Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity—

"The Author and Finisher of our Faith," .

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Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity-

"He that hath the Seven Spirits of God,"

Twentieth Sunday after Trinity-

135

"The Way,"

138

Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity—

"The Life,"

141

Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity-

"The Head of the Church,"

"The Chief Corner-Stone,"

144

Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity—

147

The Circumcision.

"THE SON OF MAN."

Learn, Mark x. 32-34. Passages to be referred to for reading,-Dan. vii. 13, 14; Luke ix. 18-27, 43-56, xxiii. 34-49; Phil. ii. 1-8; Heb. ii. 10-18, v. 1-10.

How comforting it is to think of Jesus as the Son of man!" It makes us realise the sympathy of a common nature, Heb. ii. 14-18. We shall often find the term used in the Old Testament, Num. xxiii. 19; Job xxv. 6; Ps. viii. 4, &c., but only once of our Lord, Dan. vii. 13. He first applies the title to Himself, Matt. viii. 20, and doubtless because of what the prophet had said, Matt. xxvi. 24.

Now, to enter into this precious name, we must go to St Luke's Gospel. Each Evangelist gives a distinct view of Jesus. Matthew shows "the Fulfiller of Scripture; "Mark "the Ministering Servant;" John "the Son of God;" and Luke "the Son of man." Consider

1. His Genealogy, Luke iii. It is not traced to Abraham and David, the two to whom the promises were given first and last, as in Matt.

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i. 1, but to Adam, Luke iii. 38, the first man, 1 Cor. xv. 45.

2. His Birth and Childhood, Luke i., ii. Here alone do we find all the minute details-the miraculous conception, the manger, the circumcision, presentation in the temple, growth in wisdom, &c.

3. His Temptation, Luke iv. Not in the order given by St Matthew, but according to that which is common to man, Heb. iv. 15" The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life," 1 John ii. 16.

4. His Prayers, Luke iii. 21, v. 16, vi. 12, 13, ix. 18, 29, xi. 1, xxii. 32. These cases are peculiar to St Luke's Gospel. They show Him to be the Son of man, in exercising the grace of true dependence.

5. His Social Intercourse, Luke vii. 36, xi. 37, xiv. 1, xix. 7. How truly does He appear as the Son of man in this respect, sanctifying the social engagements of men by His Presence and His Word.

6. His Sufferings and His Death, Luke xxii., xxiii. Here only do we read of "the angel strengthening Him,"-xxii. 43; of "the bloody sweat," xxii. 44. "Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man?" xxii. 48. The Centurion confesses Him to be a righteous man, xxiii. 47. And as man in dying He commends His Spirit to the Father, xxiii. 46.

Here, then, we see how God has given His