arth?--to
Christ upon the cross, and say, "Behold your God! This He did, this He
condescended, this He dared, this He suffered for you, and such as you.
This is what He, the Maker of the universe, is like. This is what He has
been trying to make you like, in your small degree, every time a noble, a
generous, a pitiful, a merciful emotion crossed your heart; every time
you forgot yourself, even for a moment, and thought of the welfare of a
fellow-man."

If that tale, if that sight, if that revelation and unveiling of Christ
to the poor sinful soul does not work in it an abhorrence of past sin, a
craving after future holiness, an admiration and a reverence for Christ
Himself, which is, ipso facto, saving faith; if that soul does not reply-
-it may not be in words, but in feelings too deep for words,--"Yes; this
is indeed noble, indeed Godlike, worthy of a God, and worthy therefore to
be at once imitated and adored:" then, indeed, the Cross of Christ must
have lost that miraculous power which it has possessed, for more than
eighteen hundred years, as the highest "moral ideal" which ever was seen,
or ever can be seen, by the reason and the heart of man.

SERMON XXXVIII. THE LORD'S PRAYER

Windsor Castle, 1867. Chester Cathedral, 1870.

Matthew vi. 9, 10. "After this manner, therefore, pray ye, Our Father
which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven."

Let us think for a while on these great words. Let us remember that some
day or other they will certainly be fulfilled. Let us remember that
Christ would not have bidden us use them, unless He intended that they
should be fulfilled. And let us remember, likewise, that we must help to
fulfil them. We need to be reminded of this from time to time, for we
are all inclined to forget it. We are inclined to forget that mankind
has a Father in heaven, who is ruling, and guiding, and educating us, His
human children, to

"One far off divine event,
Toward which the whole creation moves."

We are apt to fancy that the world will always go on very much as it goes
on now; that it will be guided, not by the will of God, but by the will
of man; by man's craft; by man's ambition; by man's self-interest; by
man's cravings after the luxuries, and even after the mere necessities of
this life. In a word, we are apt to fancy that man, not God, is the
master of this earth o