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THE REDEEMER AMONG MEN 359
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
God. Not only every word, but every act of Christ's when He was upon earth, is a lesson for mankind. He ยท said of Himself, ''I am the way, the truth, and the
life."
Once, after Jesus had spent the night in prayer,
some of His disciples came to Him and said, ''Lord, teach us how to pray.''
Then it was that Jesus gave them the following The beautiful instructions: "When you are praying," He Oar
said, ''speak not much, as the heathens do. Be not you therefore like to them; your Father knoweth what is needful for you before you ask it. Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father, Who art in heaven, hal-
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