he
will carry us through all temptations; he will bring us safely to the
top of the hill; and the reward laid up there will be ours. Let us
learn this lesson of duty, because there is safety in it; there is
success in it; there is profit in it.

And so we have spoken of two things in connection with the
Transfiguration; these are the wonders that attended it, and the
lessons taught by it. The wonders are three--the wonderful
change--the wonderful company--and the wonderful conversation; and
the lessons are three--the lesson of hope--the lesson of
instruction--and the lesson of duty.

In leaving this subject, let us lift up our hearts to Jesus, and say,
in the beautiful language of the Te Deum:

"Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ!
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death
Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God,
In the glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants
Whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints,
In glory everlasting. Amen."

THE LESSONS FROM OLIVET

Our last chapter was on the Transfiguration. The next will be on The
Last Supper. Between these two events in our Saviour's life, how many
interesting incidents took place! How many important sayings that
fell from his gracious lips during this period are written for our
instruction by the four evangelists! There is, for instance, the
beautiful lesson about what it is on which the value of our gifts
depend. He taught this lesson when he saw the rich casting their
gifts into the treasury. Among them came "a certain poor widow,
casting in two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that
this poor widow hath cast in more than they all;--for she of her
penury hath cast in all the living she had," Luke xxi: 1-4. But, from
among all these, we have only room for one chapter. A dozen, or
twenty chapters would be needed on this part of the life of Christ.
Where there are so many that might be taken, it has been very
difficult to decide which is the best. In deciding this matter, I do
not think we could do better than join the company of the three
favored disciples, Peter, John, and James, and go, in thought with
them, as they followed their Master from his last visit to the templ