“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and _healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people_.” Matt. 4:23. NOTE.—In His ministry, Christ combined plain, practical teaching with practical, helpful relief work. 13. How extensive was His fame, and how many were attracted to Him? “And His fame went _throughout all Syria_: and they brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and He healed them. And there followed Him _great multitudes_ of people from _Galilee_, and from _Decapolis_, and from _Jerusalem_, and from _Judea_, and from _beyond Jordan_.” Verses 24, 25. 14. What expression used frequently in narrating His ministry shows Christ’s deep sympathy with mankind? “But when He saw the multitude, _He was moved with compassion_ on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.” “And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was _moved with compassion_ toward them, and He healed their sick.” Matt. 9:36; 14:14. 15. In what few words did Christ sum up the object of His ministry? “For the Son of man is come _to seek and to save that which was lost_.” Luke 19:10. 16. How did Christ feel over the impenitence of Jerusalem? “And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and _wept over it_.” Luke 19:41. NOTE.—In no other place did Christ appear so much a reformer as in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the Jewish religion, which religion, though having come from Christ Himself, had degenerated into mere formalism and a round of ceremony. Both the beginning and the close of His ministry here was marked by a cleansing of the temple. See John 2:13-18 and Matt. 21:12-16. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ O blessed Christ! my Strength, my King, He is my comfort and my stay; In Him I hope, of Him I sing, While toiling o’er life’s rugged way. Chiefest among ten thousand He, For Christ, my King, is all to me. MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE. Christ The Great Teacher [Illustration.] Christ Teaching The Multitude. "Never man spake like this man." John 7:46. 1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus? “Never man spake like this man.” John 7:46. 2. How did Christ teach the people? “He taught them _as one having authority_, and not as the scribes.” Matt. 7:29.