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Essay "Life Lessons From the Gospel of Luke", 15 June 1909, Page 2

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J. L. ADDISON, M.D. ST. cssontam, OUT. GRADUATE McGILL UNIVERSITY MONTREAL a TO e A.M. : i TO a P.M. 7 TO • P. M. St. George, Ont., June, 15th, 1909 - Life Lessons from >;he G-ospel of Luke. Luke, sometimes called the Good Physician, was a. native of , hbioch, ana a fellow worker with the great Apostle Paul. He wrote yhe Gospel bearing his name, ana the Acts of the Apostle a sequel to t/ia Gospel. ;-,re indebted to Luke for the History of the Birth ana Childhood of Tesus and John the Baptist. His profession is shown in his writings 'by the particular aetails he ^ives of aiseases; ana his Gospel is so full of practical lessons that in one paper we can only choose a few th; ^ea.1 most strongly to us. In the Jrth Gnapter of Luke we are taught how to resist temptation. Three times T,he Devil tempts Jesus and 3 times Jesus repeats "It is written"etc, (rod's Word is the weapon to use when temptea. Paul speaks in the same way in Eph. 6: 13- iV*? are i/au^ht how t,o PRAY in Luke llth Chapter,, ana there Jesus explains ir the Parable of the Friend at Midnight. The request for the three loaves at mid-ni^ht \vas not granted because he was his friend, but because he would not leave until he jjot wh«.t he want e a. It would appear as though wn were to continue asking until we received our rquest. "Ask and ve shall receive, seek and ye shall find". :

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