60 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
61 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
62 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy;
63 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessmg God. Amen.
These verses are the winding up of St. Luke's history of our Lord's ministry. They form a suitable conclusion to a Gospel, which in touching tenderness and full exhibition of ^Christ's grace, stands first among the four records of the things which Jesus did and taught. (Acts i. 1.)
Let us notice, firstly, in this passage, tJie remarkable manner in which our Lord left His disciples. We read that
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