fifth "point" in the printed statement, The Progress of Mankind onward and upward forever. That means the endless life.

Now what makes the best onward, upward life? Our Passage tells us in these words: Believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me. He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do.

Jesus asked his disciples to see what he did and how he did it. Then they might go and do likewise. He took his power from the great Source of all life, from God. He worked with God. Any one who does this has the real power to live on, and live forever.

Root and Branch.

In this same John's Gospel is a picture of a tree and branches. It tells us what Jesus meant about the endless life. No branch can live when it is cut off from the tree. It dries and dies. So it is with us. We cannot live on our own life: we are branches. The tree is God. He is the life that pours into each one.

How can we

But you will say: No one ever saw God. know and feel that He is near us and with us? By keeping conscience strong, by heart goodness, by purity, by nobleness. These are the channels through which the power of God, or Goodness, comes.

Every one who has the spirit of Jesus is open to the endless life. No one ever really saw the force called electricity, no one can tell what it is. It is used for light, for heat, for lifting, for healing. We know we can use it. We know it is a

power.

So, by picture, with God-power. It has been tried. Jesus used it. Great souls have used it. We can have it. The power to become true men and women.

Jesus-power.

In our Passage, Jesus reveals his power. It was strange, but it was real. Believe in me, and believe in my words. Where I go, there you shall go. What I do, you shall do. I will give you peace, courage, victory over death.

Thousands and thousands have been made noble and victorious by believing. It will lift the world. His name is in every pulpit, and his cross shines over every church.

This power makes us not only strong, it makes us wise. We all want to be wise. For that we go to day-school and Sunday School,- to be wise and good. I mean by wisdom the right use of life. If we are to live again after death, then there is no death: that is only a word that means change. We go away, and live in another place.

do that. Plan In this sense,

This will make

So we must plan large. Young people can for an endless life. But one thing at a time. one life at a time, yet a part of a great whole. us happy when we are disappointed: this way of wisdom will help us think of death without fear.

Into the Light.

Jesus brought life and immortality into the light. The people of the earth had believed in the endless life, but not so fully, not so strongly, as after Christianity's sun rose and shone o'er all mankind.

HINTS FOR TEACHERS.

1. The people before the time of Jesus did not believe clearly in a life after death. Explain what the Old Testament teaches. There were some, the Pharisees, who did hold such a faith.

2. Show the argument of Jesus: As I am more fully one with the Divine, so am I to live on forever. Unfold the Christian idea of an endless life.

3. Make a distinction between much that has been and is taught about the future life and the truth of immortality.

4. Bring out the necessity of learning to live rather than learning to die.

5. How faith in immortality brings comfort and courage.

QUESTIONS FOR PUPILS.

Is

Did Jesus teach the endless life? What do you think he meant? Have people always believed it? Do all people believe it now? What is meant by the tree and the branches? God the one source of life? How can we make use of this power? Can you repeat the illustration about electricity? Can you give the illustration from the White Mountains? Do most people round the world believe they are not to die? But their bodies die: how do you explain this? Where do you think heaven is?

I

YE ARE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER.

SAY, to every man that is among you, not to

think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly. For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another; in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but be carried away with things that are lowly. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

ROMANS, chapter twelve.

YE ARE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER.

Saul and Paul.

They are the same. When Saul was persecuting the Christians, he had a vision. He thought he saw Jesus, who reproached him for his cruelty; and he was converted. After that he was called Paul. He became the great missionary and apostle. Our Bible Passage this time is from the greatest letter Paul ever wrote. It was sent to the little church at Rome. The people were quarrelling, and there was danger that everything would suffer; for there were not many Christians in that mighty city. It was needful that there should be peace, and all work together.

Many Things.

In this Epistle to the Romans, many things are said; but we take for our lesson a part that is full of good advice as to spirit and speech. There is much in it for all people; to regulate the tongue, and to fulfil the law of Christ which the Roman Christians had forgotten.

They were each trying to be at the head. They were speaking evil one of another. They were full of worldly feelings. The one thing Paul asked them to remember was this: Ye are members one of another. You need each other. All duties are noble. If one suffers, all suffer. The wrong of one is the hurt of all: the good of each is the blessing of the whole. Let us see what Paul advises.

Modesty.

The first piece of advice is: Be modest. Do not think too highly of yourself. Let others praise you.

That is just what we all need to hear now. Conceit is a poison that, once in the blood, works harm. Vanity, vain glory, boasting, these are not signs of strength, but of weakness. Sincerity.

The next command is to be sincere. Have affection and real friendship. Put away make-believe and pretence. Deal squarely with all. Take pride in the talents and good fortune of others. Do not indulge in hypocrisy.

Why is not that excellent for us? Boys and girls know

early in life what insincerity is. And a mean, wicked thing it is. We dislike the teller of falsehoods or the double-faced friend. The world would be so much better at once if all were honest

and true.

Forgiveness.

Then Paul points out forgiveness as a great virtue. Treat those who differ from you kindly. Yes, even to your enemies speak gentle words. Bless, but curse not. Let not the evil spirit of others corrupt yours. Do not fight evil with evil, but overcome evil with good. Bear, endure, forgive, be strong in the spirit of Jesus.

Other advice is given, but these three keywords are the greatest. What a Passage is this! If Christians lived up to it, there is no telling how wide the gospel of peace and good will would spread. Many Christians ask others to do all these things, but fail to begin at home.

Not Easy.

not easy.

You say, All this is hard to practise. True. The doing is But would you be satisfied with any standard lower? You know Emerson said: Hitch your wagon to a star. That means, Have an ideal very high. Do not be satisfied with small things.

Equality.

One other sentence we must notice: Be of the same mind one toward another.

The word "equality " is often heard. In our country all men are called "free and equal." We ought to understand that. All men are not equal, and never can be. No two boys are just equal. Paul helps us out: We must be equal-minded toward all; we must respect all; we must remember that poor and rich, ignorant and educated, low and high, are only words that tell about circumstances. We might be one or the other, from

what we are.

Paul says: Treat all worthy people with the same consideration, and the unworthy with charity. Make no foolish distinctions, entertain no scorn, build no walls. Equality in Christianity means, good will and respect for all the children of God.

What?

What if you should try to live by yourself? You would become a hermit. Do you like a miser? He sets himself