o have
their little ones share in the blessing they had received while sitting
at the feet of the great Teacher and learning of Him, for soon after He
crossed the Jordan, and, teaching as he went, set His face toward
Jerusalem.

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE YOUNG MAN THAT JESUS LOVED.

A rich young ruler came running after Jesus one day, saying,

"Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

So eager was he to know that he knelt before Jesus by the road side.

Jesus spoke gently to him telling him that God alone is good, and that
he knew the commandments that God had given.

"All these have I kept from my youth up," said the young man.

As Jesus looked upon him He saw that he was really trying to be good,
and hoping that he could do some great and good act that would give him
a certain entrance into heaven. He had been taught by the Rabbis that
men were saved by keeping the law and doing outward works of
righteousness. He did not know that heaven must begin in his own heart.

Jesus, reading his heart, loved him, and longed to have him know the
truth.

"Yet lackest thou one thing," he said, "sell all that thou hast and
distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me."

When he heard these words the young man turned away and lost the eager
look with which he had come to the Lord's feet. He was very sorrowful,
for he was very rich, and he found that he loved his riches more than
he loved anything else.

"How hardly," said Jesus, "shall they that have riches enter into the
Kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

"Who then can be saved?" asked one.

"The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God," He
said.

"Lo, we have left all," said Peter, "and followed Thee," and then the
Lord gave to His disciples that promise that has been proven true by
millions of His children for ages past,--

"There is no man who hath left house or parents, or brethren, or wife,
or children for the Kingdom of God's sake, who shall not receive
manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life
everlasting."

CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM.

When Jesus and His disciples were finally on the way to Jerusalem Jesus
went before them, and the shadow of the great trial He was about to
suffer cast its shadow upon Him. The disciples saw it, and