saw that they could now bear
what he had to say to them without going away.

He told them that He must soon go to Jerusalem and suffer many things
from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders, and that He
should be killed by them, and rise again from the dead the third day.

Even Peter's faith was shaken by this. How could the Son of God be
killed? He could not believe His Master meant it so.

"Be it far from thee, Lord," he said, "this shall not be unto thee."

Jesus saw the spirit of fear and unbelief rising up in Peter, and to
this--not to Peter himself--Jesus said,

"Get thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me; for thou
savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men."

Then He plainly told them what they must be ready to meet if they
followed Him. They must not hope for any earthly honors or riches, and
they must put aside their own wishes and obey the Lord alone.

He told them that whoever wished to live for this world alone would
lose all, but whoever was willing to lose all for His sake should find
eternal life.

"For what is a man profited," He said, "if he shall gain the whole
world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for
his soul?"

CHAPTER XXVII.

"AND WE BEHELD HIS GLORY"--A FATHER'S FAITH.

Jesus stayed near Caesarea Philippi with His disciples for a week. The
villagers were cutting the ripe grain, the vineyards were rich with
clusters of the rich grapes that grew on the Lebanon hills, and the
olives were ripening for the time when they would be put in the presses
to make the delicious "oil olive." In that week He must have had many
wonderful talks with the villagers.

One evening, as they had come over the lower hills of Hermon, Jesus
left the disciples to wait for Him below, taking only Peter and the
brothers James and John with Him up the mount. They did not go to the
very top but rested on one of the lower peaks. While Jesus went a
little distance from them to pray, the three disciples, wrapped in
their thick mantles, lay down to wait for Him. In that high clear air
they seemed very near heaven. The stars seemed almost as near as the
lights in the villages below. They were tired, and watching their
Master in prayer, they fell asleep. While they slept they seemed to
see a change in the face of Jesus as He prayed. It grew light with a
strange inward glory, and all His garments became white and glistening
like