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his own body on the tree." He took our place, and suffered " the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God." Now what is there in this unwor- thy of God? He will save none at the expense of justice. The Judge of all the earth must do right. But in the Son we find a willing substitute for his people, bearing their sins and redeeming them. Men are familiar with the idea of substitution. It is everywhere seen in the arrangements of society. One man doefe for his friend, what that friend cannot do for himself. The security pays the debt of the principal. Everywhere blessings come to the un- worthy through the mediation of the worthy. God has imbedded this principle in the constitution of man and of society. We find it fundamental in Christianity. Is it therefore not of God? Is it unworthy of him to provide and accept a substitute for man? But men complain of it as unintelligible. True ; there are many things in it too high for human intel- lect, while these principles and precepts which man must understand that he may be saved, are so simple and plain that a child can grasp them. Even these WalkiiKj in the TrufJi. 135 are running out into incomprehensible mysteries. Is Christianity unworthy of God because it soars to immeasurable heights? We are finite; can we grasp