"O Lord and Master of us all!
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine.

We faintly hear, we dimly see,
In differing phrase we pray;
But, dim or clear, we own in Thee
The Light, the Truth, the Way."
WHITTIER.

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INTRODUCTORY

"_A prophet mighty in word before God and all the people._"--LUKE xxiv.
19.

"_A teacher come from God._"--JOHN iii. 2.


In speaking of the teaching of Jesus it is scarcely possible at the