haste to thee; Pour in thy sweetness, that ourselves may be Sweetness to thee!” Of the believer with Christ: _Phil. 3:10_—“_that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death_”; _Col. 1:24_—“_fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church_”; _1 Pet. 4:13_—“_partakers of Christ’s sufferings._” The Christian reproduces Christ’s life in miniature, and, in a true sense, lives it over again. Only upon the principle of union with Christ can we explain how the Christian instinctively applies to himself the prophecies and promises which originally and primarily were uttered with reference to Christ: “_thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption_” (_Ps. 16:10, 11_). This fellowship is the ground of the promises made to believing prayer: _John 14:13_—“_whatsoever ye shall ask is my name, that will I do_”; Westcott, Bib. Com., _in loco_: “The meaning of the phrase [‘_in my name_’] is ‘as being one with me even as I am revealed to you.’ Its two correlatives are ‘_in me_’ and the Pauline ‘_in Christ_’.” “_All things are yours_” (_1 Cor. 3:21_), because Christ is universal King, and all believers are exalted to fellowship with him. After the battle of Sedan, King William asked a wounded Prussian officer whether it were well with him. “All is well where your majesty leads!” was the reply. _Phil. 1:21_—“_For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain._” Paul indeed uses the words “Christ” and “church” as interchangeable terms: _1 Cor. 12:12_—“_as the body is one, and hath many members, ... so also is Christ._” Denney, Studies in Theology, 171—“There is not in the N. T. from beginning to end, in the record of the original and genuine Christian life, a single word of despondency or gloom. It is the most buoyant, exhilarating and joyful book in the world.” This is due to the fact that the writers believe in a living and exalted Christ, and know themselves to be one with him. They descend crowned into the arena. In the Soudan, every morning for half an hour before General Gordon’s tent there lay a white handkerchief. The most pressing message, even on matters of life and death, waited till that handkerchief was withdrawn. It was the signal that Christ and Gordon were in communion with each other.