tion, all vagueness and unreality, and aim at the vivid and genuine and sympathetic expression of truth and life as we know them. We shall strive for the simplicity that always marks reality, the unveiled truth. Need I say that the whole process of such preaching is connected with the moral life of the preacher? To give truth its voice, we must see clearly and feel strongly. That is spiritually connected with the whole moral nature. Freedom from the professional and class spirit, regard for man as man, stripped of the accidents of place and work, the singleness to this ideal in the Gospel of the Son of Man, are the moral conditions for spiritual vision, for knowing and interpreting the secret of the heart. LECTURE V THE HUMAN TOUCH It is significant that in nearly every act of healing Christ conveyed his power through personal touch. The touch was the necessary point of contact. It expressed his feeling with men, his oneness with them, and established the relation of sympathy by which his power could be felt. 1. The touch is the illustration of the transcendent act by which the Son of Man became flesh. It is the symbol of his perfect identification with the nature and needs of our human life. The very same word is used in the Epistle to the Hebrews to describe the Incarnation: "For verily, not of angels doth he take hold, but he taketh hold of the seed of Abraham." 2. The personal touch is the law of the Incarnation. It is the universal law of help. What Christ did, we must do, if we are to help men in his name. The truth is to be propagated, the new life given by personal contact. "Faith saves by getting a living |