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THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS.

CHAPTER I.

THE DARK HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN.

The Picture-The Smitten Flock-Keeping the Sabbath-The Darkness ever before the Dawn.

"When we in darkness walk,
Nor feel the heavenly flame,
Then is the time to trust our God,
And rest upon his name.

Soon shall our doubts and fears

Subside, at his control,

His loving-kindness shall break through
The midnight of the soul."

"And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre."-Matt. xxvii. 61.

THESE words present to us a picture as suggestive as it is beautiful. As a mere picture, it is exquisitely lovely, so vivid is the outline and so impressive the grouping it presents. In the background stands the Holy City, beginning to grow still with the quiet of the approaching Sabbath; and the mountains that stand round about Jerusalem, glowing in the light of the setting sun. As that light begins to fade away over the distant

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