| Vol. I. | NOVEMBER, 1880. | No. 11. |
The character which the gospel of Christ requires is made up of all thatis lovely, is formed upon the highest model, but it is not composed ofthe insensibility, the anger, the pride, the egotism, the worldliness,which is so common among men. It is not the cold indifference of modernmoralists; it is not the rank and scepticism of modern doubters, nor yetthe intellectual rashness and moral phantoms of modern scientists. Thesehave done all they could to take possession of the human heart, and haveleft it more miserable than it was before. The great author of our holyreligion, through the instrumentality of our blessed Savior, brings usinto the possession of his own spirit; imparts to us the elements of hisown divine excellence; forms us anew in his own image. The idea of"Emanuel, God with us," is composed of the richest elements. It embracesall that is venerable in wisdom, wonderful in authority, and touching ingoodness. Human greatness, blen