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 things"  (Jos.  i.  9).  "If  God  be  for  us,  who is against  us?"  (Rom.  viii.  31).

How beauteous  is  the  courage  which  we  find With childlike  confidence  in  God  combined! Who fears  his  God  shall  know  no  other  fear He heeds  not  pitying  smile,  nor  unkind  sneer.

irect your  glance  to  Nazareth my youthful  reader,  and  their contemplate the  holy  family. See what  a splendid  example  of  obedience  the  diving Redeemer gives  to  all  and  to  young  people more especially. Of Him,  the  incarnate  Son of God,  it  is  said  in  Holy  Scripture:  "Jesus was  subject  to  them." " He  advanced  in wisdom  and  age  and  grace,  with  God  and men." "He advanced  in  age,"  in  this  respect it  was  with  the  God-Man  the  same  as  it is  with  us  ordinary  mortals;  He  continually grew older.

On the  contrary,  the  expression,  "He  advanced in  wisdom  and  grace,"  is  not  to  be understood  in  a  purely  human  sense. Jesus Christ was,  as  the  God-Man,  ever  full  of wisdom  and  grace,  He  could  not  advance  in them;  but  He  showed  it  more  and  more plainly; He  allowed  it  to  appear  more  and