went his way, and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbathdays. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.

"And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come cut of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

"And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about." Luke 4: 28-37.

It was not because he had done some wicked deed that they desired to destroy his life by throwing him over the steep hillside; but it was because he had told them some wonderful

truths, which, on account of their unbelief and wickedness of heart, caused them to hate him for his works' sake. They had undoubtedly heard of the wonderful works that had been performed only a few days before in Capernaum and round about the Sea of Galilee; and now to find that these miracles had been done by one from their own city, by one who seemed to be only a comman young man, and for him to get up and preach and declare to them that the prophecies were being fulfilled through him, was too much for them; it filled their hearts with jealousy and hatred toward Jesus.

As it was then, and was throughout his ministry and the work of the apostles; so it is now, and will be to the end of time-when the gospel is preached by the power of the Holy Spirit, opposition and persecution will follow, and generally from those who profess to be children of God, but whose hearts are far from him, and whose lives are unholy.

What the Prophets Foretold.

ISAIAH prophesied about Christ in the following words: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." Isa. 9: 6, 7.

"For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: . he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 'Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken,

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smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

"He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

"Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be

satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." Isa. 53: 2-12.

"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5: 2. References: Jer. 23: 5, 6; Zech. 9: 9.

These and many other things were written by the prophets concerning him before the time of his birth.

His Work at the Sea of Galilee.

We now come to the period in the life of Jesus wherein he began to become famous as