Thus we have admired at a distance. II. And, now, in the second place, let us come nearer and CONSIDER THE SUBJECT MORE CLOSELY. What is this? What means this, “God with us”? I do not expect this morning to be able to set forth all the meaning of this short text, “God with us,” for indeed, it seems to me to contain the whole history of redemption. It hints at man’s being without God, and God’s having removed from man on account of sin. It seems to tell me of man’s spiritual life, by Christ’s coming