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The Majesty of Heaven, whom angels<br />
worshiped, who was rich in honor, splendor, and<br />
glory, came to the earth, and when he found<br />
himself in fashion as a man, he did not plead his<br />
refined nature as an excuse to hold himself aloof<br />
from the unfortunate. He was found in his work<br />
among the afflicted, the poor, distressed, and needy<br />
ones. Christ was the embodiment of refinement and<br />
purity. His was an exalted life and character, yet he<br />
was found in his labor, not among men of highsounding<br />
titles, not among the most honorable of<br />
this world, but with the despised and needy. “I<br />
came,” says the divine Teacher, “to save that which<br />
was lost.” Yes, the Majesty of Heaven was ever<br />
found working to help those who most needed<br />
help. May the example of Christ put to shame the<br />
excuses of that class who are so attracted to their<br />
poor self that they consider it beneath their refined<br />
taste and their high calling to help the most<br />
helpless. Such have taken a position higher than<br />
their Lord, and in the end will be astonished to find<br />
themselves even lower than that class, to mingle<br />
with, and to work for whom, shocked their refined,<br />
sensitive natures. True, it may not always be<br />
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