liuman understanding, that is the man in us, but
by the power of the Spirit of God directly acting
upon the heart, that is, the feminine part of our
present fallen and divided human nature. It is of
course easy to say this is mere mysticism. God
manifest in the flesh is a great mystery. And the
manifestation of God's truth out of man's heart in
human form is of course the same, and no less a
mystery. And those who do not see how our natinre
like our race is both male and female, may here find
some difficulty. But the fact remains the same, that
our nature is double, male and female, head and
heart, intellect and aifection. And it is out of the
latter of these, that is the heart, that the letter of
Scripture has been brought forth, the human form
of the Divine Word, exactly as Christ was conceived
and born of the Virgin Mary, by the power of the
Holy Ghost, without an earthly father. In no other
way could God's Word come in human form. In no
other way could it come out of human nature. But
it has humbled itself so to come for us, out of the
heart of prophets and apostles ; in its human form,
like Christ's flesh, subject to all those infirmities
and limitations which Christ's flesh was subject to —
thoroughly human as He was; yet in spirit, like
Him, thoroughly divine, and full of the unfathomed
depths of God's almighty love and wisdom.
