. A child's life of Christ : in words of one syllable. se men and talked to them as if he were asold and as wise as they were. All who heardhim thought it strange that a child should knowso much, and Ma-ry said, Son why hast thouthus dealt with us ? We have sought thee withsad hearts. But Je-sus said, How is it that yesought me? Did ye not know that I must domy Fa-thers work? By these words he meantto show them that he knew he was the Son ofGod, and that it was right for him to be in Godshouse, and learn to do the work God sent himon earth to do. They did not know what hemeant, but Ma-ry kept
. A child's life of Christ : in words of one syllable. se men and talked to them as if he were asold and as wise as they were. All who heardhim thought it strange that a child should knowso much, and Ma-ry said, Son why hast thouthus dealt with us ? We have sought thee withsad hearts. But Je-sus said, How is it that yesought me? Did ye not know that I must domy Fa-thers work? By these words he meantto show them that he knew he was the Son ofGod, and that it was right for him to be in Godshouse, and learn to do the work God sent himon earth to do. They did not know what hemeant, but Ma-ry kept these words in her heartand thought of what the an-gel had told her ereher babe was born. Je-sus went home withJo-seph and Ma-ry, and for near a score ofyears we hear no more of him, though we aretold that he grew in grace as he grew in age,and that he was loved of God and man All this time no one knew that he was theChrist for whom all men watched, though Johnthe Bap-tist told the Jews that the One theylooked for would soon come to save them if they. JO-SEPH AND MA-RY FIND JE-SUS 15 16 A CHILDS LIFE OF CHRIST. would turn from their sins and put their wholetrust in him. For a long time John lived in thewild woods, ate poor food, and wore clothes madeof coarse hair. His work was to tell of theChrist who was to come, and to teach men howto make room for him in their hearts, as well asto bap-tize all who wished to give up their sinsand lead a pure life. This is why he was calledthe Bap-tist. One day as John walked on the banks of theJor-dan, Je-sus came to him to be bap-tized, andas soon as this was done, a bright light shone inthe sky in the shape of a dove and came downand rested on the head of Je-sus, and a voicefrom the sky was heard to say, This is my dearSon, in whom I am well pleased 1 CHAPTER II. THE FIRST MIR-A-CLE THE WOM-AN AT THE WELL. AS JE-SUS was God, and had done no did not need bap-tism. But he wasman, too, and came in that form down tothe world to show men
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