18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, "When thou wast young, thou gird- edst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldst : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou would- est not.
19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should giorit'y God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
20 Then Peter, turning about, Beeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following ; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said. Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ?
21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do ?
22 Jesus saith unto him. If I will that he tarry till I come, what ia that to thee i follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disci- ple should not die ; yet Jesus said not unto hira, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ?
24 This is the disciple which tes- tifieth of these things and wrote these things : and we know that his testimony is true.
25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one^ I suppose that even the world itseit could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
These verses form the conclusion of St. John's Gos- pel, and bring to an end the most precious book in the Bible. The man is much to be pitied who can read the passage without serious and solemn feelings. It is like listening to the parting words of a friend, whom we may possibly not see again. Let us reverently consider the lessons which this Scripture contains.
We learn, for one thing, from these verses, that the