in the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven which he was to pour forth again. Him I ask; “Have ye sin or not?” He maketh answer and saith, “If we shall say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”4044 Now it is the same John who said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”4045 See ye what heights he had passed, that he could reach to the Word! Such an one, and so great, who like an eagle soared above the clouds, who in the serene clearness of his mind saw, “In the beginning was the Word;” he hath said, “If we shall say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we shall confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 4046 Therefore pray ye. 4044 1 John i. 8. 4045 John i. 1. 4046 1 John i. 9. 1064 On the words of the Gospel, John ix. 4 and 31, ‘We must work the works of…