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No new truth comes into view on the festival of the Epiphany, for we are still by the Manger of Bethlehem. What is to-day insisted upon is rather the whole truth. There is to be no narrowing of the infinite scope of the Incarnation. We are no longer in danger of supposing that Christ belongs exclusively to a single race or nation, but we must ever remember that the Babe of Bethlehem is the world's own Babe, not only the Saviour of those who believe as we believe, but of all mankind. The gift of God is absolute, and its reality is not affected by ignorance or want of appreciation, though that which we are capable of receiving must ever depend upon our faith. Christ was truly given to the world in the Incarnation, and is truly given to all who receive the Sacraments; but whether for our condemnation or salvation must ever depend upon the recipient. |
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