we never really see the truth about ourselves. But when we see one of our faults in somebody else, we at once recognize it. A good example is the story of David and Nathan (2 Sam. 12). Just as Nathan said to David, so the Gospel says to us, “Thou art the man” (v. 7), and the truth is brought home to us. That is the value of the historical incidents and the illustrations that we find given us with such profusion in the pages of the Bible. Furthermore, we must remember the great principle that as belief