Thoughts on the Blessed Life of Conformity to the Son of God. A Sequel to ‘ABIDE IN CHRIST. BY ANDREW MURRAY. 'Even as I, ye also.' LONDON: JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET. 1884. 1246.f.5 PREFACE. IN sending forth this little book on the Image of our blessed Lord, and the likeness to Him to which we are called, I have only two remarks by way of preface. The one is that no one can be more conscious than myself of the difficulty of the task I have undertaken, and its very defective execution. There were two things I had to do. The one was to draw such a portrait of the Son of God, as in all things made like unto His brethren,' as to show how, in the reality of His human life, we have indeed an exact Pattern of what the Father wants us to be. What was wanted was such a portrait as should make likeness to Him infinitely and mightily attractive, should rouse desire, awaken love, inspire hope, and strengthen faith in all who are seeking to imitate Jesus Christ. And then I had to sketch another portrait,—that of the believer as he really, with some degree of spiritual exactness, reflects |