effect in delivering us from the power of sin? Tit. 2: 14. Gal. 1: 4. Heb. 9: 14.

16. What must we do in order to enjoy the Denefits of the atonement?

17. Have you done this?

18. What is said Heb. 10: 28, 29?

19. What was Paul's determination? 1 Cor. 2: 2.

20. What did he mean by "Christ crucified?" 21. Was that a wise, or unwise determination?

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22. Why? 1 Cor. 1: 23, 24.

23. Was the success of Paul's preaching dependent, in any sense, upon the doctrine of the atonement?

24. What effects usually follow the preaching of this doctrine?

25. Do the effects of the doctrine furnish any evidence of its truth?

26. What will be the consequence to you if you reject this doctrine?

1. What is said in Isa. 53: 3?

2. To whom does that passage refer?

3. Was Christ, while on earth, rich or poor? 8: 9. Matt. 8: 20

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4. What circumstances were connected with his birth, which show his poverty?

5. Was his poverty adapted to promote his enjoyment?

6. When he was an infant, an attempt was made to destroy his life;-can you relate the circumstances? See Matt. 2.

7. What treatment of him is mentioned in John 10: 31-33?

8. Was that the kind of treatment that he had reason to expect?

9. What attempts were made at different times to entrap and seize Christ? Matt. 22: 15, 16. Mark 3: 6. John 11: 53, 54.

10. Who finally betrayed him?

11. Which is the greater affliction, ill treatment from an enemy, or from a professed friend? Ps. 55: 12-14.

12. In what manner did Judas betray Christ? 13. Was that adapted to lessen or increase the sorrow of Christ?

14. What treatment did he receive at the bar of Pilate? Matt. 26: 67, 68.

15. What state of heart did such conduct exhivit?

16. What custom is spoken of Matt. 27: 15— 17?

17. Whom did the people prefer to Christ? Matt. 27: 20, 21.

18. Do not men generally prefer something else to Christ?

19. What did Pilate do to Christ, after he had released Barabbas? Matt. 27: 26.

20. What kind of scourging was usually inflicted upon Jewish and Roman criminals? Deut. 25: 2, 3. 2 Cor. 11: 24, 25.

21. After being scourged, where was he led ? 22. Who bore the cross? John 19: 17. Mark 15: 21.

23. There were different modes of crucifixion; some were tied with ropes, and others were nailed to the cross;-how was Christ crucified ? John 20: 25-27.

24. What circumstances are mentioned in the account of Christ's death, which show that his bodily sufferings were great?

25. As Christ was poor and afflicted, with whom is he able to sympathize?

26. As he was despised and rejected of men, what should his followers expect? Matt. 10: 24, 25.

27. Are you willing to receive such treatment for his sake?

28. Who at the present day reject Christ? 29. Do you?

LESSON XIV.

THE (MENTAL) Ssufferings and death of christ.

1. The last lesson referred to the bodily sufferings of Christ;--what other kind of sorrows did he experience?

2. With whom did Christ have an interview in the wilderness?

3. Relate what took place. Matt. 4: 1-10. 4. How do good men generally feel when they are in the company of the wicked, especially if the wicked tempt them to sin?

5. Do you suppose that the interview which Christ had with Satan was pleasant or painful to the Saviour? Why?

6. How did the Jews generally receive Christ's instructions? John 7: 12. 10: 19, 20. 1: 11.

7. If you were to communicate information, very important for an individual to know, and he, instead of returning you his thanks, should abuse you and call you a deceiver, how would you probably feel?

8. How was the treatment alluded to in the 6th question calculated to make Christ feel?

9. He performed many miracles;-by what power did the Jews say some of them were performed? Matt. 9: 34. 12: 24.

10. How do men usually feel when others tell lies about them to injure their reputation? 11. Suppose you were to perform an act of great kindness, and it should be ascribed to malicious motives, how would you feel?

12. Was then the conduct referred to in the 9th question calculated to make Christ happy or unhappy?

13. When did Jesus weep? See John 11: 33-35.

14. Was it bodily or mental suffering tha' made him weep?

15. What did he experience in the garden of Gethsemane? Matt. 26: 36-45. Mark 14: 32

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16. Were the sufferings which he there en dured those of the body or of the mind?

17. Was there anything to make him so unhappy? What?

18. What treatment did he receive from the soldiers in the common hall? Matt. 27: 27-31.

19. Christ was accused of making himself a King;-how does that circumstance explain why, in mocking him, they crowned him with thorns, clothed him with a purple robe, gave him a reed for a sceptre, and then bowed before him with salutations?

20. Is mockery trying to a person's feelings? 21. Who mocked and railed at Christ when he was upon the cross? Matt. 27: 39-44.

Luke 23: 39.

22. What effect were all those mockeries adapted to have upon Christ?

23. Many martyrs who were put to death for. their attachment to Christianity died in triumph. their last words were expressive of joy and thanksgiving; what were some of the last words of Christ? Matt. 27: 46.

24. Does that language express great anguish of soul?

25. How can you account for the fact, that the feelings of Christ, the holiest person who ever lived, should have been so different at the time of his death from many of the martyrs?

26. What lessons are taught by Christ's sufferings?