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Title: The Mind of Jesus

Author: John R. Macduff

Release Date: April 5, 2009 [EBook #28507]

Language: English

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THE
MIND OF JESUS.

BY
JOHN R. MACDUFF, D.D.

AUTHOR OF "MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES,"
"THE WORDS OF JESUS," "FAMILY PRAYER,"
"FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL," "MEMORIES OF
GENNESARET," "BOW IN THE CLOUD," "STORY
OF BETHLEHEM," ETC.

NEW YORK
ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,
No. 530 BROADWAY.
1860.

The Mind of Jesus.

THE MIND OF JESUS! What a study is this! To attain a dim reflection of
it, is the ambition of angels--higher they can not soar. "To be
conformed to the image of His Son!"--it is the end of God in the
predestination of His Church from all eternity. "We shall be like
Him!"--it is the Bible picture of _heaven_!

In a former little volume, we pondered some of the gracious _Words_
which proceeded out of the mouth of Jesus. In the present, we have a few
faint lineaments of that holy _Character_ which constituted the living
exposition and embodiment of His precepts.

But how lofty such a standard! How all creature-perfection shrinks
abashed and confounded before a Divine portraiture like this! He is the
true "Angel standing in the sun," who alone projects no shadow; so
bathed in the glories of Deity that li