l of God.
We cannot too often remember, that "good" and "evil" are terms applicable
to the will alone.

That splendid gift of the body has been given to us, in order that in it,
and through it, we might "glorify God"; that is, do His Will, the only
thing utterly worth doing. _Therefore_, we have to keep our bodies
"fit," fit in all ways for their high and holy purpose. There is the
law, the standard of all Christian self-discipline. Think of the glory
of the prospect which it holds out to us, of the development and destiny
of the body. Think of the care which we should bestow upon it, of the
awful reverence with which we should regard this (in the Divine
intention) splendid and perfect instrument for the fulfilment of the Will
of God. For what reverence can be too great for that which the Eternal
God chose as the tabernacle in which He should dwell among men, as the
instrument by which He should do the Father's Will on earth?

Of all the religions of the world it is the religion of Jesus Christ
alone which bids us "glorify God" in the body, that is, do His Will in
and by that glorious instrument which He has created and redeemed for His
service.

3. Finally, we may remind ourselves, very briefly, that we, in our own
day, may share the blessedness of the Roman soldier who relieved the
sufferings of Christ. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of
these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me."

As Christians, we _must_ have _some_ ministry to fulfil towards the
suffering members of Christ's Body. In the parable of the sheep and the
goats, the eternal destiny of men is shown to depend, in the last resort,
upon the manner in which they have performed, or failed to perform, this
ministry. The complexities of modern life call for careful thought in
regard to the manner in which we are to fulfil this duty, but they cannot
relieve us of it. Somewhere or other in our lives we must be diligently
relieving the necessities of others, ministering to their needs of body,
mind, or spirit. Else--there is no shirking this conclusion--we are
simply failing in the most characteristic of all Christian virtues; we
are far removed from the Mind of Him Who "went about doing good"; we are
on the way to hear that final condemnation, "Because ye did it not to the
least of these My brethren, ye did it not to Me."

VII
THE SIXTH WORD

"It is accomplished."--ST. JOHN XIX. 30.

1. What had been accomplished? In the