" But at least, I answer, to the mind which can
love that Man, Christ Jesus; and that part of us which loves him let us
follow, and in its judgements let us trust; hoping, beyond all things
else, for its growth and enlightenment by the Lord, who is that Spirit.
Better, I say again, to refuse the right _form_, than, by accepting it
in misapprehension of what it really is, to refuse the spirit, the
truth that dwells therein. Which of these, I pray, is liker to the sin
against the Holy Ghost? To mistake the meaning of the Son of man may
well fill a man with sadness. But to care so little for him as to
receive as his what the noblest part of our nature rejects as low and
poor, or selfish and wrong, that surely is more like the sin against
the Holy Ghost that can never be forgiven; for it is a sin against the
truth itself, not the embodiment of it in him.
Words for their full meaning depend upon their source, the person who
speaks them. An utterance may even seem commonplace, till you are told
that thus spoke one whom you know to be always thinking, always
feeling, always acting.
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