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they could receive were the crumbs which fell fromIsrael's table of bounties. When the woman ofCanaan asked our Lord to heal her daughter, Jesusre?lied : " I am not senbhut unto the lost sheep ofthe house of Israel. It is not meet to take the children'sbread, and to cast it' to dogs. And she said.Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs whichfall from their masters' table." As a reward for herfaith Jesus gave her the desired crumb of fayoqr-Matthew XV., 21-28.Omring to Israel's r:jection of Jesus as the Messiah,a change came to both* these classes. The" Lazarns " class '.' died," z.e., ceased to exist asoutcasts and were received into God's favok. Corneliuswas the first of these. Accepting Christ theywere henceforth received into Abraham's bosom asthe true children of fait'hful Abraham, and heirs ofhe promise which God had made to Abraham-E alatians LII., 7, 26-29; Romans XI., 7-9, 12-25.Subsequently, in the year 70 An., the " rich man "" died," i.e., ceased to exist as a Nation and gs thenational r'epresentatives of God's favours. Fromthen the Jews have been in torment, aqd the greatgulf of their Law prejudices has hindered. themfrom accepting Christ and returfiiag to the favourof God. Other Scriptures, however, assure us thatthis will not always be so, but that " blindness inpart is happened to Israel until the fulness of theGentiles be come in," and that then " all Israelshall be saved "-Romans XI., 25, 26.Moses and Elias on the Mount'It is thought by many that Aloses and Elias hereappeared in person to the disciples and Jesus. Suchhave omitted to notice that Jesus told his disciples27