And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the Temple, but served GOD, with fastings and prayers, night and day. And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise unto the And when JESUS had cried with a loud voice, he said, ST.MARK xii. 32, 510 bas 7h a —THERE IS ONE GOD, AND THERE IS NONE OTHER BUT HE. Y text contains the great truth which MY is the foundation of all that we are to believe, and all that we are to do; of all our hopes, and all our fears; of our consolation in this world, and our happiness in the next. I shall not waste your time in endeavouring to prove what no man, who has common sense, can possibly doubt. The fool may say in his heart, there is no God; but no thinking man will, or can, believe him. When we look at a house, a ship, or any other work of men, we are immediately convinced that it was not formed by chance; and when we see what human strength and skill can do, we conclude that such things were made by men like ourselves, and who only differ from us in having applied their strength and skill 7 B |