uide in
shaping our personal plans. While of ourselves we are unable to give
relief, yet if our all is offered to the Master, it will be multiplied
marvelously by his divine power. The miracle seems to have been wrought as
Jesus looked up in prayer. We must surely look to him and seek his
blessing in our service. We must allow no broken fragments to be lost;
some families could live on what other families waste; then, too, the
followers of Christ must learn a true economy of time and talents and
wealth if the Bread of life is to be brought to a famishing world.

3. Jesus Predicting his Death. Ch. 9:18-27

18 And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples
were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes
say that I am? 19 And they answering said, John the Baptist; but
others _say_, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is
risen again. 20 And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am?
And Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 But he charged
them, and commanded _them_ to tell this to no man; 22 saying, The
Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be
raised up. 23 And he said unto all, If any man would come after me
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24 for whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For
what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or
forfeit his own self? 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and
of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he
cometh in his own glory, and _the glory_ of the Father, and of the
holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, There are some of them
that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they
see the kingdom of God.

The first clear prediction of his death was made by Jesus directly after
he had heard the famous confession of Peter. The latter was occasioned by
a question Jesus himself had asked, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
The answer is exactly that given by multitudes in modern days, "And they
answering said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and others, that
one of the old prophets is risen again;" that is to say, a reformer, a
great preacher, a messenger of God. Such an estimate of hi