" To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 1 (John xviii. $7.)

To his disciples he said:

"/ am the way, and the truth, and the life." (John xiv. G.)

" The Father . . . shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth: whom the ivorld cannot receive; for it behold- cth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you." (John xiv. 1C, 17.)

Jesus doctrine, then, is truth, and he himself is truth. The doctrine of Jesus is the doctrine of truth. Faith in Jesus is not belief in a system based upon his personality, but a consciousness of truth. No one can be persuaded to believe in the doctrine of Jesus, nor can any one be stimulated by any promised reward to practise it. He who under stands the doctrine of Jesus will have faith in him, because this doctrine is true. He who knows the truth indispensable to his happiness must believe in it, just as a man who knows that he is drowning grasps the rope of safet} r . Thus, the question, What must I do to believe ? is an indication that he who asks it does not understand the doctrine of Jesus.