiness compared with unending felicity? LESSON XX. Jesus heals the Daughter of the Woman of Canaan, and feeds Four Thousand. Matt. 15: 21-39. Mark 7: 24—37, and 8: 1—10. 21. On leaving the land of Gennesaret, to what coast did Jesus retire? In what direction are Tyre and Sidon from Gennesaret? On what sea are they? Which of them is the more northerly? 22. What person made application to Jesus in behalf of her sick child? How did she address him? In what sense was Christ the son of David? To what nation did this woman belong? Mark 7: 26. 23. How did Jesus at first regard her application ? What did his disciples request him to do? 24. What reason did Jesus assign why he did not attend to her call? What did he mean by the lost sheep? 25. What did the woman then do? 26. What was his reply? What is meant by meet? Who is meant by children? Who by dogs? What are we to understand by this reply? 27. How did the woman answer him? What was meant by this answer? What object had our Savior probably in view in delaying to attend to her request? 28. What did Jesus then say ? What effect had the reply of Jesus upon her that was sick? 29. Where did Jesus go on leaving this region? What did he do on arriving at Galilee? What did Jesus do to them? Are all the miracles of Christ particularly described? |