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294 111 STORY 0 11' TIlE XETV TKSTAIIEST.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The Lord is the 1:ccpor of little ones.-PS. 114, G,
N oonc occasion, snnie pious mothers brougl~t their chil-
Q Jren to Jesus, thnt IIe might place IIis hands upon
them and bless them. 13ut the disc.iplcs, ihinking that He
would not troui>le IIi~nsclf ~~litli infants, begall to rcbuke tl~o
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m3thers, and scnt them nwny. But this conduct of His disciples
was not plcasi~lg to our rliri~ie Lord, and Hc said to
them: "Suffcr little children to come to Me, and forbid
them not, for of such is the lcingdom of hcn~en."
2. Thcn, ciiressing tlio cliildrcn, IIe placed IIiv hand on
thir heads aid Llcsscd them. Thcn He said t.o thosc \vllo
stood around : "Amen, I say unto you, unless yo11 becor~ne
as little children, you cannot enter into the kingdom of
Ileslvcn. But ho that shall scand:tlise one of these little ones
t.he,t believe in Me, it wcro Letter for him that .t rtmill-stonc