Christ's spirit, was like Christ, then Christ has the same spirit,
and is like that good Samaritan, utterly humane, for mere humanity's
sake.

Yes, thou who art weary and heavy laden--thou who fanciest, at
moments, that the Lord's arm is shortened, that it cannot save, and
art ready to cry, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?--take
comfort, and look upon Christ. Thou wilt never be sure of the love
of God, unless thou rememberest that it is the same as the love of
Christ; and, by looking at Christ, learnest to know thy Father and
his Father, whose likeness and image he is, and see that the spirit
which proceeds alike from both of them is the spirit of humanity and
love, which cannot help going forth to seek and to save thee, simply
because thou art lost. Look, I say, at Christ; and be sure that what
he bade the good Samaritan do to the wounded traveller, that same
will he do to thee, because he is the Son of Man, human and humane.

Art thou robbed, wounded, deserted, left to die, worsted in the
battle of life, and fallen in its rugged road, with no counsel, no
strength, no hope, no purpose left? Then remember, that there is one
walking to and fro in this world, unseen, but ever present, whose
form is as the form of the Son of Man.

To him is given all power to execute judgment in heaven and earth,
because he is the Son of Man. He is beholding the nations and
fashioning all their hearts. Even as I speak now, he is pouring
contempt on princes, and making the counsels of the people of no
effect. Even now he is frustrating the tokens of the liars, and
making diviners mad. He is smiting asunder mighty nations, and
filling the lands with dead bodies. Even now he is coming, as he