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midst, and said, Peace be unto

you.

Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

And Thomas answered, and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:' blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

NOTE.

1 This means: You believe, because you have touched my body, and can have no doubt of my being risen: they are more blessed, who did not require this proof, but believed the word of those who said that I was risen.

LESSON XXIV. QUESTIONS.

WHO was Thomas?

When they told him that Jesus Christ was risen from the grave did he believe it?

What did he say?

How soon after this did Jesus Christ shew himself to Thomas?

What did Jesus Christ order Thomas to do?

What did Thomas then say?

Repeat what Jesus Christ then said to Thomas: Thomas, because &c.

What is the meaning of these words?

LESSON XXV.

AFTER Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he remained on earth forty days, and then went up into heaven. You shall now read the account of the Ascension.

From the last Chapter of Saint Luke's Gospel, and the 1st Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles.

And he led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And while they looked stedfastly as he went up,

toward heaven

behold, two men1 stood by them in white apparel;

Which also said, Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in like manner as ye have seen him

go

into

heaven.

NOTES.

1 These were angels in the form of men : for no men could have known that Jesus Christ would return to this world in the same way that he left it.

2 Jesus Christ will return at the end of the

world. He will then judge all mankind.

LESSON XXV. QUESTIONS.

How did Jesus Christ leave this world?
Did any body see him go up into heaven?
How long was this after he rose from the
dead?

For what reason do you think that the two
men in white apparel were angels?
What did they say to the disciples?
When will Jesus Christ return?

What will he do when he returns?

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