"_Work out your own salvation_." (Phil ii. 12.)

XII. Self-Denial

"_If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross, and follow Me_." (Matt. xvi. 24.)

XIII. In Unexpected Places

"_And . . . while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus Himself
drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that
they should not know Him_." (Luke xxiv. 15, 16.)

XIV. Ever the Same

"_Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and
might are His: and He changeth the times and the seasons_."
(Dan. ii. 20, 21.)

"_I am the Lord, I change not_." (Mal. iii. 6.)




Preface



The present volume contains some of the papers bearing on the Birth and