Spiritual Ornaments of the Gospel

The close study of the Gospels is an indelible conviction that the well-nigh incredible has happened-that the Creator has visited the world in human form. He brings with Him the confirmation of our highest hopes, endorses our finest longings, and affirms many of our intuitions. But of course He does more than these. First, He introduces a new kind of truth-a kind of “supper-sense” which transcends our earthly viewpoint. We may find sometimes our values disconcertingly reversed, sometimes we find we have been looking at things from the wrong angle. Now that we gave this revelation of truth, there is no need to grope or fumble. We have certain basic truths unquestionably revealed. We have a standard by which our scale of values and our conscience may be adjusted. It is not that all our questions are immediately answered. It is not that everything becomes immediately plain and there are no more mysteries. But it is true that we now have enough light by which to live we see something at least of life’s point and purpose and we know where we are going.