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sation, and reduce it to the English standard, from the simple narratives 

 of Hebrews writing in the Greek tongue. You can understand it so as 

 to make it nonsense if you are determined to, but that s your nonsense 

 and not Christ s. There is plenty of room to fight over it if you like, 

 but was that what it was intended for ? You may understand it some 

 what differently from me. but practically, if you believe it at all. will 

 the difference in our understanding of it make an essential difference in 

 our lives ? I believe that Channing and Calvin, standing at two opposite 

 theoretical extremes with regard to this, both showed in their characters 

 the influence of a common faith in the divinity of Christ.&quot; 



&quot; You do ? You don t suppose Channing believed in the divinity of 

 Christ ? You ought to know better than that.&quot; 



&quot; He might not express his belief in that way, because that mind had 

 got to be employed technically to denote a different view from his, but 

 plainly it was the God revealed in Christ to whose service he gave his 

 life. You must remember that language is a human and exceedingly 

 imperfect and inefficient means of conveying thought. Neither Calvin nor 

 Channing believed that in Chri-st was the whole of God concentrated and 

 made manifest to us, or that God was and could be revealed to us in 

 no other way ; but both believed that in Christ God was speaking, that 

 in Christ s life, far more truly and distinctly than in any other, was 

 uttered the true and eternal and soul-saving word of God. In truth, 

 in love, in all that deserves your love, your gratitude, your adoration, 

 and whole-hearted devotion, I AM. &quot; 



We were both silent for a few moments, and then he laughed. 



&quot; What s the matter ?&quot; said I. 



&quot; I am afraid you are getting into the bond of iniquity ; don t you 

 know that s very dangerous the way you talk. Tisn t orthodox by a 

 long shot.&quot; 



&quot; I ve no particular passion for being called orthodox,&quot; I replied. 



&quot; You haven t, eh ? What is your religion then ?&quot; 



( That of Christ, I wish it to be.&quot; 



&quot;No, but what do you believe in ?&quot; 



&quot; The God revealed in Christ.&quot; 



&quot; Pshaw ! What sect what church do you run with ?&quot; 



&quot; None of your business that is, the question s not in order.&quot; 



&quot; But, good heavens, man ! I want to know what you pretend to 

 believe. What do you want to have me believe ? Was he very God of 

 verv God, all God and all man, or only half God and half man, or a 



