That your religion may be really solid metal, and not an imitation of it, or a mere gilded bauble, you must be tried. Whenever the Saviour describes Himself by any emblem that emblem is exalted and expanded, and yet it is not able to bear all his meaning. The Lord Jesus fills out every type, figure, and character; and when the vessel is filled there is an overflow. There is more in Jesus, the Good Shepherd, than you can pack away in a shepherd. He is the good, the great, the chief Shepherd; but He