Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: STUDY II Jesus' Preparation For His Work "And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men."—Luke ii, 52. "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works."—John xiv, 10. First Day : |)tfi "Nazareth est un délicieux séjour, le seul endroit peut-être de la Palestine où l'âme se sente un peu soulagée du fardeau qui l'oppresse au milieu de cette désolation sans égale. . . . Tel fut l'horizon de Jésus. Ce cercle enchanté, berceau du royaume de Dieu, lui représenta le monde durant des années."—Renan. Matthew iii, 1-6. Mark ii, 1-5; vi, 2; xii, I, 2. Mathews : History of New Testament Times in Palestine. Stalker : Life of Jesus Christ, Chapter II. Rhees : Life of Jesus of Nazareth, Part I, Chapter I. Edersheim : The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Book I, and Book II, Chapter IX. Sanday : Outlines of the Life of Christ, Chapter II. First Day: In briefly sketching the conditions surrounding Jesus in his youth and during his preparation for his work, it is as a man that we shall consider him. For the sake of our study we assume that his character developed in the normal human way into the divine purity and strength of his perfect manhood, while we bear in mind, of course, as we have already said, his own conviction concerning the contribution to this development which was received from his communion with the Divine Father, as manifested at various times in prayer (Luke xi, John xvii). It is only thus that the study of his preparation will be primarily helpful to us as students of social principles seeking for help ii, our life-work. Jesus lived at a time of political and religious unrest, and his home ... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.