Whatsoever men may think of our Lord as a teacher, candor demands that they admire his example and award it the highest meed of honor. The most fallacious estimates are made under the influence of corrupt desires. Like a judge that has been bribed, the understanding gives a false verdict. As long as one Bible remains the empire of Satan is in danger. In proportion as a man grows in grace he feels his dependence upon God, and, in a certain sense, his dependence upon God’s people. He decreases in his