August 28, 1915.

Contents

PAGE
Preface[3]
Why Everybody Should Know the Story of Jesus [9]
CHAPTER
1. The Lord's Land [17]
2. The People in the Lord's Land [24]
3. The Stranger by the Golden Altar [31]
4. The Angel Visits Nazareth [37]
5. A Young Girl's Journey [45]
6. The Boy Who Never Tasted Wine [50]
7. The Child-King in His Cradle [55]
8. The Baby Brought to the Temple [63]
9. The Followers of the Star [66]
10. Safe in Egypt [73]
11. A Child's Life in Nazareth [77]
12. The Boy Lost and Found [85]
13. The Young Woodworker [93]
14. The Voice by the River [97]
15. The Carpenter Leaves His Shop [103]
16. Alone in the Desert [107]
17. The Earliest Followers of Jesus [115]
18. The Water Turned to Wine [121]
19. The Lord in His Temple [127]
20. At the Old Well [132]
21. The Nobleman's Boy [139]
22. The Carpenter in His Home-town [143]
23. Four Fishermen Called [149]
24. Jesus in the Church, in the House, and in the Street [153]
25. The Leper and the Palsied Man [157]
26. How the Tax-Collector Became a Disciple [163]
27. The Cripple at the Bath [167]
28. The Lord of the Sabbath [171]
29. Jesus on the Mountain [175]
30. The Good Army Captain [181]
31. How Jesus Stopped a Funeral [183]
32. The Sinful Woman Forgiven [189]
33. Jesus and His Enemies [192]
34. The Story-teller by the Sea [195]
35. More Stories Told by the Sea [199]
36. Sailing Across the Sea [205]
37. The Sick Woman Made Well, and the Dead Girl Brought to Life [211]
38. Sight to the Blind and Voice to the Dumb [216]
39. Twelve Preachers Sent Out [218]
40. A Dance; and How It Was Paid For [223]
41. The Boy with His Five Loaves [227]
42. How the Sea Became a Floor [233]
43. The Bread of Life [235]
44. Jesus in a Strange Country [239]
45. In the Land of the Ten Cities [242]
46. Again on the Sea of Galilee [246]
47. The Great Confession [249]
48. The Vision on the Mountain [255]
49. The Boy with the Dumb Spirit [259]
50. The Last Visit to Capernaum [262]
51. Good-bye to Galilee [267]
52. Passing Through Samaria [271]
53. The Scribe's Question; and Mary's Choice [275]
54. Jesus at the Feast of Tents [281]
55. Jesus and the Sinful Woman [285]
56. The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam [290]
57. The Good Shepherd [296]
58. Sending Out the Seventy [300]
59. Lazarus Called Out of His Tomb [303]
60. Jesus Preaching in Perea [311]
61. In the Church and at the Feast [317]
62. On Counting the Cost [321]
63. Seeking the Lost [324]
64. The Parable of the Lost Son Found [328]
65. The Parable of the Dishonest Steward [333]
66. A Parable for the Lovers of Money [336]
67. Two Parables Upon Prayer [339]
68. The Little Children; and the Rich Young Man [341]
69. The Workers in the Vineyard [346]
70. The Blind Man at the Gate [351]
71. In the Rich Man's Home at Jericho [353]
72. The Alabaster Jar [357]
73. Palm Sunday [362]
74. Monday on the Mount and in the Temple [367]
75. Tuesday Morning in the Temple [371]
76. Three Parables of Warning [375]
77. The Head on the Coin [379]
78. The Woman with Seven Husbands [382]
79. The Greatest of All the Commandments [385]
80. The Greatest Gift; and the Strangers from Afar [388]
81. Jesus Telling of Dark Days to Come [391]
82. The Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids [395]
83. The Parable of the Talents [398]
84. The Last Great Day [402]
85. Washing the Disciples' Feet [405]
86. The Lord's Supper [410]
87. The Vine and the Branches [412]
88. The Last Words of Jesus to His Disciples [416]
89. In the Garden of Gethsemane [421]
90. Jesus Before Annas [427]
91. Jesus Before Caiaphas [431]
92. Jesus Before the Roman Governor [439]
93. Jesus Before Herod [442]
94. Jesus Sentenced to Death [445]
95. Jesus Led to Calvary [453]
96. Jesus on the Cross [459]
97. The Tomb in the Garden [465]
98. The Risen Christ and the Empty Tomb [469]
99. Jesus and Mary Magdalene [475]
100. A Walk with the Risen Christ [479]
101. Two Sunday Evenings with the Risen Christ [483]
102. The Breakfast by the Sea [487]
103. Jesus Rising up from Earth to Heaven [493]

Why Everybody Should Know the Life of Christ

THERE HAVE been many famous men in this world, and every one wishes to know who they were and why they are called great. In almost every city in America may be seen a statue of George Washington, or Abraham Lincoln, or Benjamin Franklin, or General Lee, or General Grant. Whenever you see one of these statues, you ask—if you do not know already—who this man was and why his statue has been set up. In Canada, every house has on the wall a portrait of the great and good Queen Victoria, and when a child sees it he wishes to know something of her life and her greatness. You see pictures of a man standing on the deck of a ship, or going ashore under palm trees on an island, and are told that he is Christopher Columbus—and every child in America knows something of his story. Men like Napoleon Bonaparte, and Julius Caesar, and Alexander the Great, are written about, and talked about; and every child should know who these men were and why they are famous.

Did you ever think that there is one man who has been talked about, and written about, and sung about, more than any other man in all the world; and that man is Jesus? For one book telling of Washington, or Napoleon, or Columbus, there are hundreds of books telling of Jesus. Every year at least fifteen million copies of the Bible are printed and sent out into the world, in every language spoken on this earth. Why does everybody wish to have a Bible in his house? It is because that book tells of Jesus. If the pages that tell of Jesus should be torn out of the Bible, few people would care to have it or to read it.