HEN Jesus lifted his eyes in

THEN

er, the hour has come. Glorify thy Son that

he may glorify thee. Thou gavest him authority over all mankind, that he might give the timeless spiritual Life to all whom thou has given him. And this is the essence of the spiritual Life, that they should know thee, Sovereign Love, to be Love Absolute and the only true God; and him, whom thou hast sent, to be thine own Love Thought and the Messiah.

"I have glorified thee on earth and have accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do; and now, Father, glorify thou me in thine own presence with the glory that I had with thee before the world existed. I have revealed thy love to the men thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine and they have been loyal to thee. They know that all things which thou hast given me are from thee.

"The truths that thou didst teach me, I have taught them and they have received them and

John 17.

really believe that I have come forth from thee and that thou didst send me. I do not pray for the world, but I do pray for them which thou hast given me. They are thine, just as everything that I have is thine; and everything that is thine is mine and I am glorified in them.

"Now I am coming to thee and will be in the world no longer, but they are still to be in the world. Oh Divine Father, keep them in the safety of thy love, the love which thou gavest to me, that they may be united even as we are. While I was with them I kept them in thy love, the love which thou hast given me, and not one of them was lost. But now I come to thee and I speak these things while I am still with them that they may realize the fullness of my joy in them.

"I have given them thy love and, as they are not of this world, just as I am not, the world has hated them. I do not pray that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil in the world. They do not belong to the world, any more than I; there

fore, let thy love make them different from worldly men. Thy love is the only true reality.

“I am sending them into the world, just as thou sent me. In order that they may be fully consecrated to thy truth, I reconsecrate myself for their sakes. I do not pray for these alone, but, for all those who will believe and trust in me through their influence. I pray that they may all be united in love, even as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us. May the world see in this unity the evidence that thou didst send me.

"The glory which thou hast given me, I have given them that they may recognize their unity to be the same as our unity. I will be in them, just as thou art in me, so that they may be drawn together and the world may know that thou didst send me, and that thou lovedst them, just as thou hast loved me.

"Father, I pray that they whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory which thou hast given

me, for thou didst love me before the existence of the natural realm.

"Oh most righteous Father, the world does not appreciate thee; but I know thee, and these disciples of mine know that thou didst send me. I have revealed thy love to them and will still make it clearer, that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, just as I am in them."

After the prayer Jesus said to his disciples: "The hour is here. Come, let us be going."

CHAPTER NINE

TRIAL AND EXECUTION.

AFTER leaving the house where they had eat

en the passover supper, Jesus and his dis

ciples went out of the city and across the Kedron valley to a garden on the side of the Mount of Olives. The Garden was called Gethsemane; and Jesus and his disciples had been there before to rest. The hour was very late-it was probably early Friday morning.

Jesus said to his disciples, "Rest here a little, while I go over there and pray." Then taking Peter and James and John he went into a more secluded part of the garden. Jesus was evidently very much agitated and depressed. He said to his companions, "My soul is very sorrowful, Matthew 26: 36-46; Mark 14: 32-42; Luke 22: 39-46; John 18: 1.