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RIST FOUNDS HIS CHUR 457
He spoke, and many of them said, ''This saymg 1s hard, and who can hear it 1"
Turning to them, Jesus said, ''Doth this scandalize you 1 Remember, it is the spirit that giveth life. The esh pro teth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. And there are some of you that believe not."
Jesus knew from the beginning that some of His dis­ ciples would not believe in Him and that one of His apostles would betray Him. He said, ''Remember, I told you that no man can come to Me unless it be given him by My Father."
After this, many of His disciples went back to their homes and walked no more with Him.
Turning to the twelve apostles, Jesus said, "Will you also go away¥" Simon Peter answered Him, '' Lord, to whom shall we go 1 Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we have believed and have kno that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God."
THINGS TO KNOW AND TO DO
1. THE CHURCH Is THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST ON EARTH
1. Tell how Jesus founded His Church. Whom did He make head of His Churc:h and what powers did He give him?
branches?
3. Whom did He mean by the dead branches?
4. Show that the Church is like a sheepfold.
5. Explain the lesson taught by our Lord when He said that
the tree that produced 'no fruit should be cut down.
6. Explain the meaning of the "oil of the virgins' lamps."
7. Read: "Lessons of the Savior," Chapter III.
8. Make a list of the various things to which our Lord compared
the Church.
2. JESUS PROMIS THE B&EAD LIFE
1. What proof has Jesus left that He loves to be with men?
2. Of what was the miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves
and Fishes a gure?
2. Why did our Lord compare His Church to a vine and its