The last Signs to the Jewish people--How Isaiah had explained their inefficacy--The Glory of Men and the Glory of God--The Words which closed Christ's public Ministry--The Last Supper--The Washing of the Feet--What had to be washed away--Why the feet only had to be washed--Christ's Example--How one Man can purify another--The Disciple not above his Master--'_He that receiveth you receiveth Me_'--The trouble of Spirit--The Disciple whom Jesus loved--'_That thou doest, do quickly_'--The Son of Man glorified-- The New Commandment--The prophecy of denial 341 DISCOURSE XXIII. ST. JOHN XIV. 25, 26.--_These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you._ The two causes of Trouble--The double support under them--Why Jesus did not speak of dying--The message concerning a Father's House--Jesus the Way--To what the Way leads--'_Have I been so long time with you, and hast thou not known me?_'--The greater Works--Praying in the Name of Jesus--The promise of the Comforter-- Loving and obeying--How the Disciples learnt their need of a Spirit--The gift of the Spirit the gift of Peace--The Prince of this World--The love of the Father to the World 365 DISCOURSE XXIV. ST. JOHN XV. 1.--_I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman._ Allusions to vines in the old Scripture--The interpretation of them here--'_Abide in me_'--Ground of the union of the Disciples to Christ--The gift of Joy--Servants and friends--The command to love--The world's hatred a hatred of God 383 DISCOURSE XXV. ST. JOHN XVI. 1.--_These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ Effect of Christ's words upon His Disciples when they met with persecutions--Method of His education--The conviction of the world by the Spirit--The Spirit not speaking of Himself, but of the Son and the Father--'_A little while and ye shall not see me_'--The birth of the Man into the world--The Apostles' belief--The world overcome 396 DISCOURSE XXVI. ST. JOHN XVII. 1.--_These words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee._ Words, their power and their weakness--How to connect Christ's prayer with other prayers--'_Glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee_'--The gift of eternal life--The order of the prayer--The part of it which refers to the Disciples--'_I pray not for the world_'--The son of perdition--Truth and sanctity-- '_That they all may be one_'--The world which has not known the Father 411