19 So then after the Lord had spo- ken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preach- ed every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
These words form the conclusion of St. Mark's Gospel. Short as the passage is, it is a singularly suitable con- clusion to the history of our Lord Jesus Christ's earthly ministry. It tells us where our Lord went, when He left this world, and ascended up on high. It tells us what His disciples experienced after their Master left them, and what all true Christians may expect until He appears again.
Let us mark, in these verses, the place to which our Lord went when He had finished His work on earth, and