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 was confirmed  when  He  was  baptized  in  the Jordan, by  a  voice  from  heaven  which  declared: "This  is  My  beloved  Son,  in  whom  1 am  well  pleased."

The adversaries  of  Christ  affirm  miracles to be  impossible;  therefore,  say  they,  there were no  miracles  at  all. Hence I  might simply say  to  any  one  who  had  fallen  from a ladder:  "It  is  not  possible  to  fall,  therefore you  have  not  fallen!" Thus it  is  utterly foolish to  deny  the  possibility  of  any  fact,  the existence of  which  is  self-evident. Therefore even Rousseau,  who  did  not  believe  in Christ,  declared  that  he  who  denies  the  possibility of  miracles  ought  to  be  placed  in  a lunatic  asylum.

7. Thus  do  we  perceive  that  our  faith  rests upon the  most  solid  basis;  Christ  is  truly  God, He has  indisputably  attested  Himself  to  be such  by  means  of  His  sinless  life  and  His glorious miracles. Wherefore gaze  upon your Saviour  with  the  eye  of  faith,  and  say :

My Lord  and  God  I  Thee  confess  to  be, Though foes  deride,  and  will  know  naught  of Thee.

Thy wondrous  works  reveal  to  human  sight Thy love  divine,  Thy  glory,  and  Thy  might.

N FRONT  of  St.  Peter's  in  Rome  there stands a  lofty  obelisk  which  the  ancient Romans brought  over  from  Egypt. For cen-