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 mother; of  a  brother  for  his  sister;  of  a  husband  for his wife;  of  a  lover  for  his  beloved;  of  a  friend,  for  his friend; and  hence,  at  parting  from  them,  His  heart must have  been  transfixed  with  every  species  of  sorrow that  has  ever  torn  a  human  breast. But though, occasionally, the  pent-up  sorrow  of  His  heart  betrays itself in  the  melancholy  tenor  of  His  words,  yet  is He  unwilling  that  there  Should  be  anything  morose or selfish  in  His  demeanor. Having loved  His  own from the  beginning,  He  loved  them  and  was  their cheerful comforter  to  the  end. On the  eve  of  leave-taking,  when  hearts  are  laden  with  sorrow,  love  is apt  to  prompt  both  those  that  are  to  go  and  those that are  to  stay,  to  comfort  each  other  by  a  forced gayety and  to  ignoreas  long  as  possible  the  inevitable moment of  parting. Thus, too,  out  of  His  tender solicitude for  His  Apostles  Our  Lord  entered  into  the spirit of  the  occasion,  feasted  with  them,  and  joined in their  hymn  of  thanksgiving. But soon  a  silence fell upon  them  all,  and  each  felt  that  the  unhappy moment had  come. Our Lord  evidently  paused  a  moment for  some  one  else  to  break  the  silence,  but  no one  venturing,  He  was  forced  to  begin. " I  go," He says,  "  to  Him  that  sent  Me,  and  none  of  you  asketh Me,  whither  goest  Thou?  "  The  Apostles  might  well have reminded  Him  that  on  a  former  occasion  He had  said:  "  I  am  in  the  Father  and  the  Father  in Me;  the  Father  and  I  are  one,"  and  they  might  reasonably have  asked  Him  how,  being  one  with  the Father, He  could  say  now:  "  I  have  come  out  from the  Father  and  come  into  the  world;  again,  I  leave