doctrine that God will treat men as they treat each other, is
most striking and important. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy." "With what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged; and with
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." "If ye forgive
men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you your
trespasses; but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses."

10. His remarks on riches and poverty, on honor and reproach, on
suffering and glory, though regarded by some with shyness and distrust,
contain a world of important truth.

11. His lessons on spiritual or religious freedom, on self-denial, on
the true mark of discipleship, on the great judgment, on the future of
Christianity, and on the heavenly felicity, are all remarkable for their
wisdom, and for their purifying and ennobling tendency.

But it would require volumes to do Christ and His doctrine justice. And
I feel as if I were wronging the Saviour to speak of His worth and
doctrine, when I have neither time nor space duly to set forth their
transcendent excellency. Every peculiar trait in His character that I
have named, deserves a treatise to present it in all its importance and
glory; and I, alas, can give but a sentence or two to each.[A]

But Christ has our devoutest love and gratitude, and our profoundest
reverence. And the more we contemplate Him, the more constrained we feel
to regard Him, not only as the perfection of all human excellence, but
as the revelation and incarnation of the eternal God. And we feel it a
great honor and unspeakable privilege to be permitted to bear His name,
to belong to His party, and to labor in His cause. We are indebted to
Him for everything that gives value to our existence, and we give Him,
in return, with cheerfulness and gladness, our heart, our life, our all.

Ah, why did I so late Thee know,
Thee, lovelier than the sons of men?
Ah, why did I no sooner go
To Thee, the only ease in pain?
Ashamed I sigh, and inly mourn
That I so late to Thee did turn.

[A] Since the above was written we have published a book
entitled JESUS: A PORTRAIT. Look at it.

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

1. While the tendency of infidelity is to make men miserable, it is the
tendency of Christianity to make men happy. When I was living at
Burnley, an infidel came to me one morning and said, "Barker, we may say