What is meant by the "tribe of Aser"?
37. How old was she?

In what place did she stay continually?
How did she employ herself?

What is "fasting"?

What directions does our Lord give about fasting? Will fasting and prayer atone for our sins?

What then is their use?

What alone can take away sins?

38. What did she do when she came in?

Where did she come?

At what "instant"?

For what did Anna give thanks to God?

Of whom did she speak?

To whom did she speak?

Who were they "that looked for redemption in Jerusa

lem" ?

What is redemption?

Who is the Redeemer?

39. Whither did they go after the service. in the temple?

Why is Nazareth called "their own city"?

40. What was the character of Jesus as a child?

What is meant by his being "strong in spirit"?

of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity:

37 And she was a widow of about four-score and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in

Jerusalem.

39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wis-. dom: and the grace of God was upon him.

What is meant here by "the grace of God”?

Is the grace of God ever granted to young children now?

How is it to be obtained?

LESSON VII.

Christ with the Doctors of the Law.
Luke ii. 41-52.

41. WHERE did the parents of our Lord go
every year?
What people kept the feast of the "
Who commanded them to keep it?

Of what was it to remind them?

"passover"?

Of whose blood was the blood of the lamb a sign? What happened to those families on whose houses the blood of the lamb was not sprinkled?

What will become of sinners if they are not par-, doned through the atonement of Christ?

42. What is said in this verse?

43. What happened when Joseph and Mary had fulfilled their days?

Did Joseph and Mary know that Jesus was not with them?

44. Where did they suppose he was? What is meant by "the company"?

41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.

44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a

How far had they gone before they missed him?

Where did they seek him?

45. When they could not find him what did they do?

46. How long was it before they found him? Where did they find him?

Does it mean that he was actually in the temple, or in one of the courts?

What was he doing there?

What was the temple?

Who were the doctors among whom Jesus was sitting?

47. How were those who heard Jesus af

fected?

Why were they astonished?

Did they know who he was?

Was he known yet as the Messiah?

48. When his parents saw him what were their emotions?

What did his mother say to him? 49. What did he answer?

day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaint

ance.

45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, secking him.

48 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and

answers.

48 And when they saw him, they were amazed and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

What is the meaning of "wist ye not" ?
Whom did he mean by his "Father"?

How was he employed about his Father's business! How could Joseph and Mary know that he was the Son of God?

50. What did they not understand?

Had his parents any just knowledge of the object of Christ's mission?

51. What did Jesus do then?

What is meant by his being "subject" to them? What is meant by Mary's "keeping all these sayings in her heart"?

52. What is here said of Jesus?

What is meant by his increasing in "wisdom"?
What is meant by his increasing in "stature"?
What is meant by his being "in favour with God
and man"?

How can we increase in favour with God?
How may sinners procure the favour of God?

LESSON VIII.

John's Ministry. .

Luke iii. 1-23.

1. WHAT period is here spoken of?

What was the office of tetrarch?

50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

CHAP. III.-1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Gæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being

Of what country was Tiberius Cæsar emperor? How came Pilate to be governor of Judea?

2. To whom did the word of God come? Where was he?

3. Whither did he go? What did he preach?

What are we to understand by these expressions? 4-6. To what prophecy did he refer as applying to himself?

Where is this prophecy recorded?

In what sense was this prophecy fulfilled by John's ministry?

7. What did the multitude do?

In what words did he address them?
Why did he call them a "generation of vipers"?
What evidence did they give that they had been
warned?

8. What would induce them to claim Abraham for their father?

Why would not that avail them?

tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

2 Annis and Ca aphas being the high-priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.