th chapters of Matthew you
will know much that Jesus taught that heavenly day on Hattin Mount. He
taught them the law of love and forgiveness; the law of purity and
truth. He taught them to be humble and simple, especially in prayer,
and not like the Pharisees. He gave them a wonderful prayer that we
call "the Lord's Prayer," though it is a prayer to the Lord, for all
Christians in all ages to bring to Him. He told them that if they were
children of God they could not be worldly, loving themselves and the
world best; neither could they serve two masters. Then He taught them
a beautiful lesson of trust in the Heavenly Father by pointing to the
birds that flew above them, and reminding them how they were fed and
cared for; and also by pointing to the wild field lilies that grew near
by, their scarlet petals shining in the sun.

"Consider the lilies of the field how they grow," he said, "they toil
not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these," and then He asked
them if God, who clothed the lilies, would not clothe His own children,
and told them to have no fear for the future, but to seek the Kingdom
of God first and always, and all needed things would be given to them.

Then He looked away from the birds and the lilies into the eyes of the
people and saw their need of love and truth, for he could read their
hearts. He told them that they should not judge each other, or look
long upon each other's faults, but rather upon their own, and showed
them how they might ask God for love and truth, and it would surely be
given them, because the Heavenly Father is more just, and kind, and
loving than an earthly father can be.

And here is the Golden Rule of Christ, which, if we live by it, will
bring heaven down to earth.

"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."

He told them that the way of the world was wide, and many were crowding
into it, while the heavenly way was narrow in this life, and few were
finding it, though many talked much about it, and seemed to have found
it. He said that it would be shown in the day when we all appear
before God who has truly followed Him. He said that the true men were
like the wise man who built his house upon a rock, and when the winds,
the rain, and the flood came it stood fast, because it was founded on
the rock; and the false were like the foolish man who built his house
upon