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they are capable of solution only by those who 

 approach them in His spirit and apply to them 

 the truth which He revealed. His ethics are 

 principles, not laws. Laws have relation to 

 times and places ; principles adjust themselves 

 to all times and all places. 



Concerning the facts thus far enumerated, there 

 is little, if any, disagreement among those who 

 have tried to solve the problem of the person of 

 Jesus. We have not assumed His sinlessness or 

 His divinity ; we have assumed nothing but the 

 substantial historical accuracy of the Gospels. A 

 careful study of them shows us a man who lived 

 in the daily consciousness of God as Father ; 

 who believed He was on intimate terms with the 

 Deity ; who never argued or attempted to prove 

 anything, but simply said what He saw; and His 

 words concerning the Being behind the visible 

 universe whom men call God, have been the most 

 convincing and satisfying yet spoken by philoso- 

 pher, moralist, or seer. " He turned the whole 

 mighty current of human history. He planted 

 himself deep in the inmost soul of things, and 

 this great Christendom is throbbing with the 

 breath of His life to this hour. And not only 

 do our Christianities, and Protestant Reforma- 

 tions, and our Landings of Pilgrims taking pos- 



