Therefore in any new
development of feeling in his child, he could recognize the pressure of a
guiding hand in the formation of her history; and was able to understand
St. John where he says, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." For first, foremost,
and deepest of all, he positively and absolutely believed in the man whose
history he found in the Gospel: that is, he believed not only that such a
man once was, and that every word he then spoke was true, but he believed
that that man was still in the world, and that every word he then spoke,
had always been, still was, and always would be true. Therefore he also
believed--which was more both to the Master and to John MacLear, his
disciple--that the chief end of his conscious life must be to live in His
presence, and keep his affections ever, afresh and constantly, turning
toward him in hope and aspiration.
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