culty, and when I returned to it, it seemed to say,
"Why did you leave me? I know that sometimes I am rough and difficult;
but I can do better for you, than you can for yourself, and indeed I am
the only possible way. Obey me, and I will bring you home." It is so
that Christ speaks to us.

Each day, as we leave our home, we know that the prepared path lies
before us, in the good works which God has prepared for us to walk in.
And when we are ignorant of their direction, and are at a loss as to
where to place our steps, we have only to concern ourselves with
Christ, and almost unconsciously we shall find ourselves making
progress on the destined way. Christ is the Way: love Christ, trust
Christ, obey Christ, be concerned with Christ, and all else will be
added. Christ is the Way. When the heart is wrapped up in Him, it is
on the way, and it is making progress, although it never counts the
rate or distance, so occupied is it with Him.

"I fear I make no progress," sighs the timid soul.

"But what is Christ to thee?"

"Everything."

"Then if He be all in all to thee, thou art most certainly on God's
way; and thou art making progress toward thy home, albeit that it is
unconsciously. Be of good cheer, Christ is the Way; remember the
ancient pilgrims, of whom it is written, that the way was in their
hearts."

"But God the Father is so little to me!"

"But to deal with Christ is to deal with God: to be wrapped up in the
love of Christ is to make ever deeper discoveries into the heart of
God. He is the Way to God: to know Him is to come to the Father."

II. CHRIST AS THE TRUTH.--The thought grows deeper as we advance.
Obedience to the Way conducts to the vision of the Truth; ethics to
spiritual optics. The truth-seeker must first submit himself in all
humility and obedience to Christ; and when he is willing to do His
will, he is permitted to know.

(1) Christ is more than a teacher. "We know that Thou art a Teacher,
come from God," said Nicodemus. He is more, He is the Truth of God.
All truth is ensphered in Him. All the mysteries of wisdom and
knowledge are hidden in Him. We fully know truth only as it is in
Jesus. When the Spirit of Truth would lead us into all truth, He can
do nothing better than take of the things of Christ, and reveal them to
us, because to know Christ is to know the Truth in its most complete,
most convenient, and most accessible form. If you know nothing else,
and know Christ