It is not necessary here to ask in detail what it is in existing schemes of Christian theology, or in the outward forms and arrangements of priesthoods and of churches, that will bear this test of advancing knowledge, and this scrutiny of the educated intellect and conscience. Doubtless much in the popular creeds of our day will do so; but much more will only be as chaff before the wind, or stubble before the devouring flame. Among the perishable things will surely be the ecclesiastical systems which vary with every different country and church, and along with these the claims to priestly and papal authority and infallibility, about which we again hear such angry contention. Truly, none of these will bear the test and strain of time and knowledge; but only those great and unchangeable principles of spiritual truth, and those deep-lying sentiments of moral right, which are _common_ to _all_ the different sects and parties of Christendom. These will retain their place among the great motive forces of the world, even because their roots are firmly planted by the Divine hand itself in the very nature of man, and made to be a part of the constitution of his mind; while, also, it is true, and the Christian disciple will ever gratefully acknowledge, they owe their best and highest expression and exemplification to Jesus the Christ, the "beloved Son," in whom God was "well pleased." We may conclude then, as before, that in the mind and life of Christ,--in his unshaken trust in the Heavenly Father, and in the heaven to be revealed hereafter,--in his readiness to obey the call of Duty, wherever it might lead him, even though it might be to the shame and the agony of the cross,--in his faithful adherence to the right, and earnest denunciation of falsehood, hypocrisy, and wrong-doing,--in his gentle spirit of forgiveness and filial submission even unto death,--we have the lessons of Christian truth and virtue which it most of all concerns us to receive and to obey. In this high "faith of Christ" we have the true revelation of God's will for man; the Gospel speaking to us in its most touching and impressive tones,--either reproaching us for our indifference and calling us to repentance, or else aiding and encouraging us onward in the good path of righteousness.