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 an  evangelical  object  lesson  to  the  spiritually  poor." Oh,  well  will  it  be  if  we  can  answer  thus,  for  the  Lord will  say:  "  Come,  thou  blessed  of  My  Father,  who was never  scandalized  in  Me. Inasmuch as  thou didst these  things  to  the  least  of  thy  brethren,  thou didst them  unto  Me. Enter thou  into  the  joy  of  thy Lord."

''"Preaching .  .  .  penance  unto  the  remission  of  sins." — Luke iii. 3.

Ex. : I.  Jewish  day  of  wailing. II. Parallel. III. Penitential motives.

I. Nearness  of  death :  1. Uncertainty of  life. 2. Especially

for sinners. 3. Awful  risk. II. Miseries of  sin :  x.  Remorse. 2. Devil's  lure. 3. The hour of  death.

III. Final impenitence:  1. To-morrow. 2. Length  of  days. 3. God's  justice.

Per.: 1. Baltassar. 2. Briton  and  Boer. 3. Forgiveness  for all.

Repentance unto  the  remission  of  sins. Brethren, on every  anniversary  of  their  conquest  by  the Romans, the  Jews  of  Palestine  are  wont  to  drape themselves in  mourning  garb,  and  marching  to  sad and solemn  music  through  Jerusalem's  streets  they bewail with  tears  and  lamentations  their  nation's downfall,  their  ruined  homes,  and  the  departed  glories of their  Temple. Be not  scandalized,  O  sinful  Chris-