present the love of God as revealed in his Son, the divine beauty of
the life of Christ, of which all may partake, and not to satisfy the
desires of the merely curious nor the questionings of critics. But
even as by the attraction of His own goodness of character Jesus drew
His disciples unto Himself, and by His personal presence, by His
sympathetic touch and feeling in all their infirmities and needs, and by
His constant association, transformed their characters from the earthly
to the heavenly, from the selfish to the sacrificing, from smallhearted
ignorance and prejudice to largehearted knowledge and profound love
for souls of all nations and races, even so it is the purpose of this
book so to present the blessed Redeemer as to help the reader to come
to Him face to face, heart to heart, and find in Him, even as did the
disciples of old, Jesus the Mighty One, who saves “to the uttermost,”
and transforms to His own divine image all those who come unto God
by Him. Yet how impossible it is to reveal His life! It is like attempting
to put upon canvas the living rainbow; into characters of black and
white the sweetest music
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In the following pages the author, a woman of large and deep and
long experience in the things of God, has set forth new beauties from
the life of Jesus. She has brought many new gems from the precious
casket. She opens before the reader undreamed-of riches from this
infinite treasure house. New and glorious light flashes forth from many
a familiar passage, the depth of which the reader supposed he had long
before fathomed. To state it in brief, Jesus Christ is revealed as the
Fullness of the Godhead, the infinitely merciful Saviour of sinners,
the Sun of Righteousness, the merciful High Priest, the Healer of all
human maladies and diseases, the tender, compassionate Friend, the
constant, ever-present and helpful Companion, the Prince of the House
of David, the Shield of His people, the Prince of Peace, the Coming
King, the Everlasting Father, the culmination and fruition of the desires
and hopes of all the ages
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Under the blessing of God this book is given to the world with
the prayer that the Lord by His Spirit will make the words of this
book words of life to many souls whose longings and desires are yet
unsatisfied; that they “may know Him, and the power of His resurrec-
tion, and the fellowship of His sufferings,” and finally, throughout a
blessed eternity, at His right hand, share in “that fullness of joy,” and
“pleasures forevermore,” which will be the ripened fruitage of all those