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The Fundamentals. us the Father and it sufficeth us”. Gathering up all the things of the past, Christ looked into the face of Philip and replied, “Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip?” No, Philip had not seen these things. They were there to be seen, and by and by, the infinite work of Christ being accomplished, and the glory of Pentecost having dawned upon the world, Philip saw it all; saw the meaning of the things he had seen, and had never seen; the things he had looked upon, and had never understood. He found that having seen Jesus he had actually seen the Father; that when he looked upon One Who embodied in His own personality all the facts of law and righteousness; Who was able to satisfy all the hunger of humanity; Who in co operation with God was sent to share the sorrows of humanity in order to draw men to Himself and to save them; he had seen God. p fh is manifestation wins the submission of the reason; appeals to the love of the heart; demands the surrendei of the will. Here is the value of the Incarnation as revelation of God. j Let us recall our thoughts for a moment from the particu lar application in the case of Philip, and think what this means to us. Is it true that this manifestation wins the submission of our reason, appeals to the love of our heart, asks the sur render of our will ? JThen to refuse God in Christ is to violate at some essential point our own humanity. To refuse we must violate reason, which is captured by the revelation; or we must crush the emotion, which springs in our heart in the presence of the revelation; or we must decline to submit our will to the de mands which the manifestation makes. God grant that we may rather look into His face and say, “My Lord and my God” ! So shall we find our rest, and our hearts will be satisfied. It shall suffice, as we see the Father in Christ.
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