(3) But there is one other. So far our Lord shared his footing of authority with other leaders of the spirit. They also had their appointment of God and their conseyousness of God, though in nothing like so deep and full a measure. But in the third point Christ stands alone in spiritual authority in that Ho had the value of God. Those who have held a sure appointment from God and enjoyed a happy sense of His presence are still subject to our question and criticism. They cannot command our faith, they can only give it counsel. But what Wordsworth said of Shakespeare is truer still of Christ. Others abide our question, thou art free."
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