it.--Matt. 16:25.

_Golden Text for Beginners._--_Be ye kind one to another._--Eph. 4:32.

Truth.--If we would belong to Jesus, we must deny ourselves.

1. Jesus spoke to a great crowd that followed him and told them that if
they wanted to be his disciples they must love him better than all else
in the world.

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2. He said if they would be his disciples they must be willing to take
up their cross and follow him.

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3. He meant that they must be willing to do hard things for his sake.

4. He said if a man wanted to build a tower he would first see if he had
money enough to build it all.

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5. If the man began to build and could not finish it people would laugh
at him.

6. Jesus wanted to teach them that they should be patient and finish
whatever they began.