“How to Learn Patience.” A good many years ago there was a celebrated physician in Germany, named Boerhave. He was famous for his learning and also for his piety. He had learned well this lesson of patience. One day he had been greatly provoked, but without getting angry in the least. A friend who had witnessed it, asked him if he knew what it was to be angry. “O, yes,” said he, “my temper was naturally very violent and passionate.” “Then, pray tell me,” said his friend, “how you ever learned to be so patient.” Now mark what that great and good man said in answer to this inquiry. “I learned to be patient,” was his reply, “by doing two things; one was by thinking of Christ; the other was by asking him to help me.” We may all learn patience in this way. “A Soldier’s Example of Patience.” Some years ago an English missionary in India baptized a soldier. This man had been a famous prize-fighter in England. He was a powerful, lion-looking, lion-hearted man. With a single blow he could level the strongest man to the ground. The men in his regiment were all afraid of him. He had not been in the habit of going to church, but, as he afterwards told the missionary, “he sauntered into the chapel one evening, hardly knowing where he was going.” What he heard that night led him to repentance and he became a Christian. The change which took place in his temper and conduct was very surprising. The lion was changed into a lamb. A month or so after this, when they were dining in the mess-room one day, some of his comrades, who had always been afraid of him, began to ridicule him on account of his religion. One of them said, “I’ll find out whether he is a real Christian or not;” and taking a bowl of hot soup, he threw it into his breast. The whole company were alarmed at this. They looked on in speechless silence, expecting to see the roused lion leap up, and spring in fury on his foe. But he quietly opened his waistcoat, and wiped his scalded breast. Then turning calmly round he said, “This is what I must expect. If I become a Christian, I must suffer persecution. But my Saviour was patient, and I want to be like him.” His comrades were filled with astonishment. But they were satisfied he was a true Christian and he had no more trouble from them. The patience of Christ is the third lesson for us to learn from his trial. _The fourth lesson taught us by this subject is—THE HUMILIATION OF CHRIST._