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 of the effect of his temptation combats, namely, his victory over the evil forces that strove to destroy him and which had almost destroyed the human race: "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out."

By meeting the infernal hosts as a man, as the son of Mary, on their own plane, admitting them into himself through the planes of life he had assumed, he conquered them, gained the victory which should forever set men free from their power as men voluntarily followed him in the regeneration.

The consciousness of his victory is still more apparent in what follows: "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." It was the Divine consolation after victory that comes indeed to every human soul. It was in this case even more—it was the Lord's rejoicing over the salvation of a world. He looked through all the future ages and saw this triumph, the fulfillment of that for which he had so humbled himself. It was a song of victory, the joy of which was not personal, but lay in the realization of the welfare of his creatures whom he was now rescuing.