blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father which is in
heaven.'

Yes. Blessed indeed is he who believes that; who believes that the
same person who was born in a stable, had not where to lay his head,
went about healing the sick and binding up the broken heart,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, and
rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven--ascended thither
that he might fill all things; and is none other than the Lord of
the earth and of men, the Creator, the Teacher, the Saviour, the
Guide, the King, the Judge, of all the world, and of all worlds
past, present, and to come.

For to him who thus believes shall be fulfilled the promise of his
Lord, 'Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I
will give you rest.'

He will find rest unto his soul. Rest from that first and last
question, of which I said that all men, down to the lowest savage,
ask it, simply because they are men, and not beasts. Where am I?
How came I here? How came this world here likewise? For he can
answer--

'I am in the kingdom of the Babe of Bethlehem. He put me here. And
he put this world here likewise: and that is enough for me. He
created all I see or can see--I care little how, provided that HE
created it; for then I am sure that it must be very good. He
redeemed me and all mankind, when we were lost, at the price of his
most precious blood. He the Lord is King, therefore will I not be
moved, though the earth be shaken, and the hills be carried into the