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Rh error. The world acknowledged not his righteousness, seeing it not; but earth received the harmony his glorified example introduced. Who is ready to follow his teaching and example? Yet all must sooner or later plant their feet in Christ,

the true idea of God. That he might liberally pour his dear-bought treasures into empty human storehouses, was the purpose of Jesus' intense human sacrifice. In witness of his divine commission, he presented the proof that Life, Truth, and Love heal the sick and the sinful, and triumph over death through Mind, not matter. This was the highest proof he could have offered. His hearers understood neither his words nor his works. They would not accept his meek interpretation of Life, nor follow his practice.

His earthly cup of bitterness was drained to the dregs. There adhered to him only a few unpretentious friends,

whose religion was something more than a name. It was so vital, that it enabled them to understand the Nazarene, and share the glory of his eternal Life. He said that those who followed him should drink of his cup, and history has confirmed the prediction.

If that godlike and glorified man were physically on earth to-day, would not those who now profess to love

him reject him? Would they not even deny him the rights of humanity, if he entertained any other sense of personality than theirs? The enlightened Nineteenth Century, from a deadened sense of the invisible God, subjects the idea of Christian healing, enjoined by Jesus, to unchristian comment and usage, but this does not affect the invincible facts.