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 dition,  be  not  cast  down,  for  with  the  Lord  there  is mercy  and  with  Him  plentiful  redemption. His patient forbearance  with  thee  in  the  past  is  a  guarantee that  with  Him  there  is  forgiveness. From the depths of  your  misery,  from  the  bottom  of  your heart cry  to  Him  and  He  will  hearken  to  thee,  for  He wishes  not  the  death  of  the  sinner,  but  that  he  be converted  and  live. Let the  hatred  of  sin  drive  thee, let the  love  of  God  draw  thee. There is  forgiveness, there is  forgiveness,  if  you  will  only  repent,  for  "  an humble  and  contrite  heart  the  merciful  Lord  will never  despise."

"He humbled  Himself  even  unto  the  death  of  the  cross, wherefore  also  God  exalted  Him,  that  every  tongue  should confess  the  Lord  Jesus." — Phil. ii. 8, 9,  11.

Ex. : Christ's  I.  Humiliation. II. Exaltation. III. Acknowledgment.

I. Humiliation:  1. Knowledge and  power. 2. Gethsemani. 3. Sold,  scourged,  crowned,  and  crucified.

II. Exaltation : 1. Died as  seed. 2. Plant  (Church)  grew. 3. Glories  of  cross.

III. Faith spread  by  self-sacrifice :  1. Toward God. 2. Neighbor. 3. Self.

Per.: 1. God's hatred  of  sin. 2. Redemption. 3. Faithfulness to cross  living  and  dead.

, Our  Lord's  tragic  earthly  career  divides itself naturally  into  three  parts,  His  private  life,  His public life,  and  His  Passion,  and  each  act  or  part  ends