AUGUST SEPTEMBER.

AUGUST 31.

Tribute to Cæsar.

HEY asked him, Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

S. LUKE XX. 22-25.

SEPTEMBER I.

Elias.

IS disciples asked him, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. S. MATT. xvii. 10-13.

SEPTEMBER 2.

Going up to Jerusalem. ESUS said unto them: Behold, we go up to Jeru

salem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER.

The First Commandment.

SEPTEMBER 3. NE of the scribes asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus said, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

SEPTEMBER 4.

S. MARK xii. 28-31.

Not far from the Kingdom. ND the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he ; and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the scul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. And Jesus said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. S. MARK xii. 32-3+.

Son and Lord.

SEPTEMBER 5. ESUS asked them, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he? And they say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord saith unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David, then, call him Lord, how is he