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Rh unlettered hind. Hence we see that the form is no measure whatever of the spirit. If a mind indefinitely great, as a Shakspeare's or a Newton's, can dwell in a body of common size—so a mind infinitely great may do the same: for greatness of spirit is not limited by space, nor is it affected by the size or shape of the form in which it may appear. The Divine, especially, is independent of space: it is not to be thought of as spread through space, like the atmosphere: it is not diffused, a part here and a part there, but is wholly present everywhere. Thus, the infinite Divinity could appear in the form of Jesus Christ, and through that form utter Divine truth and do Divine acts, so that that form was the embodied God,—and yet, at the same time, that Divinity could be omnipresent in all worlds and in heaven, giving life and light to the universe.

But to resume the quotations from the prophets. Who is it declared was to come? no other than God Himself. Hearken: "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined: our God shall come, and not keep silence." —"O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: say unto the cities of Judah, behold your God. Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand;—behold His reward is with Him, and His work before Him." And in Malachi, the last of the prophets, who lived about B.C. 400,—in the last predictions made previous to the Coming itself, we find these words: "Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple.—Behold, I will send you Elijah