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in heart.” Matthew 11:29. When He was

wrongfully treated, He returned good for evil.

In this He has given us an example, that we

should do as He has done.

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst

after righteousness.” Righteousness is right-

doing. It is obedience to the law of God; for in

that law the principles of righteousness are

set forth. The Bible says, “All Thy

commandments are righteousness.” Psalm

119:172.

That law Christ, by His example, taught men

to obey. The righteousness of the law is seen

in His life. We hunger and thirst after

righteousness when we want to have all our

thoughts, our words, and our actions, like

Christ's.

And we may be like Christ if we really desire

to be. We may have our lives like His life, our

actions in harmony with the law of God. The