190 DnrcNE revelation. 



his argument, has shown the position which 

 man occupies in the animal Avorld, a position 

 perfectly unique, but no less in harmony 

 with his physical than his mental consti- 

 tution. In this point of view, the distance 

 between the rudest savage and the highest 

 brute, is immeasurable. 



But the Christian contemplates man under 

 another aspect — he considers him as he is 

 represented in the revelation which the Al- 

 mighty has condescended to make, and which 

 depicts him as fallen from a state of recti- 

 tude, and amenable to the curses of a broken 

 law, and to the justice of an offended Law- 

 giver. Did it stop here, it would leave 

 man no hope, it would afford him no gleam 

 of consolation; but it proceeds still farther — 

 it teaches him how justice and mercy cam 

 meet, and points out the way to Hfe eternal. 



While on the one hand it humbles man, 

 by showing him the degradation of his moral 

 nature, and by unveiling the secrets of his 

 own heart — by condemning him even in his 

 own judgment, and by opening before him 

 the consequences of his transgression; it also 

 points to the great Atonement, offered for 

 the sins of the world, and calls him to lay 



