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The next day Jesus was going to Galilee, and met Philip. Jesus saw the hearts, and knew the secret thoughts, of every body who came near Him. He saw that Philip's heart was upright and sincere ; and He said to him, "Follow me. Philip was drawn by the Saviour's love and kindness, and followed Him. He had a friend named Nathaniel, whose heart was full of sincere piety, and a strong desire to know the Messiah. Philip made haste to find his friend. Nathaniel had been sitting under the shade of a fig-tree; and perhaps he had been praying to God for the promised Saviour. Soon after he left the fig-tree, Philip saw him, and said, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write,

the son of Joseph."

Jesus of Nazareth,
Nathaniel was full

of Jewish prejudices, and he asked, " Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip then told him to come and see; and Nathaniel went, to convince himself. When Jesus saw him coming, He said, "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile." Nathaniel was surprised to hear Jesus speak so to a man He had never before seen; and he said to the Saviour, "Whence knowest Thou me?" Jesus saw to the bottom of his heart, and replied, "Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee." Nathaniel now felt sure that Jesus was God, or He could not have seen him under the fig-tree, which was a long way off; and he cried out, "Master, Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel." Jesus then said to him, "Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than

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14. THE MIRACLE AT CANA.

THERE was a marriage at Cana, a town of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and His disciples were also asked, and they went. When the guests wanted some wine, Mary said to Jesus, They have no wine." She told the servants to do every thing that Jesus should bid them. There were six large stone water-pots standing in the hall of

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the house; each pot would hold two or three firkins. Jesus told the servants

to fill them with water, which they did. He then said, "Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast;" and they did as He bade them. When the governor tasted it, he found it was beautiful wine; and he said to the bridegroom, "Thou hast kept the good wine until now."

This was the first miracle our Saviour performed. All the people who saw the water turned into wine were astonished.

This miracle shews the power and bounty of our Saviour.

15. JESUS CASTS THE BUYERS AND SELLERS OUT OF THE TEMPLE.

THE feast of the Passover was kept at

Jerusalem every year. A great number

of people went from all parts to worship God in the temple. Jesus also went to this solemn feast. The buildings of the temple were very grand. Some of the people had no respect for this holy place; but offered the beasts for sale in the temple which were to be used as sacrifices. When Jesus went into the temple, He saw some selling animals, some doves, and others changing money. He was very much displeased when He saw His Father's temple so wickedly profaned; and being moved by a holy zeal for His Father's glory, He made a whip of small cords and drove them all out of the temple. He overturned the money-tables; turned out the men who sold oxen and doves, and said to them, "It is written, My house shall be called the house of

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