_CHAPTER X_

_The Messiah Found_

"They found Him not, those youths of noble soul;
Long seeking, wandering, watching on life's shore,
Reasoning, aspiring, yearning for the light.

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"But years passed on; and lo! the Charmer came,
Pure, simple, sweet, as comes the silver dew,
And the world knew Him not,--He walked alone,
Encircled only by His trusting few."
--_H.B. Stowe_.

"We"--Andrew and John--"have found the Messiah."--_Andrew to
Peter_.

"We"--Andrew and Peter, James and John, and Philip--"have found
Him, of Whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus of
Nazareth."--_Philip to Nathanael_.


"The fulness of the time was come," not only when "God sent forth His
Son," but "when the Son should reveal Himself to the world." So Jesus
came forth from His retirement in Nazareth to enter on His public