like that. We all know quite well, that when a biography of a great man comes out that is all eulogy, all a glazing over of his faults, we get sick of it, and call out for a true biography, thai is, ong that gives us the man "warts and all," as Cromwell wished to be painted. But here is one, who has no warts, no sins, and the world dors not call out for a biography showing us His faults, En the contrary, it has just taken up another biography of Him, Papini's, as I said the other Sunday, and it has not asked Signor Papini to put the dark touches of sin into that incomparable. life. It buys the book, hbeeause, like the Gospels, it gives man what he needs," one tempted in all points like as we are," yet without sin.'
It is next, worth noticing, how very hard put to it the people are. who set. out to show shat Jesus Christ was a sinner like the rest of us. They pitch on one or two incidents, of which one is the blasting of the barren figtree. Without going into these it is enough to say that when our friends or enemies set out to show up our faults they do not need to use up reams of paper, in demonstrating, that in one or two incidents in our. life, we might have been a little better. They can -fill reams with our faults and sins that no one can deny, ourselves least of all. Do'nt you seo, that the straining to prove sings in Jesus by -these people. gives their case away. There is no need to strain a point to show up the sins of the best of us. No, indeed. They stick out all over us. But as for Him, I believe that the most. ruthless critic. while he may deny His divinity with a calm mind, cannot with equal calmness, attack the moral and spiritual character of the Son of God. He does it. if he, does it ati all. with an unpleasant twinge in his heart.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.