. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus— Nicodemus:— I. NICODEMUS THE INQUIRER. He was a Pharisee, and therefore all manner of religious obstacles, formalism, &c., stood in his way. He was a ruler, and therefore all manner of social impediments beset him. But his conscience had been awakened. He came in the dark so as not to be noticed. He admits Christ’s Divine teachership. Men now hold miracles in light esteem, but this narrative shows us that they should make a sober