One of the most able and learned lawyers that England ever had was
John Selden. He was so famous for his learning and knowledge that he
is always spoken of as "the learned Selden." On his deathbed he
said--"I have taken much pains to know everything that was worth
knowing among men; but with all my reading and all my knowledge,
nothing now remains with me to comfort me at the close of life but
these precious words of St. Paul: 'This a faithful saying, and worthy
of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners;' to this I cling. In this I rest. This gives me peace, and
comfort, and enables me to die happy."

William Wilberforce was another of the great and good men who have
been a blessing and an honor to England. When he was on his deathbed,
he said to a dear friend:

"Come, let us talk of heaven. Do not weep for me. I am very happy.
But I never knew what happiness was till I found Christ as my
Saviour. Read the Bible. Let no other book take its place. Through
all my trials and perplexities, it has been my comfort. And now it
comforts me, and makes me happy."

Here we see "this well of water springing up unto everlasting life."
And Jesus, who came to tell us of this water, and to open up this
well in our breasts, may well be called, "the Great Teacher," because
of the great blessings--of which he tells.

_In the second place Jesus may be called "the Great Teacher" because
of the_--GREAT SIMPLICITY--_of his teachings_.