{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3498", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class _\\n8eok__\\nCopyright^\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Cfje BSeictoeti on", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "THE CHILD CHRIST.", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "f?ne, Av* si H*s\\nZ$t Ibtltfott* \u00c2\u00a7bou\\nBy M. RYE\\nNew York DODD, MEAD\\nAND COMPANY Mdcccci", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "THE LIBRARY OF\\nCONGRESS,\\nTwo Copies Received\\nAPR. 25 1901\\nCopyright entry\\nCLASS 0, X*c. N\u00c2\u00bb.\\n2L Z 9//\\nCOPY B.\\nCopyright, 1900\\nDodd, Mead and Company\\nAll rights reserved\\nJohn Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A.", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREAMBLE\\nFOR many hundreds of years before\\nJesus was born into the world, God\\nhad taught the Jews, a people dwelling\\nin Asia, by making Kings and Prophets\\nHis Messengers to instruct them in His\\nways and to bid them keep His laws, and\\nthey became a special nation set apart\\nfrom others and worshipping God in their\\nTemple at Jerusalem, which was their\\nchief city.\\nBut in the course of time their hearts\\ngrew cold to God, and though they fol-\\nlowed the teaching of their priests, and\\nremembered all the forms and ceremonies\\nof their ancient religion and insisted on", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "PREAMBLE\\ntheir observance, they forgot to be just\\nand loving and merciful, and to worship\\nGod as they had done at first.\\nAnd then, too, they lost their freedom\\nand had to submit to the rule of the pow-\\nerful Romans and be governed by them.\\nSo God in His great love for the world,\\nand for its salvation, sent His Son Jesus\\nChrist to be born into it just as human\\npeople are born to live a human life,\\nand to teach the poor, who had been left\\nuntaught to heal the sick, who in their\\nmisery and pain had no one to go to to\\ngive hope to the wicked and tell them\\nplainly what was the result of sin, and\\nto give comfort and courage to all who\\ndesired to follow him and be like\\nhim.\\nHe came a New Teacher into the world\\nto make religion a living thing instead of\\nvi", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREAMBLE\\nits being a dead creed of forms and ob-\\nservances as taught by the priests. But\\nhis life and teaching displeased the priests,\\nand roused their anger and jealousy, until\\nin the end they wrought his death.\\nvu", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS\\nPAGE\\nChristmas Day 3\\nThe Wonderful Things He Did 33\\nThe Beautiful Stories He Told 55\\nHis Ways with Children 73\\nSome of the Things Jesus Taught the\\nPeople 87\\nThe Last Days of Jesus 101\\nThe Painful Death He Died 121\\nHow in the End He Won 139", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "CHRISTMAS DAY", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "The STORY OF JESUS CHRIST\\n^TCHEISTMAS DAY\\nTHE story of Jesus begins with\\nChristmas Day, because that is\\nthe day on which he was born\\ninto our world.\\nEver since his birth, Christmas has been\\nmade a time of great rejoicing and glad-\\nness, for it celebrates the coming of the\\nvery best and noblest; the most truth-\\nful and loving man who ever lived on\\nthis earth. And this man, Jesus Christ,\\nwas God s own son in human form, and\\nhis life and teaching so changed and\\nlifted up the ways and thoughts of men,\\nthat we cannot be glad enough on his\\nbirthday or be too grateful to God for\\nthe gift.\\n3", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nJesus did not begin his life here as if\\nhe were coming to rule and govern as a\\nsovereign. He was born in the midst\\nof very simple surroundings, and at the\\ntime very, very few people thought or\\ncared about him. For the most part his\\ncountrymen went their own busy ways as\\nusual, not knowing what great event, full\\nof meaning for the whole world, was tak-\\ning place in their midst; but there were\\none or two strange things that happened\\nat his birth that, in spite of their indiffer-\\nence, forced themselves upon the notice\\nof many and gave them much to talk\\nover and think about, both then and long\\nafterwards.\\nThe first of these strange things was:\\nSome shepherds, looking after their sheep\\nin the fields one night, suddenly saw a\\ngreat and most brilliant light.\\nWhen the shepherds saw this light,\\nwhich was quite unlike any they had\\n4", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\never seen before, they were very much\\nfrightened and wondered what its mean-\\ning could be, and they were more sur-\\nprised still when there appeared in the\\nsky a white and shining Angel. But the\\nAngel, who was most beautiful to look\\nupon, gently told them not to be afraid\\nthat there was no need of fear, for that\\ninstead of coming to alarm them he was\\nthere to say something that would make\\nthem gloriously happy, and then he told\\nthem that he had been sent from God in\\nHeaven to bring them the good news,\\nthat at that very instant the most won-\\nderful and holy child had been born into\\nthe world, a child of Heaven and of the\\nHoly Spirit, who would bring to them\\nthe poor shepherds and to all who\\nlived on the earth, Hope, Help, and Sal-\\nvation in life and in death.\\nAnd while the glistening Angel was\\nthus speaking other Angels came, flying\\n5", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nfrom Heaven, nearer and nearer to the\\nearth, and the whole company of them\\nbroke out rapturously into a glorious\\nhymn of praise, and peace, and divine love.\\nSuch heavenly music amazed the simple\\nshepherds and they felt that for ever they\\ncould have stood there under the starry sky\\nlistening to the singing of that Choir of\\nHoly ones. And in their hearts, too, there\\nwas singing at the news brought by the\\nAngels.\\nThe Angel who first spoke had told the\\nshepherds where to find the babe and its\\nmother, so when the heavenly song had\\nceased, and the divine Singers had gone\\nfrom those quiet fields and returned to\\ntheir own bright home, the shepherds left\\ntheir flocks and, obeying the directions\\ngiven them, found the little child and his\\nyoung mother Mary. They told of the\\nvisit of the Angels and of the words that\\nhad been spoken to them; of the bright\\n6", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3309", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nlight and of the sweet singing of the white-\\nwinged, angelic chorus. And Mary and\\nher husband Joseph, and every one who\\nlistened to the shepherds story, were\\nastonished and surprised at the wonder\\nof it.\\nAnd at the birth of Jesus a new star\\nwas seen in the sky. Perhaps only those\\npeople who cared very much for stars,\\nwho knew their names and their position\\nin the sky, would have noticed a new one\\nwhere there are such vast numbers; but\\nthis new star was discovered by wise men,\\nwho lived far away from Judea, and who\\nfor long years had watched the stars at\\nnight. And their books told them that\\nthis new star had appeared in the sky as a\\nsign of the birth of Jesus that they were\\nto visit and worship the new-born child\\nwho was the long-expected Christ, the\\nSaviour of the world.\\nSo [obediently] they travelled to Judea", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nfrom their far away homes, and as by\\ntheir reading they were led to believe that\\nthe babe was a royal babe, they came\\nbringing- presents fit for a king, beautiful\\nornaments of gold and valuable spices and\\nperfumes.\\nBut Jesus, the king they had come to\\nadore, was not born in a palace among\\nsplendid surroundings. He, whom God\\nwas sending with his message to the poor\\nand sinful, began his life among the lowly\\nin a stable; his cradle was a manger of\\nstraw and sweet-scented clover, and about\\nhim were the animals whose home it was.\\nCows with their dear kind eyes looked\\ndown upon the Christ Child, wondering at\\nhis presence there, and horses ate their\\nfood beside him, lifting up their heads to\\ngaze at him.\\nNow I will tell you how it came about\\nthat Jesus was born in a stable, and not\\nin his own mother s home. It was a very\\n8", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nbusy time just then at Jerusalem, the\\ngreat city of the Jews, for all the people\\nof Judea had been ordered by their rulers\\nto come up from all parts of the country\\nwith their wives and families, that their\\nnames and all particulars concerning them\\nmight be taken down and carefully written\\nout, so that it would be exactly known\\nhow many families there were in the land.\\nWith the rest came Mary and her husband\\nJoseph. The people came travelling up\\nto Jerusalem in such numbers that every\\ninn and house was full, not only in the\\ncity of Jerusalem itself, but in all the vil-\\nlages near. Many found it difficult, and\\nsome impossible, to get shelter anywhere.\\nFortunately, as I told you, it was so warm\\nand sunny in that land that people could\\nbe quite happy out of doors, and were\\ncontented if they could but find some\\nsleeping-place for the women and children\\nwhen night came on. So it happened\\n9", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "tht BELOVED SON\\nthat Mary and her family could only get\\na stable to rest in every other place was\\noccupied. And there in that stable, the\\nvery night they arrived, Jesus was born,\\nand there he was found by the wise men.\\nBut not directly, for these wise men met\\nsome difficulties by the way.\\nWhen they arrived at Jerusalem they\\ninquired where the king lived, and, being\\ntaken to Herod, who, under the Roman\\nGovernor, ruled over the Jews, they told\\nhim they wanted to find the King of\\nthe Jews.\\nThis made Herod very angry and jeal-\\nous, and frightened him, because he con-\\nsidered that he himself was the king of\\nthe Jews; and he knew nothing about\\nthis wonderful new child whom these wise\\nmen called king, and, knowing nothing,\\nhe could not tell them where to find\\nJesus. So they left him, and, looking up,\\nthey saw their star the very star that\\n10", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nhad appeared in the sky to tell them of\\nthe coming of the Christ Child and it\\nwas moving before them to guide them\\nand, following it, they were led to the\\nvillage of Bethlehem, where the infant\\nJesus and his mother were. And they\\nwent right into the stable, and there\\nknelt down and worshipped and pre-\\nsented their royal offerings, for they\\nwere so wise that it made no sort of\\ndifference to them whether the Christ\\nthey had found was born in poverty or\\nin splendour. They knew in their wis-\\ndom that he was the King of Kings.\\nWhen they had given their birthday\\npresents and had prayed and wondered\\nin that lowly stable, they went quietly\\nhome to their own country, having done\\nwhat they came to do, and we hear of\\nthem no more.\\nBut King Herod was expecting them\\nagain, and when they did not return to\\n11", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nhim his anxiety and suspicion increased,\\nand in his anger he was very cruel and\\nvery wicked, for he ordered that every\\nchild that was two years old or younger\\nshould be put to death, thinking that the\\nnew-born king would thus be killed, and\\nthat afterwards he might feel perfectly\\nsure there was no other living being who\\ncould claim to be king of the Jews but\\nhimself.\\nBut though he had all these little\\nchildren killed, and caused so many\\nfathers and mothers to be heart-broken\\nby his wicked deed, he did not succeed\\nin putting Jesus to death. For Joseph\\none night in a dream heard a voice tell-\\ning him to rise up quickly, and to take\\nJesus and his mother Mary with all haste\\ninto another country where Herod had\\nno power, and to stay there for a long\\ntime until it was safe to return to his\\nown land. Joseph obeyed the voice in\\n12", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthe dream and they all three went with\\nspeed to Egypt, and remained there away\\nfrom their friends till the death of Herod.\\nThen they came back and lived at a place\\ncalled Nazareth, and there it was that\\nJesus spent the years of his childhood.\\nNazareth was a quiet country place,\\nand here the child Jesus lived a simple\\nhome-life with Mary and Joseph. Joseph\\nwas a carpenter, and Jesus must often\\nhave watched him at his work, and picked\\nup the curly shavings to play with, as\\nchildren love to do. Sometimes, too,\\nMary would show him the golden orna-\\nments presented to him by the wise men\\nand tell him of the star that was their\\nguide, and how the Angels sang together,\\nand of the other strange things that hap-\\npened at his birth.\\nIt was a peaceful, gentle life, and we\\ncan imagine that the greatest excitement\\nin the family was the journey to Jeru-\\n13", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nsalem every year; for Joseph and Mary\\nalways attended the great feast of their\\nreligion. Then the family would have\\na glimpse of the stirring city life, with\\nits gay and crowded streets, and the hot,\\nnoisy, bustling people, all busy buying\\nand selling at this season of the year.\\nThen, too, at Jerusalem they would\\nsee the Temple, the great Church of the\\nJews, the building that they all loved so\\ndearly, and of which they were so proud.\\nWithin the Church people were also buy-\\ning and selling, just as if they had for-\\ngotten the story of their great Temple,\\nand how it had been built of old by\\nfaithful Jews for God to dwell in.\\nWhen Jesus was taken here as a boy\\nhe noticed how Grod s temple was dis-\\nhonoured by the noise and confusion\\nmade by those trading in it, and you will\\nsee later what he did to change all this\\nwhen he became a man.\\n14", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nOnce during one of these visits to the\\ncity, when Jesus was walking through\\nthe Temple and looking at the beauty of\\nthe building and thinking about it, he saw\\na group of old men, very learned and\\nserious, who were earnestly discussing\\ndeep questions concerning their religion.\\nHe listened to their talk and asked them\\nmany questions.\\nAnd the learned men were astonished\\nat his questions and at his gracious bear-\\ning. And because the more men know\\nthe humbler they become, these doctors,\\nwho had so much knowledge, were able\\nat once to see the wisdom of the Holy\\nChild, and they talked to him with interest\\nand delight.\\nBut while he was spending his time in\\nthis way, and getting fresh thoughts and\\nideas from this visit to the Temple, Joseph\\nand Mary thought that he had joined a\\nparty of friends, and had already left\\n15", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nJerusalem for home. For at these great\\nFestivals the crowd was so great, and\\nthere was so much confusion and bustle\\nin getting away from the city when the\\nfeast was over, that families were often\\nseparated and travelled home as best they\\ncould. So Joseph and Mary went towards\\nhome without Jesus, expecting he would\\narrive there before them, and only found\\nout their mistake at the end of the first\\nday s journey.\\nAfter many inquiries they began to fear\\nhe was lost, and at once returned to Jeru-\\nsalem seeking him, for they were very\\nanxious, and wondering greatly what\\ncould have happened to him.\\nHe was then only twelve years old, but\\nbeing a child of the Spirit he knew that\\nhis work in the world would be unlike\\nthat of the grown-up people he saw around\\nhim, and that he must prepare for this\\nwork carefully and be ever learning from\\n16", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nall things and in every way. Joseph and\\nMary had watched the Christ Child in his\\nhome and knew him to be different from\\nother children, but they did not quite\\nunderstand what kind of difference it was\\nor know how sacred and divine was his\\nmission. They saw him every day, and\\nhad perhaps become used to the beauty\\nand goodness of his young life.\\nWhen on their return to Jerusalem in\\ntheir search for him they arrived at the\\nTemple, they rejoiced, indeed, to find him\\nthere in safety, and were amazed to see\\nhim in the midst of those learned Doctors\\nof the Law talking so freely to them.\\nThey told him how anxious they had\\nbeen and how they had been looking\\neverywhere for him, and he explained to\\nthem that Grod having given him a great\\nwork to do he was learning how to do it.\\nBut though deep down in his young\\nheart he felt intensely the responsibility\\n2 17", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nof his life, he did not keep himself apart\\nfrom other children, or behave as if he\\nthought himself above them. When he\\nwas home again with Joseph and Mary in\\nquiet Nazareth, simply and obediently he\\nshared their life. The world that God\\nhis Father had made was very dear and\\nlovely to him, and he rejoiced when learn-\\ning its secrets. The lilies growing in the\\nfields of his home were more beautiful to\\nhim than kings in their diadems and robes\\nof glory. The birds, happy in each day s\\nsunshine, building their nests while in full\\nsong, were flying messengers to him, tell-\\ning of the sweet peace wrought by an\\nabiding confidence in God s love.\\nHe observed, too, all the creatures of\\nthe fields and woods. He saw with in-\\nterest the foxes creeping into their holes\\nfor safety when they were frightened by\\nunusual sounds, and years after, when he\\nhad no home of his own, and, spending\\n18", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nhis blessed life in doing kind and beauti-\\nful things for other people, had often no-\\nwhere to sleep, he remembered the nests\\nof the birds and the homes of the foxes\\nthat he had watched so often as a boy.\\nSo, too, the wind blowing strongly and\\nbearing away in its raging might disease\\nand many evil things, or wafting gently\\nover the country the fragrance of fields\\nand blossoming trees, spoke to him of that\\nHoly and mysterious Spirit that moves\\nthe hearts of men, stirring them up to\\nnoble deeds or melting them to love or\\npity. A Spirit,, too, coming and going\\nlike the wind, none can say whence or\\nwhither.\\nAnd the gold and red and purple of the\\nmorning and the evening those burning\\ncolours right out of God s Treasure House\\nthat make such radiant pictures in the sky\\nfor all to love and wonder at these were\\nto him treasures that he also owned, and\\n19", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthat later on he used to awaken into life\\nthe hearts of sinful men.\\nAnd he watched, too, in the spring the\\ncorn growing from green to the white of\\nharvest, and the trees first coming into\\nleaf and bud, and to the fulness of the\\nripened fruit.\\nAll these he loved to see and to con-\\nsider, and was ever in tender sympathy\\nwith living, growing things.\\nAnd he watched people in their every-\\nday lives, and saw that some were led\\nby God s Spirit into sweet, true ways, and\\nthat others fell away from what was good,\\nand grew cold, cruel, and selfish.\\nAnd when people took pains to appear\\ngood, when all the time their hearts were\\nproud and evil, it seemed to him strange\\nand sad that they should do so. For,\\nmore than anything else, he hated false-\\nhood and pretence of goodness. He loved\\nwhatever was truthful and honest and sin-\\n20", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\ncere, and by his own life and teaching-\\nmade good things beautiful. Children\\nwere very dear to him, he loved their sim-\\nplicity and obedience, and you will see\\nall through his life how he drew them\\nto him.\\nAnd all his childhood he felt within him\\nthat God had sent him into the world to\\nfind out and teach the weak and wicked,\\nand that the time would come when he\\nmust leave Mary his mother and his\\npeaceful home to go out into the world\\nto tell to worldly men those wonderful\\nthoughts of his that were ever growing\\nstronger and clearer within him. He\\nknew that his thoughts were different\\nfrom the thoughts of other people, and\\nhis ways from their ways, and that very\\nmany would be angry at his teaching.\\nFor they would say We have lived\\nlong enough in the world to know quite\\nwell for ourselves what is best, and we\\n21", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nhave in many long writings the teaching\\nand laws left to us by our fathers and\\ngrandfathers. These are enough for us.\\nJesus knew they would say this, and\\nmany other things like it, and that their\\nchief priests, who thought more of words\\nthan of deeds, would hate him and try to\\nharm him. But the more he thought it\\nover, and the older he grew, the surer he\\nfelt that whatever might happen he must\\nfulfil his life by delivering the Message\\nwhich God had entrusted to him.\\nAnd he must go forth alone, without\\nmoney or friends or any possessions.\\nAlone he must set out to make sound and\\nwell the souls and bodies of his fellow-\\nmen, by healing them and by teaching\\nthem to love all that was holy and lovable\\nand true, and to hate what was cruel and\\nunworthy and mean and degrading.\\nSo Jesus went away from Nazareth and\\nfrom his own people. But before he\\n22", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nbegan his work as a teacher, two events\\nhappened in his life of which I must tell\\nyou. And the first of these was his bap-\\ntism for from Nazareth he went straight\\nto his cousin John, who was called the\\nBaptist, to be baptised by him. John\\nwas a great preacher, and he preached in\\nwild and savage places to the people who\\ncame to hear him. And he sternly bade\\nthem to repent of their sins, and to give\\nup their wicked ways and live new lives.\\nAnd if at his words they truly repented,\\nand promised to be good, he poured\\npure clean water over their heads as\\nthey stood in the river near to where he\\nwas preaching, and that was their bap-\\ntism. Water, you know, makes things\\nclean, and so it was used by John\\nas a sign that they must be inwardly\\npure.\\nJesus had never done anything to be\\nsorry for, yet still he came to John as did\\n23", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthose who were violent and sinful. John\\nat first did not wish to baptise Jesus,\\nthinking himself unworthy of such an\\noffice, and knowing him to be wholly\\ngood and without fault; but when he\\nsaw Jesus earnestly desired it, he obeyed\\nhim. And as he was pouring the water\\nover him, in the act of baptising him,\\nHeaven opened right above them, and a\\ndove flew down and rested on Jesus, and\\nevery one wondered at the sight. And the\\ndove was the Spirit of God, blessing this\\nbaptism and showing to all that God was\\npresent. Then God the Father spoke to\\nHis Son, that all might know by whom\\nhe had been sent into the world, and\\ncalled him the a Beloved Son.\\nAnd Jesus, who loved God with adora-\\ntion, now heard His very voice from\\nHeaven, and received His Spirit in visible\\nform, and knew that the life of service\\nhe was dedicating to his fellow-men was\\n24", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\naccepted by God his Father, and the gift\\nmade holy by these signs.\\nHow amazed and awed John and those\\nwith him must have been\\nThis was a beautiful beginning for the\\nwork Jesus had to do, was it not?\\nThe second preparation for his work\\nwas of a very different kind.\\nFull of happiness that he had heard the\\nvoice of God, had been visited by His\\nHoly Spirit, Jesus left the scene of his\\nbaptism, and those who had gathered\\ntogether to behold it, and wandered away\\nby himself for a time of quiet meditation.\\nAnd the place he chose for his retreat\\nwas a desolate and solitary spot far away\\nfrom houses and people. So far away\\nand lonely was it that wild and savage\\nbeasts dwelt there, and no one else came\\nnear. But though these animals prowled\\naround they did not hurt him, nor was\\nhe afraid of them. But a far greater\\n25", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\ndanger was near. Jesus had come there\\nto pray to be long hours alone with\\nGod, so that he might know Him better\\nand love Him more. You know when\\nwe love people very dearly we want to\\nspeak to them very often, and make sure\\nthey think of us and are near us in\\nthought. So it is in our friendship with\\nGod. If we love Him we like to speak\\nto Him and pray to Him, and to be con-\\nscious by day and by night of His love\\nand nearness to us. Very holy persons\\nlove to pray to God for long, long hours,\\nand never get weary and they are able\\nto do this because their love is so great\\nand their desire so intense to be closer\\nto God.\\nSo for forty days and nights Jesus was\\nable to live in this desert place among\\nthe untamed beasts wholly wrapt in\\nprayer and in communion with his Father.\\nAnd at the end of that time, his strength\\n26", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nbeing spent from want of food and long\\nnights of watching, the Great Tempter,\\nalways at hand in moments of weakness,\\nappeared to him.\\nAnd what the Great Tempter is like I\\ncannot tell you, only I know that his com-\\ning fills all good people with horror and\\ndismay, and that even to Jesus he brought\\nstrife, darkness, and temptation.\\nAnd the Tempter tried by evil and cun-\\nning ways to change the thoughts and\\nwishes of Jesus.\\nGod sent Jesus into the world to seek\\nout the miserable and sinful, and He gave\\nhim great gifts so that he had powers un-\\nknown to mortal man also he was God s\\nLove-bearer, that all that he might do and\\nall that he would be should bring love\\ninto the lives of his fellow-men.\\nThe Tempter, therefore, urged him to\\nuse these wonderful powers that he pos-\\nsessed to satisfy his own wants and needs,\\n27", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nand in that great moment of his life tried\\nto make him think of his own hunger, and\\nto turn stones into bread that he might eat\\nin that desolate spot where no food was to\\nbe had but Jesus would not listen, for\\nhis heart was full of God and Heaven and\\nhe had no thoughts for himself.\\nGod sent Jesus into the world to teach\\npeople to be meek in spirit and lowly in\\nheart. So the Tempter placed Jesus on\\nthe highest point of the Temple in Jeru-\\nsalem, the same Temple he had wandered\\nin when a boy, and, with mocking words,\\nbade him throw himself down and show\\nhis belief in God by trusting to his Angels\\nto save him. But again Jesus would not\\nlisten. That would be tempting God, and\\nhis faith in his Father s Love and Power\\nwere perfect.\\nGod sent his Son into the world to be\\npoor amongst the poor to be born amongst\\ngentle animals in a stable to be known as\\n28", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthe carpenter s son to be often without\\nfood or shelter and never to know what\\nwealth and luxury were like.\\nThe Tempter in one view showed Jesus\\nthe riches of the world showed him gold\\nin the mines, pearls in the sea, treasures\\nbeyond count, all the possessions of kings,\\nwith the glory and splendour and honour\\nsuch possessions bring. And all that he\\nsaw should be his, said the Tempter, if\\nonly Jesus would turn from God his\\nFather, would give up his Mission to his\\nunhappy fellow-men, and worship him,\\nthe Great Tempter.\\nBut Jesus was true to God and to his\\npurpose, and he would not bow his head\\nto that Evil Spirit to be sovereign of the\\nmightiest empire in the world.\\nAnd so the Tempter having tried every\\nmeans in his power to turn Jesus from his\\nfaith, defeated and vanquished at every\\npoint, departed from him.\\n29", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nThen in his loneliness and weariness\\nafter the strife God sent a ministering\\nAngel to serve him, and the message that\\nhe brought so comforted Jesus that the\\nsavage mountain place no longer seemed\\ndesolate and terrible, but full of light and\\ngreenness and of sweet sound.\\nAnd when the Angel had gone away,\\nJesus, conqueror in that great Spiritual\\ncombat, was ready to begin his work\\namongst the people.\\n30", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE WONDERFUL\\nTHINGS HE DID", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE WONDERFUL THINGS\\nHE DID\\nJESUS, being now prepared by his\\nbaptism and his triumph over temp-\\ntation for his divine Mission of lead-\\ning the people back to the ways of faith\\nand love, spent all his days healing and\\nteaching. He had only three years in\\nwhich to work and to show the world\\nby word and deed what love and faith\\ncould do.\\nHe began his work in the country,\\nwalking from village to village, and di-\\nrectly he met anyone in distress, or\\nneeding him in any way, he would listen\\nto the tale of misery or sin and give\\ncomfort or help.\\nSometimes he came across men who\\nwere busy at their own work, earning\\n3 33", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\ntheir living, and seemingly quite ab-\\nsorbed in their employment; any ordi-\\nnary looker-on might suppose them to\\nbe quite contented, but Jesus, who knew\\nwhat was in the hearts of men, knew that\\nsuch persons often went about their work\\nfeeling friendless and unhappy, and long-\\ning for a religion that brought them a\\nclearer understanding of God and of\\neternal things. To such as these Jesus\\nwas indeed a friend, and walking and\\ntalking with him they learnt something\\nof his faith and of the light that illumined\\nhis life.\\nMany of those who thus met him left\\neverything for him, and became through\\nthe whole of his life his devoted followers,\\nand were therefore called his disciples.\\nThere were twelve especially dear and\\nclose to him; they were friends of his\\nown choosing, and of some of them you\\nwill hear again before this story is ended.\\n34", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nI will tell you the names of them when\\nI come to speak about them more par-\\nticularly by-and-bye. But these twelve\\nwere very intimately connected with\\nJesus, and are known as the twelve\\napostles.\\nAnd often as he walked with his friends\\non quiet country roads, or by fields of\\ngrass and corn, teaching them heavenly\\ntruths and helping them to understand\\nhis new Commandment to Love one\\nanother, men who were crippled or blind\\nor deaf came up to him imploring his pity,\\nand others would bring their sick begging\\nhim to heal them and his power and\\nmercy were so great that he was as a\\ngreat physician to them all. For at his\\nword and touch the deaf heard, the blind\\nsaw, the lame walked, and the sick were\\nrestored to health.\\nAnd besides these afflictions of the\\nbody healed by Jesus, there were terrible\\n35", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\ndiseases of the mind that he also cured.\\nThere was one dreadful disease of this\\nkind that was but little understood, it\\nwas so strange and awful. The poor\\ncreatures who suffered from it had all\\ntheir thoughts and feelings twisted and dis-\\ntorted. A dreadful despondency weighed\\nthem down, and everything seemed black\\nand fearful to them. Everyone they met\\nappeared unfriendly and cruel and ready\\nto do them harm, so they had no peace\\nin their hearts and were at strife with all\\nmankind. Nothing that we think beauti-\\nful was beautiful to them, for they saw\\neverything through mists of gloom and\\ndespair. They were miserable in their\\nhomes and in their beds, and always and\\neverywhere. These unhappy, afflicted\\nones at once became more unhappy and\\nvexed and feverish at the sight of Jesus\\nand at the sound of his voice. For what\\nwas evil in them could not endure the\\n36", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\npresence of his holy purity. So when\\nthey met him they would call out loudly,\\nand beg him to go far away from them,\\nand leave them for ever alone in their\\nwretchedness. But Jesus knew that the\\nlove he had for them could save them,\\nand so powerfully did he use this great\\nlove that it prevailed, and conquered the\\ncruel disease that was overwhelming them,\\nmaking the bad, miserable, dark thoughts\\ngo, and leaving these poor people healed\\nand freed.\\nThese deeds of healing done by Jesus\\nso surprised and astonished those that saw\\nthem, that they hastened to tell their\\nfriends and neighbours what they had\\nwitnessed, and they, of course, wanted to\\nsee Jesus for themselves. So people\\nflocked to him from all the towns and\\nvillages round about and followed him\\nwherever he went, watching his healing\\nand listening to his teaching.", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nCrowds often followed him all through\\nthe long day, each person trying to get as\\nnear to him as possible that they might\\nmiss nothing of what he did. For it was\\nstrange beyond words to the people to see\\nmen who had always been lame walking\\nafter him, the deaf attending to his teach-\\ning, and the blind gazing at him with\\ngratitude.\\nAnd so eager were the multitudes to go\\nwhere he went that Jesus and his twelve\\napostles had seldom time to be alone\\ntogether, that he might instruct them more\\nfully how they were to do his work after\\nhe had left them.\\nSometimes when the crowd was very\\ngreat, and had all the day been pressing\\nround him, he and a few of his disciples,\\nleaving the people, would take a little boat\\nand cross the lake, hoping for an hour or\\ntwo of quiet and rest. But it often hap-\\npened that when they had rowed to the\\n38", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nother side they found the eager multi-\\ntude there before them for, not bearing\\nto lose sight of Jesus, they had, with\\ngreat haste, walked round the end of the\\nlake and so had met them on the other\\nshore.\\nJesus loved this lake, and enjoyed the\\npeace and rest that he and his apostles\\noften found there. Not that he was ever\\nvexed with the people for following him\\nso continually he loved them too well\\nfor that, and was giving his life for them\\nthat they might be helped and healed.\\nAnd though his own life was so good and\\nperfect he had nothing but the greatest\\npity and sympathy for all who were weak\\nand sinful. He could not bear to see peo-\\nple scorning others whom they considered\\nbeneath them, or keeping themselves apart\\nfrom their fellows as if they were better\\nthan they. To him, the greatest and\\nnoblest life was the life of Service, and he\\n39", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nwished to see his followers ever ready to\\nserve others on equal terms, even in hum-\\nble and lowly ways. So he hated to see\\nmen and women always pushing to the\\nfront, and each one wanting to be first.\\nFor he said the man that was really first\\nwas he who had the smallest thought for\\nhimself and the largest thought for other\\npeople, and the man who was really last\\nwas he who was thinking most of himself\\nand least of other people.\\nThis teaching was very difficult for even\\nhis own apostles to believe, and I am\\nafraid the crowd, that was composed of all\\nsorts of people, could not at all understand\\nwhat Jesus meant by the highest being\\nlowest and the last first, for this was not\\nwhat had been taught them before by\\nthose in authority.\\nYou have seen now how the common\\npeople followed him everywhere while he\\npreached to them and healed them, and\\n40", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nyou know, too, that often he gave instruc-\\ntions of a higher kind to his twelve apostles,\\nor most intimate disciples, away from the\\nmultitude. But you would not get a right\\nidea of the life of Jesus if you did not\\nrealise that he was also very often quite\\nalone. He spent whole nights in prayer\\nto God on some unfrequented hill, and in\\nthose hours of sacred communion with his\\nFather he found the strength which en-\\nabled him to live so bravely, and the Love\\nwhich he gave again to his fellow-men.\\nI cannot tell you all the perfectly mar-\\nvellous things done by Jesus during the\\nthree years he lived in this manner among\\nthe people. Some day you will read about\\nthem for yourselves in the four lives written\\nof Jesus. But I will give you an account\\nof two or three of these wonderful deeds\\nto show you how great was his power to\\nheal and restore.\\nOf the twelve friends chosen by Jesus,\\n41", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthere was one named Peter. One day,\\nnot long after Peter had become attached\\nto Jesus, his wife s mother was seized\\nwith a fever and became dangerously ill.\\nPeter did not want her to die, so he went\\nat once to Jesus to tell him of this great\\ntrouble. Jesus, ever ready to help, at\\nonce followed Peter to his home, where\\nhe found the poor woman in very great\\ndanger.\\nAt the sight of Jesus and at the sound\\nof his voice the sick woman knew immedi-\\nately that someone was at hand who\\ncould heal, and the fever that was burning\\nin her and the weakness that was draining\\nher life away instantly left her, and at\\nonce she felt strong enough to rise from\\nher bed. Filled with gratitude and hap-\\npiness at the cure the family besought\\nJesus to be their guest, and so complete\\nwas the recovery of the sick woman that\\nshe went about the house as usual, taking\\n42", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\na share in the preparations for the little\\nfeast.\\nSo the day that had begun in such\\nsorrow for all in Peter s house ended in\\nthankfulness and rejoicing.\\nThis woman never forgot what Jesus\\nhad done for her, and she, with many\\nother grateful women who had received\\nfrom him healing or help, gladly offered\\nhim their homes and services during the\\nwhole of his life, and at every opportunity\\nand in many ways cared for him.\\nOn another occasion he showed his\\ngreat power in an even more astonishing\\nway, doing a deed more wonderful than\\nthat of suddenly healing a person ill with\\na fever. For one day, he, with many\\nothers coming to the gates of a city, met\\na funeral procession passing through them,\\nthat was proceeding from the city to the\\nburying place outside the walls. It was\\nthe funeral of a young man, who, on\\n43", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\ndying, had left his mother, who was a\\nwidow, quite alone in the world. She,\\npoor thing, distracted with grief, was now\\nfollowing him to the grave, weeping bitter\\ntears. Jesus marked the bowed figure of\\nthe weeping woman, and knew how her\\ngrief was overwhelming her. And it was\\njust at the moment when everything was\\nat its worst that Jesus was there, at her\\nside, speaking to her words of tender\\nencouragement. Then he approached the\\nbier, and the bearers stopped and, amid\\nthe silence of the wondering crowd, was\\nheard the voice of Jesus, saying: Young\\nman, Arise. And even though he had\\nbeen dead, and was prepared for his burial,\\nthe young man heard those words, the\\nspirit returned to its body, and he arose\\nas he was bidden. So Jesus gave the son\\nback to the amazed and grateful mother,\\nand how glad must have been the meeting\\nbetween those two who had so lately said\\n44", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\ngood-bye, never expecting to meet again\\non earth\\nA great awe and dread fell upon those\\nwho had witnessed this wonder, but in\\nthe midst of the fear they were aware that\\nGod was very near to them that day, just\\nas He had been near to their Teachers and\\nProphets in the old, far-off days that their\\nfathers had told them of, and they knew\\nthat it was Jesus that had brought God\\nso near to them, and solemnly they lifted\\nup their hearts to God in whose great\\npresence they felt they stood.\\nAnd not only did sickness and death\\nobey the voice of Jesus, but the wild,\\nunmanageable waves and the great strong\\ntearing winds even these became quiet\\nand obedient before the force of his pure\\nand strong spirit.\\nOne evening after a long day spent in\\nhealing the sick and destroying the power\\nof evil, Jesus, who with some of his fol-\\n45", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nlowers was crossing the lake, weary and\\nworn out, fell asleep at one end of the\\nboat. He had not slept long* before a\\nviolent storm began to beat up the water\\nbecame suddenly rough the waves high\\nand covered with foam the wind blew\\nwith all its force and there was a mighty\\ntempest. It grew very dark and the boats\\nwere tossed about hither and thither, so\\nthat it seemed they must upset and those\\nin them be drowned. The disciples were\\nin despair and believed themselves to be\\nlost, and still Jesus slept peacefully, un-\\nheeding the fury of the storm then in\\ntheir fear they called out to him and im-\\nplored him to wake up and come to their\\nhelp. Trembling they asked him Did lie\\nnot care for them, and had he no thought\\nfor the great danger they were in\\nYes, he did care, only he had perfect\\ntrust in God s Love and Power, and their\\nwant of Faith saddened him. But when\\n46", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthe disciples called to him in their alarm\\nhe roused himself from his sleep, and\\nstanding up in the little boat, with the\\nstorm wildly raging, amidst thunder, light-\\nning, and torrents of rain, he spoke such\\nsolemn, calm, commanding words that at\\nonce all was quiet: the water became still,\\nthe wind hushed, the rain ceased, and all\\nwas as peaceful as his own soul.\\nThese are only one or two of the amaz-\\ning things done by Jesus during the three\\nyears he taught the people. Every even-\\ning when the sun was setting, and the\\ngreat heat of the day was over, the poor,\\nthe wretched, and the sick would come to\\nhim from far and near to be helped and\\nhealed. The deformed and crippled came\\ntoo, for, in the quiet evening time, at the\\nend of the day s work, their friends had\\nleisure to carry them or to help them\\nalong the road to Jesus. And no one\\nsought him in vain he comforted the sad\\n47", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nones, he gave peace to the troubled, he\\nhelped the sinner to walk in a better path,\\nand he blessed them all.\\nYou would think, would you not, that\\nall those whom he thus healed would at\\nleast have been grateful But sometimes\\nthey thought only of the relief they had\\nobtained, and not at all of Jesus who had\\ncured them, and on being restored went\\non their way unheeding. This w^as the\\ncase once, when on entering a village\\nJesus met ten men, all of whom were ill\\nwith a very dreadful and incurable dis-\\nease, called leprosy, that made them terri-\\nble to look upon. And this disease was\\nsuch a bad and dangerous one that the\\npeople who had it were forbidden to go\\nnear others, and were always driven away\\nfrom inhabited places to live in lonely\\ndesolation without the pity or care of a\\nsingle human being.\\nThese ten men seeing Jesus, and know-\\n48", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\ning that he had power to heal, at once\\ncalled out loudly to him, begging him to\\nhave mercy on them and to cure them.\\nJesus listened to their piteous appeal,\\ntheir shocking appearance not causing\\nhim to turn from them, for the greater\\nthe need the stronger was his sympathy.\\nDeeply moved by their sad state he used\\nhis gift of healing on their behalf and\\nfreed them from their cruel disease, send-\\ning them away at once to the priests to\\nobtain the necessary permission to live\\nagain with their fellow-men. Away they\\nwent happily with never a thought of\\nJesus now that they were cured. At least\\nthat was true of nine of them one there\\nwas among them who had a better nature.\\nIn the heart of that one, as he went along,\\nthere suddenly sprang up a feeling of\\ndeep gratitude to his healer, and turning\\nback he thanked Jesus with humble grati-\\ntude for what he had done for him.\\n4 49", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nAnd this man was doubly blessed, for\\nhe only of them all had come near to\\nJesus and had had his own heart lifted\\nup to higher things.\\nIt did not make any difference to Jesus\\nwhether the people he healed were rich or\\npoor. All were free to come to him. His\\nMessage was to everyone, for he wanted\\nall people to be whole and sound both in\\nmind and body that they might worship\\nGod and serve each other perfectly.\\nAmongst all these never-to-be-forgotten\\ndeeds of his was his care and consideration\\nfor those who might have to go for long\\nperiods without food.\\nYou will remember, just after his bap-\\ntism, when God called him the Beloved\\nSon, that he himself had fasted for a long\\ntime, so that he knew very well how it\\nfeels to be hungry. Now the crowds who\\nfollowed him often came from long dis-\\ntances, and in their eagerness and longing\\n50", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nto hear him frequently did not remember\\nto supply themselves with anything to eat.\\nBut Jesus took the greatest care of them\\nall men, women, and children, and after\\nhe had been teaching them would not\\nallow them to walk all the way back to\\ntheir homes hungry and faint. And\\nthough there were often great numbers\\nof them, even many thousands, and he and\\nhis friends had usually very little food\\nwith them even for themselves, yet he\\nused his wonderful power in such a man-\\nner that in giving freely to the multitude\\nall that he had, with a few loaves and\\nfishes he fed them all, each one having\\nenough and to spare.\\nI hope you have not forgotten that\\nwhen Jesus was hungry himself and was\\nvisited by the Great Tempter, who tried\\nto persuade him to turn stones into bread\\nthat he might eat, that he would not con-\\nsent. Yet for these thousands of tired\\n51", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\npeople who had taken long journeys to\\nhear him tell them about God, and how\\nthey might become better men and\\nwomen, he gladly put forth his power so\\nthat they might be fed. Jesus did not\\nlove power for its own sake, or desire it\\nat all, except when it could be made\\nuseful and helpful to people in want.\\n52", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE BEAUTIFUL\\nSTORIES HE TOLD", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE BEAUTIFUL STOEIES\\nHE TOLD\\nTHE new thoughts and truths that\\nJesus wanted to teach his apos-\\ntles and the people were very\\ndifficult to understand, for they were quite\\ndifferent from the old ways of thinking and\\nteaching. So to make them simple and\\neasy to remember Jesus made up beauti-\\nful little stories, and when the people\\ncame to think them over they found in\\nthem the most wonderful truths. And it\\nwas these wonderful truths that Jesus was\\nborn into the world to teach, for which\\nhe lived, and for which, sad to say, he\\nafterwards died.\\nThere are between twenty and thirty\\nof these stories in the lives written of\\nJesus, and of these I will tell you two or\\n55", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nthree. By-and-bye you will read them\\nfor yourselves and try to discover their\\nmeaning.\\nThese tales were told to the people of\\nJudea as they followed Jesus in his walks\\nby the blue Sea of Galilee, or under the\\nshadow of the olive trees in that land of\\nhot sunshine. You must imagine the\\npeople looking up to him. deeply inter-\\nested and unwilling to lose a word, for\\ntales have a great fascination for dwellers\\nin the East.\\nThere was one about a man who had\\ntaken a long journey through a lonely\\npart of the country, where robbers were\\noften in hiding. This man, as he was\\ngoing along on his solitary way, fell into\\nthe hands of the robbers, who stole from\\nhim everything that he had, even his\\nclothes, and they were so cruel and\\nrough, that, to prevent him from calling\\nout and bringing people to his help, they\\nm", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nall but killed him, and then ran off, leav-\\ning him wounded and helpless. There he\\nlay, suffering great pain, without a soul\\nto help him. And then a priest passed\\nby and saw him lying there. But he\\ndid not go to help him as a kind priest\\nwould have done, but was selfish and\\ncruel, and walked past without taking\\nthe least notice of him.\\nThe next person who was going that\\nway had the same hard nature. Like the\\npriest, he thought it was not for him to\\nhelp, and he, too, continued his journey\\nwithout showing any compassion for the\\nwounded man.\\nAfter that there came a third traveller\\nriding along the road. He came from a\\ncountry called Samaria, and his country-\\nmen were hated by the Jews and treated\\nby them with great contempt. Yet this\\nman of Samaria, when he saw the injured\\nJew lying there alone and in pain, did not\\n57", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nstop to think to what nation he belonged,\\nbut sprang from his horse, and in the kind-\\nest, tenderest way dressed his wounds and\\nwrapped him up, and then lifting him on\\nhis horse led him to the nearest inn. There\\nhe put him in charge of the innkeeper, to\\nwhom he gave money, that he might take\\ngood care of him and nurse him till he was\\nwell.\\nThat is the end of the story, and I think\\nJesus wanted us to understand by it that\\nit is not only to our own brothers and\\nsisters, to our own personal friends^ or\\neven only to those who live in our own\\ntown, or belong to our own land, that we\\nshould be ready to show kindness but\\nthat directly anyone is in pain or in dis-\\ntress he becomes our brother, and we must\\nfeel for him and help him. And if we do\\nthis we get to understand that we in this\\nworld are one big family, that God is our\\nFather, and that Heaven is our true home.\\n58", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "CHRIST TAKES LEAVE OF HIS MOTHER. (Plockhorst.)", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nAnother story that Jesus told the people\\nwas of a man who had two sons. He was\\nrich, and had many servants and much\\nland. The younger son, when he grew\\nup, wished for change, and begged his\\nfather to give him money that he might\\ntravel and see new countries.\\nAlthough it made his father sad that his\\nchild should wish to leave him, he gave him\\nthe money that was his inheritance, and\\nthe son gathering together all his posses-\\nsions left his father and his brother and\\nhis home and went away into a distant\\nland. And here at first he was very happy,\\nand had many friends to whom he gave\\ngreat feasts. And he forgot his father and\\nhis old home. And so the time passed\\ngaily till a famine arose and the people\\nbegan to die of starvation. And because\\nthe younger son had wasted all his money\\nhe had none left now with which to buy\\nbread, and was thankful to earn a few\\n59", "height": "3409", "width": "1988", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\npence by the humblest work, so he him-\\nself became a swineherd, and he was so\\npoor and hungry that many a time as he\\nwatched them eat he envied his swine\\ntheir food.\\nThen, miserable and lonely, he began\\nonce more to think of his father and of his\\nfather s house. And when he remembered\\nthat there the humblest servant shared in\\nthe abundance he wept and repented, for\\nhe felt that he had sinned, and he said:\\nI will arise and go to my father, and will\\nsay unto him, Father, I have sinned\\nagainst heaven, and in thy sight I am no\\nmore worthy to be called thy son make\\nme as one of thy hired servants. 7\\nSo he left that strange country and the\\npeople in it, who had only cared for him\\nwhen he was rich, and journeyed home-\\nwards, until, ragged and footsore, he\\nreached his fathers house. And when\\nhe was still a long way off his father saw\\nGO", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nhim, and knew him. And his heart was\\nfilled with pity and with love. And he\\nran to him and took him into his arms\\nand kissed him, and the son said Father,\\nI have sinned against heaven, and in thy\\nsight I am no more worthy to be called\\nthy son. But the father in answer to\\nthese repentant words bade his servants\\nbring him a rich robe, and shoes for his\\nfeet, and a ring of gold for his hand. Then\\na feast was made for him, and they began\\nto be merry.\\nThere was another story about a wed-\\nding and about ten Maidens who were\\ninvited to it. And each of them had a\\nlamp to trim and fill with oil that it might\\ngive a brilliant light. With these lamps\\nin their hands they were to meet the\\nBridegroom and walk in his procession to\\nthe Bride s home. The hour of his arrival\\nwas not known, and therefore they must\\nwait and watch for him and light the\\n61", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nlamps when he appeared. Now five of\\nthe Maidens were careful and anxious to\\nadd to the glory of the bright procession.\\nSo with their lamps they took a little store\\nof oil, but the other five were careless and\\ntook none. As it grew late and the Bride-\\ngroom did not come the Maidens lay down\\nand slept, and the lamps burnt on beside\\nthem. At midnight there was a cry that\\nthe Bridegroom was at hand, and they\\nrose up quickly to meet him. And be-\\ncause their lamps had been long alight\\nthey needed fresh oil. And so the five\\nwho had their store of oil with them,\\nquickly filled their lamps and were ready.\\nBut the other five who had none, begged\\nfor a share Give us some of your oil,\\nthey implored, for our lamps are going\\nout. But the wise ones said that they\\ncould not give of their oil because there\\nwas not enough, and while the others went\\naway to buy the Bridegroom came, and\\n62", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthe procession, made brighter by the lamps\\nof the five wise Maidens, passed on its way\\ninto the Bride s house, and the doors were\\nclosed behind it.\\nThe five foolish Maidens bought oil and\\nfilled their lamps and lighted them and still\\nhoped to be in time. Inside the house the\\nFeast had begun they could hear the\\nmusic and the happy voices, and through\\nthe chinks of the great doors they could\\nsee the bright light that filled the hall\\nwithin. But it was now too late for them,\\nthe doors were shut and they must stay\\noutside, and though they begged that they\\nmight be let in, as they had not been in\\nthe procession the Bridegroom said he\\nknew them not.\\nYou will remember that I said last week\\nthat Jesus taught by means of stories. In\\nall of them the people had two ways, from\\nwhich they might choose, set before them\\na way that was good and noble and a\\n63", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nway that was base and selfish, and these\\nstories were told to help them in their\\nchoice.\\nAt times he spoke with great plainness\\nand said many things difficult for us to\\nunderstand but his words were for the\\nhealing of people in great trouble in\\nsickness, sin, and death, and ever since he\\nlived in the world the words of Jesus have\\nbrought untold comfort to many who,\\nwithout them, would have sunk under\\ntheir griefs. They have consoled the old\\nand lonely and lightened their last days\\nthey have made strong the despairing,, and\\nhappy those who have been ill-treated or\\nneglected; and they have given such\\nmysterious courage to the persecuted that,\\nin the name of Jesus, men and women\\nhave suffered torture and death with joy,\\nbeing upheld by the power of those words\\nand that life.\\nNow as Jesus spoke to all the world\\n64", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nnot only to his twelve apostles and his dis-\\nciples, or even only to the people of Judea,\\nbut to all the vast number of human beings\\nwho were born after him, and who have\\nbeen living and dying in it ever since, for\\nall these hundreds and hundreds of years,\\nhis words were for all time and all people,\\nand that is why his teaching is sometimes\\ndifficult to understand if we apply it to\\none age only. I do hope you will under-\\nstand a little even now, and more and\\nmore as you grow older.\\nThere was one short story told by Jesus\\nthat I think you would like to hear of a\\nman who spent his life searching for pearls.\\nAnd he could never find one round enough,\\nor of pure enough colour, to satisfy him-\\nself, till one day he heard of a pearl that\\nwas larger and more lovely than any he\\nhad ever seen, but the price was far more\\nthan he could give. Therefore he sold\\neverything he had in the world that he\\n5 65", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nmight buy that one beautiful pearl, and,\\nhaving it, wished for nothing else.\\nJesus many times said, when he told\\nthese stories, that the things he was speak-\\ning about were like the Kingdom of\\nHeaven. He said this great and rare\\npearl was like the Kingdom of Heaven,\\nand the story of the ten Maidens was like\\nthe Kingdom of Heaven, and lie said\\nthe same of many other stories that he\\ntold the people.\\nI think he wanted everyone to under-\\nstand and to feel that the things that are\\nreally good and best in the world make a\\nlittle kingdom all to themselves, and that\\nof that Kingdom, unseen and but little\\nthought of, Jesus is the King, and to be\\nan inmate of that King s land, to belong\\nto it, is above all other things holy and\\nbeautiful.\\nJesus did not desire to rule over any\\ncountry upon earth he chose only to be\\n66", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nKing of this Spiritual Kingdom that no\\neye could see or hand could touch.\\nAnd the people who can belong to this\\nland, and who are to be the citizens of it,\\nmust love it more than all else in the\\nworld, even more than life itself, just as\\nthe anxious merchant gave up all to\\nobtain that one lovely pearl, and they\\nare to help to make it bright and beauti-\\nful as the Maidens with their shining\\nlamps at the bridal feast.\\nAnd the kind of people who are to\\ndwell in that wonderful, invisible country\\nare those who follow their Lord whither-\\nsoever he leads them, and like him are\\nhumble, loving, and true.\\nThese can live for ever in the peace of\\nthat mysterious, golden land, where they\\nfind rest and joy unutterable.\\nBut to people to whom it is not dear it\\nseems all misty and far away and impossi-\\nble, and they do not understand its mean-\\n67", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\ning or believe that there can be such a\\nKingdom and such a King.\\nIn one of the stories of Jesus, when he\\nwas telling about this Kingdom and de-\\nscribing it, he said it was as if a tiny seed\\nwere put into the ground, which grew and\\nflourished until it came in time to be a\\ngreat tree, so tall and strong and spread-\\ning that all the birds took shelter in it\\nfrom the heat of the sun, and found refuge\\nthere in times of storm. You will see, I\\nthink, what was meant by this.\\nIt was as if someone, wishing to follow\\nJesus humbly and meekly, had, by his\\nlove for him, entered into that consecrated\\nLand. And dwelling long there had be-\\ncome so filled with love, so strong to do\\ngood, so active in work that meant help for\\nothers, so true and trustworthy, that all\\nwho knew him loved him and believed in\\nhim, and, like the birds in the great tree,\\nrested in him and were protected by him.\\n08", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nSuch is the power of those who live\\nalways in that Kingdom.\\nIt would fill quite a big book if I tried\\nto tell you half the lovely stories Jesus\\ntold. There were stories of the beautiful\\nthings the world is so full of, and that we\\nsee every day of our lives and often do\\nnot heed. As he and his disciples walked\\nthrough the pleasant country he thought\\nof stories in which the wheat was used as\\nan example, and as for the sheep he him-\\nself was the good shepherd and led his\\npeople like sheep into pleasant pastures.\\nAll the things that they could not help\\nthinking of some day or other he told\\nthem stories about, that they might be\\nreminded by them of what he wanted\\nthem to love most and to count most dear.\\nSo that when they worked or eat, when\\nthey married or built houses or went to\\nlaw, or were engaged in the hundred and\\none things that go to fill a man s life,\\n69", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nthey might still be remembering his teach-\\ning. Perhaps when he had left them and\\nthey saw him no more, and no longer\\nheard his voice when his days of tender\\nservice to the sick were over, these stories\\nof his were remembered and many who\\nhad followed him must have wished that\\nthey had listened more carefully and\\nloved him more truly. Some of them\\nwe know did listen very earnestly, and\\nrecollected them so well that we have\\nthem written down for us all to read\\nnow, though they were told so many,\\nmany hundreds of years ago.\\n70", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "HIS WAYS WITH\\nCHILDREN", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "HIS WAYS WITH CHILDREN\\nTHERE were many children among\\nthose who followed Jesus, for he\\nloved them dearly and understood\\nthem well. He carried them often in his\\narms, and many a time he stood by their\\nlittle beds when they were ill, and had\\nhealed them. And tenderly he blessed\\nthem when they came to him, and though\\nhe was so great and wonderful, yet he\\nnever made them feel afraid to climb his\\nknee or take his hand. In his love and\\nstrength they felt at home and safe.\\nThere was a little girl I will tell you\\nof who was once very ill, so ill that every\\none thought she must die. But her father,\\na ruler, whose name was Jairus, could not\\nbear to give up all hope, for he dearly\\nloved her. In his distress he thought of\\n73", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nJesus, for Jairus was a man of simple\\nfaith, and he felt sure that Jesus would\\nsave his little child s life.\\nHe found Jesus by the sea-shore, for\\nhe had just crossed the lake. And when\\nJairus saw him he threw himself down\\non the sands at his feet, and told him how\\nill his little girl was, and how he had\\ncome to him, hoping and believing that\\nhe would save her.\\nAnd Jesus was sorry for this father\\nwhose love for his little daughter was so\\nstrong, and he set out at once to walk to\\nthe Ruler s house. But the people on all\\nsides of him began to press forward and\\nto gather closer round him, anxious to\\nknow where he was going and what new\\nwonder was to be seen. And amongst\\nthem was a poor woman who had been\\nill for many years; she was afraid to\\nspeak to him, but she thought within\\nherself, If I do but touch him I shall\\n74", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "SIMEON AND THE INFANT CHRIST. (Fka IUrtolommko)", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nbe made well, so she contrived to get\\nthrough the crowd till she was near Jesus,\\nand as soon as she succeeded in touching\\nhim she felt herself healed. But Jesus,\\nthough Jairus was close at his side and\\nthe eager people were all round him,\\nknew what had happened, and asked\\nWho touched me Peter thought that\\na strange question, seeing that so many\\nwere there but the woman who had\\nbeen healed understood that he meant\\nWho has been healed by me and\\nshe came forward trembling and confessed,\\nand Jesus looked upon her so kindly and\\npitifully, as a parent might look upon an\\nunhappy child, and called her daughter,\\nand praised her great faith, and sent her\\naway in peace.\\nBut this miracle and the crowding of\\nthe people hindered him and made pro-\\ngress to the house of Jairus very slow,\\nso slow, in fact, that before it was reached\\n75", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nhis servants came to Jairus to tell him\\nthat there was no need now to trouble the\\nMaster it was too late, the child was\\ndead. Jesus heard these words, but still\\nspoke of hope to the poor father, who,\\nthough greatly distressed, clung to his\\nbelief in Jesus.\\nThere inside the house the little girl\\nlay still and white. Friends and neigh-\\nbours had already been called in to begin\\nthe sad preparations for the burial. Into\\nthe midst of their loud weeping and wail-\\ning came Jairus the father and Jesus.\\nThose in this house of mourning, who\\nwere so busy about the funeral cere-\\nmonies, were much surprised at the com-\\ning of Jesus, for they thought it now too\\nlate, and, knowing nothing of his great\\npowers, said so. Jesus did not heed these\\nclamouring people, but when he went into\\nthe room where the little girl lay dead he\\nwould not allow anyone to enter with him,\\n76", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nexcept the child s father and mother and\\none or two of his own disciples who were\\nalways by his side.\\nAnd in that quiet room, anxiously\\nwatched by the father and mother, Jesus\\nwent up to the bed where the little girl\\nlay, so still and cold.\\nAnd he spoke to her, and his voice\\nreached her soul, and her soul obeyed\\nthat loving call, and she woke from her\\ndeath sleep and came back to life. And\\nthe happy parents had their own dear\\nchild once more to hold and love, and in\\ntheir hearts they rejoiced, devoutly thank-\\ning God in awe and amazement.\\nThis little girl was the daughter of a\\nrich man who was great and powerful.\\nBut there was another little girl healed\\nby Jesus who belonged to a people that\\nthe Jews despised. When this poor child\\nwas ill the mother in the agony of her\\ngrief sought out Jesus. But when she\\n77", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nfound him his followers would have sent\\nher away, thinking her not fit to draw\\nnear to him. But she would not be\\ndriven off; her mother s heart was full of\\npassionate sorrow, for her child was ill\\nwith a very terrible disease which affected\\nher mind as well as her body. Jesus\\nheard her cry for mercy and told his dis-\\nciples that it was to help those who were\\npoor and lost that he had come into the\\nworld then turning to her he said that\\nher love and faith had won for her that\\nday all she most longed for; her child\\nwas saved.\\nHome she went with a glad heart, there\\nto find how true were the words of Jesus\\nand how great was his power, for her little\\ngirl was completely restored both in mind\\nand in body.\\nThere was a boy, too, whom Jesus\\ncured, who was both deaf and dumb and\\nat times tormented by an evil spirit so\\n78", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthat his father was in despair about him.\\nHe had heard of the miracles done by\\nJesus, and taking his boy with him sought\\nfor him to implore his help. At the foot\\nof a high hill he found some of the dis-\\nciples and a great crowd of people wait-\\ning for Jesus, who with Peter, James, and\\nJohn was on the heights. The boy s\\nfather in his eagerness besought the dis-\\nciples to heal his son. But because their\\nfaith was weak they could not. As soon\\nas Jesus had descended the hill the father\\nhastened to tell him of his son and that\\nthe disciples could not help him, and in\\nhis agony prayed Jesus to heal the child,\\nsaying, If thou canst.\\nJesus looked at the father and repeated\\nthe words If thou canst, and at the\\nsound of that voice a new and solemn\\nfeeling came over the father and he knew\\nhimself to be in the presence of one who\\nwas able to save.\\n79", "height": "3417", "width": "2079", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nThe pure, strong feeling of Jesus over-\\ncame his doubt and weakness and his\\nheart changed within him.\\nAt once Jesus raised the suffering boy\\nwith a word drove out the tormenting\\nspirit and healed him perfectly so that he\\ncould both hear and speak.\\nThe disciples were so awed by the\\nmiracles done by Jesus that in their desire\\nto show him the utmost reverence they\\nwould sometimes try to keep him apart,\\nthinking him too holy to mix with com-\\nmon folk. And when mothers brought\\ntheir little children to him to share his love\\nthe disciples would have sent them away,\\nthinking that the coming of the children\\nwould hinder and interrupt him while he\\nwas teaching. But instead of hindering\\nthey helped him, for he wanted the chil-\\ndren near him and would take the little\\nones from their mothers arms and hold\\nthem in his own, loving them tenderly.\\n80", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nHe told those around him that he wished\\nthem all to be as children simple,\\nhumble, obedient, trusting and he said,\\ntoo, that if they desired to belong to that\\nSpiritual Kingdom of which he had so\\noften spoken to them, they must first\\nbecome like little children. For if they\\nwere not trusting and humble the gates\\nof that Kingdom would not open to them.\\nAs children trust their fathers and mothers,\\nso must they trust God, for there are\\nmany things in their little world that\\nchildren do not understand, and they are\\nso helpless that they have to trust to\\ngrown-up people to protect them from\\nhurt and harm.\\nThere is the Darkness, you know. Some\\nchildren wish it would not come just when\\nthey are in bed and everybody else is far\\naway down below, and upstairs it is all so\\nquiet. They would rather that it came\\nsome other time. They do not understand\\n6 81", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthe Darkness, so they ask grown-up peo-\\nple to explain it to them, and to sit by\\nthem and talk to them when it is there, or\\nto give them a little light or to leave the\\ndoor open, till by-and-bye, as they grow\\nolder, they find out that it is best that the\\nDarkness should come when they are tired\\nand the day s work is over, for people\\nsleep better in the Darkness, and find it\\nresting or, if they do not sleep, through\\nthe window they see the stars the\\nbeautiful bright lamps that God has set\\nin the sky. To grown-up people comes\\nDarkness of another sort, when they are\\nsorry for their sins and first want to enter\\nthe Kingdom of Christ that I told you of\\nand, like the other things connected with\\nthat strange Land, this Darkness can only\\nbe felt. But it brings with it pain and\\ndismay.\\nAnd Jesus taught people that if they\\nwould feel about that Darkness as the\\n82", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nchildren do about theirs at bed-time if\\nthey would trust God about it though\\nthey did not understand it if they took\\nit in the children s way, and asked for little\\nlights and open doors, and listened for\\nhelpful words, they, too, would gradually\\nfind out that it was a beautiful and resting\\nDarkness with stars in it. And if they\\nfound out that, they would have learnt a\\nvery great deal,\\nAnd Jesus wished everyone to be very\\ntender and kind to children, and not to\\nhurt their feelings, and, above all, not to\\nteach them wrongly or ever to lead them\\nastray and. some of the sternest words he\\never spoke were against those who wronged\\nlittle children, so deeply did he care for\\nand love them.\\n83", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "SOME OF THE THINGS JESUS\\nTAUGHT THE PEOPLE", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "SOME OF THE THINGS JESUS\\nTAUGHT THE PEOPLE\\nYOU know some of the stories\\nthat Jesus told the people, and\\nthat he constantly healed the\\nsick. But sometimes, besides teaching\\nthem in these two ways, he spoke to them\\nquite plainly of those things that would\\nhelp to make them all through life better\\nmen and women and would carry them\\nat last without fear through the Valley\\nof the Shadow of Death.\\nHe had a Message from God to the\\nworld, and he chose many ways of de-\\nlivering it, so that none need miss receiv-\\ning it, at least in part. But his own perfect\\nlife, lived in such sweetness, strength, and\\nspotlessness, was the best lesson of all, for\\nnever before or since has there been any\\nlife so pure and holy as his.\\n87", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nBut I want you to know something,\\neven if only a little, of what Jesus said to\\nthe people, although you may not under-\\nstand very much, yet what you can under-\\nstand will guide you in your little life\\nnow, and will help you greatly as you\\ngrow older and depend less on other\\npeople.\\nJesus spoke very often of the Invisible\\nKingdom I have already told you some-\\nthing about, and of how it was Ms King-\\ndom, and he wanted no other honour than\\nto be King of that Kingdom.\\nHe told them what kind of people he\\nwould have them be if they would become\\nhis faithful followers.\\nHe said that it did not so much matter\\nwhat their outward life was whether\\nthey were rich or of noble birth, or were\\npoor working people. But that it was of\\nvery great importance how they felt about\\ntheir position in life. It did matter if the\\n88", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nrich looked down upon other people in\\nscorn and were proud. It mattered, be-\\ncause as we feel, so we think, and so we\\nact. And therefore it makes it so necessary\\nto have right and true feelings, for if they\\nare good our thoughts and actions are\\ntrue and right also.\\nIf our hearts are filled with love and\\nwe ourselves are humble, then we shall\\nbe a little like Jesus and nearer to God,\\nand nearness to God means happiness\\nthe greatest happiness possible.\\nAnd again, if we are at all like Jesus,\\nwe shall be full of kindness to everybody,\\nand we shall kindly serve our fellow-\\ncreatures because we love them.\\nAnd Jesus told the people that the more\\nthey gave the more they would have, for\\nthat that was one of the rules of his\\nSpiritual Kingdom.\\nThe people who dwell in that Kingdom\\nfollow God with a single wish, and by\\n89", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\ntheir pure thoughts grow to know much\\nabout its blessedness, and tell many won-\\nderful and delightful stories of its pleas-\\nantness and peace, and of the strange and\\nbeautiful things they have seen there,\\nwhich lift the soul and perfect it stories\\nthat it would rejoice you to hear, and that\\nwould make you long to enter that Land.\\nAnd Jesus taught the people never,\\nnever to pretend to be what they were\\nnot. People who pretend to be good, but\\nhave bad hearts, want everyone to know\\nwhat money they give away, and what\\npoor they visit, and what prayers they\\nsay, and they expect and require much\\npraise for these things. Jesus said we\\nshould wish to do everything for God,\\nand not that men should commend us, so\\nthat it is only important that God should\\nknow our feelings and hear our prayers\\nand see what we give away or do for\\nothers.\\n90", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nNow the priests and teachers of that\\nday liked show and the praise of men.\\nVain, careful of their dignity, and de-\\nmanding great respect, their chief thoughts\\nwere of the ceremonies of their religion\\nand the old ways and customs of their\\nforefathers. They desired admiration and\\nflattery, but they took no pains to teach\\nthe ignorant and lowly, nor did they care\\nfor the poor or try to make the world\\nbetter or brighter. These teachers and\\npriests made Jesus feel very indignant,\\nfor besides being wrong in their own\\nhearts and lives, they led the people\\nastray and kept them in darkness, far\\nfrom God and His Light.\\nAnd Jesus said these proud and\\nignorant teachers were like the blind\\nleading the blind and both falling into a\\nditch. As none of them knew the way\\nto Grod s Kingdom, how could they take\\nothers there They would all teachers\\n91", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nand taught lose their way and stumble\\nand fall as blind men.\\nAnd he told them that those who were\\ncontent to have nothing in this world had\\nfor their own the Kingdom of Heaven,\\nand that those whose lives were meek and\\ngentle won their way on earth. That the\\npeople who were made sad by sin and\\nby the sorrow of the world were those\\nwhom God Himself comforted. That\\nthe longing to be better and holier was\\na noble feeling and would be fully\\nsatisfied.\\nThat to everyone who showed kindness\\nand mercy, kindness and mercy would be\\nshown. That those would come nearest\\nto God whose hearts were pure and\\nsimple, and that they who made peace\\nwherever they went were God s own\\nchildren.\\nAnd I must tell you just a very little\\nof what Jesus taught about Death. Be-\\n92", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\ncause though Death is such a very solemn\\nand awful subject, and we do not speak\\nmuch about it lest it should make us all\\ntoo sad, yet it comes into the homes of us\\nall, and even children know what it is to\\nsay a long good-bye to fathers and\\nmothers and little brothers and sisters.\\nIt is indeed a long, long good-bye that\\nwe have to say when Death steals into the\\nhouse. And good-byes are very sad, and\\nwe like children to be glad and gay all\\nthe day long. But the good-byes we\\nhave to say when Death comes are very\\nlike the Darkness at bed-time. Death\\nseems so dreadful because we do not\\nunderstand it, but when we do understand\\nit, as Jesus did, then we shall no longer\\nfear it. Jesus had perfect trust in his\\nFather s Love and Power, and knew that\\nHe cared for all His children, so he could\\nnot fear Death. To him Death was only\\na change. The dear ones taken away,\\n93", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nwho used to live with us and be so near,\\nhave only undergone a change. They can-\\nnot come back to us to stay, for they could\\nnot again live our life or do the things\\nthat we do, or have the same thoughts,\\nbecause of this great change in them.\\nYou would not expect a butterfly ever\\nagain to go and live with caterpillars and\\ncrawl slowly along by them and never,\\nnever use its wings, even though you\\nknew that once upon a time the butterfly\\nwas a caterpillar, and was quite happy in\\nonly crawling and creeping.\\nSo with those we call our Dead. They\\nmust now use their wings and be true to\\ntheir new changed life and, therefore,\\nwe cannot talk about them or think about\\nthem as doing the same things we do, for\\nin their changed life all is new and differ-\\nent from their old home-life on earth.\\nAnd what that new life is we cannot\\nsay. We cannot even imagine it. Many\\n94", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\npeople try very hard, and fancy all sorts\\nof things about that change and the new\\nlife away from here, but all that we really\\nknow for certain is that in the new life we\\nshall be as Angels in Heaven, because\\nJesus told us that one thing about it.\\nAnd we have this comfort, too, that Death\\nis not really a thing to be afraid of, be-\\ncause Jesus taught that there are things\\nmuch greater and stronger than Death:\\nthe Love of God and the Power of God,\\nand that, therefore, all must be well.\\nSo we can console ourselves by think-\\ning of our Dead as Angels, living the\\nactive, bright, joyous life of Angels, serv-\\ning man and glad in such service, ever-\\nmore dwelling in the splendour of God s\\nLight and in the Satisfaction of His Love.\\nYou remember, do you not, that at the\\nbaptism of Jesus before he began his\\nwork as a Teacher, God spoke to him in\\nthe presence of many and called him His\\n95", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nBeloved Son So now before the end\\nof his life, when his work was nearly\\nfinished, God again spoke to him from\\nHeaven, calling him by the same beauti-\\nful name.\\nI will tell you about it. One day\\nJesus and three of his apostles, wishing to\\nbe alone together, climbed up a mountain\\nside to a lonely spot where they were by\\nthemselves. Suddenly, while they were\\nthere, Jesus became wrapped in a radiant\\nlight that streamed down from Heaven\\nupon him and made a glory all around.\\nAnd as he stood all white and shining, on\\neach side of him appeared another form,\\nnot earthly at all, but bright from God s\\nhome, and they talked together. The\\napostles, who were with Jesus, gazed\\nthrough the brilliant light in amazement\\nand in fear and Peter was so moved by\\nthe presence of the Holy three, that he\\nlonged that they should all remain there,\\n96", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nand, for a time, be dwellers on that hill.\\nBut, even as he spoke, a cloud came over\\nthe brightness the light grew misty and\\ndim, and the Voice of God the Father was\\nheard telling the apostles to listen well to\\nthe words spoken by Jesus, for that he\\nwas the Beloved Son.\\nAnd then all was still, and Jesus and\\nhis three disciples were once more alone\\non the mountain side.\\nBut you must not suppose that every\\none who heard and knew about Jesus\\nloved him and became his disciple. There\\nwere many who were full of wrath at his\\nteaching, and some of the most important\\npeople were exceedingly jealous of his\\npower. The old Teachers were angry\\nthat he drew the people after him away\\nfrom them and their teaching, and many\\nthings Jesus did and said gave them great\\noffence.\\nFor they were so tied and bound by\\n97", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\nthe old ways of doing things, and so\\nblinded by ancient habit, that they could\\nnot see what was Beautiful and True.\\nAnd they hated Jesus and wished to kill\\nhim because their own hearts were evil\\nand he was good. So at last their one\\nwish was for his death, and you will hear\\nwhat they did to bring it about.", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE LAST DAYS\\nOF JESUS\\nLofC.", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS\\nJESUS had long been aware of the\\ngathering hatred of the Chief Priests\\nand Rulers of the people, and had\\noften told his disciples that the time\\nwould come when they would get him\\ninto their power and kill him. But his\\ndisciples could not believe that such a\\nthing was possible. They knew that he\\nspent all his life for others how, then,\\nthey thought, could anyone wish for his\\ndeath At times they even imagined\\nthat his great power in healing must make\\nhim famous, and bring him great honour,\\nand that the day would come when they\\nwould share that honour and be great\\ntoo.\\nBut Jesus told them that he would\\nnever be honoured in his lifetime; that\\n101", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthis life of service, hardship, and poverty\\nwas his own choice, and that he had\\nchosen it even though he knew it would\\nlead to suffering and to death.\\nThere was one among his apostles who\\nwas bitterly disappointed in him. He\\nhad hoped and expected that the marvel-\\nlous powers possessed by Jesus would be\\na means by which he himself could be-\\ncome great He had watched the wonder-\\nful effect of his look and touch upon\\npeople; he had noticed that his presence\\nand words inspired many and he knew\\nthat the poor loved him. So he thought,\\nif Jesus would but use his great influence\\nover others to gain profit and advantage\\nfor himself and his twelve apostles, so that\\nthey became rich and prosperous, that\\nthen they would be paid for the life of\\nhardship that they had led with him. But\\nwhen Jesus again and again explained to\\nthem that those who followed him and\\n102", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nlearnt of him must not care for wealth or\\nwish for high position, then, though the\\neleven other apostles loved him just as\\ndearly and stayed with him in faith and\\nloyalty, this faithless one, whose name\\nwas Judas, turned against him. For he\\nfelt it keenly that no worldly gain would\\ncome to him by giving up all to share the\\nlife of Jesus, and so he became the enemy\\nof Jesus and hated him, for he loved gold\\nmore than God, and for money sold his\\nLord.\\nBut still he said nothing and tried to\\ndeceive Jesus and the other apostles by\\nremaining with them and seeming to be\\nthe same, until one day he was made so\\nangry that he could no longer disguise his\\nreal feelings.\\nJesus was invited with his disciples to\\nthe house of a friend named Lazarus,\\nwhere a little feast was made in his hon-\\nour. Lazarus had been raised from the\\n103", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\ndead by Jesus, so the hearts of that little\\nfamily were full of love and gratitude.\\nLazarus had two sisters, Martha and\\nMary. During the feast Martha served,\\nbut Mary stayed away till the end. Then\\nshe came in, bringing as a gift to Jesus, to\\nshow her love for him, a very precious\\nand rare perfume used only by the rich\\nand noble. And this perfume she poured\\nover the feet of her Lord kneeling there.\\nAnd with her long hair she wiped his feet,\\nand all the house was filled with fra-\\ngrance. Jesus knew of the great love in\\nher heart and accepted the costly gift with\\ntenderness and many kind words but\\nJudas complained of the waste, and said\\nthat such perfume should have been sold\\nand the money given to the poor. But he\\nsaid this, not because he cared for the\\npoor but because he had charge of the\\nmoney, and loved it. And from this time\\nhe began to plot and contrive to deliver\\n104", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nJesus his Master, at the first opportunity,\\ninto the hands of his enemies.\\nThe time of year was close at hand\\nwhen the people kept their principal\\nFeast. Great preparations were always\\nmade for it, and during the days of the\\nFeast there were many services in the\\nTemple, which were attended by all good\\nJews in Jerusalem and also by many wor-\\nshippers from the country. I daresay\\nyou will remember that Jesus used to\\ncome up from Nazareth to this Feast with\\nJoseph and Mary when he was a boy,\\nand all through his life he had kept this\\nFestival.\\nThough he usually lived in the country,\\nyet every spring he and his friends came\\nto the city, and during the day lived the\\ncity life, walking out from the noise, con-\\nfusion, and bustle when the night came\\non, to stay with friends in some peaceful\\nlittle village.\\n105", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nJesus well knew that this Feast would\\nbe the last he would ever keep. It grieved\\nhis heart to think that anyone could hate\\nhis teaching, because he knew that he\\ntaught God s truth and that they could\\nhate the truth showed how far they had\\nwandered from God, and nothing made\\nJesus sadder than knowing that God s\\nchildren did not love His presence. For\\nhimself and his own safety he did not\\nfear. He went to Jerusalem this year\\nwith the same high courage of former\\nyears, though he knew how the journey\\nwould end.\\nWhile the High Priests were growing\\nevery day more and more angry and more\\njealous, the people themselves, those who\\nknew him and had followed him, believed\\nin him more firmly than ever. When he\\nset out for Jerusalem they went with him,\\nand they turned his journey into the city\\ninto a triumphal entry. It was all very\\n106", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nsimple. Jesus rode on a meek ass, and\\nby his side the people ran shouting and\\nsinging and waving great branches of\\npalms in the air. They threw the fresh\\ngreen boughs in front of his path, and\\neven took off their garments and spread\\nthem on the road before him, to show that\\nthey loved and honoured him.\\nThe Chief Priests and Rulers would\\nhave stopped the procession if they had\\nnot feared to rouse the people s anger, so\\nthey waited.\\nOn entering Jerusalem Jesus went al-\\nmost immediately to the Temple. The\\nTemple was to him God s house. It had\\nbeen built in old times by faithful Jews\\nthat the people might all together, and in\\none spot, offer to God their prayers, and\\nfor long, long years it had been to them a\\nbeloved and sacred building.\\nHere devout Jews had come to chant\\nthe Royal Psalms of David the King here\\n107", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthey had lifted up hands of supplication\\nand bowed the head in bitter woe. Jesus\\nthought such a sanctuary ought to be a\\nholy, solemn place for quiet, peaceful\\nthoughts or for secret tears of repentance.\\nBut what did Jesus find when he entered\\nthis wonderful and beautiful Temple raised\\nfor God s Service and dedicated solemnly\\nto Him by Kings and Priests\\nHe found in it crowds indeed, but they\\nhad not come there to worship they were\\nbusy with their own affairs. Some were\\nbuying, some selling, some chattering\\nabout their bargains, the money passing\\nfrom hand to hand, and a great trade\\nwas being done in the sale of doves and\\npigeons that were used for offerings during\\nthe approaching festival.\\nJesus looked round on the noisy, chaf-\\nfering throng, and then sternly bade them\\ngo w^ith their money and their wares, and\\neven drove them out himself, till the House\\n108", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nof his Father was left to those who loved\\nHim and prayed to Him.\\nInstead of buyers and sellers there en-\\ntered now the lame, whom he healed the\\nblind, to whom he gave sight the poor,\\nwhom he taught. Little children sang\\ntheir hymns there, and the great Temple\\nwas blessed and sanctified.\\nStill more furious grew the Chief Priests,\\nand more determined to put an end to his\\nteaching and his influence. But they were\\nafraid of the people, and could do nothing\\nopenly, and now it was that Judas became\\nof use to them.\\nAnd Judas, forgetting his apostleship,\\nbecame a traitor to Jesus. For he bar-\\ngained with his worst enemies, and offered\\nfor a price to give him quietly and with-\\nout disturbance into the hands of those\\nwho hated him. Lest there should be\\nresistance the Chief Priests were to help\\nJudas with a body of armed servants,\\n109", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nand that no mistake might be made,\\nJudas, with a kiss, was to betray Jesus\\nto them.\\nJesus was now preparing to keep the\\nFeast, as were all his friends and neigh-\\nbours, and all the citizens of Jerusalem.\\nHe called his twelve apostles to him, the\\nwicked Judas being among them, and\\ntold them what he wished them to do, and\\nwhere their last Festival together was to\\nbe held. And a large upper room was\\nmade ready for them by a friend who\\nwas glad to serve Jesus by lending him\\nhis Guest Chamber.\\nHere, when it was evening, came Jesus\\nand his twelve apostles. And when they\\nwere all together Jesus kneeling on the\\nground washed the feet of each. Peter\\nwished to refuse this act of tender service,\\nbut his Lord would not be refused, so all\\nwere made pure and clean by that sweet\\nwashing. And Jesus washed the feet of\\n110", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nJudas also, but the heart of Judas re-\\nmained black.\\nAnd then they sat down to their simple\\nmeal, and with it there was bread and\\nwine. And as they sat, sadly and\\nsolemnly round the table, Jesus told them\\nthat one of them one of his own chosen\\ntwelve was false to him. Then Judas\\nkept very still and waited for the others\\nto speak.\\nBut the others were so sorrowful and so\\namazed that they knew not what to say.\\nCould it be that in their hearts they were\\nfalse to Jesus, their dear Lord Peter\\nasked, trembling Is it I and so did\\nJohn and James and each of them. And\\nwhen they had all spoken Judas, too,\\nsaid: Lord, is it I?\\nThen John, who was leaning* on his\\nbeloved Master s breast, said Lord,\\nwho is it and Jesus answered by a\\nsign that it was Judas. And to Judas he\\n111", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nturned, and, looking at him, told him he\\nhad better do what he had to do quickly.\\nJudas rose and without explanation or\\nexcuse rushed from the room and down\\nthe stairs and out into the dark night\\naway from Jesus away from his old\\nfriends away from light and love away\\nalone with his own dark unrepentant\\nsoul\\nIn the room upstairs the little Feast\\nwent on without him, the eleven apostles\\nlistening to every word of Jesus, and\\nwatching each look.\\nHis last hour was drawing near, a feel-\\ning of awe fell upon the little company.\\nSoon his flesh would be hurt, his blood\\nwould be spilt. All these three years that\\nhe had been living amongst them he had\\nknown that what he had to give us could\\nonly be given at the cost of his life. The\\ngift he gave was the example for ever of\\na Man s life spent perfectly, in absolute\\n112", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nand unfaltering love a love that healed\\nand blest and saved.\\nAnd at the end of this last sad meal\\nJesus asked his dear friends and fol-\\nlowers always to the end of all time to\\nmeet together and to keep this holy\\nsupper for his sake. And as he offered\\nthem bread to eat, and wine to drink, he\\nspoke to them mysterious and solemn\\nwords about his body given for them, and\\nhis blood shed for them showing to them\\nthat at the Sacramental Feast all who eat\\nof the bread and drink of the wine share\\nin the life of Jesus Christ.\\nAnd that was the end of the holy Ser-\\nvice and of the little Feast, and after they\\nhad sung a hymn Jesus and his apostles\\nwent out together into the darkness of the\\nnight, and climbing a neighbouring hill\\nthey rested awhile.\\nThen Jesus took the three most dear\\nto him Peter, James, and John and\\ns 113", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nwent higher up the hill to a quiet garden,\\nand there leaving them he went a short\\ndistance off by himself that he might be\\nquite alone with God in his last struggle\\nwith the powers of evil.\\nWhat strong and noble souls suffer in\\nthe most awful moments of their lives we\\ncan but dimly understand. We know\\nthat so great and deadly was the agony\\nof Jesus in this fearful hour, that, before\\nthe victory, drops of blood fell from his\\nbrow. It came to an end at last this\\nstrange and fearful strife. Jesus won\\nand was ready to endure to the end,\\nand an Angel from God came to him\\nwith a message of comfort and peace.\\nImmediately on his return to his dis-\\nciples, Judas, with his band of armed\\nservants, appeared, for this was the time\\nand place he had chosen for the betrayal\\nof his Lord. Followed by a large num-\\nber of people, all eager to see what\\n114", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "KISS OF JUDAS. (Grigek)", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nwould happen, Judas went up to Jesus\\nand gave him the fatal kiss. And Jesus\\nsaid to him Friend, do that for which\\nthou art come. Then those armed men\\nsurrounded Jesus and took him.\\nAnd as he was led away a sudden fear\\nseized his disciples, and in the darkness\\nof the night they deserted him and fled\\naway. They were so few in number,\\nand without Jesus they felt so helpless,\\nthat they became alarmed lest they\\nalso should be taken prisoners and be\\ntried for their lives.\\nAfterwards, when it fell to them to\\ncarry on the work Jesus had left them\\nto do, they became as brave as lions,\\nand faced every difficulty and all kinds\\nof suffering in a way worthy of their\\nMaster Christ. But that was later, when\\nthey had learnt more perfectly the mean-\\ning of his holy life and painful death.\\nOnly a short time before they forsook\\n115", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nhim they bad all been saying to Jesus\\nthat nothing would ever persuade them\\nto leave him, whatever might happen,\\nand Peter especially was determined to\\nbe faithful to the end. But Jesus knew\\nhow great their temptation to desert him\\nwould be, and told them that they were\\npromising too much. And in the hour\\nof danger Peter, who promised most,\\nthree times denied that he knew Jesus\\nor belonged to him, just as Jesus told\\nhim he would do.\\nFor when his Master was made prisoner\\nin the garden and led away, Peter sadly\\nfollowed him at a distance to see what\\nbecame of him, and, thinking himself un-\\nobserved, ventured to enter the hall to\\nwhich Jesus was taken, and there during\\nthe night three times he was pointed out\\nas a follower of Jesus, and each time he\\nsaid positively that he was not and the\\nlast time that he denied knowing him,\\n116", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nJesus, though he was being examined by\\nthe judge and was closely guarded, turned\\nround and gave Peter one look of tender\\nreproach. That one look was enough.\\nPeter called to mind all his promises and\\nboastings, and at the remembrance his\\nheart almost broke with sorrow and re-\\nmorse. He left the hall where Jesus was\\nthat he might be alone in his misery, and\\nthen he wept long and bitterly.\\n117", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE PAINFUL\\nDEATH HE DIED", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THE PAINFUL DEATH\\nHE DIED\\nWHEN the band of armed men\\nhad Jesus safely in their hands,\\nthey brought him to the house\\nof the High Priest of the Jews. Here he\\nwould be examined in the morning by\\nthe Priest and other members of the\\nCouncil, that they might find out if he\\nhad done any wrong, and what was the\\nevidence against him. All that night\\nJesus had to wait in the High Priest s\\nhouse, and the men who had brought\\nhim there, and who knew and cared\\nnothing about his gentle life and teaching,\\nspent the time in ill-treating him. They\\nhad heard that the people spoke of him\\nas a prophet. A prophet is one who has\\nthe gift of seeing the meanings of things\\n121", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nvery readily, and who is so wise that by\\nhis knowledge he can tell what is going\\nto happen before it comes to pass. And\\nso the people who loved Jesus called\\nhim Prophet, finding him so wise and\\nwishing to honour him. But these men\\nin whose charge he was had no love for\\nJesus, and only called him Prophet\\nto mock him. And to amuse themselves\\nthey blindfolded him, and, striking him,\\nasked him to prophesy who it was who\\ngave the cruel blow. And in many other\\nways they showed how they despised\\nhim.\\nSo passed that dreadful night, and in\\nthe morning the Court assembled, and the\\nHigh Priest and all his Council were\\nready to try him. But no evil could be\\nfound in Jesus. The evil was in the\\nhearts of those who wished for his death.\\nHe had led the people to love the truth,\\nand for this the false-hearted priests,\\n122", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nwhom the truth shamed, hated him with\\na fierce hatred, and longed for their\\nrevenge.\\nAs they were unable to find anything\\nagainst him, they persuaded some persons\\nto declare in the Court of Justice before\\nthe High Priest that he had said things\\nthat he had never said but the witnesses\\ncontradicted one another so that their\\nevidence was worthless.\\nAnd they tried, by altering words that\\nhe had used, to give them an entirely\\ndifferent meaning; and they asked him\\nmany questions which they thought he\\ncould not answer without angering his\\njudges.\\nThen they dragged him to another\\nCourt and brought him before the Gov-\\nernor of the city, whose name was Pilate.\\nPilate was a Roman, and had com-\\nmand over the Jews in the city. Jesus\\nwas brought into his palace, and here he\\n123", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nwas examined by Pilate, who was sur-\\nrounded by his Roman soldiers. Pilate\\nwas not much interested in the matter;\\nhe thought that it was only some dispute\\nconnected with the religion of the Jews.\\nBut after he had spoken to Jesus, and\\nobserved how noble and calm he was in\\nthe midst of the excited priests, who were\\nhalf mad with anger, he said plainly that\\nhe could find no fault at all in him. Then\\nthe Chief Priests grew more furious, for\\nthey began to be afraid that Jesus would\\nescape them, so they told Pilate that it\\nwould not be safe to let Jesus go back\\namongst the people, for he might stir\\nthem up to rebellion.\\nStill Pilate could find nothing against\\nJesus. There was a custom amongst the\\nJews by which freedom was given to one\\nprisoner during the yearly Feast, Pilate\\ntherefore suggested that the prisoner to\\nbe freed this year should be Jesus; but\\n124", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nto that the Chief Priests would not agree.\\nThey urged and persuaded the people,\\nusing every argument they could think\\nof, to ask for the freedom not of Jesus\\nwho had spent his life in doing good to\\nthe people but of a robber; named\\nBarabbas, who was then in prison for his\\ncrimes. And the crowd who had come\\nto the court to watch proceedings listened\\nto the Chief Priests and clamoured for\\nthe death of the Lord Jesus, and the re-\\nlease of Barabbas the robber. So Barab-\\nbas was set at liberty and the accusers of\\nJesus triumphed.\\nPilate then, though he believed Jesus\\nto be innocent, sent him to be tried at\\nthe court of Herod, a Jew, who had\\npower in Galilee, the country where\\nJesus had lived. Herod, like all his\\ncountrymen and women, had come to\\nJerusalem to take part in the Feast, and\\nwas much pleased that Pilate had sent\\n125", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nJesus to him, for he had long wanted to\\nsee him and witness some of the wonder-\\nful acts that he had heard so much about\\nin Galilee. These two rulers, Herod the\\nJew and Pilate the Koman, had been at\\nenmity one with another, but they became\\nreconciled when Pilate sent Jesus to be\\ntried anew by Herod. When Jesus was\\nbrought into the presence of Herod,\\nHerod at once desired him to perform\\nsome miracle for his pleasure. But the\\nmiracles of Jesus were not done for the\\namusement or surprise of the idle or\\ncurious, so, faithful to his divine Mission,\\nhe refused. This refusal of Jesus made\\nHerod exceedingly angry, so angry that,\\nbeing wicked, he became at once cruel.\\nHe knew how the people adored Jesus,\\nand how they looked upon him as a great\\nteacher. He knew, too, in a confused\\nway, that Jesus had often spoken to them\\nof a Spiritual Kingdom, and of himself as\\n126", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\na Spiritual King, so to hurt and pain him,\\nand to hold him up to the contempt of the\\npeople, he and his brutal soldiers turned\\nhis Kingdom into a mockery and made\\na jest of his Kingship. They stripped\\nhim of his clothes and dressed him in\\ngorgeous purple and scarlet, to imitate\\nthe state of a great earthly king. And\\nas kings are crowned with diadems of\\ngold and gems, so should this divine King\\nof Sorrows wear a crown, and the soldiers\\nmade him one of thorns and pressed it on\\nhis head till it sharply pierced his fore-\\nhead and the blood flowed; yet by his\\npatience and meekness he showed them\\nthat he was indeed a king.\\nThen, as kings bear sceptres in their\\nhands to mark their rule and command,\\nthese rude men, at Herod s bidding, put\\na long reed in that hand so often stretched\\nout to bless, as a further token of the\\nroyalty they held in such scorn.\\n127", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nAnd now, crowned with his crown of\\nthorns and bearing his reed sceptre, Jesus,\\nthe King, stood before them and they\\nshouted loudly in their sport, and mock-\\ning him in derision and contempt they\\nbowed their heads and knelt before him.\\nBut they could wring from Jesus no\\nsound or look of fear yet his courage\\nonly made them more brutal and savage,\\nfor, wearying of their wicked pastime,\\nthey began to strike him on the head\\nand to spit upon him, and to heap insults\\nupon him, till, finally, robed still in royal\\nscarlet and purple, Herod sent him back\\nto Pilate.\\nIt makes one weep to think of the\\nsweet and holy Jesus, so white and\\ngood, set in the midst of those hard,\\ncruel men, ready to torture him even\\nto death.\\nPilate, indeed, could not make up his\\nmind what to do with Jesus, but when\\n128", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthe people, at the bidding of their chief\\npriests, shouted out Crucify him Crucify\\nhim he gave way to them and delivered\\nhim into their hands, though he found\\nno fault with him. Pilate said if the\\npeople insisted on his death the people\\nmust take the blame he himself washed\\nhis hands of the guilt. And so eager\\nwere the people for the death of Jesus\\nChrist, that they took the guilt upon\\nthemselves at once. And he was con-\\ndemned to death, and after he had been\\ncruelly beaten he was led away to be\\ncrucified.\\nCrucifixion was the Roman way of\\nputting to death persons who had com-\\nmitted crimes. It was a slow and terri-\\nble death, for the criminal was hung on\\na cross of wood and left there till, worn\\nout by exposure, fever, and pain, life\\nebbed away.\\nThis was the death that Jesus, the\\n9 129", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "the BELOVED SON\\ngentle Son of God, who had come into\\nthe world to heal and save his fellow-\\nmen, was to die at their hands.\\nHe was to be crucified on a hill called\\nCalvary, outside the city walls. He was\\nto have carried his cross there himself,\\nbut he had suffered so much that he\\nhad not strength to bear so heavy a\\nload, and he sank under the burden of\\nit. It was then given to a passing\\nstranger, named Simon.\\nMany, many people went with Jesus\\non that last sad journey. The women\\nwho were his friends, and who through\\nhis life had loved him tenderly, followed\\nhim now, sobbing and sorrowing and\\nlonging to rescue him. He knew they\\nwere there, and forgetting his own sharp\\npain he turned towards them, bidding\\nthem not to weep for him but for them-\\nselves and their children.\\nWhen at last they came to the spot\\n130", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS. (Raphael.)", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nwhere he was to die the soldiers took\\nthe cross, and Jesus was fastened to the\\nwood by nails driven through his hands\\nand through his feet, and the cross was\\nlifted up high on the hill so that all could\\nsee the dying Lord. And to show how\\nutterly he was despised, two thieves were\\ncrucified at the same time, one on each\\nside of him. These men had been con-\\ndemned to death on account of the many\\nwrong things they had done, but Jesus,\\nwho hung between them, had done\\nnothing amiss.\\nAnd of these two thieves, one turned\\nand mocked him, even from his cross,\\njust as did the enemies all around him\\nbut the other, in that dreadful hour when\\nhe was so near death, thought of his own\\nwasted life, and longed for the sympathy\\nand love of Jesus.\\nAnd in those last hours it seemed to\\nthe penitent thief that, after all, there\\n131", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nwas nothing so beautiful as goodness,\\nand worth so much, or so hideous as\\nevil, which costs so much. And he felt\\nin his heart that Jesus was wholly good,\\nand that he himself was wholly bad.\\nIn his new sorrow and distress of mind\\nhe turned to Jesus for help and comfort,\\nand Jesus, looking upon him with tender\\npity, promised him the great opportunity\\nhe asked for in words that brought hope\\nand peace to that desperate man.\\nAnd a multitude of people stood be-\\nneath the cross to gaze at Jesus dying.\\nAnd the more to make a mock of his\\nroyalty, those who hated him wrote\\nabove his head, so that all could see it:\\nthis is the king of the Jews. And\\nbecause he thirsted they offered him vine-\\ngar to drink, and no reverence or pity was\\nshown to the dying Christ.\\nAs he hung so patiently on the cross,\\nsome shouted out cruel words of scorn\\n132", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nand contempt, telling him to use now his\\nwonderful powers and save himself, while\\nthe soldiers on guard beneath him quar-\\nrelled over the right of possessing his\\ngarments. And in the midst of these con-\\nfusing cries and dreadful sounds, watched\\nand stared at by all those cruel, upturned\\nfaces, Jesus, with his heart only full of\\nlove for them, prayed to his Father,\\nsaying: Father, forgive them, for they\\nknow not what they do.\\nAnd now came the most awful moment\\nin his life. He was called upon to endure\\na suifering worse than the insults, the Block-\\nings, the weakness worse than the great\\nbodily agony he was bearing.\\nA darkness came over the land. A\\ndarkness came over his pure and holy\\nsoul. No eye could watch him now.\\nBelow, the muffled voices of the fright-\\nened people might still be heard, terrified\\nat that strange, unnatural darkness. But\\n133", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nthough they were so near, and the thieves\\nwere hanging beside him, yet in that time\\nof his greatest anguish Jesus was utterly\\nalone. Alone quite alone For now\\nalas he felt that God his Father was\\nno longer near him, that for some mys-\\nterious reason He was now beyond his\\nreach, and that he was dying, lonely and\\nforsaken.\\nThis is very terrible to think of. Jesus,\\nthe world s Saviour and Light, dying\\ndeserted in a dark world.\\nIt was a dreadful moment, and we can-\\nnot rightly understand the horror of it;\\nit was, however, the last great pain that\\nJesus had to suffer.\\nAs death drew nearer and nearer, the\\ndark dread feeling passed away from his\\nsoul, and he was folded in the presence\\nof God, and rejoiced in knowing once\\nmore that he was the Beloved Son. In\\nthe strength given him by those Divine\\n134", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nWords he had worked, and taught, and\\nhealed. In that strength he had suffered,\\nand in that strength he died.\\nFather, in the darkness they heard\\nhim say, and they knew he was speaking\\nalone to God, into Thy Hands I com-\\nmend my Spirit, and so saying he passed\\naway.\\nThe weary, worn-out body still hung\\nthere on the cross for the people to gaze\\nat curiously in the dim returning light,\\nbut the Spirit was in the care of God his\\nFather, into whose Hands he had com-\\nmitted it as he died.\\nAnd at his death the earth shook, and\\nmany strange things happened graves\\nopened and rocks were split asunder.\\nThe watching people were filled with fear\\nand knew not what to think. The very\\nsoldiers were amazed and felt the presence\\nof a Great Power. The multitude, leav-\\ning the hill of Calvary now that all was\\n135", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nover, returned to their own homes trem-\\nbling and guilty, with new thoughts and\\nfeelings and with terror in their hearts.\\nWhat had happened they could not\\nunderstand, but they were filled with won-\\nder and dread. What had they wished\\nfor, what had they done They had con-\\nsented to the death of a righteous man,\\nthey had even watched him die, and now,\\ntoo late, the knowledge came to them,\\nand they felt Truly this was the Son\\nof God.\\nBut stranger and more wonderful things\\nwere to happen yet, as you will hear.\\nJesus was dead. His apostles and all\\nwho had loved and followed him were\\nleft to mourn him. They were, indeed,\\ndesolate. He had been to them Leader,\\nMaster, and dearest Friend, what comfort\\nwas there for them? How could they\\nlive now that he was gone!\\n136", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "HOW IN THE\\nEND HE WON", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "HOW IN THE END HE WON\\nJESUS was buried in a garden be-\\nlonging to a rich man named Joseph\\nof Arimathea, not far from the hill\\nwhere he was crucified. Joseph had loved\\nhim and been his friend secretly, but now\\nthat he was dead he went openly to Pilate\\nand asked that the body might be taken\\ndown from the cross and given to him.\\nPilate consented, so, with the help of the\\nfaithful women, Jesus was laid tenderly\\nto rest in a new tomb hewn out of a rock.\\nHe first saw the light of this earth in a\\ncountry stable, and now his dead body\\nlay among flowers and grass and trees\\nand sweet out-door scents and sounds.\\nAll that love could do was done for him\\nby his grieving friends who were obliged\\nto leave the grave because the Sabbath\\n139", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nwas near. How sad must have been that\\nSabbath to his lonely apostles and friends\\nBut, in the midst of their sorrow, the\\nwords Jesus had spoken to them com-\\nforted them. For he had told them that\\nafter his death he would rise again, and,\\nthough they did not understand what he\\nmeant by rising again, yet their hearts\\nwere filled with hope. And, when the\\nSabbath was over, they returned to the\\ntomb to wait and watch there.\\nThe tomb was guarded by Eoman\\nsoldiers placed there by Pilate, and a\\ngreat stone was over the entrance. The\\nfirst there were two of the women who\\nhad served him, both named Mary.\\nWhen these two Maries reached the\\nplace where their dear Lord had been\\nburied they saw that the stone which\\nhad been over the mouth of the grave\\nhad been rolled away, and on the stone\\nwas a mighty angel sent from God,\\n140", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nblazing like lightning and shining in\\nsnow-white raiment. And the Maries\\ntrembled at the great brightness and\\nknew not what to say. But the radiant\\nmessenger told them not to fear, saying\\nthat Jesus, who had been crucified, was\\nno longer resting in the grave, but had\\nrisen from the dead and would be seen\\nof them again.\\nThen the glad women made haste to\\ntell the good news to the apostles, and on\\ntheir way they met Jesus himself, walking\\nin the garden. Jesus welcomed them, but\\nthey could not speak they could only fall\\nat his feet and worship him.\\nTheir beloved Master then bade them go\\nand tell his brethren that they had seen him\\nand that he would meet them in Galilee.\\nThe Maries hastened on with the glad\\nmessage to the apostles, who received\\nit with joy, and went to meet their Lord.\\nHe had said that they were to wait for\\n141", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nhim on a hill where they had often rested\\nand prayed together.\\nAnd he came to them there, and his\\nfirst words were: Peace be unto you.\\nThese words of comfort gave them cour-\\nage, and they no longer feared seeing\\none who had already passed through the\\ngates of Death.\\nThen he told them what he wanted\\nthem to do to carry on his work of teach-\\ning and healing among their fellow-men.\\nAnd the living presence of their risen\\nLord, whom they had seen so lately\\nhanging dead upon the Cross, consoled\\nthem for everything, for they knew he\\nwas their own still, ready to be their\\nFriend and Master for evermore.\\nAnd to many of his disciples he ap-\\npeared in this way to help and cheer\\nthem before he ascended into Heaven.\\nOnce he came to them by the sea, and\\nhe taught them many things and gave\\n142", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "the STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nthem his parting commands, and said\\nmany farewell words.\\nHe told them that they were to go forth\\nwithout fear, trying to make people love\\nGod their Father, and their fellow-crea-\\ntures who were their brothers, that many\\nmight become members of his Spiritual\\nKingdom, having peace in their hearts\\nand ever serving Christ their Lord in\\ndeep humility. And he blessed them with\\nhis own great Peace the Peace of God.\\nJesus had now finished his human life,\\nhaving completed the work given him\\nby his Father to do. He was the Man\\nof Sorrows no more he had conquered\\ndeath and had won the battle of life,\\nand was now alive for evermore in God.\\nThere Jesus the Crucified would reign\\nas Jesus the Crowned, the eternal Friend\\nand Saviour of Man, and the sharer of\\nhis griefs.\\nIt was in the country where he had\\n143", "height": "3449", "width": "2104", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "The BELOVED SON\\nalways loved to be that he said fare-\\nwell to them all. He led the way him-\\nself, and his disciples and friends followed\\nhim reverently and with loving devotion.\\nAnd when they were away from the\\nnoise of the city and had reached a quiet\\ngreen retreat, once more, and for the last\\ntime, Jesus prayed to God for them all\\nand blessed them, and as he was blessing\\nthem he was parted from them and\\nthey saw him no more, for a cloud hid\\nhim from their sight, and when it had\\npassed away they were alone. The\\nBeloved Son had gone home to his\\nFather, never more to be seen on earth\\nexcept in visions and in dreams.\\nHis work on earth was done, but theirs\\nwas only just beginning. And as God\\nhad blessed him at his baptism, calling\\nhim the Beloved Son, so did Jesus give\\nthe apostles his loving blessing at his\\nAscension into Heaven.\\n144", "height": "3400", "width": "2228", "jp2-path": "belovedson00ryea_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "The STORY of JESUS CHRIST\\nJesus was gone But they remained\\nto remind the people of the words that\\nJesus had spoken to tell of his acts of\\nhealing, and of all his tenderness and\\nlove to the poor and sick and sad.\\nAnd the apostles proved themselves\\nfaithful, and taught and suffered and\\neven died for Jesus sake; and it is\\nthrough them these dear friends of his,\\nwho were left behind when he died that\\nwe know all the story of Jesus of his\\nlife of simple service, of his death through\\ntreachery, of his rising from the grave,\\nof his coming to them after his death,\\nand of his passing into Heaven to live\\nalways with God. 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