Editor’s note: The following sermon by Joseph A. Seiss (1823-1904) is extracted from The World’s Great Sermons, Vol. VII, compiled by Grenville Kleiser (published 1908). ____________________________________________ Thy testimonies are wonderful.—Psalms, cxix., 129.

Editor’s note:  The following comprises the fourth chapter, third part (C9), of The Gospel of Luke: An Exposition, by Charles R. Erdman (published 1936).  All spelling in the original. 9. Kinship