(Undated.)
My Dear Brother,-Weigh for me a clause, a phrase; weigh it against everything in contrast around; probe it, try it, apply it to everyone around you, and give me your thoughts when we meet.
" There is but one Man that is perfect the anointed Man, Christ Jesus." I will only say I applied this much sooner to Him as the sin-offering than I did as my righteousness of God; and after I saw Him as the standard of walk, the comparison (through my love of self, and the place self had in me instead of God) led to depression and oft overwhelming within me.
Now I live more on the positive side than on the negative, and find it oft bursting from my heart, and mind, and tongue-" Yes; Thou art the only perfect One." "Ruined as in Adam was I; ruined in and by myself, in my early life; a ruin as a disciple, not worthy to be called Thy servant; but Thou art of a truth the only perfect One, as a man. Perfect as God; for He came not short of the glory of God. Even Paul had to learn this; learned it and found rest in it. And so may we.
But we will talk of this when next we meet (D.V.).
G. V. W.